Rite of Spring is a new cutting-edge music festival that focuses on Jazz, Folk and World music, and made its critically acclaimed début last year, featuring artists such as Serbia’s Kal and local jazz–funk pioneers Mezzoforte, and will surely continue to enrich Iceland’s musical landscape for years to come. Brought to you by Mr. Destiny, the promoters behind the renowned Iceland Airwaves festival, Rite of Spring is meant to bring the best and most adventurous musicians in the aforementioned fields together for a musical celebration in and around downtown Reykjavík.

Among those performing this year is one of the most celebrated and respected singers of Africa, Mali’s Oumou Sangaré, Scottish Salsa fiends Salsa Celtica and Sarajevo-born artist Goran Bregovic who’ll perform his eclectic and dance-inducing mix of gypsy brass, traditional Bulgarian polyphonies and Rock ‘n’ Roll along with his Weddings and Funerals Band, a string orchestra and a stunning male choir. Others set to perform include well known Icelandic Jazz bassist and composer Tómas R. Einarsson and Samúel J. Samúelsson Big Band, something that’s sure to please the crowd as their previous collaborations have proved fruitful and garnered awards and top marks from critics worldwide.

17-19th May 2007
Ticket price: 4.900 ISK ($75 USD) for area B and 5.900 ISK ($91 USD) for area A.
Source: Icelandair