NorthSide Festival
June
This relatively young festival in Aarhus can be reached in just over an hour’s drive from Billund, and features a great line-up of international and Danish musicians thanks to its burgeoning reputation.
6th of July Jazz & Blues Festival
July
Both international and local jazz and blues artists combine to put on a series of mostly-free shows in waterside Fredericia, which lies approximately 50 minutes away from Billund.
Smukfest
August
This event is billed as “Denmark’s most beautiful festival”, and can be found in Skanderborg just under an hour away from Billund. The annual festival was established in 1980, and boasts a delightful setting dripping with the natural beauty of leafy emerald canopies and lakeside camping.
Halloween at Legoland
October
October’s autumn half term sees the onset of Legoland’s Halloween activities, with spooky ghosts, monsters, vampires and witches all making appearances.
End of season fireworks at Legoland
October
The sky bursts into light over King’s Castle as Legoland’s season comes to an explosive end thanks to the annual firework extravaganza.