Festivals

Writing

• Dark Music Days

  Contemporary music in Reykjavík in the dark of winter, at the end of January. The Society of Icelandic Composers founded it in 1980.

• Reykjavík Early Music Festival

  Baroque music on period instruments in Harpa in Holy Week, the days before Easter, at a festival first held in 2024.

• Music in Mývatn County

  Two concerts at Easter by Lake Mývatn, as a rule on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. The festival began in 1998.

• Sönghátíð í Hafnarborg

  A festival of song in Hafnarfjörður every June: recitals, opera and choirs, first held in 2017.

• Við Djúpið

  Chamber music old and new in Ísafjörður around the summer solstice, when the sun is highest, first held in 2003.

• Berjadagar

  A family music festival in Ólafsfjörður each summer, where opera, art song and chamber music share the bill with jazz and folk songs.

• Summer Concerts in Skálholt

  Baroque music on period instruments and new Icelandic work in Skálholt Cathedral every summer since 1975, now at the turn of June and July.

• The Folk Music Festival in Siglufjörður

  Five days in July in one of Iceland's northernmost towns: Icelandic and Nordic folk music, music from further away, and workshops anyone can join.

• Organ Summer in Hallgrímskirkja

  Organ recitals in Hallgrímskirkja every weekend of July and August, with Icelandic and visiting organists playing both of the church's instruments.

• The Reykholt Chamber Music Festival

  Chamber music in the church at Reykholt, in Borgarfjörður, on the last weekend of July, every year since 1997.

• Reykjavík Opera Days

  A festival of classical singers at the end of October, in Reykjavík and around it, in ordinary places and unusual ones, founded in 2016.