Grapevine Events: Baroque At Dómkirkjan, Garnival, Future Festival, Dead Air, And More

So, how’s your week been? We’ve seen better days.

Despite some bleakness, we can take solace in the exciting events happening this week: norm-pushing theatre performances, electric concerts, forward-thinking festivals, and more. Here are this week’s event picks, full of celebrations of culture that remind me why some of us do this in the first place.

Food & Fun sprawls through the capital area until March 1, bringing chefs from around the world to collaborate with our best restaurants to create delicious bites. You can find French cooking at Eiriksson Brasserie, Japanese food at Brasa, Mexican-Nordic cuisine at Kastrup, and much, much more.

German Film Days is Bíó Paradís’ latest takeover, offering both new and older films in their programming from February 27 until March 8.

Tonight, this year’s Venice Art Biennale representative Ásta Fanney performs at Mengi alongside special guests, beginning at 20:00.

On Saturday, Ólöf Nordal’s exhibition Ó opens at Glérhúsið, from 14:00-16:00. Artist Morjane Ténéré, joined by double bassist Jón Logi Pálma and drummer/percussionist Christian Helgi, performs at Skálda bókabúð, beginning at 16:00. This is ahead of the release of her EP I Wish I Could Be an Angel, which will be out on April 17.

Amor Vincit Omnia celebrates the release of their EP, Extended babe, at Mengi at 20:00. Their first release, brb babe, garnered them both a 2025 Kraumur Award and Ones To Watch at the Grapevine Music Awards, so if you haven’t been, now is certainly the time to start watching.

Afterwards, at 21:30, Skelkur í bringu are this week’s Straumur show at Kaffibarinn. With Steinunn Eldflaug Harðardóttir (dj. flugvél og geimskip), alongside Pétur Eggertsson and Siggi Hólm Lárusson, the three serve up rocking, psytrance-y, delirious songs.

Looking for something else? Just scroll down. Got an event? Add it to the calendar at events.grapevine.is, or go there to check out what’s already happening around town.

Baroque For A Shilling: On The Trail Of The Nordic Baroque

February 27 — 20:00 — Dómkirkjan — 3.000 ISK / 2.000 ISK for students

Bislet Barokk, an Oslo-based early-music trio, combine their talents with Icelandic musician Aurora Rósudóttir Luciano to perform forgotten Nordic broadside ballads, promising historical instruments, zithers, improvisation, and storytelling. Here, the group teams together to revive ballads that used to be presented on a sheet of paper and sold for just a shilling, which they will present to the audience at Dómkirkjan. ISH

Garnival 2026

March 1 — 12:00-17:00 — Ásvellir — Free to enter, not free to buy yarn!

Hafnarfjörður’s annual yarn-themed hurrah is upon us again! If you’re a knitter, this is well worth the trip (if you’re not, check out this interview with one, perhaps you’ll be convinced to at least give it a try). Booths selling yarn, knitted garments, and other paraphernalia take over the sports hall for a Saturday afternoon. Put down the needles and head out to buy another skein for your collection. ISH

Future Festival 2026

March 1-14 — Reykjavik City Library (Grófin) — Free entry

“How to future?” reads the defining question for 2026’s Future Festival. Exploring the technology and the environment of the present, alongside future generations and our dreams for them, this festival is a time to be together and imagine possibilities. Five installations will be up for the duration of the festival, along with workshops throughout the two weeks. Feel like you’re doomscrolling too much? The folks at ENDURTAKK (who we chatted with last year), along with Emma Shannon, will help you make a “sleeping bag” for your phone to help you put it away. The festival begins this Sunday, with a Repair Café (which we covered last year in case you’re wondering what that means), plant pot making, and the opening of a time capsule. Don’t miss it! ISH

Dead Air, a tragi-comedy + Q&A on AI griefbots

March 4 & 5 — 20:00 — Tjarnarbíó — 4.900 ISK / 2.450 ISK for students

Everyone navigates grief different. For some it’s staying in bed for weeks on end, only getting up to get a new bucket of ice cream. Others pretend nothing happened, hiding behind a smile as they go through life. For actress and producer Alfrun Rose, moving forward meant writing a comedy show. Dead Air is a vulnerable, funny, and unapologetically dark solo show about AI, grief, and one very dead dad. IZ

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