Iceland Airwaves 2018 reveals final line-up

Iceland Airwaves 2018 has announced the line-up for it's twentieth anniversery edition, artists playing include Ólafur Arnalds, The Voidz, Aurora, and more
Iceland Airwaves 2018

The 2018 edition of Iceland Airwaves, as well as it’s 20th Anniversary, includes Icelandic supergroup Team Dreams (Sin Fang, Sóley & Örvar Smárason) and post punkers Fufanu, one-man dynamo Cola Boyy (US) and electronic duo The Rhythm Method (UK) and many more

Previously announced, there’s a couple of special performances coming up from Airwaves alumni Ólafur Arnalds and Ásgeir at this year’s event. Ólafur will be performing two unique shows featuring material from new album ‘re:member’, all based around a three grand piano set-up and hosted within the grand surroundings of the National Theatre.

Ásgeir will be performing his new album (set for release in early 2019) in its entirety for the very first time. He’ll be playing two very special, intimate shows at Fríkirkjan, the beautiful church right in the heart of downtown. Ásgeir will also curate a series of once-in-a-lifetime day shows, where a selected number of favourite Airwaves acts will record sessions cut live to vinyl at the famous Stúdíó Hljóðriti in Hafnarfjörður, and given away exclusively to a a few very lucky guests in attendance. Iceland Airwaves takes place November 7-10th in Reykjavík.

INTERNATIONAL ACTS

ABBACOOK (EC) • ALMA (FI) • AURORA (NO) • AV AV AV (DK) • BARRY PAQUIN ROBERGE (CA) • BEDOUINE (US) • BENIN CITY (UK) • BLACK MIDI (UK) • BLANCHE (BE) • BLOOD ORANGE (UK) • BONIFACE (CA) • CASHMERE CAT (NO) • CHARLES WATSON (UK) • COLA BOYY (US) • CRUMB (US) • DANNY & THE VEETOS (FO) • DESCARTES A KANT (MX) • EIVØR (FO) • FIEH (NO) • FLAMINGODS (UK/BH) • FONTAINES D.C. (IE) • GAFFA TAPE SANDY (IE) • GIRLHOOD (UK) • GIRL RAY (UK) HAIKU HANDS (AU) • HAK BAKER (UK) • HAYLEY KIYOKO (US) • HILANG CHILD (UK) • HOLY NOTHING (PT) • HUSKY LOOPS (UK) • INJURY RESERVE (US) • JAMES VICKERY (UK) • JARAMI (SE) • JIMOTHY LACOSTE (UK) • JMSN (US) • JOCKSTRAP (UK) • KAT FRANKIE (AU/DE) • LISA MORGENSTERN (DE) • LYON (FO) • MARI KALKUN (EE) • MAVI PHOENIX (AT) • MORMOR (CA) • MUEVELOREINA (ES) • NAAZ (NL) • NADINE SHAH (UK) • NANOOK (GL) • NATALIE PRASS (US) • NOT3S (UK) • OFF BLOOM (DK/UK) • PHILIP EMILIO (NO) • PLÁSI (SE) • POLO & PAN (FR) • POM POKO (NO) • REJJIE SNOW (IE) • RIZAN SAID (SY) • SCARLET PLEASURE (DK) • SIMON RAYMONDE (BELLA UNION) (DJ SET) (UK) • SMERZ (NO) • SNAIL MAIL (US) • SOCCER MOMMY (US) • SORRY (UK) • STEPHEN BASS (MOSHI MOSHI) (DJ SET) (UK) • STELLA DONNELLY (AU) • STEREO HONEY (UK) • SUPERORGANISM (UK) • SURF DADS (US) • SURMA (PT) • TAMINO (BE/EG) • TAWIAH (UK) • THE ANATOMY OF FRANK (US) • THE ORIELLES (UK) • THE RHYTHM METHOD (UK) • THE VOIDZ (US) • TIERRA WHACK (US) • TOMMY CASH (EE) • TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT (DK) • TRUPA TRUPA (PL) • TUVABAND (NO) • VAZ (SE) • WWWATER (BE) • YEO (AU) • ZAAR (DK) • ΣTELLA (GR)

