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Iceland Airwaves 2026 Lineup
Three November nights across Reykjavík venues, built to show you bands you have not heard of yet.
Iceland Airwaves is expected back November 2027 (dates aren't announced yet). Until then, here's the full 2026 lineup and the acts you would have loved.
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About Iceland Airwaves 2026
Iceland Airwaves has run in Reykjavík since 1999 and has always been a discovery festival first: small venues across the city centre, short sets, and a bill weighted toward Icelandic artists and international newcomers rather than headliners. The 2026 edition runs November 5 to 7 with 107 acts on the official programme across seven venues.
The international end brings Cobrah, Warhaus, Jamie Woon, Heartworms, Leith Ross, Sandrayati and Taiwan's 9m88. The Icelandic end is the reason to go: Agent Fresco and MAMMÚT returning, Úlfur Úlfur and Emmsjé Gauti on the rap side, Júníus Meyvant and Axel Flóvent writing songs, and a long tail of names like virgin orchestra, someshiit and Falinn Gjóður that will not be on any other festival you attend this year.
Expect electronic, pop, folk and alternative across 107 acts.
At a glance
- Dates
- –Thursday to Saturday, three days
- Where
- Reykjavík, Iceland
- Lineup
- 107 acts
- Website
- Official site
Iceland Airwaves 2026 lineup & schedule: all 107 acts
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Warhaus
Maarten Devoldere's louche, cinematic songs, delivered like the last person still sitting in the bar.
Indie-rockChanson
Agent Fresco
Icelandic math-rock with a soul singer out front, delicate right up until it very much is not.
Math-rockAlt-rock
Swedish club provocateur making hard, latex-slick electronic pop for rooms with the lights off: fetish-fashion aesthetics welded to genuinely heavy club production.
ElectronicIndustrial pop
Jamie Woon
The voice behind 'Night Air', a smoke-and-sub-bass ballad that has aged better than almost anything from its year.
Alt-R&BElectronic
PISS
Punk
Oyama
Reykjavík shoegaze, guitars set to blur and the melodies buried just deep enough to hunt for.
ShoegazeDream-pop
Axel Flóvent
Warm northern indie folk written in a fishing town of two thousand people and built for headphones.
Indie-folkFolk
Júníus Meyvant
Folk soul with a horn section, written on an Icelandic island of four thousand people.
Folk-soulIndie-folk
Úlfur Úlfur
An Icelandic rap duo who fill the biggest rooms at home, delivered entirely in Icelandic.
Hip-hopRap
Emmsjé Gauti
One of the biggest rappers in Iceland, filling rooms at home that visitors never hear about.
Hip-hopRap
Sandrayati
Folk songs recorded partly in Bali and partly in Iceland, whispered more than sung.
FolkAmbient-folk
9m88
Taiwanese neo-soul with a jazz education behind it, sung across Mandarin and English without changing gear.
Neo-soulJazz
Cell7
An Icelandic rap veteran delivering in English over a jazz backbone, and still sharper than most of the field.
Hip-hopJazz-rap
Leith Ross
Plainly worded songs about tenderness that reliably take a room down to complete silence.
FolkSinger-songwriter
Heartworms
Jojo Orme's project, military imagery over taut post-punk with real menace behind it.
Post-punkGoth
Arny Margret
Folk from the Westfjords, spare arrangements and a voice that stays quiet entirely on purpose.
FolkIndie-folk
Kaktus Einarsson
Fufanu's frontman on his own, art pop with a great deal of space left in the arrangements.
Art-popExperimental
Andervel
Pop
Marsibil
Singer/songwriter
Emma
LÓN
Falinn Gjóður
Pop
Alba Akvama
Copenhagen songwriter whose 2026 debut EP builds hushed, slow songs from guitar, a meditative voice and very little else.
Singer-songwriterFolk
Gosi
Lucy Dreams
Farveblind
Danish trio smashing breakbeats, acid techno and punk aggression together into a live set that treats the crowd as part of the band.
ElectronicTechno
virgin orchestra
Rock
State of Grace
Sævar Jóhannsson
Modern era
Brynja
RAKEL
Yaelokre
Folk
bed
TÁR
someshiit
Mandopop
Worldpeace DMT
London duo Leo Fincham and Rowan Please, writing '60s-style psychedelic pop with modern production; second album is Stick Around for Tea.
Electronic
Sycamore Tree
Singer/songwriter
Leeds lads making hardware-driven post-punk bangers about mundane dread, with deadpan vocals over squelching synths, pitched somewhere between a big night out and an existential crisis.
Alternative
Revenge of Calculon
Electronic
The Gnomes
digital ísland
Reykjavík dance trio pairing soft, detached vocals with hard club beats, pitched somewhere between pop and the dancefloor.
