Stockholm’s Gasometer venue reveals opening programme with Jacob Mühlrad and Alexander Wessely
Gasometer, a new 2,300-capacity venue in Stockholm, is scheduled to launch on March 17, 2027. The space is being created inside an 1899 gasholder and will be managed by Miramis, with the Swedish Royal Opera using it as a temporary base for five years. Composer Jacob Mühlrad and visual artist Alexander Wessely will oversee opening events from March 17 to 20.
Gasometer is planned as a 2,300-capacity Stockholm venue opening on 17 March 2027. It occupies a protected 1899 brick gasholder designed by Ferdinand Boberg, with a new theatre without pillars inside, a 1,000-capacity Dome beneath the roof, and seated capacity of 1,750. Miramis will operate it, while Julien Planté, formerly of London’s KOKO, leads programming.
Opening events from 17 to 20 March will be led by composer Jacob Mühlrad and visual artist/creative director Alexander Wessely. Mühlrad has written for the 2025 Nobel Prize Banquet and been commissioned by the BBC Proms and Radio France; Wessely has created visuals for The Weeknd, Rihanna, FKA twigs and Arca, with work shown at Coachella, Madison Square Garden and the Las Vegas Sphere.
The opening could strengthen Stockholm’s position as a live-entertainment destination, giving audiences, touring acts and the Royal Opera a flexible mid-large space. Its mix of classical composition, visual art and contemporary performance may attract new visitors and encourage cross-disciplinary projects. Local venues and hospitality businesses could see both added competition and spillover demand. The project may also shape how heritage industrial architecture is reused for culture, though its long-term social and economic effects will depend on programming, pricing and access.