The Anniversary of Akureyri Municipality is celebrated annually on the weekend closest to the day of establishment which is the 29th of August. It´s a celebration including cultural events like exhibitions, visual art, music, science and so on.

Celebrations will take place during 29th August - 30th of September 2025.

Akureyrarvaka is an annual town festival, held on the last weekend of August closest to the town’s anniversary which is August 29th. The festival is full of diverse events and experiences where guests and townspeople enjoy events together.

The festival calendar can be found on www.akureyrarvaka.is and will be updated as it gets closer to the event.

The town of Akureyri celebrates its 162st anniversary this year and there will be various celebrations this weekend. The program normaly includes more than 70 events taking place in town from Friday, August 29 to Sunday, September 1st.

The festival reaches its climax whit a big outdoor concert on Saturday night. 

In recent years Akureyrarvaka has stretched itself to Sunday with art exhibitions being open and guided tours of several exhibitions in the National Gallery during the day. 

Happy birthday!