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2018 in Icelandic music
The following is
a list
of notable events and releases of the year
2018 in
Icelandic music
.
Events
February
March
3
–
The artist
and song for
Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
is decided.
Ari Ólafsson
wins
, with the song "Heim".
16
– The 6th Sonar
Reykjavik
festival start.
April
May
June
July
4
–
The 19th
Folk music festival of Siglufjordur
start in
Siglufjordur
.
11
– The 14th
Eistnaflug
festival start in
Neskaupstaður
.
August
September
October
November
7
– The
Iceland Airwaves
music festival
opens, running until
10 November
. Guests include
Blood_Orange
,
Cashmere Cat
and
Stella Donnelly
.
December
Deaths
; February
9
–
Jóhann Jóhannsson
,
film composer
,
The
Theory of Everything
,
Arrival
,
Sicario
.
; August
21
–
Stefán Karl Stefánsson
, singer,
LazyTown
.