Iceland Airwaves 2018 closes gender gap
The Reykjavik festival, which has signed up to the Keychange initiative, will as of this year have a line-up featuring more female than male performers
News By IQ | 30 July 2018
With its 2018 edition, taking place from 7 to 10 November, Iceland Airwaves becomes the first major music festival with a line-up that’s more than 50% female, its head of operations, Will Larnach-Jones, has revealed.
Airwaves is a signatory to the Keychange initiative, which commits nearly 100 festivals and conferences globally to achieving gender-balanced line-ups by 2022. According to Larnach-Jones, the Reykjavik festival has beaten that target by four years, with its 2018 line-up featuring at least as many female as male performers.
“We still have…
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