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Sagnavaka á Menningarnótt

Þjóðdansafélag Reykjavíkur

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Sat, 23 Aug, 2025 at 08:00 pm

Laugavegur 2, 101 Reykjavíkurborg, Ísland

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Sat, 23 Aug, 2025 at 08:00 pm (GMT)

Laugavegur 2, 101 Reykjavíkurborg, Ísland

Laugavegur 2, 101 Reykjavíkurborg, Ísland, Reykjavík, Iceland

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Sagnavaka á Menningarnótt
Í tilefni Menningarnætur heldur Þjóðdansafélag Reykjavíkur Sagnavöku á Ægi 101, Laugavegi 2, 101 Reykjavík, þann 23. ágúst kl. 20:00.

Á Sagnavöku eru fornkvæðin sungin og vikivaki stiginn. Á hverri vöku er eitt danskvæði tekið fyrir, texta, nótum og hljóðupptöku er deilt með fyrirvara. Að þessu sinni verður úrval þeirra kvæða sem sungin hafa verið á Sagnavökum til þessa á dagskrá.

Við hvetjum fólk eindregið að mæta með skotthúfur. Uppskriftir að skotthúfum er hægt að nálgast hjá Heimilisiðnaðarfélagi Íslands: https://www.heimilisidnadur.is/

Viðburðurinn er öllum sem aldur hafa að sækja Ægi 101 opinn og við hvetjum fólk að styðja barinn og versla duglega.

Sagnavaka er mánaðarlegur viðburður á vegum Þjóðdansafélags Reykjavíkur.

Viðburðurinn er í umsjá Atla Freys Hjaltasonar, Karls Friðriks Hjaltasonar, Kára Pálssonar og Þorsteins Björnssonar.

Viðburðurinn er ávallt haldinn annan laugardag mánaðar kl. 21:00, nema annað sé tekið fram og auglýst.

Endilega fylgið Þjóðdansafélagi Reykjavíkur hér á Facebook fyrir upplýsingar um starf okkar og viðburði.

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Þjóðdansafélag Reykjavíkur (The Reykjavík Folk Dance Association) invites you to Sagnavaka in celebration of Menningarnótt (Reykjavík Culture Night) at Ægir 101, Laugavegur 2, 101 Reykjavík, on August 23rd, 20:00.

At Sagnavaka the old song dances are sung and danced. Every Sagnavaka a Kvæði, share the lyrics, sheet music and a recording of the melody. We aim to share the material in a timely manner before the event. This time around we will be dancing a selection of the ballads we have been singing at the previous events.

We encourage people to wear traditional Skotthúfa. Recipes for Skotthúfa can be found at Heimilisiðnaðarfélag Íslands (The Icelandic Handcraft Association): https://www.heimilisidnadur.is/

The event is open for everybody that has reached the age of attending the venue, Ægir 101, and we encourage people to support our hosts by buying beverages.

Sagnavaka is a monthly event hosted by Þjóðdansafélag Reykjavíkur, organized by Atli Freyr Hjaltason, Karl Friðrik Hjaltason, Kári Pálsson and Þorsteinn Björnsson.

The event is always hosted on the second Saturday of the month at 21:00, unless advertised.

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Sat, 23 Aug, 2025 at 08:00 pm