Iceland Airwaves is a music festival held annually in November in Reykjavík, Iceland, since 1999. Its main focus is showcasing new music, both Icelandic and international.
Background The event is promoted and produced by Iceland Music Export and sponsored by its founder, Icelandair, in cooperation with the City of Reykjavík. In February 2018, the event managing company, Sena Live, bought the logo and all associated trademarks of Iceland Airwaves.
History The first festival was held in October 1999 as a one-off event in an airplane hangar at Reykjavík Airport.History , Iceland Airwaves. Retrieved 20 December 2010.Leon, Jakov A peek inside Iceland's Airwaves Festival for up-and-coming bands, dw-world.de, (14. October 2011.) In 2014, the event switched to being held in November.
In 2018, 50% of the performers at Iceland Airwaves were female, making the festival one of the first to include gender equality in its lineup.
In 2020 and 2021, the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was held in 2022 and 2023, with a three-day schedule instead of four, as in previous years.
Partial list of performers
22-Pistepirkko Agent Fresco Alex Metric The Antlers Apparat Organ Quartet Architecture in Helsinki Aurora Austra Beach House Björk Black Midi The Bravery Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Crystal Castles Daði Freyr Dikta Efterklang Everything Everything Fatboy Slim Flaming Lips Fleet Foxes Florence and the Machine FM Belfast GusGus Hatari
Hercules and Love Affair Hjaltalín Hot Chip Hurts JFDR jj Jóhann Jóhannsson Joy Formidable Junip Kaiser Chiefs Keane The Kills Klaxons Madame Gandhi Mount Kimbie múm Of Monsters and Men Oh No Ono Ólafur Arnalds Ólöf Arnalds Other Lives Paul Oscar Pascal Pinon The Rapture
Ratatat Retro Stefson Robyn Rolo Tomassi Samaris Seabear Sigur Rós Sinéad O'Connor Singapore Sling Slagsmalsklubben sóley Sólstafir Sparta The Stills Sturle Dagsland Thievery Corporation Timber Timbre Toro Y Moi Tune-Yards TV on the Radio Tunng Vampire Weekend We Were Promised Jetpacks Wolf Parade Yoko Ono
See also List of music festivals
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