Workshops & events

Enter the raffle for a chance to win wonderful ceramic prizes, donated by this year’s participating ceramists.

By taking part, you also support Keramikfestival. Buy tickets at the Info Tent and see immediately whether you have won a prize. Have you won? Find your prize on plinths in one of Algade’s shops.

Tickets cost DKK 25 each, or 5 for DKK 100.

• There are 1,400 tickets in the raffle and 79 ceramic prizes, with an estimated total value of DKK 30,000.
• All proceeds from the raffle go towards holding Keramikfestival.
• The raffle takes place on Wednesday 8 July, 10:00–18:00 – see immediately whether you have won a prize.
• Prizes are handed out on the day and cannot be collected afterwards.
• The artists’ collective KIT, which is behind Keramikfestival, organises the day’s raffle.
• The raffle accounts will be available on Keramikfestival’s website in December 2026.
• Accounts and permit for the 2025 raffle can be found here.

Set into the paving along Skælskør’s main street, you will find beautiful and unique cobblestones, each created by skilled and renowned ceramicists who have participated in the town’s Keramikfestival.

This year’s ceramicists are Christine Urfe Bendt, Allan Hytholm and Bodil Sørensen.
This year’s six new stones will be presented at the Info Tent on 8 July.

Take a walk along Algade’s Ceramics Trail and find your favourite.
See them all here

Sit down at the potter’s wheel and feel the clay take shape between your hands.
Both children and adults can try their hand at ceramics here – whether it’s your first time or an old curiosity you want to bring back to life.

You’ll get a lump of clay and 15 minutes at the wheel for DKK 50.
There’s no formal instruction, but our volunteers will help you get started along the way.

If you want to be sure of a spot, you can put your name on the list when you arrive at Keramikfestival.

The workshop is organised by raastof keramik, who has a stand in tent 42.

The workshop is sponsored by SuperBrugsen Skælskør and Cerama.

Keramikfestival presents one of Denmark’s very best throwers: Mads Ottow

Here, throughout the day, you can watch Mads throw both large and small pieces.
Maybe you can get inspiration for your own experience at the potter’s wheels in the tent next door?
Or perhaps you simply need to rest your legs while you enjoy a formidable craftsman doing his very best work… enjoy!

Each year, a very special piece of jewellery is designed for Keramikfestival. This piece is a collector’s item that bears witness to our shared local history and creative pulse. To mark Keramikfestival’s 10th anniversary, a special anniversary bead has been created with a deeply rooted symbol: a bottle-green anchor with the number 10 embedded in the design.

Read much more about the jewellery here

And buy this year’s jewellery at the info tent for DKK 50, or from:
Ceramist Cecilie Dige, Strandgade 9
Købmandsgaarden, Algade 11
Salonen; Art, Dresses, Coffee & Cookie Cake, Algade 26
Skælskør Fiskehus, Havnevej 14
Klinik La Vie, Nytorv 4

To the gentle rhythms of the Day’s Bluegrass House Band, in the cosy courtyard you can enjoy coffee, cake and sandwiches served on ceramics made by the house’s ceramists.
In the house’s large shared gallery, Gerda Østergård exhibits her large jars and platters inspired by nature, the sea and the sky.
And in Lene and Nelly’s gallery, you can explore Lene’s masterful glazes and Nelly’s whimsical decorations.

Read more details here

1:00–4:00 PM LIVE music with the Day’s Bluegrass House Band
Michael Borup (bass, vocals), Jens Falck (violin, guitar and vocals), Tommy Sloth (dobro, vocals)

Visit Nelly and Lene in tent no. 3 and Gerda in tent no. 10

Together with Skælskør Art School, you can create Ephemeral Birds that sprout, or decorate fun Piv-i-røv whistles.

The ephemeral birds are made of clay and given wings, beaks, eyes and feathers from natural materials we have brought along. You can also add a seed mix to the bird, so that flowers later sprout where the bird has stood.
The birds are not fired, so they can be placed somewhere in the garden or in nature and will gradually wash away in the rain, and the flowers will sprout.

Piv-i-røv whistles made of clay are decorated with lovely colours and patterns. The whistles make a bird sound when you put water in them and blow.

Price: DKK 50 per workshop, payable at the workshop

The workshop is held in collaboration with Skælskør Art School, and the clay is sponsored by ClaySense.

Experience calm and presence when nature and creativity meet.

Create a unique clay relief inspired by the nature around Skælskør. We use natural materials to make beautiful impressions and patterns in the clay. You will take the relief home to hang up, along with instructions on how you can fire it in a bonfire. There will also be an opportunity to see a demonstration of how the clay can be fired in a bonfire.

The workshop is for both children and adults – everyone can join in.
Price: DKK 50 – payable at the workshop.

The workshop is organised by Katrine from Rod i naturen.
Rod i Naturen is a budding business based in Skælskør’s natural surroundings, with calm, immersion and connection as its focus.

Take a break with the children at Svanetorv—here you can play with beautiful ceramic games and hop in the lovely hopscotch grid created by Sofie Mygind. The sandbox is filled with toys, and the fountain trickles pleasantly.

It will also be possible to buy both food and ice cream.

Need a break? Then find one of the many cosy ceramic games located around town. Tic-tac-toe in several different formats and sizes, beautiful hopscotch stones in artfully crafted hopscotch grids, and the classic Connect Four.

The games are produced by Cecilie Dige and Finn Møller with funding from LAG Slagelse

Once again this year, vintage shuttle buses will connect the many activities of Keramikfestival, and throughout the day the buses will run a regular service to the car park at Skælskør Hall.

BUS TIMETABLE

The buses are from Denmark’s Bus Museum.
Shuttle services at Keramikfestival are sponsored by Skælskør Business Association.

Visit the Town Office and learn more about all of Skælskør’s summer activities.

Visit the Town Office’s website