Music Sound

A music festival is a festival that presents a number of musical performances usually tied together through a theme or genre.

Music festivals may be subdivided by musical genre:

Contents 1 Blues festivals 2 Brass Band festivals 3 Classical music festivals 4 Country music festivals 5 Dance and electronic music festivals 6 Folk music festivals 7 Folklife festivals 8 Hip Hop festivals 9 Jazz festivals 10 Opera festivals 11 Pop Music Festivals 12 Reggae music festivals 12.1 Jamaican Reggae Festivals 12.2 International Reggae Festivals 13 Religious music festivals 13.1 Christian music festivals 14 Rock Music festivals 14.1 Historic festivals 14.2 Festivals at multiple venues 14.3 Current festivals 15 School Music Festivals 16 Cross-genre festivals 17 See also 18 External links

Blues festivals

• America
  • Chicago Blues Festival
    Long Beach Blues Festival, Long Beach, California
    Waterfront Blues Festival, Portland, Oregon

• Australia
  • East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival, Australia

• Canada
  • Ottawa Bluesfest
    Mont Tremblant Blues Festival

• Europe
  • August Blues Festival, (Haapsalu, Estonia)
    Notodden Blues Festival
    Liri Blues Festival (Isola del Liri, Italy)
    Pistoia Blues Festival, (Pistoia, Italy)
    Blues nights, (Varniai, Lithuania)

• Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise

Brass Band festivals

• Great American Brass Band Festival

Classical music festivals

• Argentina
  • Semana Musical Llao Llao

• Austria
  • Salzburg Festival

• Australia
  • Australian Festival of Chamber Music, in Townsville, Queensland
    Darwin International Guitar Festival, in Darwin, Northern Territory

• Canada
  • Ottawa Chamber Music Festival
• Czech Republic
  • Prague Spring International Music Festival
    Prague Autumn International Music Festival

• France
  • Aix-en-Provence Festival
    La Folle Journée, in Nantes
    Musique-Cordiale, Seillans in the Var

• Germany
  • Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

• Puerto Rico
  • Casals Festival

• Spain
  • Festival de Musica de Canarias
    Festival de Otoño in Madrid
    Veranos de la Villa in Madrid
    Festival de Musica in Santander

• Switzerland
  • Verbier Festival
    Musikfestwochen Winterthur

• Turkey
  • Istanbul International Music Festival

• United Kingdom
  • The Proms
    Canterbury Festival
    Cheltenham Music Festival
    Chichester Festival
    Edinburgh International Festival
    GuilFest
    Three Choirs Festival

• United States
  • Aspen Music Festival and School, in Aspen, Colorado
    Bellingham Festival, in Bellingham, Washington
    Hot Springs Music Festival, in Hot Springs, Arkansas
    Park City International Music Festival, in Park City, Utah
    Sitka Summer Music Festival, in Sitka, Alaska
    Spoleto USA, in Charleston, South Carolina
    Tanglewood, near Lenox, Massachusetts

• Europe
  • European Festival of Youth Choirs

Country music festivals

• Australia
  • Tamworth Country Music Festival
• Canada
  • Merritt Mountain Music Festival

Dance and electronic music festivals

• North America
  • Canada
    • World Electronic Music Festival
  • United States
    • Detroit Electronic Music Festival (Detroit, Michigan)
      Global Gathering (Miami, Florida)
      Ultra Music Festival (Miami, Florida)
• Europe
  • Czech Republic
    • CzechTek
      Summer of Love
      Love Planet
  • Finland
    • Koneisto
  • Germany
    • Love Parade (Berlin)
      Nature One (Hunsrück)
      Mayday (Dortmund)
  • Hungary
    • Mayday
  • Italy
    • Dissonanze festival
  • Poland
    • Mayday
  • Portugal
    • Boom festival [1]
  • Russia
    • Mayday
  • Serbia and Montenegro
    • EXIT
  • Spain
    • Sónar (Barcelona)
      Point Sound Festival - Caspe (Zaragoza)
      Rocket Festival (Andalucia)
  • Switzerland
    • Street Parade
  • United Kingdom and Ireland
    • Creamfields (Liverpool)
      The Glade (Newbury, Berkshire)
      Global Gathering (near Stratford-upon-Avon)
      Homelands (Winchester)
      Infest (Bradford)
      GuilFest Guildford UK
• Australia
  • Earthcore
    Rainbow Serpent Festival
    What Is Music
• South Africa
  • Tribal Council
• New Zealand
  • Alpine Unity
    Starburst (Nelson)
    The Gathering (Nelson)
    Vizionz (Golden Bay)
• Japan
  • The Gathering

