Description
Book SynopsisFestivals is a must-have guide to the world’s best and most memorable music festivals – a list of all those you need to know and those you should experience. Discover the compelling stories behind the most significant and exciting events around the world which shape music and festival culture. This inspirational global guide showcases
50 bucket list festivals with
photographs, posters, facts and figures, and draws attention to
hundreds more to explore.
Highlighting festival giants and jazz classics, pop powerhouses and indie favourites to dance scene darlings and punk rock adventures, we travel from
Woodstock, Glastonbury, Coachella and
Roskilde to
Fuji Rock, Tomorrowland, Burning Man and
Afro Punk.
Here, the
unique experience of a music festival is evocatively captured and an overview of the rise of the
wonderful world of festival culture as
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Montreux Jazz Festival
Isle of Wight Festival
Woodstock
Glastonbury
Roskilde
Reading Festival
North Sea Jazz Festival
WOMAD
Rock am Ring
Rock in Rio
Burning Man
Love Parade
Lollapalooza
Electric Daisy Carnival
KaZantip
Big Day Out
Sziget
Sonar
Fuji Rock
Lillith Fair
Melt
Tuska
Creamfields
Iceland Airwaves
Coachella
Splendour in the Grass
Primavera Sound
AfrikaBurn
Lovebox
Nuits Sonores
Bang Face Weekender
Rock en Seine
Download
Secret Garden Party
Bestival
Flow Festival
Lake of Stars
Afropunk
Tomorrowland
Way Out West
Kappa FuturFestival
Strawberry Fields
Dimensions
Dekmantel
Nyege Nyege
The Crave
Magnetic Fields
Secret Solstice
Oasis Festival
Mighty Hoopla
Mad Cool
Index
Index of festivals by country
Index of festivals by month
Index of festivals by musical genre
Acknowledgements
Picture credits
