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THE REYKJAVÍK WINTER LIGHTS FESTIVAL 2014 OPENS TONIGHT!
IT'S TIME TO LIGHT THE LIGHTS AT THE REYKJAVÍK WINTER LIGHTS FESTIVAL 2014! The Winter Lights Festival will be opened officially at 7:30pm tonight by the Mayor of Reykjavík, Jón Gnarr, at the Einar Jónsson Museum. From this location ten stunning light installations, which appear at various locations around the city, will be ceremoniously switched on. In addition to the illuminations, this…

Norður og Niður - Sigur Rós announce expansive takeover of Iceland’s largest arts venue Harpa Concert Hall in late December
Norður og Niður - Sigur Rós announce expansive takeover of Iceland’s largest arts venue Harpa Concert Hall Reykjavík December 26th - 31st 2017.

RAINBOW REYKJAVÍK 2014
Celebrate Iceland's Winter Pride Festival from 30. Jan - 2. Feb Late January 2014 heralds the start of the 3rd annual Rainbow Reykjavík LGBT Winter Pride Festival in Reykjavík. The 3-day programme offers a mixture of nature, activities, culture, cuisine, music and nightlife. It starts on the 30th of January with a soak in the Blue Lagoon, followed by dinner at the renowned Lava Restaurant and…

17 June is National Day in Iceland- Let’s celebrate!
National Day will be celebrated in style this year in Reykjavík, with events focussing around the Lake and extending into adjacent streets, gardens and parks. The programme includes family entertainment, live music, street theatre, dance, a circus, playgrounds for children, booths selling a range of refreshments, sports performances, a vintage car show…. and much, much more.

Sigurrós frontman Jónsi talks about new fragrance in Rolling Stone
The new perfume will be accompanied by an original musical composition written by the singer, which seeks to capture ‘the great Icelandic outdoors’

National Day Of Iceland the 17th of June
The Icelandic National Day celebrations in Reykjavík take place annually in the city centre on June 17th from 10:00 in the morning until 19:00. The programme includes family oriented entertainment with street theatre and a variety of wonderful activites, followed by a concert at Arnarhóll and an accordion ball at City Hall. The programme starts with the chiming of all church bells in…

Rainbow Reykjavík
March 07.-10. 2019 heralds the start of the 8th annual Rainbow Reykjavík LGBT Winter Pride Festival in Reykjavík. The Pride programme offers a mixture of nature, activities, culture, cuisine, music and nightlife. It starts on the 7th of March with Welcome bubbles at the Pink Iceland office followed by Queer Bingo and if we're lucky with the weather forecast there will be a hunt for the…

Iceland Airwaves postponed until 2021
This year’s Iceland Airwaves music festival which was to be held the 4th - 7th of November, will be postponed until 2021. This is due to restrictions because of Covid-19.

The illumination of the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER on 9th of October
IMAGINE PEACE TOWER in Viðey Island will be illuminated for the 12th time in a beautiful ceremony on Thuesday October 9th at 8 pm. The programme starts at 5:45 pm and lasts until 9:00 pm.

Reykjavík Classics
Iceland´s award-winning concert hall Harpa and Reykjavik City proudly present a new concert series, Reykjavik Classics in Eldborg Harpa, summer 2016.