Dates
Ice Music Oslo returnerer til Grefsenkollen 21. til 24. januar 2027 🇳🇴
Ice Music Greenland returns to Ilulissat from February 18 - 21 2027 🇬🇱
Sissel Vera Pettersen, Terje Isungset and Paninnguaq Jensen performed an incredible ice music concert on Friday night. The temperature was -26ºC with no wind, creating the perfect conditions for the delicate sounds of ice.
Terje expertly maintained the tempo with his ice percussion skills while Sissel and Paninnguaq’s vocals soared. Our audience, seated both inside and outside, was captivated by the Ilulissat’s sonic winter spectacle. After enduring days of battling extreme wind chill and deep cold, including a recorded -62ºC during Thursday night’s storm, we were thrilled to deliver a wonderful 45-minute concert.
Today’s weather conditions are ideal for Ice Music. The sun shines brightly and there’s no wind. If you haven’t bought tickets yet, head over to our Programme page or purchase them in person at the IceFjord Centre.
We have two concerts:
- 15:00: A family concert featuring ice science and ice music.
- 23:00: A midnight concert with the fantastic Greenlandic Miké Thomsen playing an ice guitar.
Also, you’ll find Sissel Vera Pettersen on ice percussion and vocals, Terje Isungset playing ice drums, ice percussion and an ice horn, and special guest Maali Hermansen, the great Greenlandic singer.
Preparing Ice Music instruments offers some delightful surprises. The ice is sourced from a nearby lake, which contains a rich variety of plant life. For instance, while crafting the Ice Bass Drum (pictured in this post), the chainsaw accidentally cut through a plant, giving it a spider-like or otherworldly appearance reminiscent of the film Arrival.
This year’s festival is experiencing low temperatures. For the most accurate weather readings, please visit ASIAQ’s weather page vejr.asiaq.gl/#/map.
We’ve decided to open the Icefjord Centre this year. This allows our audience to wear multiple layers outside, in front of the stage or inside the building to enjoy the performances through warm glass. Rest assured, sound will be available inside, ensuring a comfortable listening experience. These options will be available for all performances this year.
Warm Inside
Rest assured, sound will be available inside for a comfortable listening experience. These options will be available for all performances this year.
The stage construction has also been adapted because of the lack of snow this winter. Many locals can’t remember such a ‘snow-free’ January and February!
However, the low temperatures mean we can use an ice wall freezing technique.
We have a brilliant team this year, comprising Greenlandic, Norwegian, German, Danish and UK nationals, plus Ilulissat’s Handball team! The Icefjord Centre is not only providing an amazing location but also being brilliant hosts. A special thank you to Mari and Malu and their kitchen crew for the scrumptious food!
This year’s festival is experiencing low temperatures. For the most accurate weather readings, please visit ASIAQ’s weather page vejr.asiaq.gl/#/map.
The amazing Sissel Vera Pettersen, a versatile artist who combines creative vocal techniques with live electronic processing, will be accompanied by a special local guest singer from Ilulissat: Paninnguaq Jensen, who will be throat singing and performing Greenlandic lullabies.
We are also excited that Kalaallit Nunaat national star Miké Thomsen will be performing with both ice guitar and ice percussion!
There will be family & science workshops, along with an ambitious connection to a live audio stream from a glacier and the breathtaking Disko Bay in Greenland in a performance called The Wisdom of Animals - Let the Nature Talk. Check out the Disko Bay page for a list of the mammals we hope to hear.
You can buy tickets from our online shop.
Greenland 2026
aluu! (Hello!) Ice Music fans.
It is not long before our 3rd Ice Music Festival in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland), which will take place in the wonderful town of Ilulissat on the west coast of Kalaallit Nunaat, located next to the world-famous UNESCO’s World Heritage Ilulissat Kangerlua (Ilulissat Icefjord), which is home to an epic array of enormous icebergs.
This year, the festival will take place from February 26 - 28, 2026, with a fantastic lineup of musicians and artists who will accompany the Ice Music Pioneer, Terje Isungset, for a series of ice music concerts. Please visit our Programme 2026 page for full details.
All concerts will be held outdoors near the amazing Icefjord Centre. We plan to build an amphitheatre from snow so you are protected from the wind, but will still be able to see the stars and the moon.
The amazing Sissel Vera Pettersen, a versatile artist who combines creative vocal techniques with live electronic processing, will be accompanied by a special local guest singer from Ilulissat: Paninnguaq Jensen, who will be throat singing and performing Greenlandic lullabies.
We are also excited that Kalaallit Nunaat national star Miké Thomsen will be performing with both ice guitar and ice percussion!
There will be family & science workshops, along with an ambitious connection to a live audio stream from a glacier and the breathtaking Disko Bay in Greenland in a performance called The Wisdom of Animals - Let the Nature Talk. Check out the Disko Bay page for a list of the mammals we hope to hear.
You can buy tickets from our online shop.
New to Ice Music? All instruments are made out of naturally formed ice, and the sound is etheral. The Guardian says that the album Winter Songs is one of the 100 essential albums to listen to in life. Take a listen to our Ice Music Playlist
Photograph by Emile Holba
Vi sees under fullmånen, 22. og 23. januar 2027 ❄️
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Thank you to everyone who shared the moment and the ice music with us! The Ice Music Festival Oslo was a resounding success and we’re already looking forward to seeing you all again.
We’ll meet under the full moon on 22-23 January 2027 ❄️
The festival will be staged between February 26 - 28 2026 in Ilulissat, a beautiful Arctic town on the edge of the mighty Ilulissat Kangerlua (Ilulissat Icefjord) famous worldwide for its city block sized icebergs.
All concerts will be held outdoors near the amazing Icefjord Center. We plan to build an amphitheatre from snow so you are protected from the wind, but will still be able to see the stars and the moon.
Check out of Program 2026 page for all the detaials and where you can buy tickets!
Here’s quick video of Karl, and yes the ‘pyramid’ in the far background is the top of an iceberg about 2km away ❄️🇬🇱
The amazing Sissel Vera Pettersen, a versatile artist who combines creative vocal techniques with live electronic processing, will be accompanied by a special local guest singer from Ilulissat: Paninnguaq Jensen, who will be throat singing and performing Greenlandic lullabies.
We are also excited that Kalaallit Nunaat national star Miké Thomsen will be performing with both ice guitar and ice percussion!
There will be family & science workshops, along with an ambitious connection to a live audio stream from a glacier and the breathtaking Disko Bay in Greenland in a performance called The Wisdom of Animals - Let the Nature Talk. Check out the Disko Bay page for a list of the mammals we hope to hear.
You can buy tickets from our online shop.
Since 2006, our founding year, we have staged the Ice Music Festival in a number of locations: Geilo, Finse and Bergsjøstølen, which are all in Norway. In recent years we have wanted to expand the festival’s reach and have ventured to the west coast of Greenland, which has proved really popular.
Plans are to stage the festival in other countries too, along with the orginal country, Norway. The first of these plans will be a special weekend of Ice Music in Olso in January 2026. See what we are doing on our Ice Music Oslo page.
To ensure we don’t confuse, we have decided to drop the word ‘Norway’ from out website title and fix a more international.com domain.
We hope you enjoy our new website. If you have any comments or questions, please head over to our Contact page.
See you in Ilulissat and Oslo!
Photography by Emile Holba