It is exactly seven days since Reykjavík Trópík 2006.
Over this week, the newly born Icelandic outdoor festival has been enjoying rave reviews from all the local press as well as enthusiastic comments and remarks from the many concert-goers who attended the initiative during last week-end. We are honoured by such positive feedback and proud to finally say: this first edition of Reykjavík Trópík was actually a great success.

The organizers of Reykjavík Trópík would like to take the opportunity to express their deep thankfulness to many people:
Tuborg and KB Banki for the excellent service and support provided to the festival.
Rás2 and XFM for the extensive radio coverage and the enthusiasm shown towards the initiative.
66° North for keeping our staff warm over the weekend.
The good people at the Reykjavik Town Hall (with a special mention to Dagur) for the attention and support they showed towards the event.
The dozens of voluntary workers for the help provided and keeping things running smoothly during the festival days.
The technical crew for their admirable demonstration of efficiency and professionalism, which has even been praised by all our guests from oversea.
And especially, thanks to all the fantastic artists who took part in the initiative, making Reykjavík Trópík 2006 a first class music event.

Thank you all who helped us to make this festival as great as it was!

Many are already asking about next year’s edition… And yes, given the outcome, it looks like Reykjavík Trópík 2007 is now a realistic perspective.
See you all next year?

 

Today afternoon an official press meeting was held inside the very large tent, which will host Reykjavík Trópík 2006. The meeting was attended by a number of personalities from radio and press and by members of the bands, which will be taking part in Reykjavik Tropik during the next days.

Definitive festival schedule - including exact timings for each act - was finally disclosed and is now available also online (click here to see it).

Also, some novelties about ticket sale were announced.
Whole-festival passes (which in these days are selling very quickly) are still available at midi.is, in the Skifan stores in Reykjavik, BT Akureyri and BT Selfoss.
A limited amount of one-day tickets will also be available on the spot (at the venue entrance), starting on Friday 2nd at 12:00. The price for one-day tickets is 2.900 kr.

 

Ticket sale for Reykjavík Trópík 2006 is getting into the hottest stage, as only ten days are left before the festival starts!
At least at the moment, tickets are still available on midi.is, in the Skifan stores in Reykjavík, in BT Akureyri and BT Selfoss.
Ticket price is only 6.500 kr. for a three-day pass, granting access to all the concerts. A formidable 2.000 kr. additional discount is offered if the ticket is purchased with a KB Banki debit or credit card in one of the outlets! Check out the schedule at here!

Don’t miss the opportunity to attend the hottest festival in Icelandic summer! Reykjavík Trópík 2006 is waiting for you!

The line-up for this year’s edition of Reykjavík Trópík outdoor music festival is finally completed and already available online! The festival roster includes a total amount of thirty acts - twentyfive among the most celebrated bands on the Icelandic music scene and five international artists of such caliber as Supergrass, Ladytron and ESG…

Check it out!

 

It is finally sure: wolrd-famous electro-band Ladytron will play Reykjavík Trópík 2006!
“The inclusion of Ladytron in the festival roster is a great achievement” comments Fabrizio “After Supergrass, their participation is going to provide the initiative with an even wider international scope.”

Ladytron is the last act to be confirmed for the forthcoming Reykjavík Trópík outdoor music festival. The festival line-up is now 100% complete: the final day-by-day schedule will be announced in the next hours.

…stay in touch!

 

One of the most popular music acts on the Icelandic scene - reggae-band Hjálmar - just confirmed their participation to Reykjavík Trópík 2006!
Besides Hjálmar, another Icelandic act has been added to the festival’s roster today: electro solo-artist Johnny Sexual will play Reykjavík Trópík on Sunday 4th June.

With the inclusion of Trabant and Hjálmar, Reykjavík Trópík 2006 can fairly claim to feature the very best and most promising acts on the contemporary Icelandic music scene.

 

Two more acts have joined Reykjavík Trópík 2006!

Trabant do not need much introduction… Just expect another as great, sexy and sweat show as always over the last year! Trabant’s confirmation was mostly awaited by Reykjavík Trópík and their performance will close the festival with a blast and lots of champagne…
Kid Carpet will offer a thrilling and hilarious one-man show with some of the best kiddy-disco-punk ever heard! Check out www.kidcarpet.co.uk for more info about this amazing artist!

…and with this, the line-up for Reykjavík Trópík 2006 is nearly complete! Final schedule and festival program will be made public in a very short time.

 

After the rumors of the last days, world-famous and celebrated British band Supergrass have finally confirmed their participation to Reykjavík Trópík 2006!
“Having Supergrass on the bill” comments Gunnhildur, one of the promoters “is a great achievement for our festival: it clearly gives Reykjavík Trópík 2006 a much larger scale and a truly international scope. Hopefully the next few days will bring forward further surprises…”

Indeed, the festival line-up is nealry complete but not yet definitive: a few more confirmations may arrive within the next 48 hours.

 

Reykjavík Trópík 2006 is proud to announce the participation of three more Icelandic artists:

Hermigervill, The Foghorns (musical project of american writer/journalist Bart Cameron) and the calypso extravaganza Flís & Bogomil Font will play the festival between June 2nd and June 4th.

More confirmations are still expected before the week-end.

 

Two more Icelandic acts have joined Reykjavík Trópík 2006, further enriching the festival’s roster:

Indie-rock band Kimono (who will present their new material for the first time in Iceland) and Bang Gang, the musical offspring of composer/producer Barði Johansson.

A few more confirmations are expected to be announced in the following days.