CULTURE & ARTS / FESTIVALS 29 June – 3 July / Vopnafjörður Days / Vopnafjörður Vopnafjörður’s cultural sector highlights this family festival as its grandest event each year. Diversity is at the forefront, involving an outdoor market, family entertainment, concerts, traditional poetry evening, dances, art workshops, a museum day at Bustarfell Museum, Sirkus Íslands, invitations to soup and more. These offerings bring back former residents to join with the locals of today and happy travellers from all over. www.visitvopnafjordur.com July 1 July – 3 July / Occupation Day and the Pier Festival / Reyðarfjörður On this day the town commemorates the coming of British soldiers in 1940. Special Fish & Chips offer. Soldiers, ladies and army trucks will remind us of the occupation of the Allied Forces in World War II. The Pier Festival offers music, food, dance and more. www.visitfjardabyggd.is
34
2 July – 21 Agust / Rolling Snowball 7 / Djúpivogur. An international visual art exhibition that presents works of 24 contemporary artists from China, Iceland and the Netherlands. The exhibition brings together artists working across the full spectrum of disciplines, including drawing, photography, painting, sculpture and video. 6 July – 10 Agust / The Blue Church Concert Series / Seyðisfjörður This annual summer concert series is held in the Blue Church in this beautiful town. Always on Wednesday evenings these concerts focus on all genres of music from electronica to classical and folk music. www.blaakirkjan.is 6 – 9 July / Eistnaflug / Neskaupstaður A popular music festival that consists of the friendliest metalheads, rockers and over all party animals that you will ever meet held in the little fishing village Neskaupstaður located in Norðfjörður. www.eistnaflug.is