News Tagged with “Music Festivals”

Iceland Airwaves Attracts about 7,000 Guests

7 Nov 2019 The Iceland Airwaves music festival formally opened yesterday.

New Mini Music Festival: Airwhales

25 Oct 2019 A new mini music festival, Airwhales, is planned for November 7-9 at Hlemmur square, Reykjavík.

Iceland Airwaves Coming up November 6-9

24 Oct 2019 The schedule for the official venues of the Iceland Airwaves music festival, planned for November 6-9, has been posted on the festival’s website.

From last year's Secret Solstice festival.

Secret Solstice Opens Tomorrow

20 Jun 2019 Preparations are underway for the Secret Solstice music festival, which opens tomorrow, Friday, in Laugardalur, Reykjavík, and runs through Sunday.

From Secret Solstice in Laugardalur, Reykjavík.

Secret Solstice Will Be Held in June

9 Apr 2019 The music festival Secret Solstice will be held in Reykjavík June 21-23, for the sixth time.

The Secret Solstice festival takes place in June.

Secret Solstice music festival to be smaller next year

23 Nov 2018 The Secret Solstice music festival which takes place annually in Laugardalur, Reykjavik, will be smaller next summer and only take place on the Þróttur sports grounds.

Secret Solstice Festival kicks off this Thursday

20 Jun 2018 The Secret Solstice Festival starts tomorrow, Thursday and continues until the early hours of Sunday morning, for its fifth edition during 96 hours of continuous sunlight.

Faraoese singer Eivör will return to the Iceland Airwaves festival this year.

Iceland Airwaves announce this year's line-up

24 May 2018 Following on from announcing Fever Ray, Blood Orange and Alma, Iceland Airwaves have revealed the third round of acts for 2018. More than 50 acts from 15 countries join what’s already a massive line-up for the festival's 20th Anniversary edition.

Kælan Mikla: Sólveig Matthildur Kristjánsdóttir, (bottom left) Laufey Soffía Þórsdóttir (left) and Margrét Rósa Dóru og Harrysdóttir (right).

The Cure's Robert Smith invited Kælan mikla to perform at Meltdown Festival

11 Apr 2018 "We thought this was some sort of scam," says Sólveig Matthildur Kristjánsdóttir, one of the three members of Icelandic darkwave band Kælan mikla. They received an email with a personal letter from Robert Smith, singer, guitarist and songwriter of The Cure asking them whether they could perform at the upcoming Meltdown Festival in London in June.