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A rock festival, or a rock fest, is a large-scale outdoor
Open air concert

An open air concert is a concert taking place outside a hall in the open air....
 rock music
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 concert
Concert

A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. The music may be performed by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band....
, featuring multiple acts, often spread out over several days. The first rock festivals were put on in the late 1960s and were important socio-cultural milestones. In the 1980s a minor resurgence of festivals occurred with charity as the goal.

Today, many rock festivals are annual events sponsored by major corporations.






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A rock festival, or a rock fest, is a large-scale outdoor
Open air concert

An open air concert is a concert taking place outside a hall in the open air....
 rock music
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 concert
Concert

A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. The music may be performed by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band....
, featuring multiple acts, often spread out over several days. The first rock festivals were put on in the late 1960s and were important socio-cultural milestones. In the 1980s a minor resurgence of festivals occurred with charity as the goal.

Today, many rock festivals are annual events sponsored by major corporations. Besides rock, many feature multiple genres of music such as pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
, dance
Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dance. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement....
, and electronic
Electronic music

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology....
. Some owners of radio stations produce radio festival
Radio festival

A radio festival is a music show featuring live bands that are created and promoted solely by commercial radio stations or media conglomerates. Often, bands are not paid for their performances, but they are given free air play in addition to the exposure received by the promotion of the festival....
s that only include bands of a specific style of rock (according to what the station wants to promote). The size of these events mean that large temporary infrastructures are installed, supplying amenities like water-based ablution facilities.

See also music festivals.

Historic festivals

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The following is a sample of one-time rock festivals of historical significance.

  • Monterey Pop Festival
    Monterey Pop Festival

    The Monterey International Pop Music Festival was a three-day concert event held June 16 to June 18, 1967 at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey, California....
     (1967)
  • Miami Pop Festival
    Miami Pop Festival

    The Miami Pop Festival was a two day pop music event at Gulfstream Race Track on May 18-19, 1968. It was attended by an estimated 100,000 people.This concert was promoted by Michael Lang ...
     (1968)
  • Atlanta International Pop Festival (1969)
    Atlanta International Pop Festival (1969)

    The first Atlanta International Pop Festival was a music festival held at the Atlanta Motor Speedway on the Independence Day and weekend, 1969, more than a month before Woodstock....
     and (1970
    Atlanta International Pop Festival (1970)

    The second Atlanta International Pop Festival was a music festival held at the Peach County Raceway in Byron, Georgia. Originally scheduled for July 3 to July 5 1970, it did not finish until near dawn on the 6th....
    )
  • Woodstock festival
    Woodstock Festival

    Woodstock was a music festival, billed as An Aquarian Exposition, held at Max Yasgur's 600 acre dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York from August 15 to August 18, 1969....
     (1969), Woodstock 1994, and Woodstock 1999
    Woodstock 1999

    Woodstock 1999, held July 23-25, 1999 was the second large-scale music festival that attempted to emulate the success of the original Woodstock Festival of 1969....
  • Denver Pop Festival
    Denver Pop Festival

    The Denver Pop Festival was a three-day music festival June 27-June 29, 1969 which was largely overshadowed by Woodstock Festival two months later....
     (1969)
  • Altamont Free Concert (1969)
  • Bath Festival (1970)
  • Goose Lake International Music Festival
    Goose Lake International Music Festival

    The Goose Lake International Music Festival was an outdoor rock festival held from August 7 to August 9, 1970, in the Leoni Township of Jackson, Michigan....
     (1970)
  • Strawberry Fields Music Festival
    Strawberry Fields Music Festival

    Strawberry Fields Music Festival, were a series of large outdoor events in New Zealand, featuring music as the central theme. They ran in 1993, 1994, 1995 for 1 day, at farms at Te Uku, 30 kilometres west of Hamilton, New Zealand, near Raglan, and at Queenstown, New Zealand....
      (1970)
  • Isle of Wight Festival
    Isle of Wight Festival 1970

    File:Isle1970.jpgThe 1970 Isle of Wight Festival was held on August 26 - August 31, 1970. It was held on Afton Down an area on the Western side of the Isle of Wight....
     (1970)
  • Vortex I
    Vortex I

    Vortex I: A Biodegradable Festival of Life, more commonly known as just Vortex I, was a week-long rock festival sponsored by the U.S. state of Oregon, and held in 1970 in Clackamas County, Oregon near Portland, Oregon....
     (1970)
  • Roskilde Festival
    Roskilde Festival

    Roskilde Festival is held south of Roskilde in Denmark and is one of the four biggest annual Music festival in Europe . It was created in 1971 by two high school students, Mogens Sandf?r and Jesper Switzer M?ller, and promoter Carl Fischer....
     (1971)
  • Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival
    Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival

    The Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival was a rock festival held on the Labor Day weekend of 1972 near Griffin, Indiana on Bull Island, a strip of land in Illinois but, on the Indiana side of the Wabash River....
     (1972)
  • Concert 10
    Concert 10

    Concert 10 was a rock concert at Pocono International Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania on July 8 and 9 of 1972. The event attracted an estimated 200,000 people who were met with cold inclement weather, replete with rain and mud....
     (1972)
  • Sunbury Pop Festival Australia
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
     (1972-1975)
  • Summer Jam at Watkins Glen
    Summer Jam at Watkins Glen

    The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen was a 1973 rock festival which once received the Guinness Book of World Records entry for "Largest audience at a pop festival." An estimated 600,000 rock fans came to the Watkins Glen International outside of Watkins Glen, New York on July 28, 1973, to see The Allman Brothers Band, The Band, and the Grateful...
     (1973)
  • California Jam
    California Jam

    California Jam was a rock music festival concert held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California on April 6, 1974 and produced by Sandy Feldman and Lenny Stogel....
     (1974)
  • Ozark Music Festival
    Ozark Music Festival, (1974)

    The Ozark Music Festival was held on the Missouri State Fairgrounds, in July 1974 in Sedalia, Missouri. While the Woodstock Festival from 1969 is the most well-known rock festival, the Ozark Music Festival was one of the largest music festivals ever held, while at the same time, it was also one of the least remembered festivals....
     1974
  • Nambassa
    Nambassa

    Nambassa was a series of hippie-conceived festivals held between 1976 and 1981 on large farms around Waihi and Waikino in New Zealand-Aotearoa....
     festival series New Zealand
    New Zealand

    New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
     1976-1981
  • Knebworth Festival (1979)
  • Heatwave
    Heatwave (festival)

    Heatwave was a rock festival August 23, 1980, outside of Toronto, Canada at Mosport, Bowmanville, Ontario. The slogans used to promote the show were variously the "Punk rock Woodstock Festival", the "New Wave music Woodstock", or "The 1980s Big Beat Rock and Roll Party"....
     festival 1980
  • Spring Rhythms. Tbilisi-80
    Tbilisi Rock Festival (1980)

    The "Spring Rhythms. Tbilisi-80" was a musical event held in Tbilisi, capital of the Georgian SSR, Soviet Union, from March 8 to March 16 1980....
     (1980)
  • US Festival
    US Festival

    The US Festivals were two early 1980s music and culture festivals sponsored by Steve Wozniak of, at the time, Apple, Inc., and broadcast live on cable television....
     (1982 & 1983)
  • Live Aid
    Live Aid

    Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on . The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia....
     (1985)
  • Moscow Music Peace Festival
    Moscow Music Peace Festival

    The Moscow Music Peace Festival was a one-time gathering of high-profile hard rock acts who put on a concert for the people in Moscow, Soviet Union on 12 and 13 August 1989 in music to promote world peace and establish international cooperation in fighting the drug war in Russia ....
     (1989)
  • Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto
    Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto

    Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto was a benefit concert that was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on July 30, 2003. It was also known as "Toronto Rocks," "SARSStock,","SARSfest," "SARS-a-palooza," the "SARS concert," or, more descriptively, "The Rolling Stones SARS Benefit Concert." Estimated to have between 450,000 and 500,000 people attendi...
     (2003), largest outdoor ticketed event in Canadian history, 450,000–500,000 attendees
  • Crossroads Guitar Festival
    Crossroads Guitar Festival

    The Crossroads Guitar Festival was a music festival and benefit concert first held in 2004 and again in 2007. The festivals benefit the Crossroads Centre founded by Eric Clapton, a Drug addiction located in Antigua....
     (2004 & 2007)
  • Live 8
    Live 8

    Live 8 was a string of benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. They were timed to precede the G8 Conference and 31st G8 summit held at the Gleneagles Hotel in Auchterarder, Scotland from 6-8 July 2005; they also coincided with the 20th anniversary of Live Aid....
     (2005)
  • Live Earth
    Live Earth

    Live Earth is an annual event developed to combat global warming....
     (2007)


Travelling festivals

A recent innovation is the travelling rock festival where many musical acts perform at multiple locations during a tour. Successful festivals are often held in subsequent years.

