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Children's Culture Festival 2026

The Children's Culture Festival in Reykjavík runs April 20-26, 2026, 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 Children's Culture Festival covers all art forms for children and their families.

Admission to all events is free.

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

You can send inquiries to barnamenningarhatid@reykjavik.is

All events must take place during the festival week and be free 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.

The 2025 Children's Culture Festival song was composed by the lively members of the band Inspector Spacetime.

The band consists of Egill Gauti Sigurjónsson, Elías Geir Óskarsson and Vaka Agnarsdóttir. We are incredibly grateful that they participated in this project with us.

The 2025 Children's Culture Festival theme was "out to play," and 4th-grade students throughout the city were asked what "out to play" meant to them. The song lyrics were based on the children's responses, and Inspector Spacetime premiered the song at Harpa's Eldborg Hall on April 8.

Music arrangement and composers: Inspector Spacetime
Cinematography: Jakob Thor Jörundsson and Róbert Reynisson
Direction: Erla Stefánsdóttir and Sandra Zeilisa