Festival Information

About the festival

Bræðslan is a music festival held in Borgarfjörður eystri, a fjord community in eastern Iceland.

The festival brings music to this remote corner of the country, where the surrounding landscape of fjords and mountains shapes the setting. This page gathers the essentials for anyone planning to attend or simply curious about the event.

For a short introduction to the festival, start on the home page.

Set against the dramatic landscape of Borgarfjörður eystri, Bræðslan offers a festival experience shaped by its remote eastern Icelandic setting. The surrounding fjords and mountains create a natural backdrop that influences both the atmosphere and the pace of the event. Visitors arrive in a tight-knit community where the festival becomes a shared gathering, blending live music with the quiet grandeur of the surroundings. The program is curated to suit the intimate scale of the venue, with performances that resonate across the open air and into the long daylight hours of the Icelandic summer.

For those traveling to Borgarfjörður eystri, attending Bræðslan is as much about the journey as it is about the music. The route winds through striking coastal scenery, offering a sense of arrival that heightens the festival experience. Accommodation in the area ranges from guesthouses to camping options, allowing guests to stay close to the action and immerse themselves fully. The festival encourages a relaxed pace, with time to explore the local trails, the waterfront, and the quiet charm of the fjord village between sets. It is a celebration of place as much as of sound.

The setting

Borgarfjörður eystri sits among the fjords of eastern Iceland, where the landscape is defined by steep slopes, open water and wide skies. The festival takes its name from this place and is rooted in it.

Visitors travelling to the area can expect a quiet, rural environment well away from the bustle of larger towns — a fitting backdrop for a music festival.