Always a time for celebration

Concert on Iceland Airwaves — Iceland Airwaves, the multi-genre music festival, is held in November every year in Reykjavik.

Iceland’s event calendar is filled to the brim with diverse festivals and activities year-round, celebrating music, film, fashion, sports, and more.

Summer brings vibrant town festivals across the country, drawing crowds with lively celebrations. In winter, the spotlight shifts to outdoor sports, art exhibitions, and cultural events, offering unique experiences amid Iceland’s seasonal shifts from midnight sun to winter darkness.

January

Athlete competing in the Reykjavík International Games, performing a high jump indoors with the bar and landing mat visible beneath arena lights.

Reykjavik International Games

Reykjavik

Interior of a Reykjavík church during Dark Music Days, with tall vaulted ceilings lit in deep blue tones and an audience seated for a contemporary music performance.

Dark Music Days

Reykjavik

February

Hallgrímskirkja illuminated with colorful light projections during Reykjavík’s annual Winter Lights Festival, with the statue and crowd visible in the foreground at night.

Winter Lights Festival

Reykjavik

Crowd of runners and spectators celebrating at the Northern Light Run in Reykjavík, with colorful lights, confetti, and glow sticks filling the night-time event atmosphere.

Northern Lights Run

Reykjavik

March

Glasses of craft beer with foamy heads on a table at Reykjavík’s annual Beer Festival, showcasing different shades of amber and gold.

The annual beer festival

Reykjavik

Chef plating a dish in a professional kitchen, wearing a white chef’s jacket and black apron, with another chef working in the background.

Food & Fun

Reykjavik

Crowd celebrating at Rainbow Reykjavík, with people dancing beneath colorful lights and confetti falling inside an event venue.

Rainbow Reykjavik

Reykjavik

Contestants pushing a bathtub sled during the Mývatn Winter Festival. Photo: Agnes Lebeaupin

Mývatn Winter Festival

Mývatn Winter Festival

April

Children raising their hands inside a packed theater during Reykjavík’s Children’s Culture Festival, with colorful stage lights and a lively audience filling the hall.

Children's Culture Festival

Reykjavik

Players competing in the Reykjavík Open Chess Tournament, seated at long tables in a large hall filled with chessboards and spectators.

Reykjavík Open Chess Tournament

Reykjavik

Aerial view of central Reykjavík with a long street lined by colorful buildings leading toward the sea, used to represent the Reykjavík International Literary Festival.

Reykjavik International Literary Festival

Reykjavik

Cross-country skiers racing uphill during the Fossavatn Ski Marathon in Ísafjörður, with snowy mountains and fjord scenery in the background.

Fossavatn Ski Marathon

The Westfjords

Live music performance at "Aldrei fór ég suður" music festival in Ísafjörður, with a band on stage under colorful lights and a large crowd gathered inside the venue.

Aldrei fór ég suður

The Westfjords

Participant writing in a notebook during the Iceland Writers Retreat, seated in a theater-style chair with handwritten notes and sketches on the page.

Iceland Writers Retreat

Iceland Writers Retreat

Sigló Freeride Weekend — event image

Sigló Freeride Weekend

North Iceland

May

International museum day — event image

International museum day

Reykjavik

Skjaldborg documentary festival — event image

Skjaldborg documentary festival

The Westfjords

Audience gathered inside a rustic wooden hall in Akureyri during OrcasFest, listening to a live music performance under hanging lights and stained glass windows.

OrchasFest

North Iceland

DesignMarch — event image

DesignMarch

Reykjavik

June

National Holiday of Iceland — event image

National Holiday of Iceland

National Holiday of Iceland

Fishermans day — event image

Fishermans day

Fishermans day

The Colour run — event image

The Colour run

Reykjavik

People cycling in the Blue Lagoon challenge

Blue Lagoon Challenge

Reykjanes

Irish days — event image

Irish days

West Iceland

Arctic Open — event image

Arctic Open

North Iceland

Hafnarfjörður Viking Festival — event image

Hafnarfjörður Viking Festival

Reykjavik

Við Djúpið Music Festival & Summer Course — event image

Við Djúpið Music Festival & Summer Course

The Westfjords

Reykjavík Arts Festival — event image

Reykjavík Arts Festival

Reykjavik

Iceland Knit Fest — event image

Iceland Knit Fest

North Iceland

July

The runners' festival — event image

The runners' festival

The Westfjords

Eistnaflug — event image

Eistnaflug

East Iceland

Dancers at Reykjavik Fringe Festival

Fringe festival

Reykjavik

A band at Folk Music Festival

Folk Music Festival

North Iceland

Horse and rider National Icelandic horse competition

Landsmót 2026 - The National Icelandic Horse Competition

North Iceland

Man running on Laugavegur hiking trail

Laugavegur Ultra Marathon

South Iceland

Reykholt Chamber Music Festival — event image

Reykholt Chamber Music Festival

West Iceland

Concert at From music festival Braedslan

Bræðslan

East Iceland

Kótelettan BBQ & Music Festival — event image

Kótelettan BBQ & Music Festival

South Iceland

West Iceland Pride — event image

West Iceland Pride

West Iceland

Rey Cup — event image

Rey Cup

Reykjavik

Norðanpaunk Punk Festival — event image

Norðanpaunk Punk Festival

North Iceland

August

People celebrating on Reykjavik Pride 2016

Reykjavik pride

Reykjavik

Crowd of people celebrating culture night

Reykjavik Culture night

Reykjavik

National festival in Vestmannaeyjar

National festival

South Iceland

Act Alone Solo performance festival — event image

Act Alone Solo performance festival

The Westfjords

International Westfjords Piano Festival — event image

International Westfjords Piano Festival

The Westfjords

Comic Festival — event image

Comic Festival

North Iceland

September

Reykjavik International Film Festival 2021

Reykjavik International Film Festival

Reykjavik

The night of lights — event image

The night of lights

Reykjanes

Vaka Folk Arts Festival Reykjavík — event image

Vaka Folk Arts Festival Reykjavík

Reykjavik

Reykjavik jazz festival

Reykjavik jazz festival

Reykjavik

Icelandic Blues Festival — event image

Icelandic Blues Festival

The Westfjords

October

Imagine peace tower

Imagine Peace Tower

Reykjavik

Puppetry festival Hvammstangi

Hvammstangi International Puppetry Festival

North Iceland

Sequences art festival — event image

Sequences art festival

Reykjavik

Northern Wave International Film Festival — event image

Northern Wave International Film Festival

West Iceland

The Pigeon International Film Festival — event image

The Pigeon International Film Festival

The Westfjords

November

Iceland Airwaves — event image

Iceland Airwaves

Reykjavik

December

The Yule lads — event image

The Yule lads

The Yule lads

New Year's Eve Run — event image

New Year's Eve Run

Reykjavik

Christmas village — event image

Christmas village

Reykjavik

Find current events around Iceland

Capital area — event image

Capital area

Reykjavik

North Iceland — event image

North Iceland

North Iceland

Reykjanes — event image

Reykjanes

Reykjanes

Víðgelmir lava cave

West Iceland

West Iceland

South Iceland — event image

South Iceland

South Iceland

Biking in solitude in the Westfjords region of Iceland

Westfjords

The Westfjords

East Iceland — event image

East Iceland

East Iceland