Þorrablót

Þorrablót is an Icelandic midwinter festival that takes place in the month of Þorri, according to the Old Icelandic Calendar, which starts in late January and ends in late February. These festivals were started by Icelandic student associations in the latter half of the 19th century. The first one was reportedly organised by the association of Icelandic students in Copenhagen in 1873. Related to other nationalistic feasts invented in the 18th and 19th centuries, such as Burns night in Scotland, the Þorrablót is an evening with dinner where participants hold speeches and recite poems, originally to honour the Norse god Thor, after whom the month is presumed to be named. Calling the feast a blót (a feast held in honor of a god in Norse paganism) makes clear the reference to pagan times, which many nationalists of the 19th century considered a golden age of Icelandic history. Þorrablót soon caught on as a tradition in Iceland and these feasts were organised by many other associations, especially youth organisations and student associations, which were most actively involved in the independence movement. Today Þorrablót are common events among Icelanders everywhere and can be anything from an informal dinner with friends and family to large organised events with stage performances and an after-dinner dance. These large Þorrablót are usually arranged by membership associations, associations of Icelanders living abroad, and as regional festivals in the countryside. Bellow you can take a look on some Icelandic Traditional Songs performed by music students from Hafralækjarskóla!

Árshátið

In 2009, Árshátið's theme was the 60´s. All the revolution about human rights, women rigths, Cold War etc. So in these vídeos below you can take a look at the play where the students and the music department were together. The play was called "Bylting, Bólur og Bítl" was written by Ásta Svavarsdóttir.

All We Need is Love

Revolution

Choir singing Icelandic songs

Penny Lane

Black Bird