2018 in Icelandic music
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The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2018 in Icelandic music.
Events
[edit]February
[edit]March
[edit]- 3 – The artist and song for Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 is decided.[1] Ari Ólafsson wins, with the song "Heim".[2]
- 16 – The 6th Sónar Reykjavík festival start (March 16–17).[3]
April
[edit]May
[edit]June
[edit]July
[edit]- 4 – The 19th Folk music festival of Siglufjörður start in Siglufjörður (July 4–8).[4]
- 11 – The 14th Eistnaflug festival start in Neskaupstaður (July 11–14).[5]
August
[edit]September
[edit]October
[edit]November
[edit]- 7 – The Iceland Airwaves music festival opens, running until 10 November. Guests include Blood_Orange, Cashmere Cat and Stella Donnelly.[6]
December
[edit]Deaths
[edit]- February
- 9 – Jóhann Jóhannsson, film composer, The Theory of Everything, Arrival, Sicario (born 1969).[7]
- August
- 21 – Stefán Karl Stefánsson, singer, LazyTown (born 1975).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Eurovision 2018 Iceland". EurovisionWorld.com. Retrieved 2017-10-22.
- ^ "Iceland: Ari Ólafsson wins Söngvakeppnin 2018 and will fly to Lisbon!". ESC Today. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "Sónar Reykjavík 2018". Sónar Reykjavík. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
- ^ "The Folk Music Festival of Siglufjordur". FolkMusik.is. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
- ^ "Eistnaflug 2018". Tix.is. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
- ^ "Iceland Airwaves 2018". tix.is. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ Jóhann Jóhannsson Dies: ‘The Theory Of Everything’ Composer Was 48