Iceland Airwaves
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| Dates | November |
| Location(s) | Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Website | icelandairwaves |
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
[edit]The event is promoted and produced by Iceland Music Export[1] and sponsored by its founder, Icelandair, in cooperation with the City of Reykjavík.[citation needed] In February 2018, the event managing company, Sena Live, bought the logo and all associated trademarks of Iceland Airwaves.[2]
History
[edit]The first festival was held in October 1999 as a one-off event in an airplane hangar at Reykjavík Airport.[3][4] 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.[5]
In 2020 and 2021, the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] It was held in 2022 and 2023, with a three-day schedule instead of four, as in previous years.[7]
Partial list of performers
[edit]Full lineups available on official website[8]
- 22-Pistepirkko
- Agent Fresco
- Alex Metric
- The Antlers
- Architecture in Helsinki
- Aurora
- Austra
- Beach House
- Björk
- 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
- 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Iceland Music Events". Archived from the original on 18 August 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
- ^ "Event Management Company Sena Live Buys Iceland Airwaves". grapevine.is. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ History Archived 23 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine, 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.)
- ^ "Iceland Airwaves: Wie ein Festival Gender-Equality erreicht" [Iceland Airwaves: How a festival achieves gender equality]. musikexpress.de (in German). 10 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "Iceland Airwaves postponed again". ruv.is. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "Airwaves is on, and inviting others to get involved". ruv.is. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "The past is the past". icelandairwaves.is. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
External links
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