UKA (festival)
uka largest cultural festival norway held biannually volunteer student trondheim festival set held th time student volunteer work event ticket sold name uka translates week although last better part month event including concert theatre seminar uka established student studying norwegian institute technology nth part ntnu attempt improve financial situation within student community trondheim festival mainly consisted revue arranged every year except midwar year starting scarce resource uka constant growth today largest norwegian cultural festival concert entertainment ever although festival feature bigname artist organizer still consider revue ukerevyen heart festival may seem hard believe norway largest cultural festival run entirely volunteer top bottom trondheim tradition volunteer work well known trademark uka volunteer made sure everything ran smoothly spectator jumped death valley litre beer sold festival activity spanning juggling course crime night wrestling held death valley student society trondheim commercial partner contributed event like “uka robot challenge” contester competed building programming lego robot festival celebration intellectual prowess passionate commitment shown student consisting mainly student recruited trondheim main audience young people within proximity city event lecture however target mature audience ukerevyen every ukerevyen revue given name also becomes name entire festival name decided writer wellkept secret way opening festival play handful people outside writer collegium know officially revealed big event name physically uncovered midnight front student society several thousand attendant writer arent entirely free choosing name either less strict set rule applies never written followed one festival next important one name consist three syllable several meaning either splitting word rearranging letter rule arent always followed seen name uka uka glasur two syllable however supply different interpretation first word meaning glaze gla sur mean happy sad glarus rush happiness uka restored rule three syllable name origo uka cent astrid ruben arif stig brenner pirum old boy uka martin garrix future highasakite lorde cashmere cat uka prodigy major lazer matoma wiz khalifa aap rocky mew diplo lemaitre king convenience kakkmaddafakka uka calvin harris national tallest man earth macklemore ryan lewis röyksopp susanne sundfør special guest robyn mac miller kavinsky uka david guetta snoop dogg robyn antony johnson white lie crystal fighter uka jayz franz ferdinand aqua eagle death metal uka muse pussycat doll travis king convenience uka dandy warhol de la soul kaizers orchestra seigmen tom mcrae wyclef jean chippendale former uka festival included cent aha cardigan dum dum boy public enemy turbonegro prodigy oktoberfest studentersamfundet trondhjem norwegian university science technology international student festival trondheim norwegian ukas home page