A music festival is a festival that presents a number of musical performances usually tied together through a theme or genre.

Music festivals may be subdivided by musical genre:

Blues festivals

• August Blues Festival, (Haapsalu, Estonia)
• Chicago Blues Festival
• East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival, Australia
• Ottawa Bluesfest

Brass Band festivals

• Great American Brass Band Festival

Classical music festivals

• Chichester Festival ,
• Salzburg Festival,
• Three Choirs Festival,
• European Festival of Youth Choirs

Dance and electronic music festivals

• North America
  • Canada
    • World Electronic Music Festival (WEMF)
• Europe
  • Finland
    • Koneisto
  • Germany
    • Love Parade (Berlin)
    • Nature One (Hunsrück)
    • Mayday (Dortmund)
  • Hungary
    • Mayday
  • Poland
    • Mayday
  • Portugal
    • Boom
  • Russia
    • Mayday
  • Spain
    • Sonar (Barcelona)
  • United Kingdom and Ireland
    • Creamfields
    • Homelands
    • InFest Festival
• Australia
  • Earthcore
  • Rainbow Serpent
  • What Is Music
• South Africa
  • Tribal Council
• New Zealand
  • Alpine Unity
  • Starburst (Nelson)
  • The Gathering (Nelson)
  • Vizionz (Golden Bay)
• Japan
  • The Gathering

Folk music festivals

• Calgary Folk Music Festival
• Cambridge folk festival
• Kaustinen Folk Music Festival
• Llangollen International Eisteddfod
• Mariposa Folk Festival
• National Folk Festival (Australia)
• New England Folk Festival (NEFFA)
• Newport Folk Festival
• Northern Lights Festival Boréal
• Pontardawe International Folk Festival (Wales)
• Port Fairy Folk Festival
• Woodford Folk Festival
• Royal National Mod (Scotland)
• Viljandi Folk Festival (Estonia)

Jazz festivals

• Brecon Jazz Festival
• Chicago Jazz Festival
• Festi Jazz International de Rimouski
• Festival International de Jazz de Montréal
• Montreux Jazz Festival
• North Sea Jazz Festival
• Pori Jazz (Finland)
• New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
• Kerrville Folk Festival
• Blue Note Festival (Belgium)
• Gaume Jazz Festival

Opera festivals

• Glyndebourne
• Ilmajoki Music Festival
• Savonlinna Opera Festival

Pop Music Festivals

• Acapulco
• Eurovision
• OTI-Same as Eurovision, but in Iberoamerica.
• San Remo
• Viña del Mar

Rock Music festivals

Historic festivals

• Monterey Pop Festival (Monterey, California, 1967)
• Woodstock (Bethel, New York, 1969), Woodstock 1994 (Saugerties, New York), and Woodstock 1999 (Rome, New York)
• Altamont Speedway concert (Livermore, California, 1969)
• California Jam (Ontario, California, 1974
• Live Aid (multi-venue, 1985)
• US Festival (San Bernardino, California, 1983 & 1984)
• Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2003)

Traveling festivals

• Area Festival
• Curiosa
• Family Values Tour
• Lilith Fair
• Lollapalooza
• Ozzfest
• Warped Tour

Current festivals

• Asia
  • Japan
    • Fuji Rock Festival (Naeba)
• Australia and New Zealand
  • Big Day Out
  • Falls Festival
  • Gone South
  • Homebake
  • Livid
  • Meredith Music Festival
  • Metal for the Brain
  • Melbourne International Music Festival
  • Offshore Festival
  • Pyramid Rock Festival
  • Samstock Music Festival, in Otago, New Zealand
  • Splendour in the Grass , Australia
  • Stonefest , Canberra, Australia
• Europe
  • Austria
    • Aerodrome (Wiener Neustadt)
    • FM4 Frequency (Salzburg)
    • Nova Rock (Nickelsdorf )
    • Wiesen (Wiesen )
  • Belgium
    • Dour Festival (Dour)
    • Pukkelpop (Kiewit )
    • Rock Werchter (Werchter )
  • Denmark
    • Roskilde Festival (Roskilde)
  • France
    • Printemps de Bourges (Bourges)
  • Finland
    • Provinssirock (Seinäjoki)
    • Ruisrock (Turku)
    • Tuska (Helsinki)
  • Germany
    • Hurricane and Southside
    • Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park
  • Ireland
    • Oxegen Festival (Kildare)
  • The Netherlands
    • Lowlands
    • Pinkpop (Landgraaf)
  • Sweden
    • Hultsfred Festival (Hultsfred)
    • Sweden Rock Festival (Norje )
  • Switzerland
    • Montreux Jazz Festival (Montreux
  • United Kingdom
    • All Tomorrow's Parties (Camber Sands , East Sussex, England)
    • Download Festival
    • ENIT
    • Glastonbury festival (Pilton, Somerset, England)
    • Greenbelt Festival
    • Isle of Wight Festival (Isle of Wight, England)
    • Lillith Fair
    • Reading and Leeds Festivals (Reading, Berkshire and Leeds, England)
    • T in the Park (Kinross Scotland)
    • V Festival (Chelmsford and Staffordshire, England)
• North America
  • USA
    • All Tomorrow's Parties
    • Bonnaroo Music Festival, (Manchester, Tennessee)
    • Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Indio, California)
    • Cornerstone Festival
    • Farm Aid
    • Hellfest
    • HFStival (Washington D.C.)
    • The Nederland Music & Arts Festival (NedFest)
    • Yggdrasil festival
  • Canada
    • Edgefest
• South America
  • Brazil
    • Rock in Rio, Rio de Janeiro
  • Argentina
    • Cosquín Rock , Cosquín
    • Quilmes Rock , Buenos Aires
  • Colombia
    • Rock al Parque , Bogotá
• No fixed location
  • Terrastock

Cross-genre festivals

• Caribana Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Festival d'été de Québec in Quebec_City, Canada
• Iceland Airwaves (Reykjavík, Iceland) (Mostly Rock and Pop)
• Music Midtown (Atlanta)
• Northwest Region Music Festival
• South by Southwest (SXSW) (Austin, Texas) Folk and Rock music, plus film and other media.
• Summerfest, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Annual multi-genre music festival.
• WOMAD (World of Music, Arts & Dance) Festival in New Plymouth, New Zealand March 11-13 2005 WOMAD website
• Couleur Café Festival in Brussels, Belgium
• Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis,Tennessee; occurs in early May annually; multi-genre with emphasis on blues and rock

External link

• World Music Event Calendar
• JamBase Festival List
• Festivals.com
• UK Music Festivals
• Indiana University Guide to Music Festivals
• FestivalWatch.org - Public Music Festival Event Calendar