Music festival - Definition and Overview

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

• 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)
• 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

(see also Rock festival)

• Austria
  • Aerodrome
  • Nova Rock
• 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
• USA
  • All Tomorrow's Parties
  • Bonnaroo
  • Yggdrasil
  • NedFest: The Nederland Music & Arts Festival
  • Cornerstone Festival
  • Family Values Tour
  • Ozzfest
  • US Festival, (US)
  • Warped Tour,(US)
  • Woodstock (and Woodstock '94 and Woodstock 1999)
  • Hellfest
• United Kingdom
  • All Tomorrow's Parties
  • Download Festival
  • Glastonbury festival
  • Isle of Wight Festival
  • Lillith Fair
  • ENIT
  • Greenbelt festival
  • Oxegen, in Ireland
  • V Festival, (UK)
  • Reading and Leeds Festivals
  • T in the Park
• Japan
  • Fuji Rock Festival Japan
• Europe
  • Dour Festival, in Dour, Belgium
  • Hultsfred Festival, in Hultsfred, Sweden
  • Lollapalooza
  • Lowlands, the Netherlands
  • Pinkpop, the Netherlands
  • Printemps de Bourges, in Bourges, France
  • Provinssirock, in Seinäjoki, Finland
  • Pukkelpop, in Kiewit, Belgium
  • Rock Werchter, in Werchter, Belgium
  • Roskilde Festival, in Roskilde, Denmark
  • Ruisrock, in Turku, Finland
  • Sweden Rock Festival, in Norje, Sweden
  • Tuska, in Helsinki, Finland
• South America
  • Rock in Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Quilmes Rock, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Cosquín Rock, Cosquín, Argentina
  • Rock al Parque, Bogotá, Colombia

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
• 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 (http://www.womad.co.nz)
• Couleur Café Festival in Brussels, Belgium

External link

• Music Festivals Festivals.com (http://www.festivals.com/~music/)