RECOMMENDED: SOLAR PUNK 2026 - Optimism Festival / 2026.03.13. - 2026.03.15.

SOLAR PUNK

Optimism Festival in Listagilin

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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, Listagilin, 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:

solarpunk.is

In collaboration with

Gilfélagið I SUNN | Skrauti I Veglyndi I Akureyri Art Museum

Supported by

KEA I Akureyri