The coming week and weekend is a busy one in Reykjavik.  Iceland Airwaves music festival kicks off this week as well as Rafwaves electronic music festival so all the music lovers in town will be busy catching up with talented artists performing. And there is a PINK PARTY for all the happy and gay people in town to attend Saturday night, November 3rd,  at Skuggabarinn at Hotel Borg, Pósthússtræti 9-11. 

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Every second Sunday will be men only night at gay venue Kjallarinn on Laugavegur 73. "We aim to create relaxed and laid back social nights for men of all ages where they can mingle and chat and just have a good time" says Isar Logi, one of the organizers but the organizing team includes members from Styrmir (sport organization) and BEARS ON ICE.

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A number of foreign same sex couples travel to Iceland every year to get married in a country that allows same sex marriages. When same sex marriage was legalized in Iceland in June 2010 legal differences between heterosexual marriage and same sex marriage (cohabitation as it was called) were eliminated; same sex marriage became fully equal with marriage on all levels.

Wedding visits are getting more popular

Pink Iceland, Iceland´s leading LGBT travel agency, has organized number of gay weddings since launching their service and wedding visits are becoming more and more popular every year.

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Today Yoko Ono will give the Biennial LENNON ONO GRANT FOR PEACE to five activists while celebrating the birthday of John Lennon and his son Sean. LADY GAGA is among the five activists who are to receive the peace award in Reykjavik today and is expected to donate her prize to the Elton John Aids Foundation to support their work combating HIV among disadvantaged youth in the U.S.

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For the second time the Rainbow Reykjavik LGBT winter festival kicks off in Reykjavik, Iceland, January 31st, 2013.

This four day event (January 31st - February 3rd) offers a great mixture of events such as sight seeing tours, visit to the world famous Blue lagoon, city walk, northern light tours and ofcourse some late night partying. 

Mayor of Reykjavík Mr. Jón Gnarr has asked Moscow authorities to allow a proposed gay pride march to go forward without police interference. In a letter Mr. Jón Gnarr recently sent to Moscow´s mayor, Mr. Sergey Sobyanin, he encourages him to re-evaluate the decision to ban gay pride in Moscow and "support LGBT people in their wish to live a decent life instead of preventing in". By banning gay pride authorities is simply "a discrimination against citizens based on sexual orientation: a human rights violation".

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There is a busy weekend coming up with bears taking over the local gay scene. The "Men Only Dance" at the downtown venue Iðusalur (Lækjargata 2) September 8th (Saturday night) marks the highlight of the weekend with Danish DJ Mikael Costa performing and the local DJs Dramatik and Bistro Boy. A special guest performer will be the gay icon Páll Óskar (Paul Oscar) who is also Iceland´s most popular singer and performer. House opens 10 pm. Free drink for those who show up early! Pre sale tickets cost ISK 1.000 and are available at the Queer Center (Samtökin '78) on Laugavegur 3 or ISK 1.500 at the door Saturday night.

For the 8th time BEARS ON ICE will take over Reykjavik´s gay scene for a long weekend, September 6-9. The event has been growing every year since it was first held in 2005 and this year event organizers have a record number of guests coming for the event from all over the world. Event program has a good number of activities on the list such as Golden Circle sight seeing tour, trip to the geothermal Blue lagoon and a visit to the Icelandic Phallological Museum. In addition there is a party organized every night starting with the opening party at the Queer Center Thursday night (September 6th), A Furry Friday at Club Faktory (September 7th) and Saturday men only party (September 8th) at Iða (Lækjargata 2, city center).

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