20th anniversary - Hvolsvöllur 2026
Stamp it in your soup passport.
Next edition
The 2027 date isn't out yet
Usually held around late August.
Based on 2 past editions
Event Details
- Date & Time
- August 26 - August 30, 2026
- Location
- Hvolsvöllur, Iceland
- Price
- free
About This Event
Kjötsúpuhátíðin fills Hvolsvöllur in the last week of August. Residents decorate their neighbourhoods in assigned colours, soup is served from pots in the streets and the festival begins with a first taste of the festival soup at Stóra-Mörk. The programme includes a family event on the town green, a cultural walk, art studios open to visitors, an evening singalong with fireworks and a ball. Entry to the festival and its events is free, apart from the evening dance, which has an 18+ age limit.
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Organizer
- Rangárþing eystra
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Location
Hvolsvöllur, Iceland
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What's on
The 20th anniversary, 26 to 30 August 2026, five days from Wednesday to Sunday with free admission. Warm-up at Stóra-Mörk on Wednesday with the first taste of the festival soup, colourful neighbourhoods on Thursday, a silent disco at Midgard, a family programme on the town green on Saturday 29 August where the festival is formally opened, a flea market and the Naflahlaup run in the morning, a singalong and fireworks in the evening, and a Meat Soup Ball with Stuðlabandið, Friðrik Dór and Páll Óskar (18+). Sunday 30 August: cultural walk led by Ísólfur Gylfi Pálmason and a puppet show for children. RÚV reported on the anniversary celebration on 29 August.