Festival News

There are bigger metal festivals in Europe, but few have quite the same character as Z! Live Rock Fest. Held in the historic Spanish city of Zamora, the festival has grown from a small local event into one of Spain’s...

For five days and four nights, Eldena in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania once again became the center of the international Psytrance community. From August 26th – 31th 2026, Indian Spirit Festival transformed the expansive festival grounds into a colorful world of electronic...

110,000 people passed through Lisbon’s Parque da Bela Vista between August 28 and 30th! MS. LAURYN HILL, ROBBIE WILLIAMS, DEFTONES, TURNSTILE and GRACE JONES are some of the names that performed during its three days The fifth edition of the...

Rock for People has wasted no time getting the 2027 festival started. BLINK-182 have been announced as the first headliner for next year’s edition, giving fans a very good reason to start looking towards the Czech Republic already. The Californian...

Lollapalooza India is going big for its fifth edition. The festival has unveiled its 2027 line-up, bringing a seriously varied mix of pop, rock, electronic, hip-hop, R&B and homegrown Indian talent to Mumbai next January. Taking over Mahalaxmi Racecourse on...

The sold-out January 24th – 30th music festival cruise also reveals the first lineup for THE STOWAWAYS all-star band, announces an exclusive pre-party and introduces the first-ever ShipGolfed event The countdown to ShipRocked 2027 is officially getting louder! ASK4 Entertainment...

Ikarus Festival is already looking ahead to summer 2027, with tickets now on sale and the first artists confirmed for what promises to be another huge weekend of electronic music in southern Germany. The festival will return to the former...

Sydney is getting ready to welcome the new year in style, with Field Day revealing the first wave of artists for its 2027 edition. The annual New Year’s Day festival returns to The Domain on 1 January, bringing a packed...

Tinderbox 2027 already has its first big name and it’s a good one. British pop icons TAKE THAT are heading to Odense next summer, where they will bring their huge catalogue of hits, big melodies and unmistakable feel-good energy to...

SOMBR’s rise shows no signs of slowing down. After a huge year that has seen the New York singer become one of the most talked about new names in pop, he is heading to Glasgow next summer for a major...

Edmonton, Halloween is about to get seriously loud! SCREAM EDMONTON is returning this October for its biggest edition yet, transforming the Edmonton EXPO Centre into a two-night electronic music and Halloween takeover on October 30 and 31, 2026. And after...

TAME IMPALA are heading to Gdynia. Kevin Parker’s psychedelic-pop powerhouse has been announced as a headline act for Open’er Festival 2027, with the Australian artist set to take over the Orange Main Stage on June 30. The announcement arrives as...

Three days. 90,000 fans. 100 tattoo artists. A haunted prison. And some of the biggest names in rock and metal. Inkcarceration Tattoo + Music Festival has officially announced its return for July 16th – 18th 2027, bringing its uniquely dark...

Germany’s SUMMER BREEZE Open Air is already looking ahead to 2027, and the first announcement suggests that its 30th anniversary is going to be something special. Taking place in Dinkelsbühl from 18th – 21st August 2027, the festival has announced...

Aftershock is officially in countdown mode. The set times have landed for the 14th edition of Aftershock, and Sacramento is about to get four days of rock, metal and punk chaos when the festival takes over Discovery Park from October...

With BLOODSTOCK 2026 underway and heading for another record-breaking year, festival HQ has wasted no time looking ahead. The first 27 bands for BLOODSTOCK 2027 have just been unleashed — revealed live at the Ronnie James Dio Stage following Municipal...

The dust has barely settled on Reload Festival’s biggest edition yet, but the German metal festival is already looking firmly towards 2027. After welcoming 20,000 fans to Sulingen for three days in August 2026, Reload has announced the first 30...

If your idea of New Year’s Eve involves trading champagne flutes for lasers, bass and a crowd that has absolutely no intention of going home early, Decadence Colorado 2026 has just made a very strong case for where you should...

TAME IMPALA are set to bring their psychedelic pop and electronic-infused sound to Portugal next summer, with the project confirmed for the NOS Stage on July 10th at the 19th edition of NOS Alive. The announcement marks the first major...

Camp Flog Gnaw is back and once again, TYLER, THE CREATOR isn’t playing it safe! The Los Angeles festival has revealed the lineup for its 12th edition, returning to the grounds of Dodger Stadium on November 14th – 15th 2026....

Five days. 158,000 people. Atlantic waves, huge sets and one seriously good summer. Boardmasters 2026 has officially wrapped up on the Cornish coast, bringing its trademark mix of music, surfing, sunshine and coastal culture to Watergate Bay and Fistral Beach....

Rock Werchter has revealed the first major name for its 2027 edition, and it is a big one: TAME IMPALA will headline the festival on Sunday, July 4th, bringing Kevin Parker’s psychedelic, genre-blurring world to the Festivalpark in Werchter, Belgium....

Good Things Festival is going big for 2026. After a three-year absence, Australia’s travelling alternative music festival returns to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane this December with LIMP BIZKIT at the top of the bill. And this isn’t simply a nostalgia...

Four days. Seven stages. More than 200 bands. And approximately zero chance of seeing everything you want to see. The countdown to Louder Than Life 2026 just got real. The festival has released its official performance times for this year’s...

AIRBEAT ONE is going big for its 25th anniversary!! DAVID GUETTA has been announced as the first headliner for AIRBEAT ONE Festival 2027, and he isn’t arriving with an ordinary festival set. On Saturday 10th July, the French superstar will...

San Diego’s landmark waterfront beach and bay culture event Mission Bayfest is quickly approaching, slated for October 16-18, 2026, bringing a stacked lineup of reggae, pop, and alternative talent that embodies Southern California’s laid-back culture. Returning for the fifth year...

Relentless Beats is flipping the hourglass on 2026, giving fans a few extra moments made eternal on a year that has flown by. And like sands through the hourglass, so are the days remaining until Decadence Arizona: Sands of Eternity welcomes...

ULTRA Mexico has announced the Phase 1 lineup for its highly anticipated third edition, set to take place on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th November 2026 on the grounds of Estadio Banorte, marking the first-ever electronic music festival at the...

Zamna is set to return to Egypt’s Khoroum Valley from the 20th – 22nd November, expanding the desert festival experience to a 20,000-capacity event. Set within one of the Middle East’s most dramatic natural landscapes, the festival will feature a...

Pretty But Wicked and American Death Records today announce the third annual ‘And Always Forever Festival,’ set to take place across November 6th – 8th at The Echo and Echoplex in Echo Park, California. Opening night kicks off on Friday,...