A two-day peace festival organized by local activists was held in Faxe Ladeplads on September 12 and 13, with singing, painting and debates about militarization in Denmark.
The Danish daily Arbejderen reports that the sun shone over the festival in the coastal town in Faxe Municipality on Zealand. The event was put together by local peace activists.
Ahead of the weekend, Arbejderen described the festival as an event for both children and adults. In a piece published on September 9, 2026, the outlet listed singing, painting, debates and exchanges of views on peace as part of the program.
The same preview said the festival was promoted as taking place in a circus tent. Participants of all ages were invited to turn old election posters into artworks showing their visions of a peaceful world.
According to Arbejderen, the debates at the festival dealt with increased militarization in Denmark and the role of the peace movement. An earlier calendar listing from the outlet, published on August 26, 2026, gave the address as Mindelunden, Hovedgaden 6.
Local coverage before the event
The regional outlet Lokalavisen Faxe reported before the weekend that volunteers had organized a peace festival in Faxe Ladeplads. Per that report, the festival ran on the Saturday and the Sunday of the weekend.
Lokalavisen Faxe named the venue as Lunden, while Arbejderen referred to Mindelunden and to a circus tent. The available reporting does not clarify whether these descriptions refer to the same location.
Faxe Ladeplads lies on the east coast of Zealand, near the town of Faxe and the Geomuseum Faxe. The festival was a local initiative, and the coverage names no national organization as host.
Neither Arbejderen nor Lokalavisen Faxe reported a figure for how many people attended. No official statements from Faxe Municipality or other public authorities have been published about the event.
The available coverage does not point to a single immediate trigger for the festival being held this month. Arbejderen’s preview simply set the date for the weekend of September 12 and 13, 2026, and described the planned activities.
Arbejderen has covered several peace and disarmament events in Denmark during 2026, including street events listed in its own calendar section. The Faxe Ladeplads festival was announced in that calendar in August, about two weeks before it opened.
The organizers behind the festival have not announced whether the event will be repeated, according to the reporting from Arbejderen and Lokalavisen Faxe.
