Café Rosenberg 9. - 12. mars 2011

Reykjavík Folk festival 2011

Reykjavik Folk Festival 2011 is a folk music festival where 14 Icelandic bands perform music of different types and origins but what all the artists have in common is that they play folk music, blues, world music or a mixture of all this.

Folk music has sometimes been defined as any music originating - at least, in its style - from friends or relatives; music by and for the common people and is carried from one generation to another. Often, this is because friends of family have gathered, sung and played their instruments at informal gatherings. We have sensed the lack of a music festival in Iceland where these values are in focus and this is the reason for establishing Reykjavik Folk Festival in 2010. This festival will evolve around joyful music, playing and singing, rather than research into the origins of folk music. We will try to present folk music from many different countries and the instruments will mostly be acoustic. We have organized this festival in collaboration with the owner of Kaffi Rósenberg, "the" center of live music performances in Reykjavik.

The festival will take place from Wednesday March 9 to Saturday March 12th 2011. There will be a total of 14 events, three events on Wednesday and Thursday and four events on the Friday and Saturday. Each event will be about 45 minutes long.

All concerts will be recorded by the National Radio (RUV) and 14 programs will be produced and broadcasted in the summer of 2011. We are very grateful to the National Radio for the trust they show us.

Best regards

Please contact: REYKJAVIK FOLK FESTIVAL or by phone: *354-698-1200

REYKJAVÍK FOLK FESTIVAL