This article explores relationships between the significant growth of foreign tourism to Iceland, following the 2008 economic crash, and the popular music festival Iceland Airwaves. I consider the effects of Iceland Airwaves on popular music in Reykjavík during the festival and outside of the festival season. My focus is primarily on how the local population experiences Iceland Airwaves and musical tourism in general. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Iceland between 2010 and 2018, I examine how musicians, politicians, festival management, tourism sector workers, business people, and other music industry workers approach and negotiate the rising role of popular music in Iceland's new tourism economy. This research contributes to broader understandings of how music festivals and musical tourism shape local musical life year-round, and it also offers insight into Iceland's internationally renowned popular music industry.

本文探讨了在2008年经济危机之后前往冰岛的外国旅游人数显着增长与流行音乐节“冰岛电波”之间的关系。我考虑了节日期间以及节日季节以外，冰岛电波对雷克雅未克流行音乐的影响。我主要关注本地居民如何体验冰岛电波和总体的音乐旅游。基于2010年至2018年在冰岛进行的人种志田野调查，我研究了音乐家，政客，节日管理，旅游部门的工人，商人和其他音乐产业的工人如何与之谈判并探讨流行音乐在冰岛新的旅游经济中的日益重要的作用。这项研究有助于人们更广泛地了解音乐节和音乐旅游如何改变全年的当地音乐生活，