  • Anger Management Tour
    Anger Management Tour

    The inaugural Anger Management Tour started in the fall 2000 by Limp Bizkit, and after the release of The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem. Originally targeted at both rap and rock fans, the first "Anger Management" outing took place in 2000....
  • Area Festival
    Area Festival

    The Area Festival was a music festival founded by popular Electronic music musician Moby, who asserted that he was "in large part, inspired by the ethos of Lollapalooza", and wished to create a similarly "genuinely eclectic, interesting, alternative music festival"....
  • Big Day Out
    Big Day Out

    The Big Day Out is an annual music festival held in several cities in Australia and New Zealand in late January. It started in Sydney in 1992, spread to Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth, Western Australia by 1993, with the Gold Coast, Queensland and Auckland, New Zealand joining in 1994....
  • Curiosa
    Curiosa

    Curiosa is the name of a 2004 concert tour in the United States and Toronto , organized by Robert Smith of The Cure. It began with a concert in West Palm Beach, Florida on July 24 and ended in Sacramento, California on August 29....
  • Family Values Tour
    Family Values Tour

    The Family Values Tour was created by the band Korn in 1998 in music to be an annual Rock music & Hip hop music Tour.The tour took the year off in 2000, due to heavy competition, like the Anger Management Tour....
  • Fiend Fest
  • G3
    G3 (tour)

    G3 is an almost annual live music show and concert tour featuring three select guitarists of the generation; hence its name. It was created by guitarist Joe Satriani in 1996....
  • Gigantour
    Gigantour

    Gigantour is the name of an annual six-week traveling heavy metal music music festival organized by Megadeth's Dave Mustaine. The tour was founded in 2005 with dates across North America, and the 2006 and 2007 line-ups also traveled to Australia....
  • Lilith Fair
    Lilith Fair

    Lilith Fair was a concert tour and traveling music festival, founded by Canadian musician Sarah McLachlan, that consisted solely of female solo artists and female-led bands; it ran from 1997 - 1999....
  • Lollapalooza
    Lollapalooza

    Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring alternative rock, hip hop music, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths....
  • Ozzfest
    Ozzfest

    Ozzfest is an annual festival tour of the United States featuring performances by many heavy metal music and hard rock musical groups. It was founded by Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon Osbourne, both of whom also organize each yearly tour with their son Jack Osbourne....
  • Projekt Revolution
    Projekt Revolution

    Projekt Revolution is a music festival hosted by Linkin Park, bringing artists of various different genres of music together. Linkin Park started Projekt Revolution in the year 2002 with just one stage....
  • Rock Never Stops Tour
    Rock Never Stops Tour

    Rock Never Stops is a United States rock Concert tour that features various rock groups of the 1980s and 1990s. The tour started in 1998 with L.A....
  • Sounds Of The Underground
    Sounds of the Underground

    The Sounds of the Underground tour was a festival-like tour that rivaled Ozzfest in its first year of existence .The tour features extreme metal and metalcore, and Hardcore punk bands....
  • Summer Sanitarium
  • Taste of Chaos
    Taste of Chaos

    Taste Of Chaos is a hardcore tour that was started in the winter of 2005 by Kevin Lyman, the creator of the successful Warped Tour along with friend and business partner, John Reese....
  • Unholy Alliance
    Unholy Alliance

    ...
  • Warped Tour
    Warped Tour

    The Warped Tour is a touring music and extreme sports festival. The tour is held in venues such as parking lots or fields upon which the stages and other structures are erected....


Current festivals


The following is a list of some rock festivals that take place on a regular basis. Most are held at the same location on an annual basis. Some, like Farm Aid
Farm Aid

Farm Aid started as a benefit concert on September 22, 1985, in Champaign, Illinois, held to raise money for family farmers in the United States....
 are held at different venues with each incarnation. For a full list of festivals, see the external links at the bottom of the page.

Central America
  • Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina
    Festival Presidente de la Musica Latina

    The Festival Presidente de M?sica Latina is an event of Latin Music celebrated every two years for three days in October in the Estadio Ol?mpico F?lix S?nchez of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic....
     (Distrito Nacional
    Distrito Nacional

    The Distrito Nacional is a subdivision of the Dominican Republic enclosing the capital Santo Domingo, which therefore is not in any one of the Provinces of the Dominican Republic....
    , Dominican Republic
    Dominican Republic

    The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are List of divided islands, Saint Martin being the other....
    )


North America
  • All Tomorrow's Parties
    All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)

    All Tomorrow's Parties is a music festival which takes place in England at Camber Sands holiday camp in East Sussex and Butlin's holiday camp in Minehead, Somerset....
     (California
    California

    California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
    )
  • Austin City Limits
    Austin City Limits

    Austin City Limits is an United States television music program and a staple of the Public Broadcasting Service. Austin City Limits was initially created with an eye and ear toward original Music of Texas, featuring artists who created innovative sounds in everything from western swing and Texas blues to Tejano music, progressive country...
     (Austin, Texas
    Austin, Texas

    Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Travis County, Texas. Situated in Central Texas and part of the Southwestern United States, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 16th-largest in the United States....
    )
  • Asheville Rock Festival (Asheville, North Carolina
    Asheville, North Carolina

    Asheville is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States. The population was 68,889 at the United States Census, 2000....
    )
  • The Bamboozle
    The Bamboozle

    The Bamboozle is an annual rain-or-shine, two-day music festival held in New Jersey. Every year, new bands compete for spots during the two days....
     (East Rutherford, New Jersey
    East Rutherford, New Jersey

    East Rutherford is a Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 8,716. It is a suburb of New York City and in New Jersey....
    )
  • Big Ass Show (Salt Lake City, Utah
    Salt Lake City, Utah

    Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC....
    )
  • Bonnaroo Music Festival
    Bonnaroo Music Festival

    The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is an annual, four-day music festival, created and produced by Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment, first held in 2002....
     (Manchester, Tennessee
    Manchester, Tennessee

    Manchester is a city in Coffee County, Tennessee, Tennessee, United States. The population was 8,294 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Coffee County, Tennessee....
    )
  • Bridge School Benefit
    Bridge School Benefit

    The Bridge School Benefit is an annual non-profit benefit concert held in Mountain View, California every October at the Shoreline Amphitheatre....
    , annually since 1986, Shoreline Amphitheatre
    Shoreline Amphitheatre

    Shoreline Amphitheatre is an outdoor amphitheater in Mountain View, California, USA, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It has a capacity of 22,000, with 6,500 reserved seats and 15,500 unreserved lawn seating....
    , Mountain View, California
    Mountain View, California

    Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, California, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains....
    , usually in October, organized by Neil Young
    Neil Young

    Neil Percival Young Order of Manitoba is a Canada singer-songwriter, musician and film director.Young's work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and signature falsetto tenor singing voice....
  • Bumbershoot (Seattle, Washington)
  • Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
    Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival

    The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a three-day annual music and arts festival organized by Goldenvoice held at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California, California....
     (Indio, California
    Indio, California

    Indio is a city in Riverside County, California, California, United States, located in the Coachella Valley of Southern California's desert region....
    )
  • Cornerstone Festival
    Cornerstone Festival

    Cornerstone Festival is a Christian music festival put on by Jesus People USA and held annually around the July 4 near Bushnell, Illinois. In a given year, many artists that play at Cornerstone also play at other events such as Creation Festival and mainstream festivals and tours such as the Warped Tour....
     Bushnell Illinois
  • Corona Music Fest (Mexico City
    Mexico City

    Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....
    )
  • DC101 Chili Cookoff (Washington D.C.)
  • Diversafest LLC DFEST
    Diversafest LLC DFEST

    'Diversafest' Oklahoma's Music Conference and Festival is an annual live event that showcases independent and emerging artists and hosts educational music industry panels and a tradeshow....
     (Tulsa, Oklahoma
    Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and List of United States cities by population in the United States. With an estimated population of 384,037 in 2007, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Statistical Area, a region of 905,755 residents projected to reach one million between 2010 and 2012....
    )
  • Dog Jam
    Dog Jam

    Dog Jam is an annual rock festival held at Ford Park in Beaumont, Texas since 2001. It is sponsored by local Rock music radio station KIOC Big Dog 106 and Bud Light....
      (Beaumont, Texas
    Beaumont, Texas

    Beaumont is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, Texas, United States, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur, Texas Beaumont?Port Arthur metropolitan area....
    )
  • Edgefest
    Edgefest

    Edgefest, a yearly outdoor rock concert festival that primarily promotes Canadian rock music, began in 1987 as a thank-you gesture to the listeners of Toronto radio station CFNY-FM and as a birthday party to commemorate both the station's tenth birthday, and the coinciding Canada Day....
     (Canada
    Canada

    Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
    )
  • Endless Festival
  • HFStival
    HFStival

    The HFStival was an annual rock festival sponsored by Washington, D.C. / Baltimore, Maryland radio station WHFS. In the 1990s and early-mid 2000s, the HFStival was the largest yearly music festival on the East Coast....
     (Washington D.C.)
  • Houston Metal Fest (Houston, Texas
    Houston, Texas

    Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America and the largest city within the state of Texas. As of the 2007 U.S. Census estimate, the city has a population of 2.2 million within an area of 600 square miles ....
    )
  • Farm Aid
    Farm Aid

    Farm Aid started as a benefit concert on September 22, 1985, in Champaign, Illinois, held to raise money for family farmers in the United States....
     (USA)
  • Lollapalooza
    Lollapalooza

    Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring alternative rock, hip hop music, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths....
  • Manifest
    Manifest

