« Very hard to be in a hurry »

Ísafjarðarbær is tasteful of people over the weekend as the music festival never went south. The festival starts today and a thunderous atmosphere can be expected well into the night, both tonight and tomorrow.

This is the 21st time the festival is being held and Kristján Freyr Halldórsson the rock director says there is a lot of traffic around the town.

« I am outside the shop here and was going to have dinner, but I think I have to turn around because it’s so stuffed, » says Kristján in a conversation with a journalist when mbl.is strikes his thread.

The weather also plays well with the town today. « The brilliant sun and clear skies, so it is a really good atmosphere, » says Kristján.

Children’s concerts also began in the Edinburgh House at. 14 today, though not on behalf of the festival itself.

Can’t click

The formal program of the festival begins in the campaign tonight, where the rock band Genta, which won the Music Experiments last weekend, launches the festival at. 20. Larger numbers are followed, including Írafá, masonry, apparatus, Jóipé and Króli.

Kristján said he was particularly excited for the domestic players; The Gosa band, which plays tonight and Salome Katrina, who plays tomorrow. He also mentions the electronic music bands Amor Vincit Omnia and FM Belfast, who play tomorrow as well as Unu Torfa and the band Reykjavik!.

« This can’t click, » says the rock driver. « There is plenty on the agenda for the whole family. »

When the formal program of the Family Festival ends from midnight, the mood is distributed across town at events that are not organized by the festival. For example, Elvar, Daniil and other rappers will step up in the Edinburgh House tonight while British maintains the mood of the wagon in Flateyri.

Home Easter

« Isafjordur is a little home to Easter, » says Kristján Freyr, but in addition to the festival is a ski week in Ísafjörður. Actually, there is little snow on the slope, so the skiing pipes are more in town.

As mentioned earlier, there is a great atmosphere in Ísafjörður, as the sun is on the air. « Everyone is somehow licking the sun, » says Kristján.

« It’s really hard to be in a hurry. It’s not possible. »