Top music festival Secret Solstice returns!
Party in the midnight sun! Ever wanted to attend a music festival where you can party for three days at a time and the sun never sets? Well, if you’re landing in Iceland during the summer solstice weekend between the 19th and the 21st of June, you’re in luck. by Leon Hill Photo: Brynjar Snær
Secret Solstice will be hosting the world’s first gig underneath a glacier on the Friday evening of Secret Solstice 2015.
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amed the “Midnight Sun Music Festival” due to the 72 hours of continuous daylight during the event, the festival, also known as the Secret Solstice, returns for the second year to the Laugardalur entertainment precinct in the center of Reykjavík, no more than a fifteen minute walk from most hotels. While it was held for the very first time in 2014, Secret Solstice was named one of the top festivals on Earth by TIME Magazine, BBC and many others.
Pool parties and hip hop legends! This year’s three day event features a massive lineup of international names over seven stages, including hip-hop legends Wu-Tang Clan, FKA twigs, Kelis, the Wailers, Charles Bradley, Skream, Flights Facilities, Nightmares On Wax, MØ, Zero 7, Foreign Beggars, and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, as well as MTV’s Jackass star Bam Margera’s band Earth Rocker. Local talent from Iceland will be provided in the form of GusGus, HAM, Mugison, Hjálmar, Helgi Björnsson, Retro Stefson and many more.
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With around 150 names in total attending, there’s sure to be something that’ll get your body moving. But it’s not only the music that should have you excited, as Secret Solstice also boasts geothermal pool parties next door to the festival site and on-site camping for those who don’t want to leave the action at all. Finally, Secret Solstice will be hosting the world’s first gig underneath a glacier on the Friday evening of Secret Solstice 2015 as an additional ticketed event. It will be held within the Icecave of Langjökull, Europe’s second largest glacier. Only 70 guests will be able to tick this once-in-a-lifetime party off their bucket list, which is something that’s sure to be the envy of your friends for years to come if you’re one of the lucky ones. v Tickets are available for 19,900kr (approx. £96/$150/€134) until sold out, and guests are being directed to SecretSolstice.is for full information on Iceland’s ultimate summer festival.