2018 in Icelandic music

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Overview of the events of 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

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 Sonar Reykjavik festival start (March 16 – 17).^[3]

4 – The 19th Folk music festival of Siglufjordur start in Siglufjordur (July 4 – 8).^[4]
11 – The 14th Eistnaflug festival start in Neskaupstaður (July 11–14).^[5]

7 – The Iceland Airwaves music festival opens, running until 10 November. Guests include Blood_Orange, Cashmere Cat and Stella Donnelly.^[6]

9 – Jóhann Jóhannsson, film composer, The Theory of Everything, Arrival, Sicario (born 1969).^[7]

^ "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.
^ "Sonar Reykjavik 2018". SonarReykjavik.com. 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