List of festivals

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This is a list of festivals.

Contents 1 List of festivals by country 2 Music festivals 2.1 Europe 2.1.1 Austria 2.1.2 Belgium 2.1.3 Bulgaria 2.1.4 Czech Republic 2.1.5 Denmark 2.1.6 Finland 2.1.7 France 2.1.8 Germany 2.1.9 Hungary 2.1.10 Iceland 2.1.11 Ireland 2.1.12 Italy 2.1.13 Latvia 2.1.14 Lithuania 2.1.15 Republic of Macedonia 2.1.16 Netherlands 2.1.17 Norway 2.1.18 Poland 2.1.19 Portugal 2.1.20 Romania 2.1.21 Serbia 2.1.22 Slovakia 2.1.23 Slovenia 2.1.24 Spain 2.1.25 Sweden 2.1.26 Switzerland 2.1.27 Turkey 2.1.28 United Kingdom 2.2 North America 2.2.1 Canada 2.2.2 USA 2.2.3 Central America 2.2.4 Mexico 2.2.5 Latin America 2.2.6 Argentina 2.2.7 Brazil 2.2.8 Chile 2.2.9 Colombia 2.2.10 Dominican Republic 2.3 Australasia 2.4 Asia 2.4.1 Japan 2.4.2 Korea 2.4.3 Malaysia 2.4.4 Lebanon 2.4.5 Taiwan 2.4.6 Thailand 2.4.7 Vietnam 2.5 Africa 2.5.1 Malawi 3 See also 4 External links

List of festivals by country

• See Category:Festivals by country

Music festivals

See also Category:Music festivals by country

Lists of music festivals in:

• Australia
• Canada
• Malaysia
• New Zealand
• United Kingdom
• USA

Europe

Europe's biggest music festival is the Donauinselfest in Vienna. In 2005, approximately 3 million people visited this open air event.^[1]

Austria

• Donauinselfest
• Frequency Festival
• Nova Rock
• Nuke

Belgium

• Rock Werchter
• Pukkelpop
• Dour
• Graspop Metal Meeting
• Groezrock
• Couleur café
• Nandrin
• Esperanzah
• Lokerse feesten
• Axion beach rock
• 10 days off
• Suiker rock
• Marktrock

see festival.be for more exhaustive list

Bulgaria

• South-East European Music Еvent (SeeMe), Sofia
• Spirit of Burgas, Burgas

Czech Republic

• Colours Of Ostrava[1] in Ostrava
• Rock for People in Hradec Králové
• Masters Of Rock in Vizovice
• Sázavafest[2] in Kácov, Kutná Hora District
• Brutal Assault in Fortress Josefov

Denmark

• Roskilde festival in Roskilde
• Copenhagen Distortion in Copenhagen
• Danmarks Smukkeste Festival in Skanderborg
• Skive Beach Party in Skive
• Summerangel in Østerhurup
• Open Air in Østerhurup
• Nibe Festival in Nibe
• Langelandsfestivalen
• Aalborg Metal Festival in Aalborg
• Metalstone in Copenhagen

Finland

• Ankkarock Festival in Vantaa
• Provinssirock Festival in Seinäjoki
• Ruisrock Festival in Turku
• Tuska Open Air Metal Festival in Helsinki
• Sauna Open Air Metal Festival in Tampere
• Jalometalli Metal Music Festival in Oulu
• Jalometalli Winterfest in Oulu
• Finnish Metal Expo in Helsinki

France

• Aix-en-Provence Festival, Aix-en-Provence
• Festival Interceltique de Lorient, Lorient
• Rock En Seine, Paris
• Les Eurockéennes, Belfort
• Hellfest Summer Open Air, Clisson
• Rencontres aubrac, Festival of litterature, Aubrac (Aveyron)
• Vieilles Charrues Festival, Carhaix

