The Geilo Ice Music Festival is a small, distinctly Norwegian annual event that has built a serious international following. Concerts are held outdoors in a custom-built igloo amphitheatre, with all the instruments carved fresh each year from blocks of glacier or lake ice. The acoustic properties of ice change as the temperature shifts, so no two performances are quite alike.
The festival typically runs over a long weekend in late January or early February, around the full moon. Tickets sell out months ahead. Dress for serious cold: the audience sits on ice benches in temperatures often well below freezing, and a heated indoor area is provided for warming between sets. A unique experience and one of the more memorable things you can do in a Norwegian winter.