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
News By IQ | 6 January 2020
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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