Bacchi Wapen was a high-end music venue and restaurant in
Järntorgsgatan
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Gamla stan
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Stockholm
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Sweden
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. The building is several centuries old
and is a fine example of 18th century neo-classical architecture.
Bacchi Wapen went bankrupt in 2002 but opened again in 2004 under the name Bacci Bar, and in 2007 as the mixed and gay bar Pigalle. Since 2009, the location is used by a bar belonging to the
O'Learys sports bar franchise.
Artists who have performed at the venue include
Lill-Babs
Barbro Margareta Svensson (9 March 1938 – 3 April 2018), known by her stage name Lill-Babs, was a Swedish singer, actress and television host. From the early 1950s until her death in 2018, she was one of Sweden's best-known and popular singers ...
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Lill Lindfors
Maj Lillemor "Lill" Lindfors (born 12 May 1940) is a Swedish singer who has performed in Scandinavia since the 1960s. She and Svante Thuresson performed the song " Nygammal Vals" ("New, yet familiar waltz") as the Swedish entrants in the 196 ...
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Lars Berghagen,
Rockfolket,
Laila Westersund,
Gösta Linderholm
Gösta Gunnar Linderholm (22 June 1941 – 29 December 2020) was a Swedish singer. He was best known for the hit song " Rulla in en boll och låt den rulla" which was released in 1978. He wrote the music to the film '' Rasmus på luffen'' in 1981. ...
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Sveriges Jazzband,
Bernt Dahlbäck,
Cornelis Vreeswijk
Cornelis Vreeswijk (8 August 1937 – 12 November 1987) was a Dutch singer-songwriter and poet who lived and worked primarily in Sweden.
Born to Dutch parents in IJmuiden, Netherlands, he emigrated to Sweden with his parents in 1949 at the age ...
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Eva Rydberg
Eva Gunilla Johansson Rydberg (born 20 June 1943) is a Swedish singer, actress, comedian, revue-artist and dancer.
Biography
Early life
Eva Rydberg was born in Malmö. She started ballet school at a young age and acted at a children's theate ...
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Ewa Roos
Ewa Maria Roos Sevenheim (born 12 June 1949 in Borås) is a Swedish singer and actress. Roos started her career at the age of thirteen when she won a talent search by the radio show ''Landet runt''. She won a lead singer place in the orchestra Bo ...
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Jarl Borssén
Jarl Anders Lennart Borssén (14 March 1937 – 21 December 2012) was a Swedish actor and comedian.
Born in Berghem, Mark Municipality, Borssén had his first engagement in the Kar de Mumma revue at Folkan in 1966. He appeared in the TV s ...
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Owe Thörnqvist
Owe Thörnqvist (born 12 March 1929) is a Swedish singer-songwriter and revue artist. Since the 1960s he has lived in Spain and Florida in the winter for health reasons, and in Sweden in the summers. He has also made regular concert tours in Swe ...
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Kalle Sändare,
Trio Hellenique, etc.
References
Restaurants in Stockholm
Defunct restaurants
Music venues in Sweden
Nightclubs in Sweden
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