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Children's Culture Festival 2026

The Children's Culture Festival in Reykjavík runs April 20-26, with events taking place across the entire city. A wide variety of events will be held at primary schools, preschools, recreation centers, cultural institutions, arts schools and other locations throughout the city. The festival includes all art forms for children and their families.

All events are free.

Do you have an idea for a Children's Culture Festival event?

The Children's Culture Festival is a community-powered festival that puts culture with children and for children at the forefront. The festival encompasses all creative arts classes and welcomes broad participation.

To request participation, email barnamenningarhatid @Tiptap-editor-reykjavik.is-look-v2.zip.

All events must take place during the festival period in Reykjavík and be free of charge for participants.

The 2026 Children's Culture Festival theme is solidarity and community.

Children's Culture Festival song

A new Children's Culture Festival song is composed each year. The song is a collaboration between musicians and all 4th-grade primary school children in Reykjavík.

Brothers Hálfdán Helgi and Matthías Davíð of VÆB composed the 2026 Children's Culture Festival song.

We are incredibly grateful they joined us on this project.

The 2026 Children's Culture Festival theme is empathy and community; fourth-grade students across Reykjavík answered a range of questions exploring what these concepts mean to them. The song's lyrics draw directly from the children's responses.

Music arrangement and composers: VÆB
Cinematography: Anotína Lársudóttir
Direction: Erla Stefánsdóttir

Artists have written songs for the Children's Culture Festival since 2015. Videos and additional content are available on the festival's YouTube channel.