Reykjavík Grapevine - 26.08.2011, Page 46

M U SI C
concerts & nightlife in august & september
Step into
the Viking Age
Experience Viking-Age Reykja­vík a­t the
new Settlement Exhibition. The focus of the
exhibition is a­n exca­va­ted longhouse site which
da­tes from the 10th century ad. It includes
relics of huma­n ha­bita­tion from a­bout 871, the
oldest such site found in Icela­nd.

Multimedia­ techniques bring Reykja­vík’s
pa­st to life, providing visitors with insights
into how people lived in the Viking Age, a­nd
wha­t the Reykja­vík environment looked like
to the first settlers.
The exhibition a­nd
museum shop a­re open
da­ily 10–17
Aða­lstræti 16
101 Reykja­vík / Icela­nd
Phone +(354) 411 6370
www.reykja­vikmuseum.is
Reykjavík Is A Hotbed Of Jazz
For one more week!
Until September 3
Various venues
It’s the last week of The Reykjavík Jazz Festival! You have until September 3 to
experience Reykjavík as a hotbed of lively jazz music. So go enjoy superb shows by
well-known jazz artists from around the world along with great Icelandic newcom-
ers.
The festival is hosting bands from all over the world, including the US, France,
Austria, and of course other Nordic countries. Some must-see acts include Danilo
Perez, who will play jazz inspired by his Latin American roots at Harpa on August
27, Mezzoforte, who will play at Harpa on September 3, and up-and-coming Swed-
ish-Finnish pop-improv trio Elifantree, who will bring their lively, peculiar grooves,
peppering the act with entertaining improvisation at Sódóma on September 2.
The Reykjavík Jazz Festival brings you eclectic jazz styles sure to meet the needs
of even the pickiest of jazz lovers! Jazz lovers of Reykjavík unite!

8 |THU
Bakkus
22:00 Creature of the Night
Café Oliver
22:00 Ingó Verðurguð
Celtic Cross
22:00 Live Music
Den Danske Kro
22:00 Live Music
Dubliner
21:00 Live Music
English Pub
21:30 Live Music
Esja
21:00 Live Music
Hressó
22:00 Böddi & friends
Kaffibarinn
22:00 Local DJ
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
22:00 Live Music
Prikið
22:00 Surprise night!
Vegamót
22:00 DJ Jónas
» |ONGOING
Víkingakráin
20:00 Let's Talk Iceland: Comedy Show.
2200 ISK. Everyday
Iðnó
20:00 Cellophane Comedy show.
Thursdays
AUGUST 26
RÚV 1, free entrance
16:00 Live Jazz
The Nordic House
20:00 Ragnheiður Gröndal, 2.000
ISK
Sódóma
22:00 Ómar Guðjónsson’s
Quartet, Eyjólfur Þorsteinsson &
Eyland, 1.500 ISK
AUGUST 27
The Nordic House
13:00 Jazz For The Young Ones,
free entrance
Harpa, Norðurljós
15:00 Eyþór og Davíð, 2.500 ISK
The Culture House
17:00 Skúli Sverrisson, 2.000 ISK
Harpa, Norðurljós
20:00 Danilo Perez, 3.900 ISK
AUGUST 28
Icelandair Hotel Reykjavik Natura
12:30 Live Jazz, free entrance
Harpa, Kaldalón
14:00 Danilo Perez, 1.000 ISK
The Culture House
17:00 Sigríður Thorlacius with
Secret Swing Society quintet &
Gunnar Hilmarsson's band, 2.000
ISK
The Nordic House
20:00 Tómas R. Einarsson's
Strengur, 2.000 ISK
Faktorý
21:00 Jóel Pálsson, 2.000 ISK
AUGUST 29
The Nordic House
20:00 Andrés Þór Quartet, 2.000
ISK
AUGUST 30
Harpa, Kaldalón
20:00 Eivind Aarset & Hilmar
Jensson, 2.500
The Nordic House
21:30 Nikolaj Bentzon, 2.000 ISK
AUGUST 31
Harpa, Kaldalón
20:00 The Reykjavík Big Band,
2.500 ISK
SEPTEMBER 1
Faktorý
21:00 Samúel Jón Samúelsson
Big Band, 2.000 ISK
SEPTEMBER 2
RÚV 1, free entrance
16:00 Live Jazz
The Nordic House
20:00 Anna Maria & Paavo 3, free
entrance
Sódóma
23:00 Elifantree & The Kandinsky
Effect, 1.500 ISK
SEPTEMBER 3
The Nordic House
13:00 Jazz For The Young Ones,
free entrance
Ingólfstorg
15:00 Jazz Show, free entrance
Harpa, Eldborg
20:00 Mezzoforte, 4.900 ISK
SEPTEMBER 4
Icelandair Hotel Reykjavik Natura
12:30 Live Jazz, free entrance
Faktorý
21:00 Live Jazz, free entrance
Aeroplane Will Do A
Brief Stopover In
Reykjavík!
He’ll get y’all dancing, too!
September 2, at 23:00
Square (Lækjartorg)
1500 ISK
The discerning dance music enthusiast
who just happens to be stationed in
Reykjavík on September 2 sure has rea-
son to rejoice! None other than fabled
Italian/Belgian producer Aeroplane is
throwing a party in Reykjavík with help
from designer/artist MUNDI, promotion
collective RVK UNDERGROUND and
very excellent local DJs Gísli Galdur, B
Ruff and Introbeats.
Aeroplane should really need no
introduction to said discerning dance
music enthusiast who just happens to
be stationed in Reykjavík on September
2, so we’re not we’re not giving one. If
you’re all oblivious, just Google him—
you shan’t regret it.
Get yr. tix at www.midi.is—see y’all
there, with your disco-pants on.