Folk music festivals

• United States
  • Central Ohio Folk Festival
    Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
    Great Lakes Folk Festival
    Hypnotic Clambake Folk Fest
    Kerrville Folk Festival
    MerleFest
    New England Folk Festival (NEFFA)
    Newport Folk Festival
    Pickathon
    Philadelphia Folk Festival
    String Band Rendezvous
    Woody Guthrie Folk Festival

• Australia
  • National Folk Festival (Australia)
    Port Fairy Folk Festival
    Woodford Folk Festival

• Canada
  • Calgary Folk Music Festival
    CKCU Ottawa Folk Festival
    Edmonton Folk Music Festival
    Mariposa Folk Festival
    Northern Lights Festival Boréal
    Vancouver Folk Music Festival
    Winnipeg Folk Festival

• Colombia
  • Vallenato Legend Festival

• Europe
  • Estonia
    • Viljandi Folk Festival (Estonia)
  • Finland
    • Kaustinen Folk Music Festival
  • UK
    • Cambridge Folk Festival
      Cheltenham Folk Festival
      Home County Folk Festival
      Cropredy Festival
      Llangollen International Eisteddfod
      Middlewich Folk And Boat Festival
      Pontardawe International Folk Festival (Wales)
      Royal National Mod (Scotland)

Folklife festivals

Festival of American Folklife (Smithsonian Institution)
Kentucky Folklife Festival
Kutztown Festival
Louisiana Folklife Festival
Northwest Folklife Festival
Texas Folklife Festival
Prout Prout Festival

UK = Green Man Festival. www.greenmanfestival.co.uk

Hip Hop festivals

Hip Hop Kemp, Czech Republic
Splash Festival, Chemnitz, Germany

Jazz festivals

• America
  • Chicago Jazz Festival
    The Lincoln Center’s Folk & Heritage Festival
    New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
    Playboy Jazz Festival, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California
    Rochester International Jazz Festival
    Smithsonian Institution’s Festival of American Folklife

• Canada
  • Festi Jazz International de Rimouski
    Festival International de Jazz de Montréal

• Europe
  • Belgium
    • Blue Note Festival
      Gaume Jazz Festival
  • France
    • Nice Jazz Festival (Nice)
  • Finland
    • April Jazz
      Pori Jazz
  • Germany
    • JazzFest Berlin
  • Ireland
    • Cork Jazz Festival
  • Italy
    • Umbria Jazz
    • Roccella Jazz (Roccella Jonica) [2]
    • No Borders Music Festival (Tarvisio) [3]
  • Lithuania
    • Kaunas Jazz Festival
  • Malaysia
    • Penang Island Jazz Festival
  • Netherlands
    • North Sea Jazz Festival
  • Prague
    • Prague International Jazz Festival
  • Switzerland
    • Montreux Jazz Festival
  • UK
    • Brecon Jazz Festival
      Cheltenham Jazz Festival

Opera festivals

• Glimmerglass Opera Festival
  Glyndebourne
  Ilmajoki Music Festival
  Savonlinna Opera Festival

Pop Music Festivals

• Acapulco
• Eurovision
• OTI-Same as Eurovision, but in Iberoamerica.
• Sanremo
• Viña del Mar

Reggae music festivals

Jamaican Reggae Festivals

• Splash Festival, Jamaica
  Reggae Sunsplash, Ocho Rios, Jamaica
  Sting reggae music festival, Kingston, Jamaica
  Reggae Sumfest, Montego Bay, Jamaica
  OUR MUSIC FEST, Sherman NY, U.S.A.

