Grace Jones, The Diva of All Divas

Grace Jones © Per Ole HagenGrace Jones was the headliner at the last day of the Øyafestivalen this year. I saw her last year at Bergen Fest, and much of the show was the same. But she had taken it to another level this time, and showed everyone who is the real star among all the wannabe pop divas. She also looks so good and is in such good shape that you forget that she is sixty eight years old.

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Øyafestivalen 2016 – Saturday with Grace Jones, Midnight Choir, Elephant9 with Terje Rypdal, Neurosis and more

Foals © Per Ole HagenSaturday at the Øyafestivalen is a long concert day with music from one o’clock until eleven at night. Luckily the weather was much better than the day before. Except for some  slight rain early in the day, the rest of the day was sunny. Saturday was also a day for some really good music, starting with Midnight Choir and ending with Grace Jones. I missed Friday at the festival, but Saturday compensated well for this.

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