Draft:I Land Sound festival

I Land Sound is an electronic music festival that integrates music, art, and nature. The festival is held on Illiku islet in Orissaare, Saaremaa and features a variety of workshops, discussions, and performances. The festival emphasizes environmental sustainability, artistic freedom, and culinary diversity.

The first I Land Sound festival was held in 2017.

2023
The 2023 edition of I Land Sound took place from July 13 to 16.

The 2023 festival saw the return of Emalava and the relocation of the Loojangu Paviljon closer to the main area. The festival's five stages - Kuppel, Piidivabrik, Terrassilava, Emalava and Loojangu Paviljon - hosted over 50 artists from Estonia, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, France, Romania, Armenia, and Switzerland. Notable performers included Ivan Dorn, Kon Faber, Lola Palmer, Traumer, Rey&Kjavik, Sepp & Nu Zau, Seth Schwarz, Tim Green, And William French. I Land Sound received "A Greener Festival: Highly Commended" certification from A Greener Future in 2023, becoming the first festival in the Baltics to do so.

2022
The fifth I Land Sound took place from July 14 - 17. Over 50 artists from Estonia and other countries performed on the festival's six stages. Notable international performers included Nico Stojan, Rampue, Acid Pauli, and Louis Largo from Germany, Traumer from France, Barac from Romania, and Calabasa from Spain.

2021
The 2021 festival was held from July 15 to 18. The festival area was slightly reduced compared to previous years, and the musical program was divided among five stages: Loojangulava, Kai, Terrass, Kuubaas, and Nobelava. The festival featured more live acts than in previous years, with performances by both local and international artists like Monolink, Mihai Pol, Cosmjn, Silat Beksi, Oopus, and Jozels.

2019
I Land Sound 2019 took place from July 11 to 14. The musical programme was spread across six stages: Kai, Kuppel, Loojangulava, Metsalava, Piidivabrik, and Terrassilava. All performing artists were affiliated with an Estonian or foreign club, party series, or radio show.

The festival also hosted various workshops, which in 2019 focused on three main themes: body and mind, Estonian games and customs, and environmental sustainability and recycling.

2018
In 2018, I Land Sound hosted 29 clubs, party series, or radio show groups, and over 100 DJs performed. Participating clubs included 911, Lekker, Piidivabrik, and UP, and radio shows such as "Estonian Funk Embassy", "Haigla pidu", "Machine nation", "Majamasin", "Tallinn Express", "Tjuun In", and "Öötöö". The festival also offered various workshops, lectures, films, and shows for attendees.

Stand.up comedians from Comedy Estonia, including Sander Õigus and Ari Matti Mustonen, performed at the festival. For the first time guests could participate in panel discussions led by Sven Grünberg, Ingrid Peek, Tuul Sepp, and Aro Velmet, covering topics such as human nature, music and sounds.

2017
The first I Land Sound festival took place from July 14 - 15, 2017. The lineup included party series Vürts, Sünk, and Mutant Disco, as well as Tallinn Express, Lekker, Tiks, Piidivabrik, Katlamaja, Öötöö, lounge Bravuur, and others.

Environmental sustainability
Since its beginning in 2017, I Land Sound has aimed to organize the event in an environmentally friendly manner, leading to the creation of a side project called I Land Green. This environmental project has become an integral part of the festival. From the beginning, the festival has served drinks from reusable cups and provided free drinking water on site. I Land Sound is also a print-free festival. In 2019 it was the first festival in Estonia to ban the use of disposable dishes and served food on real tableware. A six-step waste-collection system was introduced the same year, which included food waste, paper and cardboard, clean packaging, bottles, cigarette filters, and mixed waste, with the goal of recycling as much as possible.

The festival is known for raising environmental awareness through art projects. Artist Ines-Issa Villido has created installations from cigarette butts to highlight the pollution they cause. In 2020, Estonia's first paddleboard made of cigarette butts, the Buttboard, was completed, and in 2023, Villido created a whale sculpture covered in more than 30,000 cigarette butts.