Music Festivals in Europe
Durable guides to Europe’s biggest music festivals — when and where each one happens, what to expect, and every upcoming edition in our listings, updated automatically.
Tomorrowland
Boom, Belgium · Late July
Tomorrowland is a Belgian electronic dance music festival held in the town of Boom, near Antwerp, at the De Schorre recreation park. First s…
Ultra Music Festival
Miami, USA · Ultra Europe: Split, Croatia · March (Miami) · July (Europe)
Ultra Music Festival is an outdoor electronic music festival founded in 1999 in Miami, Florida, named after Depeche Mode’s album “Ultra”. It…
Lollapalooza
Chicago, USA (+ Berlin, Paris, Stockholm) · Summer (varies by city)
Lollapalooza is a music festival founded in 1991 by Jane’s Addiction singer Perry Farrell, originally as a farewell touring festival that be…
Creamfields
Daresbury, England · August bank holiday
Creamfields is a British dance-music festival launched in 1998 by Cream, the legendary Liverpool superclub. It is one of the United Kingdom’…
Wacken Open Air
Wacken, Germany · Early August
Wacken Open Air (often just “Wacken” or “W:O:A”) is the world’s largest heavy-metal festival, held since 1990 in the tiny village of Wacken…
Superbloom Festival
Munich, Germany · Early September
Superbloom Festival is a music and culture festival in Munich, Germany, first held in 2022 across the Olympiapark — the site of the 1972 Oly…
Down The Rabbit Hole
Beuningen, Netherlands · Early July
Down The Rabbit Hole is a Dutch music and culture festival launched in 2014 by promoter Mojo Concerts, held at De Groene Heuvels in Beuninge…
Lowlands
Biddinghuizen, Netherlands · Late August
Lowlands — full name “A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise” — is a Dutch music and performing-arts festival held since 1993 in Biddinghuizen…
North Sea Jazz Festival
Rotterdam, Netherlands · Mid-July
The North Sea Jazz Festival is one of the world’s largest and most renowned jazz festivals. Founded in 1976 in The Hague, it moved in 2006 t…
Awakenings
Hilvarenbeek / Amsterdam area, Netherlands · Summer
Awakenings is a Dutch techno institution founded in 1997, running as both an indoor event series and a large open-air festival. It is one of…
Defqon.1
Biddinghuizen, Netherlands · Late June
Defqon.1 is the flagship festival of Dutch promoter Q-dance and the world’s best-known event for hardstyle and the harder styles of electron…
Reeperbahn Festival
Hamburg, Germany · Late September
Reeperbahn Festival is a club festival and music-industry conference held since 2006 in and around the Reeperbahn in Hamburg’s St. Pauli dis…