Nick Miners Photography

Tomor­row I shall be step­ping on a plane with Tim Boddy and James Can­ham from The 405 with the aim of cov­er­ing as much as pos­sible of the 2011 Ice­land Air­waves fest­ival in Reyk­javík. This fest­ival began as a one-​​night event in an aero­plane hanger in 1999 and has expan­ded to become one of the most pop­u­lar fest­ivals on the calendar.

This year the fest­ival runs from 12^th-​​16^th Octo­ber, with around 250 artists play­ing at 10 ven­ues and numer­ous off-​​venue events, often until around 4:00 in the morn­ing. Need­less to say we are all explod­ing with excite­ment at the pro­spect, and will do our best to bring you reviews and pho­to­graphs of some of the best new bands from Ice­land and bey­ond, as well as spe­cial cov­er­age of one of Björk’s Bio­philia per­form­ances in the city’s brand new opera house, Harpa.

Stay tuned for sneaky peeks at some of the pho­to­graphs, and keep an eye on the 405 for pre­views, artist inter­views and live reviews through­out the festival.

Tags: festival, Iceland, Iceland Airwaves, James Canham, music, The 405, Tim Boddy