    Manifest can refer to:...
     (Mexico
    Mexico

    The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
    )
  • Marlboro MX Beat (Mexico City
    Mexico City

    Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....
    ,Guadalajara
    Guadalajara

    Guadalajara may refer to the following places:: Mexico::*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico: Spain::*Guadalajara , a province in Castile-La Mancha:*Guadalajara *...
    ,Puebla
    Puebla

    Puebla is a Political divisions of Mexico located in the center east of the country, to the east of Mexico City.The state of Puebla borders the states of Veracruz to the east, Hidalgo , Mexico State, Tlaxcala, and Morelos to the west, and Guerrero and Oaxaca to the south....
    ,Monterrey
    Monterrey

    Monterrey is the capital city of the northeastern Mexico state of Nuevo Le?n and a Monterrey of the same name. Also known as "Sultana del Norte" , Monterrey is an important industrial and business center....
    )
  • Moondance Jam
    Moondance Jam

    Moondance Jam is an annual classic rock festival held over four days in mid-July in the Leech Lake/Chippewa National Forest Area near Walker, Minnesota....
     (Walker, Minnesota
    Walker, Minnesota

    Walker is a city in Cass County, Minnesota, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,069 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Cass County, Minnesota....
    )
  • MOTOROKR Fest (Mexico
    Mexico

    The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
    )
  • Pointfest
    Pointfest

    Pointfest is a large outdoor rock music music festival held previously held once but now held twice every year by radio station KPNT in St. Louis, Missouri, Missouri at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St....
     (Mexico City
    Mexico City

    Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....
    )
  • Paducahpalooza (Paducah, Kentucky
    Paducah, Kentucky

    Paducah is the largest city in Kentucky's Jackson Purchase Region and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, Kentucky, United States. It is located at the confluence of the Tennessee River and the Ohio River....
    )
  • Pointfest
    Pointfest

    Pointfest is a large outdoor rock music music festival held previously held once but now held twice every year by radio station KPNT in St. Louis, Missouri, Missouri at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater St....
     (St. Louis, Missouri
    St. Louis, Missouri

    St. Louis is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri, located near the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River. St....
    )
  • Rock on the Range
    Rock on the Range

    Rock on the Range is an annual rock festival at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, OH. It has also recently been added to Canada in Winnipeg, Manitoba at Canad Inns Stadium....
     (Columbus, Ohio
    Columbus, Ohio

    Columbus is the Capital , the largest, and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located near the Geographic centers of the United States, Columbus is the county seat of Franklin County, Ohio, although parts of the city also extend into Delaware County, Ohio and Fairfield County, Ohio counties....
    )
  • Rock N Resort Music Festival
    Rock N Resort Music Festival

    The Rock N Resort Music Festival is an annual, three-day music festival Mid July hosted and produced by Clay's Park Resort in North Lawrence, Ohio, south of Cleveland, Ohio....
     (North Lawrence, Ohio
    North Lawrence, Ohio

    North Lawrence is an unincorporated area in southwestern Lawrence Township, Stark County, Ohio, Stark County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44666....
    )
  • Rogers Picnic
    Rogers Picnic

    The Rogers Communications Picnic is a one day, annual summer music festival held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.The inaugural Rogers Picnic, created by Rogers Wireless, was on July 29, 2007 and was held at the outdoor venue, Toronto's Historic Fort York....
     (Toronto, Ontario)
  • Rocklahoma
    Rocklahoma

    Rocklahoma is an annual 1980s-era rock music festival held in Pryor, Oklahoma, Oklahoma. There were an estimated 100,000 people at the first annual Rocklahoma held in 2007....
     (Pryor, Oklahoma)
  • Sasquatch
    Sasquatch! Music Festival

    Sasquatch! Music Festival is a music festival held annually at the The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington. It is presented by the House of Blues....
     (George, Washington
    George, Washington

    George is a city in Grant County, Washington, Washington, United States. The population was 528 at the 2000 United States Census. Its name is a pun of George Washington....
    )
  • Summerfest
    Summerfest

    Summerfest is a yearly music festival held at the 75-acre Henry Maier Festival Park along the Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The festival lasts for 11 days, and since the mid-1970s has run from late June through early July, always including the Independence Day holiday....
     (Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin and List of United States cities by population in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan....
    )
  • South by Southwest
    South by Southwest

    South by Southwest is a set of interactive media, film, and music festivals and conferences that take place every spring in Austin, Texas. Originating as the Austin Battle of the Bands, SXSW officially began in 1987 and is centered on the downtown Austin Convention Center....
     (Austin, Texas
    Austin, Texas

    Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Travis County, Texas. Situated in Central Texas and part of the Southwestern United States, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 16th-largest in the United States....
    )
  • Street Scene (San Diego, California
    San Diego, California

    San Diego is the second largest city in California and the List of United States cities by population, located along the Pacific Ocean on the West Coast of the United States of the Western United States....
    )
  • V Festival (North America) (Canada, USA)
  • Vive Latino
    Vive Latino

    Vive Latino is an annual rock festival held in Mexico City. It is one of the most important rock en espa?ol music festivals in Latin America. In 2007, the festival will be held at the Foro Sol in Mexico City on May 5th and 6th....
     (Mexico
    Mexico

    The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
    )
  • Volunteer Jam
    Volunteer Jam

    The Volunteer Jam was the annual Charlie Daniels Band concert first held on October 4, 1974 at the War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee with band members Barry Barnes , Taz Digregorio , Mark Fitzgerald , Gary Allen and Freddy Edwards ....
     (Tennessee
    Tennessee

    Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
    )
  • Voodoo Music Experience (New Orleans, Louisiana
    New Orleans, Louisiana

    New Orleans is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana. New Orleans is the center of the New Orleans metropolitan area metropolitan area, the largest metro area in the state....
    )
  • Rockin' the Fields of Minnedosa ( Manitoba, Canada)


South America
  • Bue Festival
    Bue Festival

    Bue Festival is an Argentina music festival, held annually since 2004. It is held in the Northeast of Buenos Aires city. It is considered one of the most important international music festivals in the country....
     (Buenos Aires
    Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
    , Argentina
    Argentina

    Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
    )
  • Cosquin Rock
    Cosquin Rock

    Cosquin Rock is an Argentina music festival, held annually since 2001. It is held at Cosqu?n, C?rdoba, C?rdoba Province . Important national rock singers and groups participate of the festival, along with some of the most important international rock bands mostly of Spanish-speaking countries like Spain, Mexico and Uruguay....
     (Cordoba
    Córdoba, Argentina

    C?rdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Punilla Valley on the Primero River, about northwest from Buenos Aires....
    , Argentina
    Argentina

    Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
    )
  • Gesell Rock (Villa Gesell
    Villa Gesell

    Villa Gesell is a seaside village in Villa Gesell Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina....
    , Argentina
    Argentina

    Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
    )
  • Gillmanfest (Valencia
    Valencia, Carabobo

    Valencia is the capital city of Carabobo State, and the third largest city of Venezuela.The city is an economic hub that contains Venezuela's top industries and manufacturing companies....
    , Venezuela
    Venezuela

    Venezuela , officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a country on the northern coast of South America.The country comprises a continental mainland and numerous islands located off the Venezuelan coastline in the Caribbean Sea....
    )
  • Nokia Trends
    Nokia Trends

    Nokia Trends is a project created by Nokia in Brazil in 2001 which promotes a cultural exchange between the vanguards artistic, cultural and musical....
     (Mar del Plata
    Mar del Plata

    Mar del Plata is an Argentina city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in the Buenos Aires Province, south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is one of the major fishing ports and the biggest seaside beach resort in Argentina....
    , Argentina
    Argentina

    Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
    )
  • Moonpark
    Moonpark

    Moonpark is an Argentina music festival, held annually since 2003. It is held in the Northeast of Buenos Aires city. It is considered one of the most important dance and electronic music festivals in the country....
     (Buenos Aires
    Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
    , Argentina
    Argentina

    Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
    )
  • Pepsi music festival
    Pepsi music festival

    Pepsi music festival is a major Argentina music festival, held annually since 2003. Since 2005 it is named after its main sponsor, Pepsi, before it was named after its previous sponsor Cerveza Quilmes, and it was known as "Quilmes Rock"....
     (Buenos Aires
    Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
    , Argentina
    Argentina

    Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
    )
  • Personal fest
    Personal Fest

    Personal Fest is an Argentina music festival, held annually in Buenos Aires since 2004. It is named after its main sponsor, Personal . It was originally held in the neighborhood of Puerto Madero, and since 2006 is held at Club Ciudad de Buenos Aires....
     (Buenos Aires
    Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
    , Argentina
    Argentina

    Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
    )
  • Personal en Vivo (Buenos Aires
    Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
    , Argentina
    Argentina

    Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
    )
  • Quilmes Rock
    Quilmes Rock

    Quilmes Rock is a major Argentina music festival, held annually from 2002 to 2004, and from 2007 on. It is named after its main sponsor, Cerveza Quilmes brewery....
     (Buenos Aires
    Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
    , Argentina
    Argentina

    Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
    )
  • Rosario Musica Fest (Rosario
    Rosario

    Rosario is the largest city in the provinces of Argentina of Santa Fe Province, Argentina. It is located 300 km northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paran? River and has 1,025,000 residents as of the ....
    , Argentina
    Argentina

    Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
    )
  • Southfest (Buenos Aires
    Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
    , Argentina
    Argentina

    Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
    )
  • South American Music Conference (SAMC) (Buenos Aires
    Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
    , Argentina
    Argentina

    Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
    )
  • Yeah Festival (Buenos Aires
    Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
    , Argentina
    Argentina

    Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
    )
  • Rock in Rio
    Rock in Rio

    Rock in Rio, the largest rock festival in the world , is a series of rock festivals held in Brazil and later in Portugal. Three incarnations of the festival were in Rio de Janeiro, in 1985, 1991 and 2001 and three in Lisbon, in 2004, 2006 and 2008....
     (Rio de Janeiro
    Rio de Janeiro

    Rio de Janeiro , is the second largest city of Brazil and South America, behind S?o Paulo, and the third largest metropolitan area in South America, behind S?o Paulo and Buenos Aires....
    , Brazil
    Brazil

    Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
    )
  • Rock al parque
    Rock al parque

    |}Rock al Parque, Spanish language for Rock at the Park, is a rock music festival that takes place in Bogot?, since 1995. The festival is considered the largest of its kind in Latin America....
     (Bogotá
    Bogotá

    Bogot? ? officially named Bogot?, D.C. , formerly called Santa Fe de Bogot? ? is the capital city of Colombia, as well as the most populous city in the country, with 6,776,009 inhabitants ....
    , Colombia
    Colombia

    Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
    )
  • Altavoz Internacional (Medellín
    Medellín

    Medell?n , officially the Municipio de Medell?n or Municipality of Medell?n, is the List of capitals and largest cities by country in Colombia....
    , Colombia
    Colombia

    Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
    )
  • Nativo Fest (Bogotá
    Bogotá

    Bogot? ? officially named Bogot?, D.C. , formerly called Santa Fe de Bogot? ? is the capital city of Colombia, as well as the most populous city in the country, with 6,776,009 inhabitants ....
    , Colombia
    Colombia

    Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
    )
  • Jingle Bell Rock Radioactiva (Bogotá
    Bogotá

    Bogot? ? officially named Bogot?, D.C. , formerly called Santa Fe de Bogot? ? is the capital city of Colombia, as well as the most populous city in the country, with 6,776,009 inhabitants ....
    , Colombia
    Colombia

    Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
    )
  • Rastazo (Bogotá
    Bogotá

    Bogot? ? officially named Bogot?, D.C. , formerly called Santa Fe de Bogot? ? is the capital city of Colombia, as well as the most populous city in the country, with 6,776,009 inhabitants ....
    , Colombia
    Colombia

    Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
    )
  • Ibagué Ciudad Rock (Ibagué
    Ibagué

    Ibagu? is the Capital of the Departments of Colombia of Tolima Department in Colombia. It is situated 1,285 m above sea level, on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Central, Colombia between the Chipalo River and Combeima River rivers, tributaries of the Coello River....
    , Colombia
    Colombia

    Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
    )
  • Rockafest (Bogotá
    Bogotá

    Bogot? ? officially named Bogot?, D.C. , formerly called Santa Fe de Bogot? ? is the capital city of Colombia, as well as the most populous city in the country, with 6,776,009 inhabitants ....
    , Colombia
    Colombia

    Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
    )
  • Rockafest (Calí
    Calì

    Cal?, also written in english as Cali, is a italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian Sea side of Sicily.For the surname Cal? is assumed the origin of the greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time"....
    , Colombia
    Colombia

    Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
    )
  • Rockafé (Manizales
    Manizales

    Manizales is a city and municipality in central Colombia, capital of Department of Caldas and part of the region of Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis, near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano....
    , Colombia
    Colombia

    Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
    )
  • Viña del Mar International Song Festival
    Viña del Mar International Song Festival

    The Vi?a del Mar International Song Festival is a music festival held annually during February since 1959 in Vi?a del Mar, Chile. It is considered the most important musical event in Latin America....
     (Viña del Mar
    Viña del Mar

    Vi?a del Mar , also known locally as La Ciudad Jard?n , is a Chilean commune and coastal city in Valpara?so Province, Valpara?so Region....
    , Chile
    Chile

    Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
    )


United Kingdom
  • All Tomorrow's Parties
    All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)

    All Tomorrow's Parties is a music festival which takes place in England at Camber Sands holiday camp in East Sussex and Butlin's holiday camp in Minehead, Somerset....
     (Camber Sands
    Camber Sands

    For historical information on the area, see Camber, East Sussex articleCamber Sands is a beach at the village of Camber, East Sussex , East Sussex, England....
    , East Sussex
    East Sussex

    East Sussex is a Counties of England in South East England England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey, Brighton and Hove and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel....
    , England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
    )
  • Glastonbury Festival
    Glastonbury Festival

    The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or Glasto, is one of the largest music and performing arts festivals in the world....
     (Pilton, Somerset
    Pilton, Somerset

    Pilton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the A361 road in the Mendip district, 3 miles south-west of Shepton Mallet and 6 miles east of Glastonbury....
    , England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
    )
  • Download Festival
    Download Festival

    The Download Festival is a three day music festival held annually at Donington Park . It takes place at the end of spring, and is owned and managed by Live Nation....
     (Donington Park
    Donington Park

    Donington Park is a site near Castle Donington in North West Leicestershire, England.Originally part of the Donington Hall estate, it is lease by Donington Ventures Leisure Ltd from owner Tom Wheatcroft....
    , Castle Donington
    Castle Donington

    Castle Donington is a small town, with a population of around 7000 in the North West of Leicestershire, part of the DE postcode area and on the edge of the National Forest, England....
    , England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
    )
  • Endless Festival ()
  • Isle of Wight Festival
    Isle of Wight Festival

    The Isle of Wight Festival is a music festival which takes place annually on the Isle of Wight, England. It was originally held from 1968 to 1970, the venues being Ford Farm , Wootton, Isle of Wight and Afton Down respectively....
     (Isle of Wight
    Isle of Wight

    The Isle of Wight is an England island and county, located 3-8 km from the south coast of the mainland, in the English Channel. It is situated south of the county of Hampshire and is separated from mainland Britain by the Solent....
    , England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
    )
  • Reading and Leeds Festivals
    Reading and Leeds Festivals

    The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading, Berkshire and Leeds in the United Kingdom and are run by Festival Republic....
     (Reading, Berkshire
    Reading, Berkshire

    Reading is a town in England, located at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, midway between London and Swindon off the M4 motorway....
     and Leeds
    Leeds

    Leeds is located on the River Aire in West Yorkshire, England. It is the urban core and administrative centre of the wider metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds....
    , Yorkshire
    Yorkshire

    Yorkshire is a Historic counties of England of northern England and the largest in Great Britain. Because of its great size, over time functions were increasingly undertaken by its subdivisions, which have been subject to History of local government in Yorkshire....
    , England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
    )
  • T in the Park
    T in the Park

    T in the Park is a major music festival that has been held annually in Scotland since 1994. It is named after its main sponsor, the brewing company Tennents....
     (Kinross
    Kinross

    Kinross is a burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It was formerly the county town of Kinross-shire.Kinross is a fairly small town, with some attractive buildings....
     Scotland
    Scotland

    conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
    )
  • V Festival
    V Festival

    The V Festival is an annual music festival in England, the first to be held simultaneously at two sites - currently Hylands Park in Chelmsford and Weston Park in South Staffordshire, organised by SJM Concerts....
     (Chelmsford
    Chelmsford

    Chelmsford is the county town of Essex, England - the principal settlement of the borough of Chelmsford . It is located northeast of Charing Cross in London....
     and Staffordshire
    Staffordshire

    Staffordshire is a landlocked Counties of England in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Stafford. Part of the National Forest, England lies within its borders....
    , England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
    )
  • Greenbelt Festival
    Greenbelt festival

    The Greenbelt Festival is an annual Christianity Christian music festival, art and faith. Held annually in England since 1974. Greenbelt has grown from a music event, to which 1500 people came, to seeing crowds of nearly 30,000 with a much broader scope of arts, faith, and justice....
     (England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
    )
  • Radio 1's Big Weekend
  • Offset festival
    Offset Festival

    The EventOffset Festival was formed in 2008 as a reaction against overpriced festivals with less than creative lineups. The event is held at Hainault Forest Country Park, a beautiful park just outside London, and easily accessible via the Central Line....
  • Y Not Festival
    Y Not Festival

    The Y Not Festival was born in a small quarry in Derbyshire. A modest scaffold stage and hand-made DJ booth housed the acts, but a new venue was needed to allow expansion....


