SÓLARPÖNK 2026 | Optimist Festival
SOLAR PUNK
Optimism Festival in Listagilið!
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Discussion panels, workshops, concerts, socializing and more punk.
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What is Solar Punk? Is culture and art important? Why?
How can we be more balanced with ourselves, others and nature?
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FREE ENTRY
***Program ***
Friday March 13th
19:30: Opening at Deiglan
Symposium, music and conversation until late in the evening
Saturday March 14th
11:00 Introduction to the day’s workshops
12:30 What is Solar Punk? Conversations on stage
12:45 Creative writing with Ren Titus-Gates
14:00 Rösk, Listagilið, Children invited to punk up old shoes, make necklaces from it, etc.
15:00 Workshops in Deiglan, Akureyri Art Museum, Kaktus and in Sjálfsrækt in Brekkugata (more in solarpunk.is)
17:00 Earthwalk in Lystigarður
20:00 Strákurinn fákurinn in Kaktus
Sunday 15 March
10:00-11:00 Deiglan: Meeting for Silence and Shared Reflection (Gillian Pokalo)
11:00 Dance Flow (Sigrun Björg Steinþórsdóttir)
12:00 Activism is the foundation of human rights struggle, but what if the energy is exhausted? Are small actions also important?
Is there room for positivity in human rights struggle? Or is human rights struggle perhaps meaningless without positivity?
14:00 Workshops feedback, hang out and more punk
15:00 Art workshop in music coding (Jack Armitage) in LEYNI bar
MORE INFO:
In collaboration with:
Gilfélagið | SUNN | Skrauti | Veglyndi | Akureyri Art Museum
Supported by
KEA | Akureyrarbær
