Here are seven acts you really need to see at Øya Festival 2024

Øya Festival has a reputation for hitting where others miss. Whether it's a gender-balanced bill or that fragile balance between supporting local colour while showing off headliners that can really draw a crowd, the Oslo-based event knows what it's doing. It's not without reason that it's named one of the festivals going time and time again. Not gonna lie; it also helps that Øya Festival is on the edge of that magical Scandinavian summer.

Still, the festival has a crowd that is famously hard to please, so the bookers have their work cut out for them. Here are seven acts that could get even the toughest audience going.

Sirkus, Friday, 21:45

Pop, electronica, pain, avant-garde, sensuality, hip-hop, and poetry all meet in the melting pot that is Arca. Her music might be hard to fit in a box, but that is also the point. The singer has been on the Øyafestival's wish list for years, both thanks to her magnetic star power and her stellar performance at the festival in 2016. The deeply felt, darkly tinged electronic beats definitely should be on the list of club classics. Arca's set at the Sirkus stage is bound to be hot and heavy, perfect whether you're having a Brat Summer or not.

Vindfruen, Wednesday, 17:35

The Kills recently had a seven-year hiatus, and we are so thankful it has ended. Not only did they return with the comfort zone-pushing effort 'Gods Game', they also were kind enough to stop by the Oslo-based festival. The duo has somehow maintained their effortless cool, and - with a mix of edgy indie sleaze (which we hear is making a comeback?!) and sonic grandeurs, The Kills will rock the Øya crowd.

Sirkus, Wednesday, 21:45