Side Quests

Side Quests are exclusive, limited-capacity add-ons for the festival pass, offering intimate performances in unique Icelandic settings. Each experience includes roundtrip transport from the festival, ensuring a seamless journey to these remote venues.

• Into the Glacier: performances within Langjökull, Europe's second-largest glacier ($600)
• The Lava Cave: acoustic sets inside the 8,000-year-old Vatnshellir Lava Cave ($400)
• Ingjaldshólskirkja: midday concerts held in a historic local church ($150)
• Sólmyrkvafoss: eclipse-viewing at a glacial waterfall (SOLD OUT)

Into the Glacier

Within the breathtaking surroundings of Langjökull, Europe's second-largest glacier, guests enter 500+ metres of paths carved through layers of blue glacial ice more than 10,000 years old. The journey descends into an ice chamber, where the natural acoustics of the crystal caves and ice tunnel formations become the venue for the performance.

Includes roundtrip transport to and from Langjökull on the day of the event, plus a short tour of the glacier cave system.

Thu 13 Aug

Hólmar “Acid Tourist” b2b DJ Margeir

Fri 14 Aug

Nightmares on Wax (DJ set)

Capacity

100 guests

Price

$600

The Lava Cave

A small handful of guests are transported from the festival to an intimate, acoustic performance inside Vatnshellir Lava Cave, an 8,000-year-old lava tube nestled beside the Snæfellsjökull stratovolcano and shaped by an eruption from the Purkhólar crater family, just 500 metres away. Snæfellsjökull gained worldwide fame as the fictional gateway to the subterranean world in Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth. This Side Quest retraces those footsteps, stepping into the dark depths of the lava tube to uncover the story carved into its walls by nature's most powerful forces.

Includes roundtrip transport to and from Vatnshellir Lava Cave.

Thu 13 Aug

Ásgeir

Fri 14 Aug

Emilíana Torrini

Capacity

50 guests

Price

$400

Ingjaldshólskirkja

An intimate midday performance inside Ingjaldshólskirkja, a historic church just a short walk from the festival grounds.

Högni first rose to prominence in 2007 with his indie rock band Hjaltalín and has since become one of Iceland's most celebrated contemporary composers. His work as a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter with the electronic group GusGus earned him an international following, and his 2017 solo debut Two Trains brought together string orchestra, male chorus, and electronics in a single ambitious work.

Sat 15 Aug

Högni

Capacity

80 guests

Price

$150

Sólmyrkvafoss (Totality at the Waterfall)

An intimate eclipse-viewing gathering at Svöðufoss, where glacial waters from Snæfellsjökull plunge toward the sea, accompanied by a totality-themed live musical performance.

• Total Solar Eclipse viewing at Svöðufoss waterfall
• Thematic live musical performance
• Light refreshments and food
• Roundtrip transport from the festival

Wed 12 Aug

Eclipse viewing

Capacity

20 guests

Status

SOLD OUT