Hamraborg is calling!

Hamraborg Festival invites all artists to submit their ideas!

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Hamraborg Festival is an artist-run festival happening every year in the heart of Kópavogur, Iceland. This year’s edition takes place from 28th August - 4th September.

The festival focuses on a community-based approach and site-specific practices. The programme includes exhibitions, performances, workshops, concerts, and more. All works are displayed in public spaces and cultural houses in Hamraborg.

The submission deadline to apply is February 12, 2026 at 15.00 GMT.

We want to hear multitudes of perspectives and welcome artists and makers of all kinds. Artists from all communities within the Icelandic art scene and beyond are invited to apply. Artists with a connection to Kópavogur are especially encouraged to share their work.

What are the dreams that live in Hamraborg?

Dreaming is a way of imagining beyond what is in front of us. It allows us to revisit forgotten memories, question realities, and think about possible futures. Dreams can move us or shake us, bring moments of clarity, complexity and everything in between. Through the practice of dreaming we are able to look at things differently and connect with feelings of kinship, grief, wonder, and reciprocity with environments.

For the 6th edition of Hamraborg Festival, we invite a wide community –artists, neighbors, families, aliens, and curious wanderers to participate in a shared dream that moves across time, stretches both backward and forward. Join us and present works that spark joyful curiosity, critical reflection, and collective re-imagining!

How do past memories meet possible futures? Whose imaginings are allowed to come to light? How can we dream our homes, our relationships, and imagine our collective spaces?

Look again. Imagine an alternative. Together, in Hamraborg!

Would you like to:

• Exhibit your work in an unconventional space?
• Host an event or workshop?
• Perform?
• Engage with the local community?
• Perform a concert in an underground parking garage?
• Explore and reveal Kópavogur’s secrets?
• Take part in this year’s opening party?
  
  

Hamraborg Festival welcomes work from established and emerging artists. Solo and group submissions are welcome. Artists of any age, nationality, or education level will be considered. All events of the festival are open to the public and artist’s fee included.

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Who can apply:

The festival accepts work from established and emerging artists. Solo and joint submissions are welcome. Artists of any age, nationality, or education level will be considered.

How to apply:

To submit your project, please complete the application form via the link below.

Project fees:

Artists' fees will be paid for all entries selected for the festival, with the exact amount determined based on the scope and nature of each project.

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

All exhibitions will be open for a week, with most events and concerts happening throughout the weekend (28-30 August).

Announcement of decisions: March 2026.

Submission deadline: February 12, 2026, 15.00 GMT.

Hamraborg Festival is supported by the Kópavogur Art & Culture Council