For those who love to have fun and enjoy Music, it is worth at least once in your life to experiment and take part in one of the biggest music festivals in the world. Most people know only the most popular ones such as Lollapalooza Festival, Bonnaroo, Coachella Festival, or Primavera Sound, but there are many more.

We’ve put together for you a list of 61  festivals so you can choose. This includes the biggest EDM festival, rock, electronic, and jazz festivals.

If you think we missed one, please let us know in the comments.

Lollapalooza Festival

Although not very successful at first, Lollapalooza has become such a big festival that it needs no introduction. The festival takes place in Chicago and each year enjoys an attendance of over 400,000 visitors from around the globe. Soul, alternative rock, heavy metal, pop, and hip hop are some of the genres of this festival. The official website

Tomorrowland Festival

Tomorrowland is a massively impressive music festival held in Boom, Flanders, Belgium. Its first debut was in 2005 and now is one of the most popular festivals in Europa and in the world. The festival includes electronic, pop, hip hop, and dance music, but also a vibrant atmosphere and an international crowd. Tomorrowland reached a record attendance of 400,000 visitors in 2019. The official website

Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) Festival

Found in 1991, the Electric Daisy Carnival had been held in many different locations such as Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, Dallas, New York, New Delhi, and São Paulo. What makes this festival so special is the multitude of bright lights and vibrant lasers that complement the music. EDM, dubstep, house techno, and trance are the main genres played during this music festival. The official website

Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) Festival

If you want to enjoy 5 days of electronic music, Amsterdam Dance Event is the festival you can’t miss. Founded in 1996 by the Amsterdam Dance Event Foundation, the ADE music festival is held in Amsterdam in mid-October each year. If you want to attend, get ready to get your tickets in advance because every year 400,000 people attend the event. The official website

Primavera Sound Festival

Primavera Sound is held every year in Barcelona, Spain, and is recognized as one of the largest and most-attended music festivals in Europe and the biggest in the Mediterranean.

The first edition of the festival took place in 2001 with an attendance of 8,000 people, but the festival has expanded over the years reaching an attendance of 220,000 in 2019.

During the Primavera Sound festival, you can enjoy music genres such as pop, indie, rock, and the most underground tendencies of electronic music. The official website

Coachella Music & Arts Festival

The Coachella Music and Art Festival had its first edition in 1999, and it is one of the most largest and famous music festivals in the world. The music festival is held in Coachella Valley, Colorado Desert in the month of April, and includes various genres of music such as rock, pop, indie, and hip hop, as well as visual arts. Furthermore, Coachella is also one of the world’s most profitable music festivals, having a record attendance of 250,000 people in 2017. The official website

Untold Festival

Every year, for four days, the largest electronic music festival in Romania takes place in the city of Cluj-Napoca. Untold Festival is held in September and offers a vast range of genres such as trance, techno, house, electro house, progressive house, pop, indie pop, hip hop, drum and bass, dubstep, reggae, jazz, and R&B. Even if the festival is relatively new, it reached its peak attendance in the fifth year of existence, having a record of 370,000 of visitors. The official website

Summerfest Festival

Milwaukee, Wisconsin is home to all the music lovers who want to attend the event that received the certification of being the world’s largest music festival from Guinness World Records in 1999. The Summerfest has a rich history of more than 50 years, being founded in 1968, and about 800,000 participants annually. Visitors can enjoy theater, fireworks, dance, restaurants, and other family activities, in addition to music. The official website

Donauinselfest Festival

In the beautiful capital of Austria, Vienna, the Donauinselfest takes place every year. The Donauinselfest was founded in 1983 and is recognized as the largest open-air music festival in the world with over 3 million visitors over 3 days. The festival offers great music and lots of food stands. The official website

Best Kept Secret Festival

Best Kept Secret festival manages to reconcile the tastes of a diverse audience, including several different musical genres such as indie, rock, electronics, pop, and folk. It is a 3-day festival that is held every year in the village of Hilvarenbeek in the south of the Netherlands. The official website

Distortion Festival

The Copenhagen Distortion Festival turns the city of Copenhagen into a musical haven that operates every year and hosts over 300,000 people to enjoy hip-hop, trap, world, house, experimental, and techno music. The official website

Dimensions Festival

Held in Croatia, Dimensions Festival is the place where you can enjoy a swimming session in the Adriatic Sea and the world’s best electronic music at the same time. The official website

Outlook Origins Festival

The Outlook Valley Music Festival is an annual music festival held in Croatia. The event features artists from the drum and bass, garage, house, and ragga genres such as Skream, Digital Mystikz, David Rodigan, and Jamie xx. This festival enjoys many visitors from the United Kingdom. The official website

Awakenings Festival

Awakenings is a music festival focused on techno music, being the world’s largest outdoor techno festival. The event originated in 1997 as a conglomeration of several techno parties organized by Monumental Productions BV agency. The festival has about 80,000 visitors annually during the two days of the party. The official website

