Taste Of Iceland Washington DC
Taste of Iceland is a four day culture festival where you can enjoy Icelandic food, cocktails, music, film and more. Taste of Iceland takes place across various locations in Washington, DC insert dates.
This year, you will have the pleasure of listening to the beautiful music of Árný Margrét, Eydís Evensen and Lón! The concerts will be on march 10th 2023.
Árný Margrét is a icelandic singer and songwriter. Her music genre is mostly peaceful folk music. The 20-year-old is from the Westfjords of Iceland. Born and raised in a small town called Ísafjörður, she attended a music school from the age of six, learning to play the piano. When she was 14, she got her first guitar and spent hours and days in her bedroom teaching herself to play it, slowly reaching the confidence to write her own music.
Eydís Evensen is a composer who released her first EP “Bylur” in 2022. She grew up in a town of 800 people where the weather was intense. She was inspired by this weather and still is. “The weather was intense where I grew up but so inspiring. There was such harshness to our winters, but at the same time, such beauty. I used to sit there for hours.” E.E
During the 2020 lockdown, three long-time friends and collaborators got together to make music. There was no plan or agenda, just the idea of having a safe space to create. Something clicked in a cabin by Iceland's biggest lake.
One of Iceland’s most beloved artists, Valdimar Guðmundsson (better known as frontman of 6-piece rock and roll band Valdimar), explores his folk roots along with powerhouse performers Ásgeir Aðalsteinsson and Ómar Guðjónsson in new americana project LÓN.