List of music festivals
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:
Blues festivals
- August Blues Festival, (Haapsalu, Estonia)
- Chicago Blues Festival
- East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival, Australia
- Ottawa Bluesfest
Brass Band festivals
Classical music festivals
Dance and electronic music festivals
- North America
- Europe
- Finland
- Koneisto
- Germany
- Hungary
- Poland
- Portugal
- Boom
- Russia
- Spain
- United Kingdom and Ireland
- Creamfields
- Homelands
- InFest Festival
- Finland
- Australia
- Earthcore
- Rainbow Serpent
- 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
- Calgary Folk Music Festival
- Cambridge folk festival
- Kaustinen Folk Music Festival
- Llangollen International Eisteddfod
- Mariposa Folk Festival
- National Folk Festival (Australia)
- New England Folk Festival (NEFFA)
- Newport Folk Festival
- Northern Lights Festival Boréal
- Pontardawe International Folk Festival (Wales)
- Port Fairy Folk Festival
- Woodford Folk Festival
- Royal National Mod (Scotland)
- Viljandi Folk Festival (Estonia)
Jazz festivals
- Brecon Jazz Festival
- Chicago Jazz Festival
- Cork Jazz Festival (Ireland)
- Festi Jazz International de Rimouski
- Festival International de Jazz de Montréal
- Montreux Jazz Festival
- North Sea Jazz Festival
- Pori Jazz (Finland)
- New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
- Kerrville Folk Festival
- Blue Note Festival (Belgium)
- Gaume Jazz Festival
Opera festivals
Pop Music Festivals
- Acapulco
- Eurovision
- OTI-Same as Eurovision, but in Iberoamerica.
- San Remo
- Viña del Mar
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)
- California Jam (Ontario, California, 1974
- Live Aid (multi-venue, 1985)
- US Festival (San Bernardino, California, 1983 & 1984)
- Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2003)
Traveling festivals
Current festivals
- Ireland
- The Netherlands
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- All Tomorrow's Parties (Camber Sands, East Sussex, England)
- Download Festival
- ENIT
- Glastonbury festival (Pilton, Somerset, England)
- Greenbelt Festival
- Isle of Wight Festival (Isle of Wight, England)
- Lillith Fair
- Reading and Leeds Festivals (Reading, Berkshire and Leeds, England)
- Summer Sundae (Leicester, England)
- T in the Park (Kinross Scotland)
- V Festival (Chelmsford and Staffordshire, England)
- North America
- South America
- No fixed location
Cross-genre festivals
- Caribana Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Festival d'été de Québec in Quebec_City, Canada
- Iceland Airwaves (Reykjavík, Iceland) (Mostly Rock and Pop)
- Ladyfest (International)
- Music Midtown (Atlanta)
- Northwest Region Music Festival
- South by Southwest (SXSW) (Austin, Texas) Folk and Rock music, plus film and other media.
- Summerfest, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Annual multi-genre music festival.
- 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