Iceland Airwaves

Iceland Airwaves
Genre
DatesNovember
Location(s)Reykjavík, Iceland
Years active1999–present
Websiteicelandairwaves.is

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[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]

Partial list of performers

Full lineups available on official website[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Iceland Music Events". Archived from the original on 18 August 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  2. ^ "Event Management Company Sena Live Buys Iceland Airwaves". grapevine.is. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  3. ^ History Archived 23 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Iceland Airwaves. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  4. ^ Leon, Jakov A peek inside Iceland's Airwaves Festival for up-and-coming bands, dw-world.de, (14. October 2011.)
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Iceland Airwaves postponed again". ruv.is. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Airwaves is on, and inviting others to get involved". ruv.is. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  8. ^ "The past is the past". icelandairwaves.is. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
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