ElectronicDance
YARD
Flesh Machine
Apex Anima & FRZNTE
Sakaris
Pop
Yellowknife punk band playing loud, fast slacker rock about pizza, bad bosses and the view from the bottom.
PunkGarage rock
Them Flying Monkeys
Rock
CeaseTone
Pop
Tunghoyrt
Prog-rock/art rock
Esmeralda Road
Alternative
Brynja Rán
Pop
Einakróna
Singer/songwriter
Victoryland
Julian McCamman's project with producer Dan Howard; My Heart Is A Room With No Cameras In It drew Pitchfork comparisons to The New Pornographers.
Rock
Jamie Duffy
Classical
Nori
RSP
Sísý Ey
Three sisters' vocal harmonies over deep house from producer Oculus. Their 2013 single 'Ain't Got Nobody' went to No. 1 in Iceland.
HouseElectronic
Haukur Páll
Hip-hop
Jónfrí
Pop
Dumbhead
Hushed, unhurried songwriting from a new voice with old grace.
Folk
PIXY
Brazil-born, North London-raised rapper and singer working the line between hip hop and pop, introduced on the debut EP ‘XY’ and the single ‘LEGACY’.
Hip-hopPop
Faroese producer based in Reykjavík and one half of Kiasmos with Ólafur Arnalds. His solo electronic music is precise and hypnotic, and the 2026 album Inert brings his own voice to the front.
ElectronicAmbient
Juno Paul
Pop
Pollyfromthedirt
Alternative
SYL
BLUAI
Formal Sppeedwear
Alternative
JEFF3
Rap
Bana Zahiti
R&B/soul
SCAM
Spacestation
Fig Tape
Oslo alt-pop project crossing early-2000s guitar rock with club rhythms. The 2025 debut album earned a Spellemann nomination.
Indie popAlt-rock
Alien Chicks
Alternative
Valborg Ólafs
Pop
Spouses
Folk
Mar Pujol
Pop
German-Spanish post-punk and shoegaze project: reverb-soaked guitars, vocals in Spanish and English, and live shows that lean loud. The debut EP instantes (antes de caer) arrived in 2025.
Post-punkShoegaze
Mackenzie Leighton
Vicky Sometani
Singer/songwriter
Blood Harmony
KOIKOI
Valencia producer who stepped out from behind other artists' records in 2024 with Plastic Boy: pop and darkwave built from live drums, distorted guitars, saxophone and industrial synths.
DarkwaveElectronic
Bjarni Daníel
Contemporary folk
Bleech 9:3
Alternative
Amor Vincit Omnia
Pop
Barcelona and London synth duo of Martí Canales and Jamie Taylor, all bright arpeggiators under a warm crooner's voice, with a live show built around kinetic sound installation.
Synth-popElectronic
Mugison
Westfjords songwriter who started out as a laptop troubadour and has since bent blues, rock and folk into whatever each record needed.
Singer-songwriterFolk
punktò
Alternative
Liim
Hip-hop
PATATAONSTEREO
Madrid DJ and producer who moves between UK garage, house, hardgroove, techno and drum and bass, with nine EPs out and a residency at MAZO CLUB.
ElectronicHouseUK garage
Una Torfa
Pop
Róshildur
Pop
LiteFun
Dance
knackered
Birnir
Hip-hop
Ólöf Arnalds
Icelandic multi-instrumentalist whose clear, high soprano carries spare songs played on guitar, charango and violin.
Singer-songwriterFolk
HÉR
Arima Ederra
Alternative
BKPM
Sex Week
Alternative
David Bay
Dance
The Itch
Nom De Guerre
Producer Ole Petter Ålgård and rapper Vuyo, setting verses over dark basslines and house-leaning club beats.
Hip-hopElectronic
Inspector Spacetime
Dance
Skeler
Electronic
The headliners
Cobrah · Swedish club provocateur making hard, latex-slick electronic pop for rooms with the lights off: fetish-fashion aesthetics welded to genuinely heavy club production. Swedish club music built for a much bigger room than these.
Up-and-comers to catch early
- Upper Mall Rats · Yellowknife punk, loud, fast and unapologetically rude.
