Author: The Reykjavík Grapevine
Is Páll Óskar Gearing Up for a Eurovision Comeback?
It has come to the attention of Grapevine sources that Páll Óskar is likely to make a Eurovision comeback next…
Tjarnarbíó
Located in the heart of Reykjavik, Tjarnarbíó was built in 1913 and was operated as Íshús until 1942 when it…
Samúel Jón Samúelsson Big Band
Samúel Jón Samúelsson Big Band have been together on and off for a decade now, forming in 2000 for a…
Gallery Crymo
Gallery Crymo was established with the purpose of giving graduates of Iceland’s Academy of Arts a space to exhibit their…
Landakot Catholic Church
Landakotskirkja was build in 1929. Its the main Catholic Church, built in a beautiful Gothic style. The church host concerts…
The Best Show I Witnessed At Iceland Airwaves 2010, And Why It Was The Best Show I Witnessed At Iceland Airwaves 2010
So we did it again. We compiled a team of music lovers-slash-misanthropes to review every single show of the official…
The South Iceland Chamber Choir Receives Glowing Reviews
The South Iceland Chamber Choir (Kammerkór Suðurlands) is gaining wide acclaim for their new CD ‘Iepo Oneipo’. Marc Rochester of…
Austurbæjarbíó
Austurbæjarbíó provides a space for young people for activities, courses and arts. Also stages concerts and musicals. Address Snorrabraut –…
Iceland Defies China Over Nobel Prize-Winning Dissident
Iceland has defied warnings from China that any nation who sends representatives to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo’s award ceremony for…
2011 Sequences Art Festival: Call for Submissions!
SEQUENCES Art Festival is an annual independently run festival, established in Reykjavík in 2006 by four artist-run galleries. Its aim…
Exhibition Critical of Bank Crash Pulled
A group art exhibition concerning Icelandic visual arts history was suddenly cancelled, as it did not please the exhibition director….
Salurinn
Salurinn, Kopavogur Concert Hall is the first specially designed concert hall in Iceland. It was opened on the 2nd of…
Reykjanes Art Museum
Address: Tjarnargata 12, 230 Reykjanesbær Phone: 421 6700 Website: click here Show on map: click here
Trúno
Queer literature and magazines, entertainment and theme nights. Address: Laugavegur 22, 101 Reykjavík Show On Map: click here Phone: 567-7500…
My Airwaves Discovery Of The Year: The Dandelion Seeds
For a few depraved souls, the off-off venue Kaffistofan was the ultimate place to be on Airwaves Saturday. This venue…
Gerðarsafn, Art Museum Kópavogur
Gerðarsafn is a art museum collecting and exhibiting modern and contemporary art. It is situated in an impressive building in…
Mokka-Espresso-Kaffi
Mokkakaffi was founded in 1958 by couple Guðný Guðjónsdóttur and Gudmundur Baldvinssyni and the place still in the same family….
Kaffitár Café
Kaffitár on Bankastræti is a comfortable little café with a great selection of coffee, tea and baked goods on offer….
Players, Kópavogur
Players is a classical sports bar: a lot of TV’s transmitting all important sport events, pool tables for a little…
Venue – Saturday
Photo by Hvalreki. The evening was cold and wet when I arrived at Venue. No lines had formed outside of…
Apótekið – Saturday
Photo by Hörður Sveinsson After last night’s disaster of a dance concert, my hopes for my third straight night at…
Grapevine’s Picks For Saturday! + CONTEST ACTION!
WOW! Fuck. Huh? Yeah. So we’re on the second-to-last day of Airwaves. Are you tired? Because we are. But fuck…
Grapevine TV – EPISODE ONE!
So check this out: we’ve got a small camera crew running around the good festival, and they have been busy…
How Abstract Can You Get, Ghostigital?
This brainchild of the mighty Einar Örn Benediktsson and the also-mighty Curver needs no introduction. So you won’t get one….
Mínus Are LEGENDary …and so are Esja, for that matter
You all know Krummi from his epic ventures with the rock band Mínus. If you don’t, go right now and…