NYC Free: Taste of Iceland

Take the subway to Iceland. Experience the best of Iceland at the four-day Taste of Iceland festival of food and drink, film and fashion, music and literature in NYC, Sept 28 to Oct. 1.

Taste of Iceland includes special menus, mixology classes featuring Iceland’s own Reyka Vodka, and more, including participation by Iceland’s First Lady, Eliza Reid.

All events are FREE and there’s also a special four-course dinner menu at the restaurant Norman that is not free.

Events are in Brooklyn, at Nitehawk Cinema, Artists and Fleas, Spoonbill & Sugartown Booksellers, Okay Space, and a concert at The Knitting Factory.  Each event requires an RSVP for admission, to ensure space.

Here’s the daily schedule:

Get a preview taste of official events at Montana’s Trail House on Wed., Sept. 27 for special cocktails created by Icelandic and NYC bartenders, starting at 9pm.  Montana’s Trail House is at 445 Troutman St.

Icelandic Cocktail Class in the Lo-Res Bar at Nitehawk Cinema

• Nitehawk Cinema // 136 Metropolitan Avenue | Brooklyn
• Thursl, Sept. 28, 2017 |  5:30pm – 6:30pm
• FREE but RSVP required to ensure space
• Icelandic mixologist Kári Sigurðsson and Reyka Vodka Ambassador Trevor Schneider

Shortfish: Iceland’s Premier Short Film Festival

• Nitehawk Cinema // 136 Metropolitan Avenue | Brooklyn
• Thurs., Sept. 28, 2017 | 7:00pm, following the cocktail class
• FREE but RSVP required to ensure space
• WHO: Stockfish Festival Director, Marzibil Sæmundardóttir | Director of Dr. Judge Sicko, Grétar Magnús Grétarsson (Maggi)

Iceland’s New Designers: Creating Design Identity Through Originality & Resourcefulness

• Artists and Fleas // 70 North 7th Street | Brooklyn
• Sept. 29, 2017 | 6:00pm
• FREE but RSVP required to ensure space
• WHO: Reykjavik Runway’s CEO and creative director, Ingibjorg Greta Gisladottir

The Write Stuff: How Iceland Inspires Lovers of the Written Word

• Spoonbill & Sugartown, Booksellers // 99 Montrose Ave | Brooklyn
• Sat., Sept. 30, 2017 | 2:00 pm
• FREE but RSVP required for admission
• WHO: Iceland’s First Lady, Eliza Reid

Book Reading: Lytton Smith’s Translation of Icelandic Epic Tómas Jónsson, Bestseller

• WHERE:  Spoonbill & Sugartown, Booksellers // 99 Montrose Ave | Brooklyn, NY | 11206
• Sat., Sept. 30, 2017 | Immediately following The Write Stuff Discussion
• FREE but RSVP required
• WHO: Icelandic translator, Lytton Smith, and Two Month Review podcast host, Chad Post.

Music: Reykjavik Calling at the Knitting Factory Brooklyn

• Knitting Factory Brooklyn // 361 Metropolitan Avenue | Brooklyn
• Sat., Sept. 30, 2017 | doors open at 7pm | show starts at 8pm
• FREE, Must be 18+ to enter, RSVP required for admission
• Featured Artists: Fufanu,  ​Mammút,  Salt Cathedral​

Icelandic Art Center Presents: Iceland’s Thriving Contemporary Visual Arts Scene

• Okay Space // 281 North 7th Street | Brooklyn
• Sun., Oct. 1, 2017 | 2:00pm
• FREE but RSVP is required for admission
• WHO: Björg Stefánsdóttir, director of the Icelandic Art Center

There’s also a four-course dining event that is not free.

Icelandic Menu at Norman

• Sept. 28 – Oct. 1, 2017 | Dinner
• $55 per person (includes service charge and tax) for a four-course menu and signature cocktails
• Make reservations Online | 347.966.2092, 29 Norman Ave.
• WHO: Icelandic Chef Viktor Örn Andrésson, American Chef Andrew Whitcomb and Icelandic Mixologist Kári Sigurðsson

Taste of Iceland in New York City is presented by Iceland Naturally in cooperation with Icelandair, Reyka Vodka, Blue Lagoon, Visit Reykjavik, Icelandic Glacial, Promote Iceland, Ölgerðin Egill Skallagrímsson, Icelandic Provisions, Brennivin, Iceland Airwaves, Norman Restaurant, Knitting Factory Brooklyn , Nitehawk Cinema, Spoonbill & Sugartown, Booksellers, Okay Space, WFUV, Artists and Fleas.

Iceland Naturally is a cooperative marketing organization that promotes the services, products and culture of Iceland to the US and Canada.  It is comprised of Iceland’s top companies and organizations including Icelandair, Icelandic Group, Reyka Vodka, City of Reykjavik, Icelandic Glacial Water, Blue Lagoon, Keflavik International Airport (KEF), Landsvirkjun, Ölgerðin Egill Skallagrímsson, Promote Iceland, Icelandic Provisions and the Government of Iceland.