Other acts worth planning around
The lineup by day
Thursday lineup (November 5)
MAMMÚT, Warhaus, PISS, Adult DVD, Alba Akvama, Andervel + 23 more
Thursday set times (29 sets)
- Andervel · Fríkirkjan
- Marsibil · Rosenberg
- Emma · Iðnó
- LÓN · City Hall
- Falinn Gjóður · Lemmy
- Alba Akvama · Fríkirkjan
- Gosi · Rosenberg
- Lucy Dreams · Iðnó
- Farveblind · City Hall
- virgin orchestra · Kolaport
- State of Grace · Lemmy
- Sævar Jóhannsson · Fríkirkjan
- Brynja · Rosenberg
- RAKEL · Iðnó
- Yaelokre · City Hall
- MAMMÚT · Kolaport
- bed · Lemmy
- TÁR · Fríkirkjan
- someshiit · Rosenberg
- Worldpeace DMT · Iðnó
- Sycamore Tree · City Hall
- Adult DVD · Kolaport
- PISS · Lemmy
- Warhaus · Fríkirkjan
- Revenge of Calculon · Rosenberg
- The Gnomes · Iðnó
- digital ísland · City Hall
- YARD · Kolaport
- Flesh Machine · Iðnó
Friday lineup (November 6)
Agent Fresco, Cobrah, Axel Flóvent, Emmsjé Gauti, Júníus Meyvant, Oyama + 33 more
Friday set times (39 sets)
- Apex Anima & FRZNTE · Lemmy
- Yaelokre · Fríkirkjan
- Sakaris · Iðnó
- Oyama · City Hall
- Upper Mall Rats · Rosenberg
- Them Flying Monkeys · Lemmy
- Axel Flóvent · Fríkirkjan
- CeaseTone · Kolaport
- Tunghoyrt · Iðnó
- Esmeralda Road · City Hall
- Brynja Rán · Rosenberg
- Einakróna · NASA
- Victoryland · Lemmy
- Jamie Duffy · Fríkirkjan
- Nori · Kolaport
- RSP · Iðnó
- Sísý Ey · City Hall
- Haukur Páll · Rosenberg
- Jónfrí · NASA
- Dumbhead · Lemmy
- Dove Ellis · Fríkirkjan
- PIXY · Kolaport
- Janus Rasmussen · Iðnó
- Agent Fresco · City Hall
- Juno Paul · Rosenberg
- Pollyfromthedirt · NASA
- SYL · Lemmy
- Júníus Meyvant · Fríkirkjan
- BLUAI · Iðnó
- Cobrah · Kolaport
- Formal Sppeedwear · City Hall
- JEFF3 · Rosenberg
- Bana Zahiti · NASA
- Úlfur Úlfur · Iðnó
- SCAM · Kolaport
- Spacestation · City Hall
- Fig Tape · Rosenberg
- Alien Chicks · Iðnó
- Emmsjé Gauti · Kolaport
Saturday lineup (November 7)
Jamie Woon, 9m88, Arny Margret, Cell7, Heartworms, Kaktus Einarsson + 34 more
Saturday set times (40 sets)
- Valborg Ólafs · Rosenberg
- Spouses · Lemmy
- Mar Pujol · Fríkirkjan
- GRIMA · Iðnó
- Mackenzie Leighton · City Hall
- Vicky Sometani · NASA
- Blood Harmony · Rosenberg
- KOIKOI · Lemmy
- Sandrayati · Fríkirkjan
- RUVENRUVEN · Iðnó
- Bjarni Daníel · City Hall
- 9m88 · NASA
- Cell7 · Rosenberg
- Bleech 9:3 · Lemmy
- Jamie Woon · Fríkirkjan
- Amor Vincit Omnia · Kolaport
- SUNTRAP · Iðnó
- Mugison · City Hall
- Leith Ross · NASA
- punktò · Rosenberg
- Heartworms · Lemmy
- Arny Margret · Fríkirkjan
- Liim · Kolaport
- PATATAONSTEREO · Iðnó
- Una Torfa · City Hall
- Róshildur · NASA
- LiteFun · Rosenberg
- knackered · Lemmy
- Birnir · Kolaport
- Ólöf Arnalds · Fríkirkjan
- HÉR · Iðnó
- Kaktus Einarsson · City Hall
- Arima Ederra · NASA
- BKPM · Rosenberg
- Sex Week · Kolaport
- David Bay · Iðnó
- The Itch · City Hall
- Nom De Guerre · Rosenberg
- Inspector Spacetime · Kolaport
- Skeler · Iðnó
Iceland Airwaves 2026 lineup FAQ
When is Iceland Airwaves 2026?
November 5 to 7, 2026 across venues in central Reykjavík.
Who headlines?
Nobody, officially. Airwaves prints its lineup alphabetically and does not rank it, which is the point of the festival. The tiers on this page are our reading of draw, not the festival's billing.
How many acts are playing?
102 on the official programme, spread over seven venues: Kolaport, City Hall, Iðnó, NASA, Fríkirkjan, Lemmy and Rosenberg. Airwaves also runs off-venue shows that are not part of the official lineup.
Are set times and venues out?
Yes. The full schedule is out, with a venue and a set time for every act, and sets after midnight count toward the evening before. Most sets run 40 minutes, so plan on moving between rooms.
How do I find the acts I'd like?
Type a few artists you love into the finder at the top of this page. It matches them against this lineup and explains each pick.
When is Iceland Airwaves 2027?
Iceland Airwaves is expected back in November 2027; the festival has not announced the 2027 dates yet. The 2026 lineup stays on this page until it does.
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