Russia
  • Nashestvie
    Nashestvie

    Nashestvie is the largest open-air festival of Russian rock. It is held annually during the first weekend of August somewhere in the environs of Moscow....
     (Moscow Oblast
    Moscow Oblast

    Moscow Oblast , or Podmoskovye is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . It is the list of subdivisions of Russia by population Russian federal subject after the city of Moscow....
    , Russia
    Russia

    Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
    )
  • InProg
    InProg

    InProg is an international Progressive rock rock festival held almost yearly since 2001 in Moscow, Russia.The festival was organised by the Russian Rock -magazine InRock....
     (Moscow
    Moscow

    Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
    , Russia
    Russia

    Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
    )


Turkiye
  • BindikBirAlamete Music Festival, (Istanbul
    Istanbul

    Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
    , Turkey
    Turkey

    Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
    )
  • Rock For Peace (Barisarock), (Istanbul
    Istanbul

    Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
    , Turkey
    Turkey

    Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
    )
  • Adapazari Rock Fest by Adarock, (Sakarya
    Sakarya

    The Sakarya is a river in Asia Minor. It is the third longest river of Turkey, and runs through what in ancient times was known as Phrygia.The source of the river is the Bayat Yaylasi which is located to the northeast of Afyon....
    , Turkey
    Turkey

    Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
    )
  • Rock'n Coke
    Rock'n Coke

    Rock'n Coke is a Turkish music rock festival sponsored by Coca-Cola. It is traditionally held at the Istanbul Hezarfen Airfield in Istanbul, Turkey....
    , (Istanbul
    Istanbul

    Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
    , Turkey
    Turkey

    Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
    )
  • RockIstanbul
    RockIstanbul

    RockIstanbul is the name of an old large scale open air rock festival series annually had been organized in Istanbul, Turkey. Highlights from recent performers include Kraftwerk, Garbage , Megadeth, Faithless, Queensr?che, Starsailor , and Anathema ....
    , (Istanbul
    Istanbul

    Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
    , Turkey
    Turkey

    Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
    )


Europe
  • Aerodrome
    Aerodrome Festival

    The Aerodrome Festival, also just Aerodrome, is a Music festival#Rock Music festivals that took place in Wiener Neustadt, Austria....
     (Wiener Neustadt
    Wiener Neustadt

    Wiener Neustadt , is a town located south of Vienna, in the state of Lower Austria, Austria. It is a self-governed city and the seat of the district administration of Wiener Neustadt-Land....
    , Austria
    Austria

    Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
    )
  • Arrow Rock Festival
    Arrow Rock Festival

    Arrow Rock Festival is a rock festival that takes place on a yearly basis since 2003. The original location for the festival was Lichtenvoorde, The Netherlands; until 2007 when the venue changed to Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands....
     (Biddinghuizen
    Biddinghuizen

    Biddinghuizen is a town in the Netherlands province of Flevoland. It is a part of the municipality of Dronten, and lies about 13 km north of Harderwijk....
    , Netherlands
    Netherlands

    The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
    )
  • Ankkarock
    Ankkarock

    Ankkarock is a Finland rock music and heavy metal music music festival held annually in Korso, Vantaa, in the Greater Helsinki area. The first Ankkarock was held in 1989; the festival was free of charge until 1998....
     (Vantaa
    Vantaa

    Vantaa is a List of cities and towns in Finland and Municipalities of Finland in Finland. Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo, and Kauniainen make up the Helsinki Metropolitan Area....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • Augustibuller (Lindesberg
    Lindesberg

    Lindesberg is a town in the historical province V?stmanland and the traditional mining district Bergslagen in central Sweden. The town is the seat of Lindesberg Municipality, ?rebro County....
    , Sweden
    Sweden

    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
    )
  • Baltijos Garsas
    Baltijos Garsas

    The Baltijos Garsas Festival of Contemporary Arts, sometimes still commonly described as rock festival, because rock music and its spirit was and still is the main driving force behind the festival conception....
     (Kernave
    Kernave

    Kernave, a medieval Capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, today is a tourist and archeological village in ?irvintos district municipality in southeast Lithuania....
    , Lithuania
    Lithuania

    Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the southernmost of the three Baltic states. Situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, it shares borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the southeast, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest....
    )
  • Bukta Tromsø Open Air Festival
    Bukta Tromsø Open Air Festival

    Bukta Troms? Open Air Festival, commonly abbreviated The Bukta Festival, is an open air music festival taking part every july in Telegrafbukta, Troms?, Norway....
     (Tromsø
    Tromsø

    is a List of cities in Norway and Municipalities of Norway in Troms Counties of Norway, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Troms?....
    , Norway
    Norway

    Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
    )
  • Dour Festival
    Dour Festival

    Dour Festival is an annual music festival in the municipality of Dour, Belgium. Since its creation in 1989, the festival has grown to an attendance of about 144,000 in 2008 ....
     (Dour
    Dour

    Dour is a Wallonia municipality located in the Belgium province of Hainaut . On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 16,810 inhabitants. The total area is 33.32 km?, giving a population density of 505 inhabitants per km?....
    , Belgium
    Belgium

    * A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
    )
  • Down By The Laituri
    Down By The Laituri

    Down By The Laituri is a rock festival organized annually in the city of Turku, Finland. In the month of July, the festival is organized next to the river Aura in Turku's city center....
     (Turku
    Turku

    Turku is a List of towns in Finland situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of Aura river. It is located in the region of Finland Proper in the Province of Western Finland....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • Electric Picnic
    Electric Picnic

    Electric Picnic is an annual Boutique Manufacturing arts and music festival which has been staged since 2004 in Stradbally Hall, Stradbally, County Laois in the Republic of Ireland....
     (County Laois
    County Laois

    County Laois , formerly also Laoighis or Leix, is a county in the midlands of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland of Leinster.File:ViewFromDunamase.JPG...
    , Ireland
    Ireland

    Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
    )
  • Endless Festival ()
  • Eurockéennes
    Eurockéennes

    The Eurock?ennes de Belfort is one of France's largest rock music music festivals. The Eurock?ennes ....
     (Belfort
    Belfort

    Belfort is a town and commune in France of northeastern France, pr?fecture of the Territoire de Belfort d?partement in France in the Franche-Comt? r?gion in France....
    , France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
    )
  • Exit
    EXIT (festival)

    EXIT is an annual summer music festival in the Petrovaradin fortress of Novi Sad, Serbia. It is staged annually since 2000 and usually lasts four days ....
     (Novi Sad
    Novi Sad

    Novi Sad is the capital city of the northern Subdivisions of Serbia of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Backa District.According to the 2002 Census, Novi Sad is Serbia's second city, after Belgrade, with around 300,000 inhabitants....
    , Serbia
    Serbia

    Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
    )
  • Festival Internacional de Benicàssim
    Festival Internacional de Benicàssim

    The Festival Internacional de Benic?ssim is an annual music festival which takes place in the port town of Benicasim, Spain. It focuses mainly on alternative rock and electronica artists, as well as having other elements besides music like short subject, theatre, fashion and art....
     (Spain
    Spain

    Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
    )
  • Finnish Metal Expo
    Finnish Metal Expo

    Finnish Metal Expo is a heavy metal music fair and music festival held annually at Kaapelitehdas in Ruoholahti, Helsinki, Finland since 2005. The Finnish Metal Awards, different kind of clinic , interview, signature and competitions are also part of the happening....
     (Helsinki
    Helsinki

    Helsinki is the Capital and largest List of cities and towns in Finland of Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • Firebox Metal Fest (Seinäjoki
    Seinäjoki

    Sein?joki is a list of towns in Finland located in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Sein?joki originated around the ?stermyra bruk iron and gunpowder factories founded in 1798....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • FM4 Frequency Festival
    FM4 Frequency Festival

    The FM4 Frequency Festival, also Frequency Festival or just Frequency, formerly Vienna City Festival, is a Music festival#Rock Music festivals that takes place near Salzburg, Austria, usually every August....
     (Salzburg, Austria)
  • Funky Elephant
    Funky Elephant

    Funky Elephant is an annual springtime music festival in Helsinki, Finland. It's dedicated to a vast variety of styles within African American music....
     (Helsinki
    Helsinki

    Helsinki is the Capital and largest List of cities and towns in Finland of Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • Graspop Metal Meeting
    Graspop Metal Meeting

    Graspop Metal Meeting is a heavy metal music festival in Dessel, Belgium that has taken place each year since 1996. Despite the small size of the festival grounds the festival draws a large number of international spectators, with a total of 135,000 visitors in 2008-edition....
     (Dessel
    Dessel

    Dessel is a municipality located in the Belgium province of Antwerp . The municipality comprises only the town of Dessel proper. On January 1 2006 Dessel had a total population of 8,773 inhabitants....
    , Belgium
    Belgium

    * A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
    )
  • Green Christmas
    Green Christmas

    Green Christmas may refer to:* Green Christmas , a song by the Barenaked Ladies from the How the Grinch Stole Christmas film soundtrack...
     (Rakvere, Estonia)
  • Groezrock
    Groezrock

    Groezrock is an annual music festival that takes place in Gestel, a part of Meerhout, Belgium. It started out as a small rock music and pop music festival with a few hundred people attending, but has evolved into a large punk rock festival, with attendances now exceeding 30000....
     (Gestel, Belgium
    Belgium

    * A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
    )
  • Hultsfred Festival
    Hultsfred Festival

    The Hultsfred Festival is an annual music festival held in Hultsfred, Sweden. It takes place at the lake Hulingen during three days in the middle of June, from Thursday to Saturday....
     (Hultsfred
    Hultsfred

    Hultsfred is a urban areas in Sweden in Sm?land, Sweden, and the seat of Hultsfred Municipality in Kalmar County. It has a population of 5,305 . It is best known for the Hultsfred Festival....
    , Sweden
    Sweden

    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
    )
  • Hurricane Festival
    Hurricane Festival

