Music festival guides
Durable guides to the world's biggest music festivals — when and where each one happens, what to expect, and every upcoming edition in our listings, updated automatically.
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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, 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…
Lollapalooza
Chicago, 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…
Creamfields
Daresbury, 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 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…
LMF — Loud Music Festival
Limassol, 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 Festival
Bucharest, 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 Brașov
Brașov, 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 Festival
Brașov, 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 Parade
Zürich, 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 Fest
Belgrade, 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 Moon
Zadar, 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 Oktoberfest
Budapest, 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…