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Iceland Airwaves
Annual music festival in Reykjavík, Iceland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Background
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
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]
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Partial list of performers
Full lineups available on official website[8]
- 22-Pistepirkko
- Agent Fresco
- Alex Metric
- The Antlers
- Apparat Organ Quartet
- 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
- 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
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References
External links
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