Rock Werchter Festival

Rock Werchter is a Belgian music festival founded by Herman Schueremans in 1976. The festival has evolved from year to year, reaching a maximum capacity of 149,500 visitors during the 4 days of entertainment. It is held in the Werchter Festivalpark, Werchter, in the last week of June or the first week of July and includes alternative rock, rock, indie rock, pop, hip hop, heavy metal, electronic music, and dance music. The official website

Way Out West Festival

Another festival in Europe is Way Out West, which takes place in a park in Gothenburg, Switzerland. The main genres of music that this festival emphasizes are rock, electronic, and hip hop. The festival is also the first in the world to receive a KRAV certificate due to its focus on being environmentally friendly. The official website

Dekmantel Festival

Dekmantel is an electronic music festival in the Netherlands. The festival takes place at the beginning of August for three days in the famous Amsterdamse Bos, an extraordinary park inside the city. Events like after-parties, concerts, radio appearances, and interviews are also part of the big event. The official website

Let It Roll Festival

The annual Let It Roll music festival is held in Prague, Czech Republic for 3 days in early August. Let It Roll is actually the world’s largest drum and bass festival, boasting an attendance of 30,000 visitors in 2018. The official website

Isle of Wight Festival

The Isle of Wight is a music festival that takes place annually, at the end of June, in Newport, England. This festival was active from its first edition in 1968, until 1970, when it registered over 600,000 visitors, and took a break until 2002, when it was revived. This rock and pop music festival brings together on-stage names such as David Guetta, Duran Duran, The Script, and many others. The official website

Pitchfork Music Festival

A must-see on the list of music lovers, the Pitchfork Music Festival has earned a well-deserved reputation on the international music chart. It takes place in several locations such as the Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, France, Union Park, Chicago, and Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany, and for three days offers the following genres: alternative rock, hip hop, electronic, and dance music. The official website

Boomtown Festival

Boomtown is a music and theater festival, held on the Matterley Estate in South Downs National Park, near Winchester, Hampshire. It is famous for being divided into several districts that offer visitors the opportunity to admire different designs, themes, and venues. With a capacity of 76,999, this festival is also known for its charitable activities, such as the one in 2019, when over 71,000 trees were planted during the music festival. The official website

EXIT Festival

The EXIT festival takes place every year at the Petrovaradin Fortress in the city of Novi Sad, Serbia, and boasts two awards for the Best Major Festival awarded by European Festivals Awards, for 2013 and 2017. This festival was launched in 2000 as a simple movement of students fighting for democracy in Serbia, but slowly, the festival grew to 180,000 visitors in 2021. During the festival, which takes place in July for 4 days, you can enjoy rock, techno, electronic dance, metal, hip hop, reggae, punk, drum, and bass music. The official website

Ultra Music Festival (UMF) Festival

Ultra Music Festival is the event of the year for all electronic music lovers. Held in March in Miami, Florida, United States, the festival lasts only 2 days, but there were years when it lasted for three days, managing to run out of tickets in less than 5 minutes. The event is so popular that in 2013 had a record attendance of 155,000 visitors. The official website

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

If we have already seen interesting festivals for rock, electronic, and hip-hop lovers, we should also talk about the “heaven” of Jazz listeners. The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival or Jazz Fest is an annual event held in New Orleans, Louisiana, which celebrates Jazz music and culture. The event attracted 425,000 visitors over seven days in 2017, contributing greatly to the city’s economy. The official website

DGTL Amsterdam Festival

The DGTL Amsterdam Festival is held every year in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and it is the first circularly-organized sustainable music festival. The festival organizes editions in cities like Bengaluru, Santiago, São Paulo, Barcelona, and Madrid as well. The official website

Green Man Festival

Already in its 17th year, the Green Man Festival has become one of the most popular options for those in Great Britain to party. The festival includes folk music, indie, dance, Americana, world music, and electronica, but also arts festival and science. The event takes place in mid of August in Brecon Beacons, Wales. The official website

Latitude Festival

Latitude Festival is an event that takes place every year in Henham Park, near Southwold, Suffolk, England. The music festival includes four stages and lots of activities such as theatre, literature, art, comedy, cabaret, dance, poetry, and politics. The official website

Lovebox Festival

In June, the entire Gunnersbury Park in London is transformed, for 3 days, into the most important festival of electronic music, dance, hip hop, and R&B. Founded by DJs Groove Armada in 2002, the event is called the Lovebox Festival and has a maximum capacity of 50,000 visitors. The official website

Outside Lands Festival

San Francisco, California is the city that hosts the largest independently-owned music festival in the US and also the world’s highest-grossing festivals. The Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival is one of the favorite destinations for people all over the world. Here you can find electronic music and visual artists. The official website

Essence Festival

The Essence Festival has entered the top of the world’s largest African-American culture and music festivals. It is held in July in New Orleans, Louisiana, and has about 500,000 participants annually. Here you can enjoy R&B, soul, funk, gospel, blues, hip-hop, Jazz, and many other genres. The official website

Bonnaroo Festival

On the second Thursday in June, about 90,000 music lovers from America and around the world stop at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, Tennessee for four days of concerts and parties. The main musical styles included in this festival are indie rock, classic rock, world music, hip hop, jazz, Americana, bluegrass, country music, folk, gospel, reggae, pop, and electronic. The official website

