Dreamers' Circus is a Nordic band consisting of Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (Denmark/Faroe Islands), Ale Carr (Sweden) and Nikolaj Busk (Denmark) formed in 2009 as a result of a jam session at a folk festival in Copenhagen. Their first performance was at a concert with the Copenhagen Philharmonic, where the trio performed a folk music version of the cadenza in Mozart’s 5th violin concerto.

In 2010 Dreamers’ Circus released an EP with five tracks on the Danish label GO’ Folk. The EP was produced by Swedish guitarist Roger Tallroth, of the folk band Väsen. Also featured on the EP is Swedish folk singer Sofia Karlsson.

In 2013 Dreamers’ Circus released their first full album, A Little Symphony on GO’ Folk. The album was produced by August Wanngren and featured both classical string quartet and brass ensemble. A Little Symphony was awarded Album of the Year at the Danish Music Awards Folk 2013, and Dreamers’ Circus was named Talent of the Year at the same event. Ale Carr was also awarded Artist of the Year for his work in Dreamers’ Circus and another Danish band, Basco.

Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen was honoured at the Danish Crown Prince Couple's Awards with the Rising Star Award in 2013. On that occasion, Dreamers’ Circus performed in Sydney Opera House.

In 2015 the band released another album, Second Movement. The album was awarded Album of the Year at the Danish Music Awards Folk 2015, and Ale Carr was also awarded Composer of the Year for his compositions on this recording.

It was also in 2015 that Dreamers’ Circus was invited to perform the music for CARL, a two hour theatre concert about the life of Danish composer Carl Nielsen. All musical material was arranged for Dreamers’ Circus and string quartet by Nikolaj Busk. CARL was awarded Den Fynske Kulturpris 2016.

In October 2017 Dreamers’ Circus released their third studio album Rooftop Sessions in Denmark on the label GO' Danish Folk. It was licensed to the rest of the world through Vertical Records in June 2018.

Dreamers’ Circus has performed with many other artists of different genres including Oh Land (DK), The Chieftains (IR), Sharon Shannon (IR), Sara Watkins, Aoife O'Donovan and Sarah Jarosz (US), Väsen (SE), Shaka Loveless (DK), Kristian Leth (DK), DR Girls Choir (DK) among others. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.