Festivals
Arcade Fire, Kendrick Lamar, Wolf Alice and more set for Øya Festival 2018
The festival comes to Oslo’s Tøyenparken from 7th-11th August.

A slew of new names have been announced for this year’s Øya Festival.
The new list is lead by Arcade Fire and Kendrick Lamar, and the likes of Wolf Alice, J Hus, Jorja Smith and Moses Sumney will also lead to Oslo in August.
Lykke Li, Patti Smith, Converge, Noname and more have already been announced for the festival, taking place in the city’s Tøyenparken on the weekend of 7th-11th August.
Smerz, Brockhampton, Superorganism and more are also on the list for the Norwegian fest.
View the full list of additions, and the full Øya 2018 line-up, below.
KENDRICK LAMAR (US)
ARCADE FIRE (CA)
WOLF ALICE (UK)
J HUS (UK)
MOSES SUMNEY (US)
JORJA SMITH (UK)
GREAT NEWS (NO)
FIEH (NO)
SASSY009 (NO)
LYKKE LI (SE)
PATTI SMITH (US)
CONVERGE (US)
…AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD (US)
GRIZZLY BEAR (US)
BROCKHAMPTON (US)
CHELSEA WOLFE (US)
SLEAFORD MODS (UK)
PARADISE (NO/UK)
SMERZ (NO)
SUPERORGANISM (UK)
TØNES (NO)
NONAME (US)
STORE P (NO)
DIG DEEPER (NO)
*new additions in bold
Photo: Emma Swann / DIY
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