Music Festival Guide

The World's Greatest
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Rock, electronic, jazz, folk, classical โ€” our guide to the planet's most extraordinary music festivals, organized by genre and experience level.

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65
Countries
8
Major Genres
12M+
Annual Attendees

Find Your Sound

Every genre of music has its world-class festival gathering. Find yours.

Rock / Multi-Genre

Glastonbury Festival

๐Ÿ“ Pilton, Somerset, UK
Late June ยท 5 Days200,000 capacity

The world's most famous festival. Five stages, hundreds of acts, and a culture that defines British summer. The Pyramid Stage headliners are cultural events in themselves.

Rock / Alternative

Coachella Valley Music & Arts

๐Ÿ“ Indio, California, USA
April ยท 3 Weekends125,000/day

Fashion-forward, art-infused desert festival that sets cultural trends each year. The lineup spans rock, pop, hip-hop, and electronic across multiple iconic stages.

Rock / Metal

Download Festival

๐Ÿ“ Donington Park, UK
June ยท 3 Days111,000 capacity

The UK's premier hard rock and metal gathering. Drawing legends from Iron Maiden to System of a Down alongside cutting-edge heavy acts from around the world.

Rock / Indie

Lollapalooza

๐Ÿ“ Chicago, USA (+ global editions)
August ยท 4 Days100,000/day

Grant Park transforms into a musical city. Lollapalooza's global expansion has brought editions to Berlin, Paris, Sรฃo Paulo, Chile, and Argentina โ€” each with local flavor.

Techno / House

Tomorrowland

๐Ÿ“ Boom, Belgium
July ยท 3 Weekends400,000 total

The most extravagant stage production in electronic music. Tomorrowland's theatrical mainstage sets a new standard each year for visual spectacle and sound system quality.

Techno

Time Warp

๐Ÿ“ Mannheim, Germany
March ยท 2 Days30,000 capacity

One of the world's most respected underground techno events. Held in an industrial exhibition center, Time Warp delivers a pure, uncompromising techno experience.

Electronic / Rave

Awakenings

๐Ÿ“ Amsterdam, Netherlands
June ยท Weekend35,000/day

From legendary industrial raves in Amsterdam's Gashouder to one of Europe's premier outdoor festivals. Awakenings represents Dutch dance culture at its finest.

EDM / Electronic

Ultra Music Festival

๐Ÿ“ Miami, USA
March ยท 3 Days165,000 total

Bayfront Park's waterfront setting provides the backdrop for one of the world's most-watched electronic festivals, with global live streams reaching millions.

Jazz / Blues

Montreux Jazz Festival

๐Ÿ“ Montreux, Switzerland
July ยท 16 Days250,000 visitors

Founded in 1967 by Claude Nobs, Montreux is where jazz, soul, R&B, and rock royalty perform against the stunning backdrop of Lake Geneva and the Alps.

Jazz

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

๐Ÿ“ New Orleans, USA
April-May ยท 7 Days400,000+ visitors

The spiritual home of jazz celebrates its birthplace with 12 stages, 500 performances, and 300,000 square feet of culture, craft, and Louisiana cuisine.

Jazz / Soul

North Sea Jazz

๐Ÿ“ Rotterdam, Netherlands
July ยท 3 Days70,000 visitors

One of the world's largest jazz festivals, North Sea Jazz presents 1,000+ musicians across 15 stages inside Rotterdam's Ahoy convention center, rain or shine.

Folk / World Music

WOMAD

๐Ÿ“ Charlton Park, UK (+ global)
July ยท 4 Days40,000 capacity

Founded by Peter Gabriel, WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance) is the essential celebration of global folk traditions, with editions across six continents.

Celtic / Folk

Celtic Connections

๐Ÿ“ Glasgow, Scotland
January ยท 18 Days2,000+ performers

The world's largest Celtic music festival celebrates Scottish, Irish, Breton, and global folk traditions with concerts, ceilidhs, and cultural workshops across Glasgow.

Americana / Roots

Newport Folk Festival

๐Ÿ“ Newport, Rhode Island, USA
July ยท 3 Days10,000/day

Where Bob Dylan went electric in 1965. Newport remains the conscience of American folk music, with surprise supersets and collaborations that become legendary.

Classical / Opera

BBC Proms

๐Ÿ“ Royal Albert Hall, London
July-September ยท 8 Weeks80,000 prommers

The world's largest classical music festival. 70+ concerts including the iconic Last Night of the Proms, with standing tickets available from just ยฃ7.50.

Opera

Bayreuth Festival

๐Ÿ“ Bayreuth, Germany
July-August ยท 5 Weeks1,925 per night

Richard Wagner's own festival house. Tickets are some of the most sought-after in classical music โ€” waiting lists run up to 10 years. A once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage.

Classical / Chamber

Verbier Festival

๐Ÿ“ Verbier, Switzerland
July ยท 3 Weeks70,000 visitors

In a spectacular Alpine setting, the world's finest classical musicians gather for chamber music, orchestra concerts, masterclasses, and late-night informal performances.

Electronic music festival with laser lights

Where Technology Meets Music

Electronic music festivals are among the fastest-growing events in the world, combining cutting-edge sound systems, visual art installations, and community experiences that few other genres can match.

From intimate warehouse raves to stadium-scale productions with pyrotechnics and 50-meter stages, the electronic festival spectrum is vast.

Techno House Trance Drum & Bass Ambient IDM Garage Dubstep

Jazz Festivals: Where Improvisation Lives

Jazz festivals offer something unique in live music โ€” the promise of spontaneity. No two performances are ever the same. Collaborations between artists happen in real-time, creating moments that could never be planned or repeated.

From intimate club stages in New Orleans to world-class concert halls in Switzerland, the jazz festival circuit spans every corner of the globe, celebrating a musical tradition born in America that now belongs to the world.

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Jazz musicians performing at outdoor concert