The Ski Week festival in the town of Ísafjörður starts this Wednesday. At the same time, the town hosts the fantastic music festival Aldrei fór ég suður.
The annual music festival Aldrei fór ég suður (I never went south – south meaning the capital) is a wonderful reason to visit the town of Ísafjörður, the unofficial capital of the Westfjords. This year the festival is celebrating its tenth anniversary and many of Iceland’s best bands will be there. Among those already confirmed are Retro Stefson, Grísalappalísa, and Maus.
This is a family-friendly affair with many acts performing throughout the day all over the small town, starting with lunch beat dance parties at noon. Later, choirs will perform in the beautiful local church, and concerts will go late into the night at the main venue, an old harbor warehouse.
The festival’s godfathers are Mugison, a universally loved musician in Iceland, and his father, who both have deep roots in the town of Ísafjörður. As Mugison has explained, the original idea was to “do a festival were local workers would sing, DJ, and entertain as the main attraction, and we would get the biggest names in the Icelandic music scene to support them.”
The annual Ski Week Festival opens Wednesday 16. It has more than seventy years long history and as ever the program is action packed.
For this week one week of rock and skiing Ísafjörður town more than doubles in size (from 2,600).
The official program of Aldrei fór ég suður takes place on April 18 and 19, but the festival kicks off unofficially with some concerts on the night of April 17. Entrance is free of charge. See the schedule and more at www.aldrei.is
A family-friendly affair with many acts performing throughout the day all over the small town of Ísafjörður.
The Ski Week festival in the town of Ísafjörður starts this Wednesday. At the same time, the town hosts the fantastic music festival Aldrei fór ég suður.
The annual music festival Aldrei fór ég suður (I never went south – south meaning the capital) is a wonderful reason to visit the town of Ísafjörður, the unofficial capital of the Westfjords. This year the festival is celebrating its tenth anniversary and many of Iceland’s best bands will be there. Among those already confirmed are Retro Stefson, Grísalappalísa, and Maus.
This is a family-friendly affair with many acts performing throughout the day all over the small town, starting with lunch beat dance parties at noon. Later, choirs will perform in the beautiful local church, and concerts will go late into the night at the main venue, an old harbor warehouse.
The festival’s godfathers are Mugison, a universally loved musician in Iceland, and his father, who both have deep roots in the town of Ísafjörður. As Mugison has explained, the original idea was to “do a festival were local workers would sing, DJ, and entertain as the main attraction, and we would get the biggest names in the Icelandic music scene to support them.”
The annual Ski Week Festival opens Wednesday 16. It has more than seventy years long history and as ever the program is action packed.
For this week one week of rock and skiing Ísafjörður town more than doubles in size (from 2,600).
The official program of Aldrei fór ég suður takes place on April 18 and 19, but the festival kicks off unofficially with some concerts on the night of April 17. Entrance is free of charge. See the schedule and more at www.aldrei.is
