ESNS 2020: World-leading Iceland preps gender-balanced showcase

Iceland, the most gender-equal country in the world for the 11th year running, has six acts performing at Eurosonic Noorderslag 2020

Sólveig Matthildur

After topping the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index poll for the 11th year running in 2019, Iceland will send a gender-balanced delegation to Eurosonic Noorderslag later this month.

The annual showcase festival, which returns to Groningen, the Netherlands, on 15–18 January, features six Icelandic acts: experimental pop act JFDR, rapper Cell7, synth-pop duo Warmland, electronic pop artist Sólveig Matthildur, electro-psych act President Bongo and contemporary classical composer Gabríel Ólafs.

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