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Your Time, For A Ticket
Volunteering is your way into a festival for just zero krónur In the fall of 2023, I decided two things: 1. I wanted to go to Iceland Airwaves, and 2. I didn’t want to pay for it. Sure, I could have figured…
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Norðanpaunk Forever: Ten Years Of Iceland’s Best Festival
It was Merchant’s Day Weekend 2024 when the independent DIY underground music festival Norðanpaunk turned 10 years old. This great weekend shall not be soon forgotten, no matter how much Prosecco was chugged from a large plastic bottle in front of a…
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KEX Port ’24: Entertainment In The Front, Grilling In The Back
KEX Hostel’s block party KEX Port sees its final iteration Kex Hostel’s block party KEX Port, a regular fixture of the local festival circuit, may very well see its last iteration this year. The festival says its final farewell on July 13…
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LungA Comes Full Circle
Art festival in Seyðisfjörður completes a quarter-century of artistic legacy “There’s something about driving into town, coming from the mountain and seeing the fjord after you’ve been driving for eight hours from Reykjavík,” says Helena Aðalsteinsdóttir, one of the directors of the…
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Óperudagar Festival Designated As A Reykjavík City Festival
Óperudagar, or Opera Days in English, festival was designated as a Reykjavík city festival for the first time, RÚV reports. [su_pullquote]If you are coming to Iceland check out our goodie bags that you can order direct to your hotel. Also check out…
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Iceland’s Festival Season: Flying Balls & Indoor Demons
Iceland might not be the best country in the world for camping, but that doesn’t stop us from putting on a fun and diverse array of summer music festivals. Most of them are built around Icelandic acts, with a focus on intimate…
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Airwaves Debutantes: What’s New And Who’s Who At Airwaves 2018 #1
Iceland Airwaves built its reputation as a destination festival not by booking loads of big names, but because it’s the single best place to see the freshest faces on the Icelandic music scene. This year, 32 bands will play Airwaves for the…
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Secret Solstice Announces First Wave Of Artists For 2018 Festival
The Secret Solstice festival has unveiled the first names for the 2018 lineup. Taking place between 21-24th June, this year the festival will include performances by Stormzy—who cancelled an Airwaves show in 2016—plus Steve Aoki, Bonnie Tyler, and Death From Above. The…
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Cartoons: Lóa & Smjörfluga
Here are the latest offerings from our regular cartoonists Lóa and Smjörfluga, on a festival innipúkinn and Te Olde Puffin Shop of Yore. See more comics here.
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Pretty In Tents: A Guide To Iceland’s Summer Music Festivals
Packing for an Icelandic summer festival is an interesting challenge—you might well end up trying to decide between flip-flops and a bottle of sunscreen or wellies and an extra scarf. But not to be deterred by the threat of soaking cloudbursts and…
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Festival News: New Sigur Rós Festival, Secret Solstice, Eistnaflug & More
As the time draws nigh, many of Iceland’s summer music and arts festivals are releasing their lineups and putting tickets on sale. First up, Secret Solstice have added some names—alongside cutting-edge headliners Foo Fighters, Richard Ashcroft and The Prodigy—including Tappi Tíkarrass, XXX Rottweiler,…
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Fresh Airwaves: New Bands Announced
Reykjavík must be one of the most touring-band-starved capital cities in Europe. So, when Airwaves makes an announcement of new performers, few of whom I have heard of (outside of the smattering of Icelandic names), I find myself in the unusual position…
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Don’t Ask Nanna: About Icelandic Music Festivals
Nanna, I want to visit Iceland this year and attend a festival, which is better, Iceland Airwaves or Secret Solstice? On That Note On That Note, Iceland Airwaves and Secret Solstice is so passé! I say that instead you should consider attending the…
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Airwaves Announce Warpaint, Liima, The Sonics, Delores Haze & More
Airwaves have added some new names to the 2016 festival lineup. As well as the already-announced PJ Harvey, Julia Holter, múm and Kronos Quartet, they’ve added seminal US garage-rock band The Sonics, moody indie-rock quartet Warpaint, Efterklang’s electronic project Liima, electro-Swedes Dolores…
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Aldrei For Ég Suður Festival Announces New Venue
The thirteenth installment of Aldrei fór ég suður, a music festival held annually on Easter weekend in Ísafjörður, will take place in a brand new venue this year, the festival organizers announced at a press meeting this morning. No, a massive concert…
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!!!, DJ Annie Mac And More For Sónar Reykjavík 2016
Sónar Reykjavík continue to drip-feed the names of confirmed artists for their 2016 edition. The big names this time are !!!, the hydra-headed NYC party band spawned for the 00s punk-funk era, and the revered UK DJ and tastemaker Annie Mac. Joining…
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Secret Solstice 2016: Deftones, Goldie, Skream, Úlfur Úlfur And More
An early Christmas present was delivered this morning for Icelandic metal fans—lauded alt-metal band Deftones is one of 37 acts confirmed for the 2016 Secret Solstice music festival. Deftones has been active since 1988, releasing seven albums and earning numerous awards. British…
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Two Big Names Announced for Sónar Reykjavík ’16
Sónar Reykjavík made their first lineup announcement about the 2016 festival today. The Icelandic acts announced include a rare show from Iceland’s much-admired Apparat Organ Quartet, and performances from homegrown stars Úlfur Úlfur, Sturla Atlas, GANGLY, Skeng and Vaginaboys. They also dropped…
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NORÐANPAUNK—MANIFESTO PROFUGUS BOREALIS: To be, or not to be, punk
“Difficult people listen to good music; Good people listen to difficult music.” This is the proverb of Norðanpaunk (“Northern Punk”), an annual family gathering of Iceland’s punk community in Iceland’s mid-west. Norðanpaunk is an event for difficult people, who like to listen…
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Nature Calling: Get Ready For Extreme Chill 2015
Hello, my name is Pan Thorarensen. I am a musician and co-founder of the Extreme Chill Festival, an annual electronic music event in Snæfellsnes, by the glacier Snæfellsjökull. As our next edition is just around the corner, I wanted to tell you…
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Airwaves Announce Mercury Rev, Arca And Lots More
This year is passing so fast, huh? A minute ago it was new year, and now we’re already past midsummer… With that in mind, the Airwaves festival will be here in no time, and today they unleashed another mouth-watering lineup announcement. The…
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Secret Solstice Friday RECAP: Hashtag Problem, Hashtag Zzz, And Not A Chance In Hel
The Secret Solstice music festival breaks fresh ground in Icelandic history in two ways. For starters, it is the first annual international outdoor music festival in Iceland’s history. Secondly, it features the largest selection of international hip hop and electronic talent I’ve…
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Intern Hannah’s Top 5 Most Notable Parts Of Secret Solstice 2015!
I spent this weekend checking out Reykjavík’s Secret Solstice music festival. Headlined by rap crew Wu-Tang Clan (sans Method Man, and RZA, and some others), the festival celebrated the 24-hour sun with a selection of great artists, lots of beer, and some…