After two years off due to the Covid pandemic, the Iceland Airwaves festival is back, happening November 3-5, 2022 at venues all over Reykjavík. This year's lineup, which features a few artists who were supposed to play in 2020, includes Amyl & The Sniffers, Arlo Parks, Metronomy, Arooj Aftab, Porridge Radio, Crack Cloud, Nation of Language, Röyksopp, Altin Gün, and more. As usual, more than half the lineup is Icelandic, including Daughters of Reykjavik, sóley, JóiPé, Vök, Snny, MÚR, Eydís Evensen, FLOTT, gugusar, HAM, LÓN, Inspector Spacetime and more.
With the festival showcases mainly happening in the evening, Iceland Airwaves is also a good opportunity to see the country's natural beauty, including alien landscapes, spectacular waterfalls, and the many geothermal heated pools that you can take a dip in -- all of which are not that far outside the city. (Reykjavík has many, many public pools as well.) It's a fun festival.
There are also panel discussions, Q&As and more. Festival passes and travel packages are on sale now. Check out the full Iceland Airwaves lineup below.
Read our recaps from Iceland Airwaves 2019.
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ICELAND AIRWAVES 2022 LINEUP: ALINA AMURI ALTIN GÜN ALTRE DI B ALYSHA BRILLA AMYL & THE SNIFFERS ANTI PAALANEN ARLO PARKS ARNY MARGRET AROOJ AFTAB ÁRSTÍÐIR ATLI ÖRVARSSON AXEL FLÓVENT BRÍET BRIMHEIM BSÍ CEASETONE CHIIILD COMBOS COSBY COUNTESS MALAISE CRACK CLOUD DAUGHTERS OF REYKJAVÍK DR. GUNNI ELIZA SHADDAD EMMSJÉ GAUTI EMOTIONAL ORANGES ENSÍMI EYDÍS EVENSEN FLOTT FRANCIS OF DELIRIUM GO_A GREYSKIES GRÓA GUÐRIÐ HANSDÓTTIR GUGUSAR HAM INSPECTOR SPACETIME JANUS RASMUSSEN JFDR JÓIPÉ JÚNÍUS MEYVANT KAKTUS EINARSSON KAMARA KLEIN KÓBOYKEX KRUMMI KUSK LAUFEY LÓN LUCA FOGALE LÙISA MAGNÚS JÓHANN MARIUS DC METRONOMY METTESON MÚR NATION OF LANGUAGE ÓLAFUR KRAM PALE MOON PORRIDGE RADIO POSSIMISTE RAKEL RÖYKSOPP (DJ) RUSSIAN.GIRLS SAMEHEADS SKOFFÍN SKRATTAR SNNY SÓLEY SUCKS TO BE YOU, NIGEL SUPERSERIOUS SUPERSPORT! SVALA SYCAMORE TREE SYSTUR THE VINTAGE CARAVAN THUMPER TUYS ULTRAFLEX UNA TORFA UNNSTEINN UNUSUAL DEMONT VÖK YOT CLUB ZÖE