Germany

• Heimatfestival Homezones,Potsdam
• club transmediale, Berlin
• Force attack
• Hurricane Festival
• Love Parade
• M'era Luna
• Nature One
• Oktoberfest
• Rock am Ring and Rock im Park
• Southside Festival
• Wacken Open Air
• Wave-Gotik-Treffen
• Summerbreeze Open Air
• Ragnarök Festival
• With Full Force
• Irish Folk & Celtic Music, Balve
• TFF.Rudolstadt
• Q-Base

Hungary

• Sziget in Hajógyári-sziget, Budapest

Iceland

• Iceland Airwaves in Reykjavík

Ireland

• Castlepalooza
• Cois Fharraige
• Day of Darkness
• Download Festival Ireland
• Electric Picnic
• Element Festival
• Féile Festival
• Garden Party
• Harvest Time Blues
• Indie-pendence
• Live at the Marquee
• Life Festival
• Midlands
• Oxegen
• Solas Festival
• Tennents ViTal
• Witnness
• PlanetLove

Italy

• Festival dello Stretto in Reggio Calabria
• Paleariza in Reggio Calabria
• Neapolis Festival in Naples
• Flame Fest in Bologna
• Independent Days Festival in Bologna
• Flippaut Festival in Bologna
• Gods of metal in Bologna
• Castelfranco Blues Festival in Castelfranco Emilia
• Ferrara sotto le stelle in Ferrara
• Porretta Soul Festival in Porretta Terme
• Rototom Sunsplash in Osoppo
• Liri Blues Festival in Isola del Liri
• Dissonanze in Rome
• Roma Tango Meeting in Rome
• Goa-Boa Festival in Genoa
• Festival della canzone italiana in Sanremo
• Mantova Musica Festival in Mantova
• Elita Festival in Milan
• IdroscaloRock in Milan
• Festival Latino Americando in Assago
• Tradate Iron Fest in Tradate
• Celtic Music Festival in Cremona
• Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro
• Traffic Festival in Turin
• Carpino Folk Festival in Carpino
• Festival Notte della Taranta
• Rockaralis in Cagliari
• Arezzo Wave in Arezzo
• Italia Wave in Livorno
• Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto
• Umbria Jazz in Perugia
• Heineken Jammin Festival in Venice
• Festival della Montagna in Trento
• Festival dell'Economia in Trento

Latvia

• Baltic Beach Party in Liepāja
• Fontaine Festival in Liepāja
• Liepājas Dzintars in Liepāja
• PositivusAB in Salacgrīva

Lithuania

• Baltijos Garsas
• Be2Gether

Republic of Macedonia

• Ohrid summer Festival
• Ohrid Fest
• Skopje Fest
• Skopje Jazz Festival

Netherlands

• 5 Days Off
• Lowlands
• Arrow Rock Festival
• Pinkpop
• Thunderdome
• Sensation Black
• Sensation White
• Defqon.1
• Megarave
• Dominator
• In Qontrol
• Qrimetime
• Qlimax
• X-Qlusive
• Masters of Hardcore
• Mindcontroller
• Reset
• Waldrock
• Fields of Rock
• Waterpop

Norway

• Hole in the Sky, Bergen
• Hove Festival, Tromøy
• Storåsfestivalen, Meldal
• Quart Festival, Kristiansand
• Øyafestivalen, Oslo

Poland

• Open'er Festival in Gdynia
• Off Festival in Myslowice

Portugal

• Festival Heineken Paredes de Coura in Paredes de Coura
• Festival Marés Vivas in Vila Nova de Gaia
• Festival de Vilar de Mouros in Vilar de Mouros(canceled in 2007 and 2008)
• Super Bock Super Rock in Lisbon (and Porto in 2008)
• Festival Sudoeste TMN in Zambujeira do Mar
• Optimus Alive! Festival in Oeiras
• Rock in Rio in Lisbon

Romania

• BestFest - Bucharest
• Coke Live - Bucharest
• Peninsula (felSziget) - Târgu Mureş
• Transilvania International Guitar Festival - Cluj-Napoca
• Stufstock - Vama Veche
• Székelyföldi Rockmaraton - Szejke

