Fasching, Music venue in central Stockholm, Sweden

Fasching is a music venue in central Stockholm that spans multiple levels with different functional areas for live performance and socializing. The building contains a concert hall, a club space, dining facilities, and a bar where guests can gather before or after shows.

Fasching opened on 6 April 1967 as a discotheque in the Zanzibar dance restaurant at Kungsgatan 63, named by Bosse Halldoff after the Munich carnival he saw at Chez L in Malmö. It operated as a discotheque until 1977, when Föreningen Sveriges Jazzmusiker took over the premises and turned it into a jazz club. After a closure in 1989, the Friends of Fasching association was formed and reopened it within months; a total renovation followed in 1990.

The name Fasching comes from the Central European carnival held before Lent; Bosse Halldoff borrowed it from Malmö's Chez L club, which celebrated after the Munich model. Since 1977 the venue has been run by Föreningen Sveriges Jazzmusiker, and since 2011 women have led it, with Lena Åberg Frisk as CEO from 2007 to 2015.

Fasching occupies the Kungsbropalatset building at Kungsgatan 63, in central Stockholm, and is reached by the Kungsgatan entrance, which was renewed in summer 2016 along with new toilets and a foyer bar. The club closed in March 2020 when pandemic restrictions banned gatherings of more than 50 people, so check current opening before travelling.

The name Fasching comes from the Central European carnival before Lent. Bosse Halldoff took it from Malmö's Chez L club, which celebrated Fasching in the Munich style, and brought it to Stockholm's discotheque in 1967. The venue opened with the premiere party for Janne Halldoff's film Ola & Julia.