In 2026, Copenhagen Contemporary celebrates its 10-year anniversary with CC10 – a three-day performance festival from 23–25 January that transforms the iconic halls on Refshaleøen into an open and vibrant space for artistic experiments, intense encounters, and socially engaged positions.

CC10 is conceived as a tribute to art as a space for presence, resistance, and imagination. The festival invites audiences not only to observe but to participate, listen, respond, and be present in a program where international artists meet prominent voices from Copenhagen’s experimental art scene.

A central highlight is a special concert/performance by Nadya Tolokonnikova, founder of the Russian art and activist collective Pussy Riot. With an uncompromising blend of art, music, and political resistance, Tolokonnikova brings Pussy Riot’s signature energy to CC in a performance celebrating the institution’s 10-year anniversary. The work combines audio and visual elements developed in collaboration with her Berlin-based gallery, Nagel Draxler.

As one of the most prominent figures in Pussy Riot, Nadya Tolokonnikova has since 2011 helped shape the movement as a feminist, punk-based, and performative response to political oppression, censorship, and attacks on freedom of expression and minority rights. At CC10, she will also participate in a conversation with CC’s director, Marie Laurberg, on art, activism, and resistance in a time marked by political pressure and cultural struggles.

The festival program also includes performances by Monster Chetwynd, who unites wildness and butterfly poetry with 15 performers; Miriam Kongstad with the solo performance Hard Play; Silas Inoue, who activates his work in the exhibition Soft Robots; and Filip Vest with the already legendary Self Tape. The program is complemented by talks and lectures with Lea Korsgaard and Sara Alfort, as well as a Sunday concert by the emerging artist Fine.

A large part of CC10 is included in the general admission ticket, while selected talks, conversations, and concerts require a separate ticket.

See the preliminary program and purchase tickets below:

January 23

16:00 – CC10 opens

16:00 – Johanne Anastasia Stoffersen – Fountain
Performance
Foyer
Free after paid admission to CC
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16:00 – Kristoffer Akselbo – o Monster A.S.I.C.S
Performance
Free after paid admission to CC
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17:00 – Opening speech by Director Marie Laurberg
Hall 6

17:15 – Future Bodies — a conversation on the future of performance art
with Esben Weile Kjær and Marie Laurberg
Talk
Hall 6
Free after paid admission to CC
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17:45 – Lina Hashim – Odalisque
Performance
Hall 6
Free after paid admission to CC
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18:30 – Jonas Erboe – Gyldne Tider
Performance
Foyer
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21:00 – Pussy Riot & Miriam Kongstad
Concert
Hall 6
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January 24

11:00 – Johanne Anastasia Stoffersen – Fountain
Performance
Foyer
Free after paid admission to CC
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12:00 – Silas Inoue – Anthropack
Performance
Hall 1 & 2
The performance is free after paid admission to CC
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12:00 – Johanne Anastasia Stoffersen – Fountain
Performance
Foyer – servings of the artist’s special brew from the fountain
Free after paid admission to CC
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13:00 – Monster Chetwynd – Day for Night
Hall 4
Performance
Free after paid admission to CC
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14:00 – Nadya Tolokonnikova in conversation with Marie Laurberg
Talk
Hall 6
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14:00 – Kristoffer Akselbo – o Monster A.S.I.C.S
Performance
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15:30 – Lea Korsgaard – Before the Year is Over
Talk
Hall 6
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16:45 – Monster Chetwynd in Conversation with Marie Laurberg
Talk
Free after paid admission to CC
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17:30 – Jonas Erboe – Gyldne Tider
Performance
Foyer
Free after paid admission to CC
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18:00 – Filip Vest – Self Tape performance
Performance
Hall 6
Free after general admission
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19:00 – Aske Thiberg – Shutting Out the Sun
Performance
Hall 6
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20:00 – Jonas Erboe – Gyldne Tider
Performance
Foyer
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21:00 – Unearth x CC10
Concert
Thaiboy Digital (live), tonser (live), Atusa & DJ Sarunas
Hall 6
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January 25

11:00 – Johanne Anastasia Stoffersen – Fountain
Performance
Foyer
Free after paid admission to CC
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12:00 – Jonas Erboe – Gyldne Tider
Performance
Foyer
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13:00 – Jonas Kjeldgaard – Drømmefortællinger
Performance
Hall 1 & 2
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13:00 – Kristoffer Akselbo – o Monster A.S.I.C.S
Performance
Free after paid admission to CC
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13:30 – Torben Sangild – What Art Can Do
Talk
Hall 6
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15:15 – Jonas Kjeldgaard – Drømmefortællinger
Performance
Hall 1 & 2
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16:00 – Sara Alfort – When the Trees Grew into the Sky
Talk
Hall 6
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17:00 – A Good Year + Fine + Samba Jean-Baptiste (US)
Concert
Hall 6
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