Rock Music Festivals
A rock festival, or a rock fest, is a grand scale event normally performed as outdoor rock music concert. The rock fest showcased multiple acts, that prolonged for many days. Rock music got popular during 1950s in America and Europe. Also called as "Rock and Roll" is primarily based on musical styles of rhythm and blues music generated from guitar, drums, and powerful vocals.
Elvis Presley and the Beatles are hugely successful and popular rock music players. The first rock festivals started in 1960s and got huge fame by becoming important socio-cultural milestones.
Today, many rock festivals are annual events featuring many blends of music such as pop, dance, and electronic. Get to know about Rock Festivals that occur around the world in almost in every county.
Big Day Out
Month: January
Place: Australia, New Zealand
Attractions: Contemporary Rock Music, Electronic Music, Mainstream International Acts and Local Acts
Coachella Music Festival
Month: April
Place: Indio (California), U.S.A
Attractions: Alternative Rock, Hip Hop, Electronic Music, Sculptural Art, Five stages for performances.
Frequency Festival
Month: August
Place: Salzburg, Austria
Attractions: Rock Music, Electronica, Hip Hop, Indie and Guitar pop, International top-acts, Field Camping.
Ringfest
Month: October
Place: Cologne, Germany
Attractions: Approx. 200 bands, Free Entry, Various musical genres like Jazz, Oldies, Rock and Pop.
PinkPop Festival
Month: May
Place: Landgraaf Netherlands
Attractions: Rock Music, Dominance of Pink Color
Nova Rock Festival
Month: Austria
Place: Nickelsdorf, Austria
Attractions: Austria’s rock music festivals
Snowbombing Festival
Month: April
Place: Austria
Attractions: Rock Music, Winter Sports, a DJ and Electronic Dance Music
Marktrock Festival
Month: August
Place: Leuven, Belgium
Attractions: Alternative Rock, Pop, Dutch Music
Roskilde Festival
Month: July
Place: Roskilde, Denmark
Attractions: Rock, Punk Rock, Pop, Hip Hop, Alternative rock, World music, Electronic music
Arvika Festival
Month: July
Place: Arvika, Sweden
Attractions: Rock & Pop Music, Music Bands
Solas Festival
Month: August
Place: Huntington Castle, Clonegal, County Carlow, Ireland
Attractions: Rock Music
Bestival Music Festival
Month: September
Place: Isle of Wight, England
Attractions: Serene Location, Fancy Dresses, Inflatable Church
Big Chill Festival
Month: August
Place: North East England, U.K
Attractions: Various Genres of Music like Indie, Dance music, World music, Trance, Reggae, Folk music, Dub music, Ambient and Chillout music style
Bumbershoot
Month: September
Place: Seattle, U.S.A
Attractions: Laser Light Shows, Arts, Music, Comedy, Dance, Theater, Folk Music and Films.
Essouira Gnawa
Month: June
Place: Essaouira, Morocco
Attractions: Gnawa Music, 3-Stringed Flute, Castanets and Ganga drums
Eurockeennes de Belfort
Month: July
Place: Belfort, France
Attractions: Exquisite location along Malsaucy lake, Late Opening (after midnight)
Ghent Festival
Month: July
Place: Ghent, Belgium
Attractions: Public drunkenness, Street Acts, Party.
Green Man Festival
Month: August
Place: Wales, United Kingdom
Attractions: Various Genres of Music
Guca Trumpet Festival
Month: August
Place: Guca, Serbia
Attractions: Blowing of Trumpets, Dances in national dress
Iceland Airwaves
Month: October
Place: Reykjavik, Iceland
Attractions: New Icelandic and international music
Reading and Leeds Festivals
Month: August
Place: Reading and Leeds, United Kingdom
Attractions: Various Stages like Main stage, NME/Radio 1 stage, Festival Republic stage etc.
South by Southwest
Month: March
Place: Austin, U.S.A
Attractions: Largest music festival in U.S.A, Films, Conferences, Austin Music Awards.
Spirit of Burgas
Month: August
Place: Burgas, Bulgaria
Attractions: Various Genres of Music
Summerfest
Month: July
Place: Milwaukee, U.S.A
Attractions: 11 days long event, Performances of more than 700 bands, 11 Stages.
Sziget Festival
Month: August
Place: Budapest, Hungary
Attractions: Various genres of music, Dances
The Proms
Month: July to September
Place: London, United Kingdom
Attractions: Classical Music Festival, Performances by Fresh Artists, Series of Chamber Concerts.
T in the Park
Month: July
Place: Scotland, United Kingdom
Attractions: Seven Music Stages, Large Camping Area, Funfair, Big Wheel, Concession Stalls and Shops
Womad Music Festival
Month: July/August
Place: United Kingdom (20 other countries also)
Attractions: Live Musical Performances, Workshops, Stalls and Children Events
World Roma Festival
Month: May
Place: Prague, Czech Republic
Attractions: Seminars, Music, Dancing, Parades, Haunting Roma music
Boston Festival
Month: June
Place: Boston, London
Attractions: Folk music, Arts & Crafts fair, Dance performances
Paleo Festival
Month: July
Place: Switzerland
Attractions: Music Performances, Fireworks, Online Camping
Ravinia Festival
Month: November
Place: Chicago, U.S.A
Attractions: Open Air Music Concerts, Picnic.
Tulsa Mayfest
Month: May
Place: Tulsa, U.S.A
Attractions: Visual Arts, Dances, Music Competitions, Kids Zone.
Donauinselfest Festival
Month: June
Place: Donauinsel , Vienna,Austria
Attractions: Open Air music festival, Dishes from Thai, Greek, Italian, Indian cuisine.
Dour Festival
Month: July
Place: Dour, Belgium
Attractions: Variety of musical genres, Stages, Tents
Tonder Festival
Month: August
Place: Třnder, Denmark
Attractions: Folk Music, Variety of genres
Unsound Festival
Month: October
Place: Kraków, Poland
Attractions: Mutating forms of music, Visual arts
Life Festival
Month: June
Place: Belvedere House, Westmeath, Ireland
Attractions: Various Genres of Music
Balloon Festivals
Gay / Lesbian Festival
