Iceland Airwaves — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

2–6 Nov 2026 (5 days)

Location

Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland

Sound

Alternative · Indie Rock · Pop · Rock

Tickets

€9,990 – €17,400 · 6 tiers tracked

Nearest airport

Not specified

Nearest station

Not specified

Line-up announced

40 artists so far

The story

Iceland Airwaves is an annual music festival that takes place from November 4-7, 2026, in Reykjavik, Iceland. The festival features a diverse line-up of indie and alternative music performances in various venues across the city. Established to celebrate both emerging and established artists, the event transforms Reykjavik into a vibrant music hub during the winter months.

Iceland Airwaves is a 5-day alternative, indie rock, pop, rock festival at Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, Iceland. The November 2026 edition runs 2–6 Nov 2026.

Announced so far: 9m88, Adult DVD, Agent Fresco, Alien Chicks, Amor Vincit Omnia, Andervel, Any Young Mechanic and Apex Anima & FRZNTE and 32 more. Expect stages split between Alternative, Indie Rock, Pop and Rock. The line-up is spread across the 5 festival days, so a full-weekend ticket is the only way to catch every name.

Everything happens at Harpa Concert Hall, in Reykjavik. Reykjavik is the base for the trip: it is where the affordable beds, the late trains and the after-parties are, and where prices climb fastest as the dates approach.

Iceland Airwaves keeps the same calendar slot each year: November 2026 for this edition, opening on a Monday and closing on a Friday. It falls in autumn, after the summer circuit closes, when flights and rooms come back down in price. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in Reykjavik are priced for the festival weekend, not the week around it, so shifting your arrival by a day often saves more than any ticket tier does.

• Multiple venues across Downtown Reykjavík
• 18+ age restriction
• Independent organizing
• Keychange Gender Diversity Pledge

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to Iceland Airwaves works out at roughly €10,749 per person on the cheapest combination we track — a higher-budget weekend, mostly because of the travel leg.

The ticket is only 93% of that: the rest is getting there and sleeping somewhere, which is exactly the part most ticket sites leave out.

Cheapest travel we price is air · 6h 36m each way, at €339 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Iceland Airwaves are sold in waves and the cheapest wave is gone long before the line-up is complete.
2. 2Then price the travel from Paris — Cinderella compares train, bus, car and flight for the same dates, and the cheapest option is not always the obvious one.
3. 3Reserve 6 nights rather than 5: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4If you fly into Not specified, check the transfer time to Reykjavik before booking the earliest departure — the airport bus is usually the cheapest leg of the whole trip.
5. 5Follow Iceland Airwaves on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Line-up, day by day

• Day 1 — Monday 2 November

  9m88, Andervel, Axel Flóvent, BKPM, Brynja Rán, David Bay, Emmsjé Gauti, Gosi

• Day 2 — Tuesday 3 November

  Adult DVD, Any Young Mechanic, Bana Zahit, Bleech 9:3, CeaseTone, Dove Ellis, Esmeralda Road, Haukur Páll

• Day 3 — Wednesday 4 November

  Agent Fresco, Apex Anima & FRZNTE, bed, Blood Harmony, Cell7, Dumbhead, Falinn Gjóður, Heartworms

• Day 4 — Thursday 5 November

  Alien Chicks, Arima Ederra, Birnir, BLUAI, Cobrah, Einakróna, Flesh Machine, HÉR

• Day 5 — Friday 6 November

  Amor Vincit Omnia, Arny Margret, Bjarni Daníel, Brynja, Daði Freyr & The Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Emma, Formal Sppeedwear, Inspector Spacetime

Full line-up

Ordered as the poster reads it — headliners first, then most booked to least. Each name opens that artist's festival dates.

Past editions

Dates are the event's recurring calendar slot, so treat them as approximate — the organiser keeps the official archive.

• 2025

  2–6 Nov 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: 9m88, Adult DVD, Agent Fresco

• 2024

  2–6 Nov 2024 (approx.)

  Regulars: Adult DVD, Agent Fresco, Alien Chicks

• 2023

  2–6 Nov 2023 (approx.)

  Regulars: Agent Fresco, Alien Chicks, Amor Vincit Omnia

Travel tips from Paris

• Fly into Not specified, the closest airport to the site.
• Rail arrivals come through Not specified; shuttles usually run from there.
• The site itself is Harpa Concert Hall, in Reykjavik.
• Book a bed in Reykjavik early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• air6h 36m · €339