We´re less than a  week away from BEARS ON ICE kicking off. The four day bear weekend starts Thursday September 1st with a Welcome party at Gamla Bíó in Reykjavik´s City Center (Ingólfsstræti 2a). BEARS ON ICE main party (Saturday, September 3rd) will be at Gaukurinn (Tryggvagata 22) with special guests Jonathan Duffy (AUS) to perform as well as DJ Colin Gaff (AUS) & BEARS ON ICE resident DJ Dramatik. Another special guest to perform is Prosumer who is to perform at the Top-Off party Friday night (September 2nd) at Ægisgarður (Eyjaslóð 5). Other activities include a Golden Circle tour and a trip to the world famous geothermal spa Blue lagoon. 

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Reykjavik Pride kicks off today for the eighteenth time. The week is packed with variety of queer events and activities including lectures, walking tours, drag show and dances. This year´s Pride theme is “Our History” with number of events focusing on Iceland´s Queer history, battles and achievements. The event's highlight is as always the Saturday Pride Parade and the outdoor Concert at Arnarhóll in the city center where thousands of Icelanders come together to show solidarity with the Queer community.

Reykjavik Pride is just around the corner and this year´s official Pride song is out. The song is called "Við getum sameinast" or "We Can Unite" and is written by Eyþór Úlfar Þórisson, Birgir Steinn Stefánsson and Andri Þór Jónsson who go by the name "September" and is performed by singer and director Bjartmar Þórðarson.

August is Iceland´s Pride month. Reykjavik Pride, one of Iceland´s largest festival, has been an annual event in Reykjavik since 1999. The event´s history dates back to 1993 when Icelandic gays and lesbians first marched through the city center demanding much wanted freedom, respect and human rights. Pride program is still to be released but according to Eva Maria Þórarinsdóttir, President of Reykjavik Pride, a few new items will be on the list this year including Friday Rainbow Techno party but well over 30 events will be on the menu during pride week which kicks off August 2nd and runs through 7th.

BEARS ON ICE (Iceland) and Bears of Finland share this year´s Thor´s Hammer Awards, given by Tupilak for outstanding male contributions. According to Bill Schiller, chairman of Tupilak, “the organization was impressed with the initiative of the Icelandic Bears-on-Ice donation to HIV work on this Nordic island -- as a way of contributing to the LGBT+ community service beyond Bear borders”.

Achim Brandenburg aka Prosumer will perform at BEARS ON ICE taking place first weekend of September 1-4th, 2016. Prosumer started to built a name for himself in his hometown Saarbruecken, Germany, before relocating to Berlin, but his current home is in Edinburgh, Scotland. In Berlin Prosumer became one of the residents and a house hold name in Berlin´s  most influential clubs.  Since his debut release Newborn in 2004 Prosumer has releases number of singles and remixes and is by many considered one of the most influential DJs and important producers of our days. Prosumer is Connecting tracks and songs of his golden age with present the groove, Prosumer will for sure bring that special magic he´s best known for and make the room rumble.

Samtökin 78, The National Queer Organization, has selected new board of directors and for the third year Hilmar Magnusson was elected chair of Samtökin '78 board. Controversial application by BDSM Iceland to become member organisation under Smatökin´s 78 umbrella was approved by 37 votes agains 31. Groups & organisations working for the benefit of queer issues are free to apply to become members of the National Queer Organization.

Once again bears & friends will travel the world for BEARS ON ICE weekend in Reykjavik, Iceland, September 1st-4th. This is the 12th year the event takes place in the World´s Northernmost Capital but BEARS ON ICE has become one of Iceland´s biggest annual queer events and Iceland´s only "bear" event.