    The Hurricane Festival, also just Hurricane, is a Music festival#Rock Music festivals that takes place in Schee?el near Bremen , Germany, usually every June....
     (Scheeßel
    Scheeßel

    Schee?el is a municipality in the Rotenburg , in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river W?mme, approx. 10 km northeast of Rotenburg, and 45 km east of Bremen....
    , Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
    )
  • Independent Days Festival
    Independent Days Festival

    Independent Days Festival is a famous Italy festival that takes place every September in Bologna....
     (Bologna
    Bologna

    Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, in the Po Valley , between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, exactly between the Reno River and the S?vena River....
    , Italy
    Italy

    Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
    )
  • Iceland Airwaves
    Iceland Airwaves

    Iceland Airwaves is an annual music festival held in Reykjav?k, Iceland on the third weekend of October. The festival spans five days and its main focus is showcasing new music, both Icelandic and international....
     (Reykjavík
    Reykjavík

    is the Capital and largest city of Iceland. Its latitude at 64?08' N makes it the world's most northern national capital city. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxafl?i Bay....
    ), Iceland
    Iceland

    Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....
  • Ilosaarirock
    Ilosaarirock

    The Ilosaarirock Festival is an annual rock festival held on the second weekend of July in Joensuu, Eastern Finland. Founded in 1971, Ilosaarirock is the second oldest rock festival in Finland still active, and one of the oldest in Europe....
     (Joensuu
    Joensuu

    Joensuu is a city and municipality in North Karelia in eastern Finland. It is located in the provinces of Finland of Eastern Finland and is part of North Karelia regions of Finland....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • Immortal Metal Fest (Nokia
    Nokia

    Nokia Corporation is a Finland Multinational corporation communications corporation, headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • Jalometalli Metal Music Festival
    Jalometalli Metal Music Festival

    Jalometalli Metal Music Festival is a heavy metal music music festival held annually in Finland since 2002....
    , (Oulu
    Oulu

    Oulu is a List of cities and towns in Finland and Municipalities of Finland of inhabitants in the Provinces of Finland of Oulu and the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • Jalometalli Winterfest
    Jalometalli Winterfest

    Jalometalli Winterfest is a heavy metal music music festival held annually in Finland. It was created in 2005 as an offshoot of Jalometalli Metal Music Festival....
     (Oulu
    Oulu

    Oulu is a List of cities and towns in Finland and Municipalities of Finland of inhabitants in the Provinces of Finland of Oulu and the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • Lowlands
    A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise

    A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise, also known as simply Lowlands, is a music festival, held annually in the Netherlands in August. Lowlands is, together with Pinkpop, one of the biggest and most popular music festivals in the country, with about 60,000 visitors, over 200 acts and more than ten stages every year which are named acco...
     (Biddinghuizen
    Biddinghuizen

    Biddinghuizen is a town in the Netherlands province of Flevoland. It is a part of the municipality of Dronten, and lies about 13 km north of Harderwijk....
    , Netherlands
    Netherlands

    The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
    )
  • Karmarock (Harjavalta
    Harjavalta

    Harjavalta is a municipalities of Finland of Finland.It is located in the provinces of Finland of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta regions of Finland....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • Live.No Lies Festival (Chisinau
    Chisinau

    Chisinau , is the capital city and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial center and is located in the center of the country, on the river B?c River....
    , Rep. Moldova)
  • Low-Fi Festival (Bydgoszcz
    Bydgoszcz

    Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland, on the Brda River and Vistula rivers, with a population of 360,142 , agglomeration more than 400 000, which makes it the 8th biggest city in Poland....
    , Poland
    Poland

    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
    )
  • Lumous Gothic Festival
    Lumous Gothic Festival

    Lumous Gothic Festival is the largest festival dedicated to the goth subculture in Finland and the the world's most northern Gothic festival in the world....
     (Pyhäjärvi
    Pyhäjärvi

    Pyh?j?rvi is a municipalities of Finland in the south of Oulu province, Finland. Pyh?j?rvi also borders the Eastern Finland and Western Finland provinces....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • Masters of Rock
    Masters of Rock (festival)

    Masters of Rock is a big Heavy metal music music festival in Europe. The main styles represented on this festival are Power metal, Speed metal and Heavy metal music, though the production tries to make the fest more open for other rock and metal styles as Progressive rock, hardcore punk, death metal or even ska....
     (Vizovice
    Vizovice

    Vizovice is a town with about 4,598 inhabitants in the Zl?n Region, Czech Republic.The first recorded reference to the community was in 1261....
    , Czech Republic
    Czech Republic

    The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
    )
  • Miljoona Rock
    Miljoona Rock

    Miljoona Rock is rock festival in Tuuri.Tuuri is a village in T?ys?, a municipalities of Finland of Finland.Artists by year2004...
     (Töysä
    Töysä

    T?ys? is a municipalities of Finland in Western Finland. It is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia regions of Finland. The municipality has a population of 3,206 and covers an area of 309.82 square kilometre, of which 11.52 km? is water....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • Montreux Jazz Festival
    Montreux Jazz Festival

    The Montreux Jazz Festival is the best-known music festival in Switzerland, It is held annually in early July in Montreux on the shores of Lake Geneva....
     (Montreux
    Montreux

    Montreux is a municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Vevey in the Cantons of Switzerland of Vaud in Switzerland.It is located on Lake Geneva at the foot of the Swiss Alps and has a population of 22,897....
    , Switzerland
    Switzerland

    Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
    )
  • Nova Rock (Nickelsdorf
    Nickelsdorf

    Nickelsdorf is a town in the district of Neusiedl am See in Burgenland in Austria....
    , Austria
    Austria

    Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
    )
  • Nashestvie
    Nashestvie

    Nashestvie is the largest open-air festival of Russian rock. It is held annually during the first weekend of August somewhere in the environs of Moscow....
     (Moscow Region, Russia
    Russia

    Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
    )
  • Nummirock (Kauhajoki
    Kauhajoki

    Kauhajoki is a List of cities and towns in Finland and municipalities of Finland of Finland. The city is unilingually Finnish language.It is located in the provinces of Finland of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia regions of Finland....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • Open Air Rock Festival (Wejherowo
    Wejherowo

    Wejherowo [] is a town in Gdansk Pomerania, northern Poland, with 47,000 inhabitants . It has been the capital of Wejherowo County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999; previously, it was a town in Gdansk Voivodeship ....
    , Poland
    Poland

    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
    )
  • Open'er festival
    Open'er Festival

    The Open'er Festival is music festival which takes place on the North coast of Poland, in Gdynia. The first edition of the festival was organized in Warsaw in 2002 as Open Air Festival....
     (Gdynia
    Gdynia

    Gdynia is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important seaport at Gdansk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdansk and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the Tricity...
    , Poland
    Poland

    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
    )
  • Oxegen
    Oxegen

    Oxegen is an annual music festival held since 2004, sponsored by Heineken. Now Ireland's biggest festival, it was previously called Witnness, which ran from 2000 and was sponsored by Guinness....
     (Punchestown, Ireland
    Ireland

    Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
    )
  • Paredes de Coura Festival
    Paredes de Coura Festival

    Paredes de Coura Festival is a rock festival that happens every year in August at Praia do Tabu?o in Paredes de Coura, Portugal. It is one of the three largest music summer festivals in Portugal, together with Sudoeste Festival and Optimus Alive....
     (Paredes de Coura
    Paredes de Coura

    Paredes de Coura is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 138.2 km? and a total population of 9,367 inhabitants .The municipality is composed of 21 parishes, and is located in the district of Viana do Castelo ....
    , Portugal
    Portugal

    Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
    )
  • Paléo Festival
    Paléo Festival

    The Pal?o Festival de Nyon, usually just called Pal?o, started in 1976 and is today the second biggest open-air music festival in Europe, after theSziget Festival....
     (Nyon
    Nyon

    Nyon is a Municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Nyon in the Cantons of Switzerland of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located some 25 kilometers north of Geneva's downtown, and is part of the Geneva metropolitan area....
    , Switzerland
    Switzerland

    Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
    )
  • Pinkpop Festival
    Pinkpop

    Pinkpop Festival, or Pinkpop for short, is an annual rock festival held at Landgraaf, Netherlands. According to the Guinness Book of Records, it is the oldest annual festival in the world....
     (Landgraaf
    Landgraaf

    Landgraaf is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands....
    , Netherlands
    Netherlands

    The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
    )
  • Pori Jazz
    Pori Jazz

    Pori Jazz is a large international jazz festival, held annually in the small coastal city of Pori, Finland. It is one of the oldest and best known jazz festivals in Europe, having been arranged every year since 1966....
     (Pori
    Pori

    Pori is a List of cities and towns in Finland and municipalities of Finland on the west coast of Finland. The centre of the city it located some from the coast of Gulf of Bothnia, at the estuary of Kokem?enjoki river....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • PositivusAB
    PositivusAB

    Positivus festival is an annual music festival in Salacgriva, Latvia that was first held in 2007. It is organised by ....
     (Salacgriva
    Salacgriva

    Salacgriva is a town in Limba?i County, in the Vidzeme region of northern Latvia. The town has a port, situated on the mouth of the Salaca river and the Gulf of Riga....
    , Latvia
    Latvia

