Festival guides
Durable guides to the world's biggest festivals — music first, plus film, food, beer and Christmas markets: when and where each one happens, what to expect, and every upcoming edition in our listings, updated automatically.
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- TomorrowlandBoom, 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 FestivalMiami, United States · 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…
- LollapaloozaChicago, United States (+ 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…
- CreamfieldsDaresbury, United Kingdom · 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 AirWacken, 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 FestivalMunich, 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 HoleBeuningen, 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…
- LowlandsBiddinghuizen, 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 FestivalRotterdam, 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…
- AwakeningsHilvarenbeek / 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.1Biddinghuizen, 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 FestivalHamburg, 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…
- LMF — Loud Music FestivalLimassol, Cyprus (originally Nicosia) · Early July — LMF (Loud Music Festival) is a Cypriot summer music festival that began in Nicosia in the mid-2010s and later moved to Limassol, where it ha…
- SAGA FestivalBucharest, Romania · Late August — SAGA Festival is a Romanian electronic music festival launched in 2021 by promoters ALDA and Insomniac Events (the organisers behind Amsterd…
- Oktoberfest BrașovBrașov, Romania · Late August — Oktoberfest Brașov is a Bavarian-style beer festival held in Brașov, Romania, running annually since 2009. What began as a single weekend ha…
- Cerbul de Aur (Golden Stag)Brașov, Romania · Mid-August — Cerbul de Aur (Golden Stag) is a Romanian international pop-song contest and festival first staged in 1968 in Brașov’s central Piața Sfatulu…
- Brașov Jazz & Blues FestivalBrașov, Romania · Mid-August — Brașov Jazz & Blues Festival is a Romanian music festival held across multiple outdoor stages in Brașov, including the city’s Piața Sfatului…
- Street ParadeZürich, Switzerland · Early August — Street Parade is a techno street parade and open-air party held annually in Zürich, Switzerland, since 1992. It began as a small demonstrati…
- Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE)Amsterdam, Netherlands · Mid-October — Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is an electronic-music conference and festival held across venues throughout Amsterdam each October. It began in…
- Belgrade Beer FestBelgrade, Serbia · Late August — Belgrade Beer Fest is a beer and music festival founded in 2003, first held on the plateau of Kalemegdan Fortress before outgrowing the site…
- Night of the Full MoonZadar, Croatia · Summer — Night of the Full Moon (Croatian: Noć punog miseca) is a festival of the culture, cuisine and customs of the Zadar region, held on Zadar’s s…
- Aste Nagusia (Semana Grande)Bilbao, Spain · Late August — Aste Nagusia (“Great Week”), also known by its Spanish name Semana Grande, is Bilbao’s main city festival, held over nine days beginning the…
- Budapest OktoberfestBudapest, Hungary · Late September — Budapest Oktoberfest is a Bavarian-style beer festival first held in 2013, staged across pop-up beer gardens at Erzsébet Square in central B…
- Frankfurter OktoberfestFrankfurt am Main, Germany · Early September — Frankfurter Oktoberfest is a Bavarian-style beer festival staged at Deutsche Bank Park, Mörfelder Landstraße 362, Parkplatz P9, in Frankfurt…
- Jazztage DresdenDresden, Germany · Early October — Jazztage Dresden is a jazz-rooted music festival staged across Dresden and the surrounding region. Its 2026 edition runs from 2 October to 2…
- Freedom Street EuropeMalta · Early September — Freedom Street Europe is a dancehall, reggae and Caribbean-culture festival held in Malta. Its 2026 edition ran 10–13 September at the Ta' Q…
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