The Creative Summer Groups and Street Theatre of Hitt Húsið Center for Young People spread art and intrigue throughout the City Center between 16:00 and 18:00, on this summer's final joint appearance of the young artists.
Take a stroll downtown and sample the grassroots of Icelandic arts: Music, theatre, sculpture, installations and more.
The Creative Summer Groups of Hitt Húsið give young people the opportunity to apply and bring ideas for creative projects, which they then work on for 8 weeks over the summer.
Final Festival: Creative Summer Groups & Street Theater
City Center, Lækjartorg 1, 101 Reykjavík Directions
Thu 09.07.2026 16:00
THE STREET THEATRE OF HITT HÚSIÐ @ AUSTURVÖLLUR
The sleeping child: A child sleeps at Austurvöllur and from the depths of its dreams ominous beings emerge.
THE MODERNIST‘S STAND UP @ THE CORNER OF LAUGAVEGUR AND SKÓLAVÖRÐUSTÍGUR
The Modernist acts out a Dada-esque conversation that he has overheard. Three characters with the same voice discuss their dada-esque reality.
BOROUGHS AND BLOSSOMS @ THE GREENHOUSE AT LÆKJARTORG
Boroughs and Blossoms is a project with the goal of answering the question if it is possible to experience natural beauty within city limits. Una Erlín seeks to answer this question through cyanotype-developed photographs that show both nature and man-made-structures.
STYTTUVÍK @ BOY AND GIRL (KATA AND STEBBI) STATUE: HLJÓMSKÁLAGARÐURINN
Daði and María do performance art at the Piltur og stúlka (Kata og Stebbi) statue at the Hljómskálagarðurinn park.
ALLTÍLAGI? @ KOLAPORTIÐ FLEA MARKET
The art group Alltílagi? sums up the trilogy Skítug í hvítu with an art installation. The group members Birta Dís, Iða Ósk, Snorri Rafn and Þór Ástþórsson welcome all.
HLJÓÐHEIMAR Í REYKJAVÍK @ MENGI
Lára showcases her electronic music work Hljóðheimar í Reykjavík, created from location sound recording from various places in Reykjavík and accompanied by visuals, in Mengi between 16 and 17:30.
DÚÓ KOBLÍA @ KJARVALSSTAÐIR
Þórdís Emilía and Jakob Grybos will perform classical pieces on violin and piano by Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin and more.
LISTANETIÐ @ BANKASTRÆTI BILLBOARD
The art trio Listanetið will host an exhibiton on the digital billboard in Bankastræti. The billboard‘s takeover will be from 00:00-23:59 on the 9th of July and Listanetið will be there from 16:00-18:00 – perhaps with bubbles…. All of the art works will be shown on the instagram account @listanetid.archive
ON RED SOCKS @ HAFNARHÚS
Svanhildur Irmudóttir presents the textile artwork On Red Socks, inspired by the Icelandic women's rights movement. Through the piece, she seeks to convey both the movement’s spirit of activism and creativity, as well as the sense of solidarity that characterized its efforts to transform the position of women in society.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE @ HOUSE OF COLLECTIONS
The fourth and final chapter of the play I SHALL CALL UPON YOU (WHEN I DIE) will be performed by Lúkas Emil Johansen and Thea Snæfríður Kristjánsdóttir (in Icelandic) at 16:00. I SHALL CALL UPON YOU (WHEN I DIE) is a play in four parts or chapters, written, directed and performed by Thea Snæfríður Kristjánsdóttir and Lúkas Emil Johansen.
CONVERSATION WITH THE PIANO @ DÓMKIRKJAN
Vasyl and Chadman, in Conversation with the piano, perform classical music by composers such as Chopin and Beethoven
The sleeping child: A child sleeps at Austurvöllur and from the depths of its dreams ominous beings emerge.
THE MODERNIST‘S STAND UP @ THE CORNER OF LAUGAVEGUR AND SKÓLAVÖRÐUSTÍGUR
The Modernist acts out a Dada-esque conversation that he has overheard. Three characters with the same voice discuss their dada-esque reality.
BOROUGHS AND BLOSSOMS @ THE GREENHOUSE AT LÆKJARTORG
Boroughs and Blossoms is a project with the goal of answering the question if it is possible to experience natural beauty within city limits. Una Erlín seeks to answer this question through cyanotype-developed photographs that show both nature and man-made-structures.
STYTTUVÍK @ BOY AND GIRL (KATA AND STEBBI) STATUE: HLJÓMSKÁLAGARÐURINN
Daði and María do performance art at the Piltur og stúlka (Kata og Stebbi) statue at the Hljómskálagarðurinn park.
ALLTÍLAGI? @ KOLAPORTIÐ FLEA MARKET
The art group Alltílagi? sums up the trilogy Skítug í hvítu with an art installation. The group members Birta Dís, Iða Ósk, Snorri Rafn and Þór Ástþórsson welcome all.
HLJÓÐHEIMAR Í REYKJAVÍK @ MENGI
Lára showcases her electronic music work Hljóðheimar í Reykjavík, created from location sound recording from various places in Reykjavík and accompanied by visuals, in Mengi between 16 and 17:30.
DÚÓ KOBLÍA @ KJARVALSSTAÐIR
Þórdís Emilía and Jakob Grybos will perform classical pieces on violin and piano by Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin and more.
LISTANETIÐ @ BANKASTRÆTI BILLBOARD
The art trio Listanetið will host an exhibiton on the digital billboard in Bankastræti. The billboard‘s takeover will be from 00:00-23:59 on the 9th of July and Listanetið will be there from 16:00-18:00 – perhaps with bubbles…. All of the art works will be shown on the instagram account @listanetid.archive
ON RED SOCKS @ HAFNARHÚS
Svanhildur Irmudóttir presents the textile artwork On Red Socks, inspired by the Icelandic women's rights movement. Through the piece, she seeks to convey both the movement’s spirit of activism and creativity, as well as the sense of solidarity that characterized its efforts to transform the position of women in society.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE @ HOUSE OF COLLECTIONS
The fourth and final chapter of the play I SHALL CALL UPON YOU (WHEN I DIE) will be performed by Lúkas Emil Johansen and Thea Snæfríður Kristjánsdóttir (in Icelandic) at 16:00. I SHALL CALL UPON YOU (WHEN I DIE) is a play in four parts or chapters, written, directed and performed by Thea Snæfríður Kristjánsdóttir and Lúkas Emil Johansen.
CONVERSATION WITH THE PIANO @ DÓMKIRKJAN
Vasyl and Chadman, in Conversation with the piano, perform classical music by composers such as Chopin and Beethoven
Performers
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Hins HússinsTónlist, Myndlist
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Listhópar Hins Hússins
Creative groups presenting a variety of artistic performances.
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Götuleikhús Hins Hússins
Performing arts
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Óðal Hjarnmeðlimur fjölda grasrótarhljómsveita. kemur fram eitt síns liðs með harmónikku og brothætta rödd.
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Birta Dís
Performer at the MÍT Showcase
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Þór Ástþórsson
Director of 'Píanistinn'.
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Þórdís EmilíaViolinist, 16 years old
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Thea Snæfríður Kristjánsdóttir
Director of 'Bar-Dagur'.