    Latvia The Latvians are a Baltic peoples culturally related to the Estonians and Lithuanians, with the Latvian language having many similarities with Lithuanian language, but not with the Estonian language....
    )
  • Provinssirock
    Provinssirock

    Provinssirock is one of the biggest rock festivals in Finland. It takes place in the city of Sein?joki in Southern Ostrobothnia, Western Finland....
     (Seinäjoki
    Seinäjoki

    Sein?joki is a list of towns in Finland located in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Sein?joki originated around the ?stermyra bruk iron and gunpowder factories founded in 1798....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • Pukkelpop
    Pukkelpop

    Pukkelpop is an annual music festival which takes place near the city of Hasselt, Belgium. It is one of the largest music festivals in the country, with an attendance of approximately 152,000 in 2008....
     (Kiewit, Belgium
    Belgium

    * A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
    )
  • Puntala-Rock (Lempäälä
    Lempäälä

    Lemp??l? is a Municipalities of Finland in southwestern Finland with inhabitants . Lemp??l? is located south of the city of Tampere. The municipality covers an area of of which is water....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • Puustock (Juva
    Juva

    Juva is a municipalities of Finland of Finland.It is located in the provinces of Finland of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia regions of Finland some 270 kilometers North-East of Helsinki....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • Przystanek Woodstock
    Przystanek Woodstock

    Przystanek Woodstock is an annual free rock music festival in Poland, inspired by and named for the Woodstock Festival, that has taken place since 1995....
     (Kostrzyn/Kustrin), (Poland
    Poland

    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
    /Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
    )
  • Hove Festival
    Hove Festival

    Hove Festival is a music festival held on the island Trom?y outside of Arendal in southern Norway. It was held for the first time from 26-30 June 2007....
     (Tromøy
    Tromøy

    Trom?y is the largest island outside the town of Arendal in Norway. It is known for having once hosted many Viking kings. A 400 meter bridge gave direct access with the mainland in 1961....
    , Norway
    Norway

    Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
    )
  • Quart Festival
    Quart Festival

    The Quart Festival was an annual popular music festival that took place in Kristiansand, Norway in the beginning of July. It was the most visited music festival in Norway....
     (Kristiansand, Norway)
  • QStock (Oulu
    Oulu

    Oulu is a List of cities and towns in Finland and Municipalities of Finland of inhabitants in the Provinces of Finland of Oulu and the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • Raumanmeren Juhannus (Pori, Finland)
  • Rockmaraton (Pécs, Hungary)
  • Rock 4 People (Ceský Brod
    Ceský Brod

    Cesk? Brod is a town in Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic. It is located 35 km east of Prague and has a population of 6,637 .Rock for People, an annual summer music festival was held in Cesk? Brod since 1995 till 2006....
    , Czech Republic
    Czech Republic

    The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
    )
  • Rock am Ring
    Rock am Ring

    The Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals are two simultaneous rock music festivals held annually in Germany.While Rock am Ring takes place at the N?rburgring racetrack in the west of Germany, Rock im Park takes place in and around the Frankenstadion in N?rnberg, in the south east of Germany....
     (Nürburgring
    Nürburgring

    The N?rburgring, simply known as "The Ring" by enthusiasts, is a motorsport race track in N?rburg, Germany. It was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of N?rburg in the Eifel, which is about south of Cologne, and northwest of Frankfurt....
    , Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
    )
  • Rock Cock (Kuopio
    Kuopio

    Kuopio is a Finland city and municipality located in the province of Eastern Finland and the region of Northern Savonia. A population of makes it the ninth biggest city in the country....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • Rock Otocec (Novo mesto
    Novo Mesto

    Novo Mesto is a town and one of the eleven town municipality in the Lower Carniola region of the Slovenia. According to the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia it covers a total area of 298.5 km?, along a bend in the Krka and the town is considered the economic and cultural center of Lower Carniola....
    , Slovenia
    Slovenia

    Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
    )
  • Rock Werchter
    Rock Werchter

    Rock Werchter is a Belgium annual music festival held in the village of Werchter since 1974. The 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007 festivals received the Arthur award for best festival in the world at International Live Music Conference ....
     (Werchter
    Werchter

    Werchter is a small village in Belgium, belonging to the municipality of Rotselaar. It is site of the festival Rock Werchter.It is the birthplace of painter Cornelius Van Leemputten....
    , Belgium
    Belgium

    * A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
    )
  • Rockwave Festival
    Rockwave Festival

    Rockwave Festival is a rock festival held in Malakassa, Greece, a few miles outside of Athens, Greece. It is one of the most famous music festivals in Greece....
     (Athens
    Athens

    Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
    , Greece
    Greece

    Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
    )
  • Roskilde Festival
    Roskilde Festival

    Roskilde Festival is held south of Roskilde in Denmark and is one of the four biggest annual Music festival in Europe . It was created in 1971 by two high school students, Mogens Sandf?r and Jesper Switzer M?ller, and promoter Carl Fischer....
     (Roskilde
    Roskilde

    Roskilde Roskilde train station is a major stop between Copenhagen and the region of Denmark located to its west. The city is an economic center for the region....
    , Denmark
    Denmark

    Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
    )
  • BindikBirAlamete Music Festival, (Istanbul
    Istanbul

    Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
    , Turkey
    Turkey

    Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
    )
  • Rock'n Coke
    Rock'n Coke

    Rock'n Coke is a Turkish music rock festival sponsored by Coca-Cola. It is traditionally held at the Istanbul Hezarfen Airfield in Istanbul, Turkey....
    , (Istanbul
    Istanbul

    Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
    , Turkey
    Turkey

    Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
    )
  • RockIstanbul
    RockIstanbul

    RockIstanbul is the name of an old large scale open air rock festival series annually had been organized in Istanbul, Turkey. Highlights from recent performers include Kraftwerk, Garbage , Megadeth, Faithless, Queensr?che, Starsailor , and Anathema ....
    , (Istanbul
    Istanbul

    Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....
    , Turkey
    Turkey

    Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
    )
  • Ruisrock
    Ruisrock

    Ruisrock is a rock festival held annually on the island of Ruissalo in Turku, Finland.Ruisrock, founded in 1970, is the second oldest rock festival in Europe....
     (Turku
    Turku

    Turku is a List of towns in Finland situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of Aura river. It is located in the region of Finland Proper in the Province of Western Finland....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • Sauna Open Air (Tampere
    Tampere

    Tampere is a city in southern Finland located between two lakes, N?sij?rvi and Pyh?j?rvi . Since the two lakes differ in level by , the rapids linking them, Tammerkoski, have been an important power source throughout history, most recently for generating electricity....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • Sudoeste Festival (Zambujeira do Mar
    Zambujeira do Mar

    Zambujeira do Mar is small fishing village on the Portugal coast, a civil parish of Odemira municipality, in the Alentejo region.Amalia Rodrigues had a summer house in Zambujeira....
    , Portugal
    Portugal

    Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
    )
  • Slane Concert
    Slane Concert

    Slane Concert is a concert held most years since 1981 in Slane Castle in Slane village, County Meath, in the Republic of Ireland. Slane lies between Navan and Drogheda, about 45 km northwest of Dublin....
     (Slane
    Slane

    Slane is a village in County Meath, in Republic of Ireland. The village stands on a steep hillside on the left bank of the River Boyne at the intersection of the N2 road and the N51 road, Ireland ....
    , Ireland
    Ireland

    Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
    )
  • Sweden Rock Festival
    Sweden Rock Festival

    Sweden Rock Festival is an annual rock and roll/Heavy metal music festival held in Sweden since June 6, 1992. While having a clear rock/metal focus, the festival is noted for its diversity across these genres, having featured southern rock bands such as Molly Hatchet to death metal legends like Obituary ....
     (Sölvesborg
    Sölvesborg

    S?lvesborg is a urban areas of Sweden in Blekinge in southern Sweden, and the seat of S?lvesborg Municipality. It was chartered as a city in 1445....
    , Sweden
    Sweden

    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
    )
  • Sziget
    Sziget

    The Sziget Festival is one of the largest music and cultural festivals in Europe, and more recently, in the world. The festival is held annually in August in Budapest, Hungary and takes place on ?budai-sziget , a leafy island of 108 hectares on the Danube, thus Sziget stands for Island....
     (Budapest
    Budapest

    Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....
    , Hungary
    Hungary

    Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
    )
  • Tammerfest
    Tammerfest

    Tammerfest is an urban city festival located in Tampere, Finland. For 5 days and 5 nights in July, Tammerfest spreads the message of summer, joy, music and festival atmosphere to the whole town....
     (Tampere
    Tampere

    Tampere is a city in southern Finland located between two lakes, N?sij?rvi and Pyh?j?rvi . Since the two lakes differ in level by , the rapids linking them, Tammerkoski, have been an important power source throughout history, most recently for generating electricity....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • Tuska Open Air (Helsinki
    Helsinki

    Helsinki is the Capital and largest List of cities and towns in Finland of Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • Vauhtiajot (Seinäjoki
    Seinäjoki

    Sein?joki is a list of towns in Finland located in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Sein?joki originated around the ?stermyra bruk iron and gunpowder factories founded in 1798....
    , Finland
    Finland

    Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
    )
  • Vieilles Charrues Festival
    Vieilles Charrues Festival