International Reggae Festivals

• Bob Marley Outernational Day, Perth, Western Australia
• Seasplash Reggae Festival, Pula, Croatia [4]
• MIDEM Reggae Showcase, Cannes, France
  Chiemsee Reggae Summer, Übersee, Germany
  Summerjam, Cologne, Germany
  LB27 Reggae Camp, Komarom, Hungary
• Rototom Sunsplash, Italy [5]
• Two 77 Splash, Amsterdam Netherlands [6]
• Reggae Sundance, Eindhoven Netherlands [7]
• Ostróda Reggae Festival, Ostróda, Poland
  Soca Reggae Riversplash, Tolmin, Slovenia,
  Uppsala Reggae Festival, Sweden
  Notting Hill Carnival, London, UK
  Reggae on the River, Humboldt County, California, United States
  Reggae on the Rocks (RoR), Morrison, CO, USA,
• International Reggae Festivals at ReggaeSeen [8]
• Spanish Reggae Festivals [9]
• Mariporrón, La Rioja, Spain

Religious music festivals

Christian music festivals

• Creation Festival
  Cornerstone Festival
  Ichthus Festival
  Onefest
  Australian Gospel Music Festival
  Parachute
  Sonshine Festival
  Samstock Music http://www.samstock.org.nz 
  Purple Door http://www.purpledoor.com 
  Flevo Festival http://www.flevofestival.nl 
  One Way Festival http://www.onewayfestival.org 

Rock Music festivals

Historic festivals

• Monterey Pop Festival (Monterey, California, 1967)
  Woodstock (Bethel, New York, 1969), Woodstock 1994 (Saugerties, New York), and Woodstock 1999 (Rome, New York)
  Altamont Speedway concert (Livermore, California, 1969)
  Festival Express (Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary, Canada), 1970
  Isle of Wight Festival (Isle of Wight, 1970)
  Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival (Griffin, Indiana,1972)
  Summer Jam at Watkins Glen (Watkins Glen, New York, (1973))
  California Jam (Ontario, California, 1974)
  Ozark Music Festival (Missouri State Fairgrounds, Sedalia, Missouri, 1974)
  US Festival (San Bernardino, California, 1983 & 1984)
  Live Aid (multi-venue, 1985)
  Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2003)
  Live 8 (multi-venue, 2005)
  Volunteer Jam (multi-venue in Tennessee)

Festivals at multiple venues

• Anger Management Tour
  Area Festival
  Edgefest
  Curiosa
  Family Values Tour
  Gigantour
  Lilith Fair
  Lollapalooza
  Monsters of Rock
  Music As A Weapon
  Ozzfest
  Sounds Of The Underground
  Summer Sanitarium
  Warped Tour

