Press - Iceland Airwaves

Press

Submissions are now open for press and photo passes for Iceland Airwaves 2021.

Media passes give you:

Front of line access to shows (subject to venue capacity)
Access to photo pit for accompanying photographer (provided there is consent from performers, subject to capacity)
Access to the Airwaves Pro conference
Access to PR team for media requests / interviews

Media passes are limited, and successful applications are granted according to:

Application does not necessarily guarantee a press pass.

Approved applications will be emailed a special link to purchase a four day press or photo pass.

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All our photos are hosted on the Iceland Airwaves Flickr.
You are free to use them for articles and posts relating to Iceland Airwaves as long as the photographer is correctly credited.
All other uses are prohibited without the express permission of festival management.
You cannot modify the photos (except cropping) without permission.
Photos are not to be used for any commercial purposes whatsoever.

Photos and videos are permitted at the festival for personal use, but any publication, whether it be online or offline, requires a media/photo pass.
SLR or DSLR cameras are not permitted in official venues without a photo pass.
Photo passes are obtained by applying for them before October 5th through our application portal.
Publication of photos taken is limited to the purposes outlined in the application. Photo, video and audio policies will vary from artist to artist.
You are not allowed to audio or video stream or otherwise transmit any performance longer than one minute without prior written consent.
Audio feeds from the board will not be provided without prior written consent.

“A truly wonderful outlier in the festival scene”
– The Independent (UK)
“There’s always a new and beautiful world to experience”
– Consequence of Sound (US)
“The hippest long weekend on the annual music-festival calendar”
– Rollingstone (US)
“Unbelievable zest for music and celebration”
– Pitchfork (US)
“Iceland Airwaves teaches you that..there is a beautiful new world beyond.”
– Consequence of Sound (US)
“Hosted in Reykjavík, hundreds of bands, thousands of music fans. Iceland Airwaves, the best festival the world!”
– The Line of Best Fit (UK)

The PR contacts for 2021 are:

UK/EU – Zeitgeist PR – email here | North America – Pitch Perfect PR – email here | Iceland – Iceland Airwaves email here

Please do not email the PR teams about your online application status. You will be contacted automatically if approved.