    The Vieilles Charrues Festival is held every year in mid-July in the city of Carhaix located in the west of Brittany.This festival is the largest music festival in France, attracting more than 200,000 festival-goers every year....
     (Carhaix, France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
    )
  • Vilar de Mouros Festival
    Vilar de Mouros Festival

    Vilar de Mouros Festival is the oldest rock festival in Portugal. Its is yearly organised near Caminha in Vilar de Mouros, northwestern Portugal....
     (Vilar de Mouros
    Vilar de Mouros

    Vilar de Mouros is a civil parish in the municipality of Caminha, Portugal. Located on the banks of the Coura, 7 km from the municipal seat, it became famous as the location of the oldest rock festival in Portugal - the Vilar de Mouros Festival....
    , Portugal
    Portugal

    Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
    )
  • Wacken Open Air
    Wacken Open Air

    Wacken Open Air is one of the many leading summer open air heavy metal music music festivals. It takes place annually in the small town of Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany....
     (Wacken
    Wacken

    Wacken may refer to:* Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, a municipality in Germany* Wacken Open Air, heavy metal festival held in Wacken....
    , Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
    )
  • Metal Heads Mission
    Metal Heads Mission

    Metal Heads Mission is an annual music Heavy metal music Fest near Evpatoria, Crimea, in the Ukraine. In 2008 the fest reached its ninth year. It is organized by Ukrainain Brutal death metal band Mental Demise....
     (Evpatoria, Crimea
    Crimea

    Crimea or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea is an autonomous republic of Ukraine located on the northern coast of the Black Sea, occupying a peninsula of the same name....
    , in the Ukraine
    Ukraine

    Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
    )


Australasia
  • Big Day Out
    Big Day Out

    The Big Day Out is an annual music festival held in several cities in Australia and New Zealand in late January. It started in Sydney in 1992, spread to Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth, Western Australia by 1993, with the Gold Coast, Queensland and Auckland, New Zealand joining in 1994....
     (Australia
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
     and New Zealand
    New Zealand

    New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
    )
  • Edgefest
    Edgefest (New Zealand concert tour)

    Edgefest is an annual music festival in New Zealand, run by The Edge radio station.For the past 3 years Edgefest has taken place in March, and hosts New Zealand musical bands and artists, as well as some overseas acts....
     (New Zealand)
  • East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival
    East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival

    The East Coast International Blues & Roots Music Festival is an annual music festival held for five days over the Easter long weekend at Byron Bay, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia....
  • Falls Festival
    Falls Festival

    The Falls Festival is a New Year's Eve music festival, held annually in Marion Bay, Tasmania and Lorne, Victoria Australia since 1993.It lasts three days, from December 29 to January 1 each year....
  • Golden Plains Festival
    Golden Plains Festival

    The Golden Plains Festival is held over three days during the Victoria Labour Day long-weekend on private farmland in Victoria, Australia. The nearest rural town is Meredith, Victoria, which is between the regional cities of Geelong, Victoria and Ballarat, Victoria....
     (Meredith
    Meredith

    Meredith is a given name and surname of Welsh origin ? see Meredith .Meredith may refer to:...
    , Australia
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
    )
  • Good Vibrations Festival
    Good Vibrations Festival

    Good Vibrations Festival commenced in 2004 and is an annual music festival that takes place during February in Australia....
  • Homebake
    Homebake

    Homebake is an annual Australian rock festival, featuring an all-Australian lineup . The festival was first held on January 4, 1996 at Belongil Fields in Byron Bay, on the far north coast of New South Wales....
     (Sydney
    Sydney

    Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
    , Australia
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
    )
  • Meredith Music Festival
    Meredith Music Festival

    The Meredith Music Festival is held over three days every December on private farmland in Victoria , Australia. The nearest rural town is Meredith, Victoria, which is between the regional cities of Geelong, Victoria and Ballarat, Victoria....
     (Meredith
    Meredith

    Meredith is a given name and surname of Welsh origin ? see Meredith .Meredith may refer to:...
    , Australia
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
    )
  • Pyramid Rock Festival
    Pyramid Rock Festival

    The Pyramid Rock Festival is a New Year's Eve camp-out rock music festival at Pyramid Rock, Phillip Island , Victoria , Australia.It runs over two nights with two stages - the Main Stage, and the Pharaoh's Annex....
    , (Phillip Island, Australia
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
    )
  • Splendour In The Grass
    Splendour in the Grass

    Splendour In The Grass is an annual music festival held in July at Belongil Fields, outside Byron Bay, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia....
     (Byron Bay, Australia
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
    )
  • V Festival
    V Festival

    The V Festival is an annual music festival in England, the first to be held simultaneously at two sites - currently Hylands Park in Chelmsford and Weston Park in South Staffordshire, organised by SJM Concerts....
  • Soundwave_(Australian_music_festival)


Asia
  • Rock Ethos
    Rock Ethos

    A one-of-its-kind, annual rock music festival launched in 2008 at Bangalore, where top Indian Rock acts converge on a common platform to present their original compositions....
    , Bangalore
    Bangalore

    Bangalore , officially Bengaluru , is the capital of the Indian States and territories of India of Karnataka. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's List of most populous cities in India and List of most populous metropolitan areas in India....
     (Bengaluru), India
    India

    India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
  • Fuji Rock Festival
    Fuji Rock Festival

    Fuji Rock Festival is an annual music festival held in Naeba ski resort, in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. The 3 day event, organized by Smash , features more than 200 Japanese and international musicians making it the largest outdoor music event in Japan....
     (Naeba
    Naeba

    is a stratovolcano on the border of Nagano Prefecture and Niigata Prefecture prefectures in central Honshu, Japan. It is about from Tokyo. It was active between 200,000 and 800,000 years ago. It is made of primarily andesite....
    , Japan
    Japan

    Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
    )
  • Concert on the Rock
    Concert on the Rock

    Concert on the Rock was an international rock festival that takes place annually in Nakatsu, Oita city, Oita Prefecture, Japan. It is a charity event in aid of UNICEF that was established in 2004....
     (Kyushu
    Kyushu

    or Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its Japanese Archipelago. Its alternate ancient names include Kyukoku , Chinzei , and Tsukushi-no-shima ....
    , Japan
    Japan

    Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
    )
  • Pentaport Rock Festival
    Pentaport rock festival

    Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival is a rock festival, which is held annually in Incheon, South Korea for three days at the end of July, usually on the same weekend when Fuji Rock Festival is held in Japan....
     (Incheon
    Incheon

    Incheon is a Special cities of Korea and a major seaport on the west coast of South Korea, near Seoul.Human settlement at the location goes back to the Neolithic....
    , Korea
    Korea

    Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries, a civilization, and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia....
    )
  • Summer Sonic Festival
    Summer Sonic Festival

    The Summer Sonic Festival is an annual two or three-days rock festival held at the same time in Osaka and near Tokyo. The majority of the bands playing in Osaka the first day go to Tokyo the following day and vice versa....
     (Chiba
    Mihama-ku, Chiba

    Mihama-ku , in Chiba, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, is home to mostly residential neighborhoods. It is serviced by train stations including Kemigawahama-eki on the JR Keiyo line....
     and Osaka
    Osaka

    is a Cities of Japan in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshu.Osaka is a City designated by government ordinance under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture....
    , Japan
    Japan

    Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
    )
  • Hohaiyan Rock Festival (Gongliao, Taiwan
    Taiwan

    Taiwan is an island in East Asia. "Taiwan" is also commonly used to refer to the country governed by the Republic of China and to the ROC itself, which governs the island of Taiwan, Orchid Island and Green Island, Taiwan in the Pacific Ocean off the Taiwan coast, the Penghu islands in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and the Matsu Islands...
    )


Middle East
  • Dubai Desert Rock Festival
    Dubai Desert Rock Festival

    The Dubai Desert Rock Festival is an event celebrating the different styles of rock and metal music in the world on one stage in Dubai, United Arab Emirates....
     (Dubai
    Dubai

    Dubai is one of the seven Emirates of the United Arab Emirates and the most populous city of the United Arab Emirates . It is located along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula....
    , United Arab Emirates
    United Arab Emirates

    The United Arab Emirates is a federation of seven states situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman and Saudi Arabia....
    )


Africa
  • Oppikoppi
    Oppikoppi

    Oppikoppi is the name of a music festival held in the Limpopo Province of South Africa, near the mining town of Northam. The festival started off focusing mostly on rock music, but gradually added more genres and now plays host to a complete mixed bag of genres....
     (Northam, South Africa
    South Africa

    The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
    )


No fixed location
  • Terrastock
    Terrastock

    Terrastock is a music festival organised periodically by Phil McMullen, formerly editor of the Ptolemaic Terrascope and since 2005 the publisher of the Terrascope Online website....
     (historically North America
    North America

    North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
     or Britain
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
    )
  • Endless Festival ()


See also

  • Rock concert
    Rock concert

    The term rock concert refers to a musical performance in the style of any one of many genres inspired by "rock and roll" music. While a variety of vocal and instrumental styles can constitute a rock concert, this phenomenon is typically characterized by band playing at least one electric guitar, an electric bass guitar, and Drum kit....
  • Rock music
    Rock music

    Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....