Music festival in Iceland
Eistnaflug (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈeistnaˌflʏːx]) was an indoor heavy metal music festival held in Neskaupstaður, Iceland during the second weekend of July.
Name
The festival's name means "testicular flight" and is a pun on the name of Neistaflug [is] ("sparks flying"), a family-oriented festival held in Neskaupstaður during the Merchant's Weekend [is].
History
The first festival began in August 2005 as a small, one-day party for a few Icelandic bands.
In 2017 the number of attendees was 2000–2500.
The line up usually consists of 30–40 bands, most of which are Icelandic. Some non-Icelandic bands that have performed at the festival are At The Gates (SE), Napalm Death (UK), Redfang (US), Secrets of The Moon (DE), Triptykon (CHE), The Monolith Deathcult [de] (NL) and Cephalic Carnage (US). A few domestic bands that have often performed at the festival include Auðn, Dimma, Saktmóðigur [is],[1] Kontinuum, Legend, Skálmöld, Sólstafir, The Vintage Caravan and many more.
Location
Eistnaflug's home, Neskaupstaður, Iceland[2][3] (population 1400), is a little town located on the Norðfjörður fjord in the municipality of Fjarðabyggð[1] on the eastern coast of Iceland which is 700 km away from Reykjavík.
Eistnaflug's motto is Bannað að vera fáviti! ("No behaving like a jerk"). There has never been a report of a physical or sexual assault at the festival, a track record that is often compared to the much worse faring Þjóðhátíð festival.[4][5]
2015–2019 headliners
2015
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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