Top music festivals

What festivals are worth visiting? Have a look at our top of the best and the most unusual festivals.

Monolith

In Colorado, the Red Rocks Natural Amphitheater hosts one of the coolest open airs in the world. The main stage is surrounded by huge sandstone ledges. And photos, even the highest quality ones, will not be able to convey even part of the atmosphere of the fest.

Sasquatch! Music festival

The annual Sasquatch Music Festival mesmerizes with its beauty. Bad weather is a frequent occurrence due to the proximity of the ocean, but even this fact cannot spoil the wonderful atmosphere of the event.

Oppikoppi

The Oppikoppi Festival is held in South Africa for 16 consecutive years. It attracts guests with the coziness of a backyard party. In addition to local performers, in recent years, world-class stars like Gogol Bordello, Twin Atlantic, and Wolfmother have begun to drop in there.

Festival number 6

Great Britain knows how to listen to music! Festival #6 is held in the small village of Portmeirion in County Gwynedd, Wales. The village was built by the architect Clough Williams-Ellis in the style of the Italian Riviera. By the way, Portmeirion was used many times in filming. In 2015, the headliners of the festival were Metronomy and Grace Jo.

Horst Arts And Music Festival

The Red Bull Academy of Music has chosen a stunning location for the festival – Horst Castle in Belgium. Beautiful scenery complements the electronic music and multimedia arts festival. It is held in September and usually brings together the most interesting young performers and artists.

Clubbers on the beach at Outlook Festival in Pula, Croatia.

Outlook Festival

Every September, the Outlook Festival usually takes place in Croatia. It is a place to dance until the morning and chill out in the sun. Plenty of world-famous celebrities participate in this festival like Boy Better Know and Run The Jewels. 

Fuji rocks

In Japan, at the foot of Mount Fujiyama, a music festival is regularly held. Fuji Rocks usually gather at least 100 thousand music lovers. In 2015, Muse, Foo Fighters, FKA twigs, and Belle and Sebastian were the most famous stars who participated.

Green man festival

Another music festival in Wales is held at Glanosque Park. Mostly they play alt-rock and psycho-folk, and only the chosen people can come there. The peaceful nature around it creates a homely atmosphere that other festivals cannot boast of.

Melt! Festival

One cannot doubt the beauty of open-airs, but the German festival Melt! The Festival can do that: it is held in the open-air museum Ferropolis, which is dedicated to industrial culture. The music is 100% consistent with the location.

Lollapalooza

The three-day Lollapalooza festival is held in downtown Chicago. The area is surrounded by a harbor and skyscrapers, which serve as searchlights at night.

Sziget

At first glance, the Sziget festival in Budapest seems to be another European festival, but in fact, it is a real festival monster, “eating” an entire island within the city for a week every August. This party-machine is working greatly: the music dies down literally for a few hours towards morning, the world-famous celebrities willingly go to Hungary to enjoy the amazing atmosphere and present new songs.

English park

If you really do not want to go to remote places, you can just take a walk in a purely English park – preferably while enjoying the songs of the most famous musicians of the season. This festival takes place in Manchester. It usually turns the giant Heaton Park into a large-scale dance floor. It is the city’s largest festival (which boasts more modest housing and food prices compared to London), and the park itself has been used as an arena for various cultural events for over a century.

As you can see, there are plenty of interesting festivals that are worth your attention. So, if you are eager to get new feelings and emotions, choose any of them and come. The atmosphere of a big festival will become an experience you will never forget.