Seigla

August 7th-9th, 2026
Harpu, Reykjavík

Seigla is a chamber music festival held at Harpa Concert Hall, presenting a diverse programme of events that challenge and expand the traditional concert format. The festival takes place annually on the second weekend of August.

The festival offers a varied programme for audiences of all ages, including the open family programme Little Seigla. At Little Seigla, audiences can participate in skipping rope to live music, explore the open sound installation Noise in Hörpuhorn, and join in communal singing at Musical Puzzle in Norðurljós.

This year, Seigla's programme is centred around the theme braid. We invite performers and audiences alike to explore the theme from a variety of perspectives and to consider how the threads of music, text, space, and human interaction can create meaningful experiences.

A Seigla Festival Pass grants access to all festival events. Early-bird passes are available for ISK 12,000 until 7 July.

Seiglazine

Seiglazine is an annual zine published in collaboration with Seigla. The first issue of the zine was published in August 2025. Seiglazine is edited by Erna Vala Arnardóttir and designed by Lee Marable.

The zine features articles, short stories, poems, photographs and drawings, reflections, gossip, work lists, and various other submissions that come in through an open call. The magazine also includes the Seigla festival programme and information about the festival events and performers.

Copies can be purchased by contacting zine@seiglafestival.com, or at the merchandise desk during Seigla at Harpa over the weekend of 7.-9. August. Seiglazine is also available for purchase at Skálda, Bókakaffið in Ármúli, and Forlagið.

The launch of the 2026 edition of Seiglazine will be celebrated on August 5th, 17:00 at Skálda.

Little Seigla

This year, we are celebrating the first edition of Little Seigla: a children’s music festival presented alongside Seigla’s main programme.

Little Seigla will be a series of events specially curated and promoted for younger audiences, where families and children will be warmly welcomed.

At Little Seigla, audiences can participate in skipping rope to live music, explore the open sound installation Noise in Hörpuhorn, and join in communal singing at Musical Puzzle in Norðurljós.

Take a closer look at the events in the Little Seigla programme below:

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