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Icelandic Festival, Aug 1 2015

Pancake Breakfast. Sandcastle building contest. Volleyball Tournament. Shot-put competition. The Viking Village. Get Dinged! Jazz on the Rooftop and Music at the Park and Fireworks!      …

Icelandic Festival, July 31 2015

Each August long weekend in Gimli Manitoba, people gather for one of the longest running cultural festivals in Canada.                  …

Icelandic Independence Day, June 17 2015

“Iceland celebrates its birthday today, and the party extends all the way to Winnipeg. It’s been 71 years since Iceland won full independence from Denmark, and Manitobans of…

núna (now), Dj Flugvél Og Geimskip + Ghost Twin + Slattern, April 24 2015

Dj Flugvél Og Geimskip (Airplane & Spaceship) + Ghost Twin + Slattern Friday, April 24, 2015 | 10pm The Good Will Social Club 625 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg   http://www.thegoodwill.ca Dj….

núna (now), Vikings and Apparat Organ Quartet, April 18 2015

  núna (now) is a series of Icelandic / Canadian music, film, dance, visual art, book and theatre events curated and produced by a group of local artists…

Nordic Festival, November 1 2014

The WSO’s week-long Nordic Festival is dedicated to celebrating the music of Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden and features two of Iceland’s leading musicians: violinist Sigrun Edvaldsdottir…

Sjón – Of Foxes, Whales and Muses, October 20 2014

Event Description: The Department of Icelandic Language & Literature and the Icelandic Collection at the University of Manitoba invite you to the Páll Guðmundsson Memorial Presentation: Sjón “Of…

Family Sports, Pavilion and Formal Program, August 4 2014

                                       Amma’s Kitchen – Gimli Park Pavilion 12 PM  Join Amma’s…

Icelandic Festival Parade, August 4 2014

              McMahon Mile Run 10 AM The McMahon Mile Road race course begins on the parade route just preceding the Parade. Begins…

Alternative Folk Festival, August 3 2014

Icelandic Festival of Manitoba Alternative Folk Festival – Gimli Park Main Stage 6 PM Join us for the Islendingadagurinn Alternative Folk Festival – 6:00 pm to Midnight.  We try…

Carnival and Reuben and the Dark, Aug 3 2014

 Alternative Folk Festival – Gimli Park Main Stage   6 PM “Calgary’s Reuben and the Dark is a collection of four multi instrumentalists and vocalists led by Reuben Bullock….

Gimli from above, August 3 2014

Prairie Helicopter flew me, and many others over Gimli on the August long weekend. Now I want to hire them all the time! The view is amazing.  …

Chain-Mail demo and more, August 3 2014

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Gimli Road Races, August 3 2014

Runners lace up your sneakers! Register for the 10 Mile Road Race from Winnipeg Beach to Gimli Park. 2014 Islendingadagurinn Road Race a success! The 2014 Islendingadagurinn 10…

Music and Fireworks, August 2 2014

          After spending the last decade supporting some of Canada’s most talented artists from Doc Walker to Imaginary Cities and developing a reputation across…

Icelandic Runes and Horses, August 2 2014

                                                     

Viking Battle, August 2 2014

“Welcome to the web page of the Gimli Viking Village. For the past ten years, the Icelandic Festival of Manitoba and members of The Vikings – Vinland Historical…

Big Games and Icelandic Fashion Show, August 2 2014

Islendingadagurinn celebrates 125 years with a range of traditional and modern clothing from Iceland. And giant Connect Four.                    …

DingaDunk and “Get Dinged” August 2 2014

Islendingadunk is a sport where two combatants sit on a soap-lubricated plastic pole suspended over the water in Gimli Harbour.  The objects is to bat your opponent off…

Beach Fun at Gimli, August 2 2014

Islendingadagurinn sports: Sandcastle building contest, Shot-put, and Volleyball. 8:30:00 AM Beach Volleyball Icelandic Tournament Check In – Gimli Beach North 9:00:00 AM Beach Volleyball Icelandic Tournament – Gimli…

Pancake Breakfast in Gimli, August 2 2014

                       

Islendingadagurinn, August 1 2014

“Visit the heart of New Iceland, Gimli, Manitoba – just 1 hour North of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and celebrate family, friends and Icelandic heritage and culture. Islendingadagurinn, as far…

Bolludagur in Gimli, March 2 2014

“Bolludagur” is the first in a row of three peculiar Icelandic holidays. It roughly translates as “Cream Puff Day” in English. This is one of many Icelandic festivities…

Logberg Heimskringla Open House, Oct 30 2013

127th Birthday of the Logberg Heimskringla Icelandic Cultural Newspaper.                                      …

Icelandic Festival of Manitoba, Aug 5 2013

  McMahon Mile Run The McMahon Mile Road race course begins on the parade route just preceding the Parade. Begins at the corner of Centre Street and Highway…