Serbia

• EXIT in Novi Sad
• Guča_trumpet_festival in Guča

Slovakia

• Hodokvas[3] in Piešťany
• Pohoda in Trenčín
• Topfest[4] in Nové Mesto nad Váhom
• Wilsonic Festival in Bratislava

Slovenia

• Metalcamp in Tolmin
• Soča Reggae Riversplash in Tolmin

Spain

• Bilbao Live Festival
• Creamfields Andalucía, El Ejido
• Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
• Festival Contempopránea, Alburquerque, Badajoz
• Interceltic Festival of Avilés, Asturias (Official Site in Spanish)
• Primavera Sound, Barcelona
• Sónar, Barcelona
• Summercase, simultaneously in Madrid and Barcelona
• Territorios, Seville

Sweden

• Hultsfred Festival in Småland
• Arvika Festival in Värmland
• Uppsala Reggae Festival
• Peace & Love in Borlänge
• Augustibuller in Lindesberg
• Way Out West in Göteborg
• Where the Action Is in Stockholm
• Storsjöyran in Östersund
• Sweden Rock Festival
• Emmaboda
• FestiValborg
• Gävle Cityfest
• Göteborgs kulturkalas
• House of Metal
• Kalmar Stadsfest
• Luleåkalaset
• Malmöfestivalen
• Piteå Dansar och Ler
• Storsjöyran in Östersund
• Metaltown Festival in Göteborg

Switzerland

• Avo Session Basel, Basel
• Bad Bonn Kilbi, Düdingen
• Blue Balls Festival, Lucerne
• Caribana Festival, Crans / Nyon
• Greenfield Festival, Interlaken
• Gurtenfestival, Bern
• Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux
• Moon And Stars, Locarno
• OpenAir St.Gallen, St.Gallen
• Open Air Frauenfeld, Frauenfeld
• Open Air Gampel, Gampel
• Paléo Festival, Nyon
• Rock Oz'Arènes, Avenches
• Stone Hill Festival, Alterswil

Turkey

Main article: Festivals in Republic of Turkey

• Barışarock
• Rock'n Coke in Istanbul
• Istanbul International Jazz Festival

United Kingdom

• Aberdeen International Youth Festival
• Adur Festival - The first two weeks of June every year (Friday 30th May to Sunday 15th June 2008)
• All Tomorrow's Parties
• Beachdown Festival
• Bestival
• Bloodstock
• Cambridge Folk Festival
• Connect Music Festival
• Creamfields
• Download Festival
• Edinburgh Fringe Festival
• Edinburgh International Book Festival
• Edinburgh International Festival
• Edinburgh International Film Festival
• Edinburgh International Television Festival
• End of the Road Festival
• Gatecrasher
• Get Loaded In The Park
• The Glade
• Glastonbury Festival
• Global Gathering
• Golowan festival
• Greenman Festival
• Hebden Bridge Handmade Parade
• Isle of Wight Festival
• Latitude Festival
• Montol Festival
• Offset festival
• Party in the Pie
• The Proms
• Radio 1's Big Weekend
• Reading and Leeds Festivals
• Secret Garden Party
• Summer Sundae
• T in the Park
• Truck Festival
• Underage Festival
• V Festival
• Wakestock
• 2008 Temple Festival
• Godiva Festival

North America

Canada

• Festival du Voyageur
• Folklorama
• Les FrancoFolies de Montréal
• Halifax Pop Explosion
• Jazz Winnipeg Festival
• Montreal's Just for Laughs Comedy Festival
• Kitchener Blues Festival
• Lilith Fair, a travelling festival
• North by Northeast in Toronto
• Osheaga Festival in Montreal
• Ottawa Bluesfest in Ottawa
• Ottawa Chamber Music Festival in Ottawa
• Ottawa Folk Festival in Ottawa
• Ottawa International Animation Festival in Ottawa
• Ottawa International Jazz Festival in Ottawa
• Shambhala in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia
• Virgin Festival in Toronto and Vancouver
• Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival
• Winnipeg Folk Festival
• Winnipeg International Writers Festival
• Winnipeg Music Festival

