Northern Lights Concert at the Arctic Cathedral
The northern lights concert in Tromsø: the Arctic Cathedral's Aurora Tunes organ Fridays, its old 23:00 winter concerts, the Midnight Concert in town, and the lights themselves.
The Arctic Cathedral’s winter concert series is called Aurora Tunes: half-hour organ concerts on selected Fridays at 17:30 in October and November, NOK 250 for adults, played on the cathedral’s 2005 organ. The 23:00 Northern Lights Concerts that older guides describe were the cathedral’s own until about 2020; the late concert in Tromsø in winter 2026 is Best Arctic’s Midnight Concert, in Tromsø Cathedral in the centre. That one runs every evening and can be booked online, from $32 a person, rated 4.8 from 2,094 reviews (checked October 2026).
Aurora Tunes, autumn 2026
| Where | Arctic Cathedral, Tromsdalen |
| When | Fridays 30 October and 6, 13, 20 and 27 November 2026, 17:30 to 18:00 (9 and 16 October already played) |
| Who | Usually the cathedral’s organist, Thorsten Ahlrichs |
| Music | Felix Mendelssohn and Flor Peeters, Baroque pieces including Georg Böhm’s variations on a German evening hymn, and arrangements of modern composers |
| Tickets | Adults NOK 250, children 8 to 15 NOK 150, younger children free; at the door or online |
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From the Arctic Cathedral’s Aurora Tunes event page and Visit Tromsø’s listing for the series, read on 29 October 2026.
Half an hour at 17:30 is the shortest way to hear the organ, and it leaves the evening free. In late November it is dark well before the concert: the polar night begins about 27 November.
The old Northern Lights Concerts
For years the cathedral also held Northern Lights Concerts late in the evening through the winter: traditional music from 23:00 to 23:30, doors at 22:30, tickets at the entrance, about NOK 200 for adults in the last listings we found, from 2019 and 2020. They do not appear in the cathedral’s calendar for 2026, whose winter programme is the Aurora Tunes Fridays, the Christmas concerts and the New Year’s concert. A late concert with the same 22:30 doors and 23:00 start does run in the centre: Best Arctic’s Midnight Concert, in Tromsø Cathedral, the wooden church on Kirkegata.
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The northern lights themselves
No concert includes the lights: they appear outside, on a clear and dark night, between late August and early April, and the city’s street lights dim them. If you want to see them, plan a separate evening: a guided chase drives out of town to where the sky is clear, and the Fjellheisen cable car, ten minutes’ walk from the Arctic Cathedral, takes you to 421 metres above the city lights and runs until midnight.
Midnight Concert
Every evening in Tromsø Cathedral in the centre: folk tunes, psalms and Sami music. From age 8.
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An evening bus out of Tromsø with guides and photos, going where the sky is clear.
See the northern lights safari →Fjellheisen Cable Car
Ten minutes' walk from the Arctic Cathedral, up to 421 metres; last car down at midnight.
See the cable car ticket →Prices and ratings from GetYourGuide (checked October 2026); operators change prices, so treat them as a guide, not a quote; a price marked as reduced is a time-limited offer and returns to the usual price.
December
From early December the cathedral’s evenings go to the Christmas concerts, then the New Year’s organ concert at 21:00 on 31 December: the concert schedule lists them. For the summer counterpart of this page, see the midnight sun concert.
Aurora Tunes dates, programme and prices from the Arctic Cathedral’s event page and Visit Tromsø; the earlier Northern Lights Concerts from the cathedral’s event pages for 2019 and 2020; the northern lights season and the polar night from Visit Tromsø; Fjellheisen’s height and hours from its own website; read on 29 October 2026. Tour details from GetYourGuide, read in US dollars on 29 October 2026.
The Late Winter Concert in Town
Best Arctic's Midnight Concert in Tromsø Cathedral, the wooden church in the city centre: doors at 22:30, 30 minutes of folk tunes, psalms and Sami music from 23:00, every evening through the winter. From age 8. On GetYourGuide in October 2026, free cancellation up to 24 hours before. It is not in the Arctic Cathedral.
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