Svavar Knutur at Smiths Alternative in Canberra

Svavar Knútur, Icelandic song-poet and raconteur, returns to Australia following his 2024 Woodfordia Festival of Small Halls Tour where he also performed at Port Fairy Folk Festival and National Folk Festival. Svavar has picked up the thread with his relationship with Australia, that started in 2007 and is committing to regular visits in the coming years.
Svavar is a master storyteller and self professed public-health troubadour whose hauntingly beautiful folk-infused songs explore grief, hope and redemption. Drawing inspiration from Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell, and other masters of the troubadour art, his emotive vocals weave humour into tales of the northern wilds. With his recent double-album Ahoy! he continues a 15-year musical odyssey through the storm ridden way of waves of the human heart.
Expect an intimate live experience: songs of darkness and light delivered with heartfelt wit, as Svavar Knútur never lets his audience sink into darkness without humorous stories and anecdotes to lighten up the moment. — "a night with Svavar will bring you to hell and back… smiling and laughing all the way,” as Australian musician Pete Uhlenbruch puts it. Catch this Nordic troubadour on tour across Australia in February–March 2026—prepare for a night of raw emotion, laughter and unforgettable storytelling.

Support: Sam Floyd

You may also like the following events from Svavar Knutur:

• Next Thursday, 5th March, 10:00 am, Svavar Knútur plays at Django Bar in Marrickville
• Next Friday, 6th March, 04:00 am, Svavar Knútur and Nico Paulo at the Shedshaker Taproom in Castlemaine in Castlemaine
• Next month, 13th March, 10:00 am, Svavar Knutur and Machine Translations - "Banter of the Bards" at the Wesley Anne in Northcote

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