USA

See also List of bluegrass festivals in the Pacific Northwest

• All Good Music Festival in Masontown, West Virginia[5]
• Austin City Limits Music Festival
• The Bamboozle in East Rutherford, New Jersey
• Bayou Boogaloo in New Orleans, Louisiana]
• Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee
• Big Spring Jam in Huntsville, AL
• Boston Early Music Festival in Boston
• CMA Music Festival in Nashville- The world's largest music festival, attracting over 2 million every year.
• Bumbershoot in Seattle, Washington
• Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
• Comstock Music Festivals in Comstock, Nebraska
• Decibel Festival in Seattle, Washington
• Deer Valley Music Festival in Park City, Utah
• The Echo Project in Atlanta, Georgia
• Extravaganza at the University of California, Santa Barbara
• Festival International in Lafayette, Louisiana
• Festival of African and African American Music[6], St. Louis, Missouri
• Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance in Trumansburg, NY
• Islewilde
• Intonation Music Festival in Chicago
• Langerado in Sunrise, Florida
• Lollapalooza in Chicago, Illinois
• MayDay Parade and Festival by In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre
• Mayhem festival
• Musikfest in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• Masterworks festival in Winona Lake, Indiana
• Nearfest in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
• Ozzfest
• Electronic Music Midwest
• Global Peace Festival - US
• Pitchfork Music Festival
• Provincetown Jazz Festival
• Red Gorilla Music Festival in Austin, Texas
• Sasquatch! Music Festival in George, Washington
• South by Southwest in Austin, Texas
• Summerfest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Summer Solstice Parade and Pageant
• Vegoose in Las Vegas, Nevada
• Virgin Festival in Baltimore, Maryland
• Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Warped Tour
• Woodstock
• World Pulse Festival in South Bend, Indiana

Central America

• Festival Imperial

Mexico

• Festival internacional cervantino
• Vive Latino

Latin America

Argentina

• Bue Festival
• Cosquin Rock
• Gesell Rock
• Moonpark
• Nokia Trends
• Pepsi music festival
• Personal en Vivo
• Personal fest
• Quilmes Rock
• Rosario Musica Fest
• South American Music Conference (SAMC)
• Southfest (Buenos Aires)

Brazil

• Rock in Rio

Chile

• Viña del Mar International Song Festival

Colombia

• Rock al Parque

Dominican Republic

• Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina
• Procigar Festival

Australasia

• Awesome Festival
• Bass in the Grass
• Big Day Out (Australia and New Zealand)
• CoastFest
• East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival
• Edgefest (New Zealand)
• Falls Festival
• Homebake
• The Great Escape
• Livid
• Rock-It
• Soundwave Festival
• Southbound
• Splendour in the Grass
• V Festival
• West Coast Blues & Roots Festival
• Woodford Folk Festival

Asia

Japan

• Concert on the Rock
• Fuji Rock Festival
• Summer Sonic Festival

Korea

• Pentaport Rock Festival
• Ssamzi Sound Festival
• Busan Rock Festival
• ETPFEST

Malaysia

• Sunburst KL International Music Festival
• Rainforest World Music Festival

Lebanon

• Aramaic Music Festival
• Byblos International Festival
• Beirut Nights

Taiwan

• Formoz Festival
• Hohaiyan Rock Festival
• Urban Simple Life Festival
• Mega Port Festival

Thailand

Main article: Public holidays in Thailand

• Fat Festival
• Pai Reggae Music Festival
• Pattaya Music Festival

Vietnam

Main article: List of festivals in Vietnam

• Tết

Africa

Malawi

• Lake of Stars Festival

See also

• Party
• Tailgate party – social event held on and around the open tailgate of a vehicle
• List of celtic festivals

External links

• Festivalguide to mainly European/worldwide music festivals (rock/pop/metal)