We arrived at 7:30 pm and checked our coats and began our tour. Vega is huge! What was interesting is that it wasn't build at a concert venue. It was actually originally built for the labor unions to hold their meetings and make speeches, hence the excellent acoustics. We were given a tour by a student of the Copenhagen Business School who also works at Vega full time managing their hourly employees. Our teacher Rasmus also assisted him with the tour because he is a member of the Board of Directors. The largest concert venue in Vega is called Stor Vega or Big Vega. This hall has a standing room only floor and a balcony with both standing room and fixed seats. Depending on the event chairs and/or tables may be brought into this room. The smaller concert hall is appropriately called Lille Vega or Little Vega. This is a 1 floor, standing room only hall. Both of the concert halls are attached to bars or or lounges. We were told that most concerts at Vega have an intermission because that is the time that Vega makes the most profit, from bar sales. Vega also has a very small venue called Ideal Bar. It is a typical bar/lounge and they host music every night. For example wednesdays are acoustic night and thursday is singer/songwriter. They also host jazz night, Funk night, Rap/hiphop night, etc. The newest venture for Vega is the renovation of the basement as a venue for emerging artists. Vega is not profit focused, though they do make a profit. They are more focused on music and they will book a promising band to give them a shot and a chance to play even though they might loose money that night. Vega actually hosted Coldplay about 7 years ago when they were nobodies because someone noticed their potential. On Friday and Saturday nights Vega turns into a night club at 11pm.
After our tour we went back to Lille Vega for a concert. The opening act was a band called Small. They were so different and so good! They were exactly what I think of when I think European music. The closest genre I can give them is Techno/Rock. They used alot of synthesizers and they had a voice manipulator on the mic. It created a really cool sound. Tey also did a really great job with the lighting. Over all they were just really great performers and they were new and different, at least for me.
Here is a short video of them.
After Small there was an intermission and then the main act went on. They were a band called Diefenbach. They were good but I liked Small better. I think Diefenbach would have been more fun if we had heard their music before the show. I think it was like if you had gone to a Coldplay or a Snow Patrol concert before ever hearing their music.
After the concert, the fields study was over and I met a bunch of my friends at the night club for a night of dancing.
What a great field study!
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