Indie festivals

All Tomorrow's Parties

Nomadic alternative music festival

Austin City Limits

The big music festival in the Big State capital

Beautiful Days

A weekend of muddy but beautiful fun for all ages in Devon

Best Kept Secret

Shhhhhh! It's a secret, sort of

Bonnaroo

It means ‘good stuff’, apparently

Bunbury

Eclectic musical lineup comes to the Buckeye state.

Byron Blues Fest

Blues and roots rubs shoulders with nature

Clockenflap Music and Art Festival

Music, art and film in one of the world’s busiest urban hubs

Coachella

The beautiful people’s annual trip to SoCal

Colours of Ostrava

Fun in a Factory! The Czech Republic's Colours of Ostrava returns for another year. 

Dot to Dot Bristol

All about unearthing hot new talent in Bristol, part of the three day Dot to Dot festival

Dot to Dot Manchester

All about unearthing hot new talent in Manchester, part of the three day Dot to Dot festival

Dot to Dot Nottingham

All about unearthing hot new talent in Nottingham, part of the three day Dot to Dot festival

Dour Festival

Nothing Dour about this Belgian fest

Dranouter

Folksy fun in Flanders 

Electric Forest

Enchanting arts festival in the forest

Frequency

Austria tunes to the right Frequency. 

Governor's Ball

Big fun in the Big Apple

Grape Festival

Rock, pop and indie in a Slovakian airport

HowTheLightGetsIn

Music and philosophy in Hay-on-Wye

IN Music Croatia

Fine pop and rock festival in the Croatian capital. 

Indietracks

Trains and tracks in Derbyshire

Into the Valley

Picturesque festival in a valley

Jersey Live

Big artists rock the small island

Lakefest

Family-centred little festival in the West

Les Eurockeennes

France's Glastonbury. By the lake. Très bien 

Lindisfarne Festival

What will I take with me to the North, it's the good North…

Liverpool Calling

Unpretentious one-day indie festival at Liverpool's coolest venues

Lokerse Feesten

An eclectic festival in Belgium 

Lytham Festival

The Lancashire town of Lytham brings music and art to the good people of, er, well, Lytham

Mountain Jam

Rock in the Catskills

Nova Rock

Heavy rock in Austrian fields 

Open'er Festival

This is one of Poland's big ones...

Oya Festival

Oslo gets flooded with the cream of the crop for five days.

Parklife

Go mad for it in Manchester

Pinkpop

Rock out with the biggest bands in the world

Primavera Sound Barcelona

Primavera Sound is Barcelona's biggest festival with one of the heaviest-hitting lineups in Europe. It's famous for a reason

Rhythm and Vines

NYE festival in New Zealand

Rock For People - Hradec Kralove

Rock and roll in Central Europe

Rockaway Beach

A festival, in Butlins. Perfection.

Sasquatch!

A beautiful monster of a music fest

Secret Garden Party

Magic, merriment and madness in the Secret Garden

 

Sled Island

Canadian cool without the camping

 

Somersault

Somersault tumbles into town for a weekend of fun and high jinks

Sonic Visions

A conference and a festival all at once. Double whammy!

sos48 Murcia

Spain's hidden gem of a festival

SuperBock SuperRock

A rock and roll extravaganza in Portugal

Utopia Festival

Free fun on the Four Sisters Ranch

Wickerman Festival

Folk lore and festival fun combined 

Wild Life

Disclosure & Rudimental's new festival

Wilkestock

Fun charity festival in Hertfordshire

Wonderfruit

An eco-sustainable Thai festival that'll offset its carbon footprint this year

Ypsigrock

Indie rocking in a Medieval castle