ICELANDIC ACTS

AFK • AGENT FRESCO • ALLANHEIMER • AMABADAMA • ANDARTAK • ARI ÁRELÍUS • ARNAR ÚLFUR • ÁRNI VIL • ÁRNI² • ÁRNÝ • ÁRSTÍÐIR • ASDFHG • ÁSGEIR • ATERIA • AUÐUR • AUSTURVÍGSTÖÐVARNAR • AIVIA • AXEL FLÓVENT • AYIA • B1B2 • BAGDAD BROTHERS • BÁRA GÍSLADÓTTIR • BEEBEE AND THE BLUEBIRDS • BERNDSEN • BERGHAIM • BERVIT (DJ SET) • BETWEEN MOUNTAINS • BIRGIR • BIRNIR • BISTRO BOY • BLÁSKJÁR • BODYPAINT • BRÍET • CARPET • CEASETONE • CELL7 • CLUBDUB • COUNTESS MALAISE • CYBER • DAÐI FREYR • DADYKEWL • DEAD SEA APPLE • DJ SNORRI ÁSTRÁÐS • DJ FLUGVÉL & GEIMSKIP • DR SPOCK • EINARINDRA • ELÍN HARPA • ELLI GRILL • EMMSJÉ GAUTI • EYDÍS EVENSEN • FEBRÚAR • FLONI • FUFANU • FUTURE FIGMENT • FUTUREGRAPHER • GABRÍEL • GDRN • GEISHA CARTEL • GKR • GLERAKUR • GODCHILLA • GRÍSALAPPALÍSA • GRÓA • GRÚSKA BABÚSKA • GUNNAR JÓNSSON COLLIDER • HATARI • HEIÐRIK • HELGI • HELGI SÆMUNDUR • HERRA HNETUSMJÖR • HILDUR • HILDUR VALA • HIMBRIMI • HINEMOA • HÖGNI • HÓRMÓNAR • HORRIBLE YOUTH • HUGAR • HUGINN • INGIBJÖRG TURCHI • JFDR • JOEY CHRIST • JÓIPÉ X KRÓLI • JÖKULL LOGI • JULIAN CIVILIAN • JÚNÍUS MEYVANT • KAJAK • KARITAS • KEF LAVÍK • KJARTAN HOLM • KIRIYAMA FAMILY • KLIKA • KORTER Í FLOG • KÖTT GRÁ PJÉ • KRÍA • KUL • LAFONTAINE • LÁRA RÚNARS • LJÓSFARI • LOGI PEDRO • LORD PUSSWHIP • MADONNA + CHILD • MAGNÚS JÓHANN • MAMMÚT • MÁNI ORRASON • MATTHILDUR • MIGHTY BEAR • MILKYWHALE • MOONBEAR • MOSES HIGHTOWER • MOSI • MR. SILLA • MUNSTUR • ÓLAFUR ARNALDS • PINK STREET BOYS • RAGGA HÓLM • REYKJAVÍKURDÆTUR • RING OF GYGES • ROCK PAPER SISTERS • RYTHMATIK • SIGRÚN • SHAKES • SNORRI HELGASON • SÓLEY • SÓLSTAFIR • SPECIAL-K • SPRITE ZERO KLAN • STAFRÆNN HÁKON • STURLA ATLAS • SURA • SVALA • SYCAMORE TREE • SYKUR • SYLVIA ERLA • TARA MOBEE • TEAM DREAMS: SIN FANG, SÓLEY & ÖRVAR SMÁRASON • TEITUR MAGNÚSSON • TÓFA • TOY MACHINE • TRPTYCH • TWO TOUCANS • ÚLFUR ÚLFUR • UNA STEF • UNE MISÈRE • UNNSTEINN • VALDIMAR • VAR • VASI • VICKY • VIO • VÖK • WARMLAND • YLJA • YOUNG KARIN • YUNG NIGO DRIPPIN

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