Rainbow Serpent Festival

Rainbow Serpent is one of Australia’s most popular music and art festivals. Held near Lexton, Victoria, it has existed since 1997. It currently runs for four days, hosting around 12,000 participants each year. Art installations, healing arts, various workshops, and multi-cultural foods can be found around the stages. The official website

Shambhala Festival

If you want to party for 4 days and 3 nights, then you have to get a ticket to the Shambhala music festival, which is one of the longest-running electronic music events. The Shambhala event takes place in British Columbia, Canada, and includes electronic music. The official website

Envision Festival

Held in La Uvita de Osa, Costa Rica, the Envision Festival is not just about music, but also about the 8 pillars that this event focuses on, which are: permaculture, spirituality, movement, art, music, community, health, and radical acceptance. So, you can improve your well-being by attending yoga classes and enjoying organic food during the day, and partying all night with great music. The official website

Time Warp Festival

Held in Mannheim, Germany, the Time Warp music festival was founded in 1994 and it has been active ever since. It is a perfect place for all tech music lovers. The official website

Sziget Festival

Even though it is a festival with over 28 years of activity, the Sziget Festival became prominent only after the first 8 years. It is held in the beautiful city of Budapest, Hungary, every year in August, and hit its record attendance in 2019 when 565,000 visitors attended the festival. Rock, alternative rock, heavy metal, world electronic, pop, reggae, and hip hop are just some of the music genres that are being played each year in more than 1,000 performances that take place. The official website

Osheaga Music and Arts Festival

The Osheaga Festival offers you the opportunity to enjoy indie music played on six different stages. Names such as Coldplay, The Killers, Eminem, and The roots played at this annual festival held in Montreal, Quebec. The official website

Reading & Leeds Festival

The world’s oldest popular music festival, which is still active, could not be missing from our list. The Reading festival takes place simultaneously with the Leeds Festival in England each summer. The main genres of these two festivals, which had an attendance of 105,000 people in 2019, are rock, metal, hip-hop, dance, and pop. The official website

Austin City Limits Music Festival

Organized by the same company as the Lollapalooza Festival, the Austin City Limits Music Festival is attended by 450,000 visitors each year. It is held in Austin, Texas on two consecutive three-day weekends and has eight different stages where you can enjoy rock, folk, hip hop, and indie music. In addition to the music, the festival has lots of food and drinks places and organizes other activities for its visitors, kids, and families. The official website

Estereo Picnic Festival

Estéreo Picnic Festival was founded in 2010 but did not have an easy start. Financial problems led to a change in the show’s strategy and vision in 2013. This change was one that brought Estereo to hold the position of Colombia’s biggest alternative music festival and one of the most important music festivals in South America. Well-known music names such as The Killers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Snoop Dogg performed on stage at this festival. The official website

Afro Nation Festival

This legendary Portuguese music event is Europe’s biggest urban music beach festival. Founded in 2013, the Afro Nation music festival’s main vision was to gather the best African artists in different genres like hip hop, RnB, Dancehall, and Afro House. It lasts for three days in July and is held on Praia da Rocha beach, Portimão, Portugal. The official website

Bilbao BBK Live Festival

Held every year in Bilbao, Spain, the Bilbao BBK Live festival was created in 2006 by the Basque Government. During this festival, you can enjoy rock, pop, alternative rock, indie, and hard rock music. It always takes place in early July and is recognized to have an audience of more than 100,000 people each year. The official website

Montreux Jazz Festival

Montreux Jazz Festival is the place where all Jazz lovers can meet. The music festival is held since 1967 on the first fortnight of July in Montreux on Lake Geneva, Switzerland. The festival also includes rock and pop music and attracts more than 200,000 people annually. The official website

Hellfest Open Air Festival

Every year hard rock, heavy metal, and extreme metal are celebrated through the Hellfest French music festival. Its first edition was in 2006 and since then, more than 55,000 people attend annually. The Hellfest festival takes place in mid-June in Clisson in Loire-Atlantique, France. The official website

Rolling Loud Portugal Festival

The Rolling Loud Portugal is one of the largest hip-hop music festivals in Europe. The annual festival is held at the beginning of July for 2 days on the Algarve beach in Portimão, Portugal. The official website

The Governors Ball Music Festival

Launched in 2011, the Governors Balls Music Festival is the perfect place to enjoy an extreme variety of musical genres such as rock, electronica, hip hop, folk, indie, pop, and Americana. The music festival takes place in Randalls Island, New York, and offers much more than music. It also hosts lots of restaurants and food trucks where you can enjoy a meal, as well as lots of other games and activities for having fun with friends. This festival has an annual number of visitors of 150,000. The official website

Les Eurockéennes Festival

For fans of rock music interested in a real 4-day party in a nature reserve in France, this festival is a dream. The Eurockéennes de Belfort is the largest rock music festival in France having a record attendance of 135,000 people in 2018. The official website

South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival