Girls' Festival and Cup Derby: Sarpsborg Stadion's Big Weekend
Sarpsborg Stadion hosts a Norwegian Football Cup derby against local rivals Sparta Sarpsborg on Saturday 22 August, with a girls' football festival following the very next day. Organised with Allidrettsdagen and Sarpsborg Idrettsråd, the back-to-back events mark one of the busiest and most community-focused weekends in the stadium's 2026 calendar.
A Festival for the Next Generation
Sarpsborg Stadion is set to host a girls' football festival on Sunday 23 August, organised in partnership with Allidrettsdagen and Sarpsborg Idrettsråd. The event, arranged under the banner of Sarpsborg 08, is designed to celebrate girls' participation in football and bring the local sporting community together at the stadium in a way that goes well beyond matchday.
The festival arrives the morning after the Norwegian Football Cup derby against Sparta Sarpsborg, turning the weekend of 22–23 August into a landmark occasion for the ground and its surrounding community.
Cup Derby Sets the Stage
The girls' festival follows on the heels of what promises to be one of the most charged atmospheres of the year at Sarpsborg Stadion. The NM Cup first-round derby against local rivals Sparta Sarpsborg is scheduled for Saturday 22 August at 18:00 — and local cup derbies have historically been among the most passionate evenings on the stadium's calendar.
Taken together, the two back-to-back events on 22 and 23 August represent the kind of community-and-sport weekend that Sarpsborg Stadion was built to host: competitive football in the evening, grassroots celebration the following morning.
Sarpsborg Stadion at the Heart of the Community
The girls' football festival underlines the role Sarpsborg Stadion plays beyond professional football. By partnering with Allidrettsdagen — a national initiative promoting inclusive sport for all — and the local Sarpsborg Idrettsråd sports council, Sarpsborg 08 are using the stadium as a platform to inspire young players across the region.
With the senior women's team also in scintillating form — 13 wins from 13 matches in their own competition — the timing of a girls' festival could hardly be better chosen. The stadium will be open, active and full of football across both days of the weekend.