Current festivals

• Asia
  • Japan
    • Fuji Rock Festival (Naeba)
  • Taiwan
    • Spring Scream
• Australia and New Zealand
  • Big Day Out (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Gold Coast, Perth, Auckland)
    Bloodlust (Sydney)
    Edgefest (New Zealand concert tour) New Zealand
    Falls Festival (Lorne, Victoria and Marion Bay, Tasmania)
    Gone South (Launceston, Hobart)
    Hardcore (Sydney)
    Homebake (Sydney)
    Livid (Brisbane (and Sydney, Melbourne for 2002))
    Meredith Music Festival (Meredith, Victoria)
    Metal for the Brain (Canberra)
    Melbourne International Music Festival
    Offshore Festival (Torquay, Victoria)
    Pyramid Rock Festival Pyramid Rock, Phillip Island, Victoria
    rock4rights (September 2006, Gold Coast, Australia)
    Rock-It (Perth)
    Samstock Music Festival Otago, New Zealand
    Splendour in the Grass Byron Bay, NSW
    Stonefest (Canberra)
• Caribbean
  • Dominican Republic
    • Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina (Santo Domingo)
• Europe
  • Austria
    • Aerodrome (Wiener Neustadt)
      FM4 Frequency (Salzburg)
      Nova Rock (Nickelsdorf)
      Wiesen (Wiesen)
  • Belgium
    • Dour Festival (Dour)
      Graspop Metal Meeting (Dessel)
      Pukkelpop (Kiewit)
      Rock Werchter (Werchter)
      Sfinks Festival (Boechout)
  • Czech Republic
    • Rock 4 People (Ceský Brod)
      Trutnov Rock Festival (Trutnov)
  • Denmark
    • Bork Havn Festival (Bork Havn)
      Danmarks Smukkeste Festival (Skanderborg Festival) (Skanderborg)
      Haze over Haarum (Harboøre)
      Jelling Festival (Jelling)
      Kløften Festival (Haderslev)
      Langelandsfestival (Rudkøbing)
      Midtfyns Festival (Ringe)
      Nibe Festival (Nibe)
      Roskilde Festival (Roskilde)
      Samsø Festival (Samsø)
      Skagen Festival (Skagen)
      Skive Beachparty (Skive)
      Tunø Festival (Tunø)
      Vig Festival (Vig)
  • France
    • Crescendo Festival (Royan)
      Eurockéennes (Belfort)
      Festi'Val-de-Marne (Val-de-Marne)
      Festival Art Rock (Saint-Brieuc)
      Festival Des Artefacts (Strasbourg)
      Festival des Vieilles Charrues (Carhaix)
      Festival du Bout du Monde (Brest)
      Festival Le Chien à Plumes (Montsaugeon)
      Festival Pantiero (Cannes)
      Festival Rock En Seine (Saint-Cloud)
      Festival Sous la Plage (Paris)
      Fête de l'Humanité
      Furia Sound Festival (Cergy-pontoise)
      La Route du Rock (Saint-Mâlo)
      Le Rock Dans Tous Ses Etats (Evreux)
      Les 3 Elephants (Lassay-les-Châteaux)
      Les Francofolies (La Rochelle)
      Les Transmusicales (Rennes)
      Les Vaches au Gallo (Louvigné du Désert)
      Les Volcaniques de Mars (Auvergne)
      Metal Therapy Festival (Amneville)
      Musiques en Stock (Cluses)
      Papillons de Nuit (Saint Laurent de Cuves)
      Printemps de Bourges (Bourges)
      Solidays (Longchamp)
  • Finland
    • Provinssirock (Seinäjoki)
      Ruisrock (Turku)
      Tuska Open Air Metal Festival (Helsinki)
  • Germany
    • Hurricane and Southside
      M'era luna (Hildesheim)
      Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park
      Wacken Open Air (Wacken)
      With Full Force Open Air (Lobnitz)
  • Hungary
    • Sziget Festival (Budapest)
  • Ireland
    • Oxegen Festival (Kildare)
      Electric Picnic (Stradbally, Co. Laois)
  • Italy
    • Festival del Rock[10] - Travedona-Monate - VA
    • Rock In Idro (Milan) [11]
    • Milano  : MIami Festival [12]
    • Independent Days Festival (Bologna) [13]
    • Flippaut Festival (Bologna)
    • Gods of Metal (Bologna) [14]
    • Heineken jammin' Festival (Imola) [15]
    • Goa-Boa Festival (Genoa) [16]
    • Traffic Torino Free Festival (Turin) [17]
    • Neapolis festival (Naples) [18]
    • Arezzo Wave (Arezzo) [19]
    • Summer Festival (Lucca/Brescia) [20]
    • Tora! Tora! Festival [21]
  • The Netherlands
    • Arrow Rock Festival
      Dynamo Open Air (Hellendoorn)
      Lowlands
      Pinkpop (Landgraaf)
      Progpower Europe (Baarlo)
  • Norway
    • Inferno Metal Festival (Oslo)
  • Portugal
    • Paredes de Coura
      Vilar dos mouros
      Festival do Sudoeste
      Ilha do Ermal
  • Slovakia
    • Pohoda (Trencin) [22]
    • Topvar Rock Fest (Nove Mesto nad Vahom)[23]
  • Spain
    • Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
      Primavera Sound (Barcelona)
      Wintercase (Barcelona, Vitoria, Madrid and Valencia)
      Summercase (Barcelona and Madrid)
      Contempopranea (Alburquerque)
      Azkena Rock Festival (Vitoria)
      Tanned Tin (Santander firstly, then Castellón)
      Santander Summer Festival
      Festimad (Madrid)
  • Sweden
    • Arvika Festival (Arvika)
      Augustibuller (Lindesberg)
      Hultsfred Festival (Hultsfred)
      Storsjöyran (Östersund)
      Sweden Rock Festival (Norje)
      Uppsala Reggae Festival (Uppsala)
  • Switzerland
    • Caribana Festival (Crans-près-Céligny)
      Festival Rock Oz'Arènes (Avenches)
      Montreux Jazz Festival (Montreux)
      Paléo Festival (Nyon)
  • United Kingdom
    • All Tomorrow's Parties (Camber Sands, East Sussex, England)
      Ashton Court Festival (Bristol,England)
      Bloodstock (Derby), England)
      Download Festival
      ENIT
      Glastonbury Festival (Pilton, Somerset, England)
      Greenbelt Festival
      GuilFest Guildford UK www.guilfest.co.uk
      Isle of Wight Festival (Isle of Wight, England)
      Lillith Fair
      Reading and Leeds Festivals (Reading, Berkshire and Leeds, England)
      Secret Garden (Cambridgeshire, England)
      Summer Sundae (Leicester, England)
      St. Augustines Festival (Ipswich, England)
      T in the Park (Kinross, Scotland)
      Truck Festival (Oxfordshire, England)
      V Festival (Chelmsford and Staffordshire, England)
      The Full Ponty (Pontypridd, South Wales)
• North America
  • Canada
    • Edgefest
      Halifax Pop Explosion Halifax
      North by Northeast, (Toronto, ON)
  • Mexico
    • BajaProg (Mexicali)
  • USA
    • All Tomorrow's Parties, (Los Angeles, CA)
      Austin City Limits Music Festival, ([Austin, TX])
      Big Creek Festival, (Pattonsburg, MO)
      Bonnaroo Music Festival, (Manchester, TN)
      Bumbershoot, (Seattle, WA)
      CMJ Music Marathon, (New York, NY)
      CMJ Rock Hall Music Fest, (Cleveland, OH)
      Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Indio, CA)
      Cornerstone Festival
      Farm Aid
      Friends of Kevin Festival, (Bellingham, WA)
      Heathen Crusade Metalfest, (Minneapolis, MN)
      Hellfest
      HFStival, (Washington D.C.)
      Moondance Jam, (Walker, MN)
      NedFest: The Nederland Music & Arts Festival, (Nederland, CO)
      New England Metal And Hardcore Festival
      North Texas Rock Rally and Music Festival, (McKinney, TX)
      Progpower USA (Atlanta, GA)
      Seattle Metal Fest, (Seattle, WA)
      South by Southwest, (Austin, TX)
      Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival, (Lawrence, KS)
      Yggdrasil festival, (Geneva, MN)
• South America
  • Argentina
    • Cosquín Rock, Cosquín
      Quilmes Rock, Buenos Aires
  • Brazil
    • Rock in Rio, Rio de Janeiro
  • Colombia
    • Rock al Parque, Bogotá
• No fixed location
  • Terrastock

