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Live From Reykjavík Returns
Music fans will have to wait until 2022 for their next fix of Iceland Airwaves, after gathering restrictions put paid to the festival for the second year running. But the good folk who run Airwaves are determined not to leave the nation’s…
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Bar Closes Upon Learning COVID-Positive Patrons Plan To Attend
Plans for a karaoke night at Gaukurinn bar in downtown Reykjavík were quashed yesterday after management discovered that a number of known COVID-positive partiers planned to attend. Magnús Bjarni Gröndal, manager of Gaukurinn, shared with Vísir that they received tips from several sources…
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Best Of Reykjavík 2019: Best Place For Live Music
There is one thing abundantly clear from our very scientific drinking research: craft beers and gastropubs have arrived in force. You can’t throw a stone without hitting someone washing down a dry-aged chilli burger with a local IPA. After a few stable…
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Meet The Venues: Where You’ll Be Hanging Out At Iceland Airwaves 2018
Iceland Airwaves has taken many forms over its twenty years, from being a concert in an airport hangar, to a gritty 101 party, to a grown-up week-long festival with Harpa as it’s clean ‘n’ tidy hub. 2018 sees slight return to the…
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More Than Just A Vegan Spot: Veganæs Goes Beyond Labels With Cruelty-Free Fast Food
The newly opened eatery Veganæs—in the Gaukurinn music venue—bills itself as a vegan comfort food restaurant. While that’s definitely true, a more accurate description would be that it’s a comfort food restaurant that just happens to be vegan. Taste anything from the…
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Best Of Reykjavík 2018: Best Bar For Live Music
There is one thing abundantly clear from our very scientific drinking research, Hverfisgata is one hot little street right now. After getting massive internal road surgery a couple of years ago, it has come out thriving with a great bunch of watering…
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Best Of Reykjavík 2018: Best Place To End The Night
There is one thing abundantly clear from our very scientific drinking research, Hverfisgata is one hot little street right now. After getting massive internal road surgery a couple of years ago, it has come out thriving with a great bunch of watering…
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Dark & Glittering Sips: Gaukurinn’s Vegan Cocktail Menu Impresses
While there are many options for vegan munchies around the city, it’s a bit more complicated for animal lovers to get their fix of good ol’ alcohol. Thankfully local alt-haunt Gaukurinn is stepping up to the plate. Along with the opening of…
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Starr Power: Reykjavík’s Drag Renaissance
Gógó Starr emerges from behind the red velvet curtain with a glowing smile, wearing an exaggeratedly glamorous sequined black dress that sparkles under the stage lights. She steps out in front of us and strikes a pose, throwing her blonde curls from…
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Innipúkinn: Outdoor Festivals Are Self-harm
As thousands of people leave the capital area on Merchants’ Weekend, filing off to outdoor festivals around the country, those remaining in Reykjavík can experience the best of both worlds. “Innipúkinn is of course the only real music festival taking place this…
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Best Of Reykjavík: Concert Venues
Reykjavík’s gig circuit has changed fast in recent years, with city-centre favourites like Faktóry and NASA being shuttered by property developers. But the music scene thrives regardless, and there are still a variety of venues to catch a show, each filling a…
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Grapevine’s Best Of 2017: Best Bar For Live Music
Once again we come to the time in the year where we do the hard task of assessing which bars and clubs are worthy of a place in the limelight. Reykjavík’s bar culture is quite vast and diverse, ranging from the smallest…
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Meet The Venues Of Iceland Airwaves 2016
Iceland Airwaves is, by and large, located in downtown Reykjavík. For first-timers, part of the fun whirlwind of the festival comes from discovering the variety of venues on offer, whether it’s wandering into a quaint wooden-floored music hall, marvelling at a high-ceilinged…
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Grapevine’s Best Of 2016: Best Place For Live Music
Looking for a good concert? We got u: here’s our rundown of the three best spots in Reykjavík to catch a live show, taken from our special “Best Of Reykjavík 2016” issue. Húrra Tryggvagata 22 Húrra wins this category hands down, with…
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Happening Tonight: Anti-Christian Festival 2015
Iceland’s longest running metal festival, the Anti-Christian Festival, traces its roots all the way back to 2000 AD, when it was held to stick it to a nearby Christianity festival at Þingvellir—now it’s just sticking it to overly bland musical performances. This…
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YAMAHO’s Airwaves Highlights Of The Day
Kött grá pje at 15:00 at Hlemmur Square: A rapper with long hair… Need I say more? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgRv7XWJnZs Dr Gunni at 16:00 at Kaffihús Vesterbæjar or at 20:50 at Gamla Bíó: A man that writes a song about farts is not a…
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Happening Tonight: Abominor Album Release Concert
Do you like black metal and new and exciting albums? Then you’ll want to catch the album release concert for Abominor’s ‘Opus: Decay’, a head-jarringly heavy collection of songs guaranteed to make your day a lil’ more hellish (in the best way…
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Happening Tonight: The Rocky Horror Sing Along Show
Gaukurinn would like, if it may, to take you on a strange journey. But don’t panic! By the light of the night, it’ll seem all right! Come watch a semi-interactive sing-a-long screening of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’! Popcorn will be provided,…
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Happening Tonight: Death To Puffinstores! Narthraal / Urðun / Skuggskjá
Recently, popular music venues Húrra, Gaukurinn, Palóma, Glaumbar and Dubliner were marked for closing in order to erect businesses more focused on tourism. As we all know, the one thing that Reykjavík is severely lacking in is Puffin Stores. Nah, fuck that.…
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News In Brief: Mid-July 2015
Icelanders’ persistence in hunting fin whales continues to enrage the outside world, most recently attracting the ire of a group of activists, a celebrity and, potentially, a ruthless world leader. Late June, activist group Hard To Port commenced direct action against whalers, kayaking…
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Potential Closure Of Downtown’s Music Venues: It’s About More Than Music
It’s Faktorý all over again. The buildings that house downtown’s booming music scene—venues like Húrra, Gaukurinn, Paloma and Dubliner—will likely be renovated into “tourism-related businesses.” The news is reminiscent to the sad fate of Faktorý, a popular Reykjavík music venue that was…
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Happening Tonight: Amy Winehouse Tribute Band
Four years ago, singer Amy Winehouse tragically died at only 27 years old. Having just won five Grammy awards for her second album, the beehived starlet was at the height of a promising and prolific career. In honour of Winehouse’s contributions to…
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Lights! Camera! Winter!
Reykjavík’s Winter Lights Festival commenced yesterday. It seems like a fun event, with lots of nice stuff going on. Like tonight’s Museum Night, which involves basically every Reykjavík museum staying open, for free, until midnight, with special events scattered all over. Tomorrow, there’s the…