Grapevine Events: RIFF, Joy Orbison, dj. flugvél og geimskip

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! A new issue of The Grapevine is currently being distributed around the country, with music legends Páll Óskar and Benni Hemm Hemm gracing our cover. Their album, Alveg, is out on streaming services today — but we recommend you buy the vinyl from a local record shop.

Despite the current yellow weather warning, life goes on. There are still events, gallery openings, and concerts to be attended. Mamma Mia! will still be shown at 21:00 — yes, the sing-along version — for Bíó Paradís’ party screening tonight.

There’s also a Cell7 vinyl release/concert at Smekkleysa at 18:00, and a performance by theramin-mastermind Hekla at Mengi at 20:00. English electronic musician Joy Orbison will take the (newly repainted) Austurbæjarbíó stage this evening, with support from Agzilla, digital ísland, and Young Nazareth. Austurbæjarbíó claims it will be the biggest party of the year, so you probably don’t want to miss that, right?

On Saturday, novelist and painter Hallgrímur Helgason opens a solo exhibition — War í lofti, or War in the air — at Gallery Port at 15:00. “Fuzz folk” band Woolly Kind celebrates the release of their first album (out today), í hringi, with a concert at Smekkleysa at 19:00. Krassoff plays this week’s Straumur concert at Kaffibarinn, always free and always at 21:00.

Got an event? Add it to the calendar at events.grapevine.is, or check out what’s already happening around town.

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RIFF: Reykjavík International Film Festival

September 25 to October 5 — Multiple locations — Festival passes and single tickets for sale here

RIFF’s in town! So is iconic music photographer and filmmaker Anton Corbijn, who’s screening his 2007 Ian Curtis documentary Control tonight. From a Swiss focus to an exceptional Nordic programme, to “Cave-In” cinema outside the city, and a few culinary events — including a sold-out Tampopo screening paired with a ramen tasting — it seems RIFF has something for everyone. Read our preview here. IZ

Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir — HUMAN

Opens September 27 — 17:00 — Þula — Free

Artist Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir celebrates this exhibition opening, the release of a book about her life and work, and her 70th birthday. Known for her long-term fascination with the corporeal form, the seminal sculptor offers works that consider what it means to be human and use diverse materials such as stone, aluminium, and glass. Not having exhibited a solo show in Iceland for around 10 years, HUMAN is also a celebration of the artist’s return. ISH

Hauslaus: dj. flugvél og geimskip

September 27 — 21:00 — RVK Bruggfélagið Tónabíó — Free

Beloved “outer space electronic musician” dj. flugvél og geimskip (aeroplane and spaceship) is next in the Tónabíó and K100’s concert series Hauslaus. dj. flugvél og geimskip plays wacky and captivating music, alongside psychedelic lights and theatrical performance. You never know what is going to happen in one of her performances, and that’s the excitement of it all. Find out what will happen in this one. ISH