School Music Festivals

• Columbus Invitational Music Festival (Columbus, Ga, 2006)

Cross-genre festivals

• 3 Rivers Music Festival [24] in Columbia SC
• All Good Music Festival [25] in Masontown, WV.
• Another Roadside Attraction in Canada
  Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, Texas* Caribana Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  Festival d'été de Québec in Quebec City, Canada
  Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance in Trumansburg, New York
  Francofolies de la Rochelle in France
  FrancoFolies de Montréal in Montréal, Canada
  Funky Elephant in Helsinki, Finland
  Global Gathering in Miami, Florida
  Iceland Airwaves (Reykjavík, Iceland) (Mostly Rock and Pop)
  Ladyfest (International)
  Melbourne International Festival of Brass in Victoria, Australia
  Music Midtown (Atlanta)
  Musikfest in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
  North by Northeast (NXNE) (Toronto, Ontario)
  Northwest Region Music Festival
  Prindle-fest
  Sound of Music Festival in Burlington, Ontario, Canada
  South by Southwest (SXSW) (Austin, Texas) Folk and Rock music, plus film and other media.
  Street Scene San Diego Music festival held in San Diego, California each summer.
  Summerfest, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Annual multi-genre music festival.
  Sunfest, London, Ontario. Annual World Music festival
• Voix d'Amériques, Montréal, Quebec. Annual spoken word festival. [26]
• WOMAD (World of Music, Arts & Dance) Festival in New Plymouth, New Zealand March 11-13 2005 WOMAD website
• Couleur Café Festival in Brussels, Belgium
• Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, Tennessee; occurs in early May annually; multi-genre with emphasis on blues and rock
• Crossingborder the Netherlands

External links

• Music Festival Finder
• reportage/special on the European Festivals' scene
• World Music Event Calendar
• JamBase Festival List
• Festivals.com
• UK Music Festivals
• Indiana University Guide to Music Festivals
• FestivalWatch.org - Public Music Festival Event Calendar
• German Music Festivals
• French Music Festivals
• Entertainment Center