Iceland Airwaves 2021 cancelled due to new restrictions
"Even though it is our belief that events like Iceland Airwaves can now be executed in a safe and responsible manner, the authorities disagree"
News By IQ | 2 September 2021
Iceland Airwaves has been cancelled for a second consecutive year due to “new and ongoing Covid-19 measures imposed by the government”.
The festival was expected to return to Reykjavík in November this year after being cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic but organisers say the current restrictions “render a multi-venue, multi-capacity, standing event, such as Iceland Airwaves impossible to produce”.
The new measures, just delivered by the local authorities, will see venues capped at 500 people per section, all…
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