Halloween?
Oh yes, that too. But I was talking about the super shiny, super crazy Iceland Airwaves Festival.
I think anyone who slightly likes Iceland has heard about that - and if you like indie and alternative music, you may have heard about it, too.
Iceland Airwaves is a huge (by Iceland standards) music festival that happens in Reykjavík every year around Halloween - October 30 to November 3 this year.
What makes Airwaves so special is the fact that there are a lot of in-venue shows but also countless off-venue shows. It seems like artists really want to play the most shows they can: so if you couldn't go see Mugison one night because you were at Harpa watching Björk (because yes, sometimes she performs at Airwaves too), chances are you'll catch an informal, unplanned gig the next day at some coffee shop. Or in a hostel. Or in the park.
They say during Airwaves you don't sleep at all. This is pretty accurate: there is so much going on (shows, parties, art installations, dj sets inside the pools at Blue Lagoon) that they had to develop an iPhone app to plan your day.
The tickets for this year's festival are sold out, but here's a pretty video (or rockumentary, as they call it) to make you really jealous:
And here's the link to the festival's website: Iceland Airwaves
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