Reykjavík Grapevine - 24.08.2012, Qupperneq 64

O U T SI D E
Reykjavík in August and September
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Tónlistarhátíðin Gæran 2012
Sauðárkrókur
24-25 August
5,000 ISK from Midi.is (6,000 ISK at the door)

This year’s Tónlistarhátíðin Gæran opens its doors on August 24 at Sauðárkrókur
in Skagafjörður, a good 300km bus ride north-east out of Reykjavík. The old town
takes its name from the creek which runs through it; this weekend however it will
be good music crashing through the place as the festival returns for its third ap-
pearance.
Since it was founded in 2010, it has grown to boast a modest but keen follow-
ing. Reykjavík’s own melodic songsters Lockerbie are heading back this weekend
after playing last year, enjoying what they describe as “ridiculous fun”. Held in
an old tanning factory, the festival spreads its wings with events and attractions
around town. Top of the billing this year Faroese folk rocker Eivør, alongside the
funky female septet Dúkkulísur, legendary band Gildran, among many more all
weekend long. RL
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North Iceland
akureyri
Akureyri Center for Visual Arts
(Sjónlistamiðstöðin)
Textílbomban
An exhibit of all textile art,
including the largest national
flag in Iceland!
Runs until September 3
Glóbal-Lókal
Local artists use different media like
photography, sculpture, drawing and
videography to capture the essence
of Iceland's "second city."
Akureyri Church
Summer concerts every Sunday
Runs until September 9
Talented classical musicians every
Sunday for a month.
Akureyri Theatre
Borgarinnan
August 29
A new play is premiering by Saga Jóns-
dóttir about the life of Vilhelmína Lever.
She was the first woman elected into the
Akureyri council nineteen years before
women had the right to vote. Girl power!
Everything Everywhere in
Akureyri
Here + There + Everywhere =
Everything
June 23 - September 3
Art explodes into the community,
celebrating Akureyri’s 150th birth-
day. Seventy-one artists take part
in a radical exploration of public
art, weaving an intricate story into
new spaces. The only place that this
exhibition will not take place is at
the local art museum.
Græni Hatturinn
Varsjárbandalagið
August 24, 22:00
Eivör
August 25, 20:00; August 26, 21:00
Cecile Svendsen
August 28, 21:00
Hundur í Óskilum
August 29. 21:00
Sóley with My Bubba and Me
August 30, 21:00
Kiriyama Family and Mammút
September 1, 23:00
Sauðárkrókur
Gæran Music Festival
August 23-25
Over twenty bands will play at such at
Gæran with solo and acoustic sets on the
first night. There are lots of extras included
in the ticket price including free swimming
all weekend in the Sundlaug Akureyrar
pool and there will be documentaries
shown on Icelandic music.
East Iceland
Seyðisfjörður
Skaftfell – Center for Visual Art
Extract Of The Complete Works
German artist and musician Roger
Döring exhibits two collections of
his drawings.
Runs until September 9
STOFn
An open studio and exhibition of Tinna
Guðmundsdóttir's work.
Runs until August 30
Trying To Teach Icelandic While
Living In Germany
Presentation of the publically in-
stalled audio work by Jens Reichert,
who is trying to teach Icelandic
while living in Germany.
Runs until August 31.
The narrative Collection
In collaboration with the Icelandic
Centre for Ethnology and Folklore,
Skaftfell is showing a collection of
short videos collecting narratives from
the inhabitants of Seyðisfjörður in 2011
and 2012 to give a bigger picture of the
community.
Ongoing
South Iceland
Mosfellsbær
Hotel Laxness
History of Wool Walking Tour
Culture & Craft offers a two-hour
walking tour, where you can learn
about the history of the wool industry
in Mosfellsbær. The tour starts at
Hótel Laxness at 13:00 and is about
a 1,500 to 1,800 meter walkTours
run through the end of August on
weekdays and costs 3,900 ISK.
Vestmannaeyjar
Pompeii of the North, Westman
Islands
Excavations project at the site of a
1973 volcanic eruption on the
island of Heimaey.
Ongoing
West Iceland
Borgarnes
Gallerí Gersemi
Precious Iceland
An exhibition of landscape photo-
graphs by Haraldur Þór Stefánsson.
Runs until Sept. 6
The Icelandic Settlement Centre
Settlement & Egils Saga Exhibition
Daily, 10:00-21:00
The two exhibitions tell the saga
of Icelandic's settlement and most
famous viking and first poet: Egill
Skallagrimsson. Cost is 2400 ISK for
adults, 1800 ISK for children, seniors
and students.
Reykholt
Snorrastofa
Snorri Sturluson and his time
Daily, 10:00-21:00
An exhibit at Snorrastofa explores
the life and times of famed Icelandic
poet, historian and politician Snorri
Sturluson. Cost is 1,000 ISK for
adults, 800 ISK for seniors and
students, and children under 16 get
in free.
West Fjords
Djúpavík
Hotel Djúpavík
Fjaran/ Littoral Zone
An exhibition of new work by Scot-
tish artists Ishbel Macdonald and
Rhiannon Van Muysen. Paintings,
prints and installations explore the
biology and geology of land and sea.
Runs through August 31
Ísafjörður
Ísafjörður Triathlon
September 1
Ísafjörður holds it's own triathlon
with a 700 metre swim, 17 kilometre
bike race and a 7 kilometre run.
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