Alternative rock festivals worldwide

33 active · 34 total

There are 34 alternative rock music festivals worldwide. 33 are currently active and 1 is defunct or on hiatus.

The oldest is Pinkpop in Landgraaf, founded in 1970. The largest by capacity is Download Festival at 111,000.

The most popular month for alternative rock festivals worldwide is june, with 4 festivals typically held during that period.

Festival	Location	Month	Genres	Capacity	Status
Wave-Gotik-Treffen Leipzig, Germany	Leipzig, Germany	may	alternative rockebm	—	active
Hurricane Festival Scheeßel, Germany	Scheeßel, Germany	june	alternative rockindie rock	80k	active
Monolith Festival Colorado, United States	Colorado, United States	—	alternative rock	—	active
Lollapalooza Chicago, United States	Chicago, United States	august	alternative rockelectronic	100k	active
Rock Werchter Rotselaar, Belgium	Rotselaar, Belgium	july	alternative rockelectronic	88k	active
Midtfyns Festival Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality, Denmark	Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality, Denmark	—	alternative rock	—	active
Tartan Heart Festival Scotland, United Kingdom	Scotland, United Kingdom	—	alternative rock	—	active
Rock am Ring Germany	Germany	june	alternative rockmetal	90k	active
K-Rockathon United States	United States	—	alternative rock	—	active
Grape Festival Slovakia	Slovakia	—	alternative rockdrum and bass	—	active
Sziget Festival Budapest, Hungary	Budapest, Hungary	august	alternative rockelectronic	100k	active
RockNess United Kingdom	United Kingdom	—	alternative rock	—	active
Southside Festival Germany	Germany	—	alternative rock	—	active
Reading and Leeds Festivals Reading, United Kingdom	Reading, United Kingdom	august	alternative rockelectronic	50k	active
Download Festival Donington Park, United Kingdom	Donington Park, United Kingdom	june	alternative rockhard rock	111k	active
Pinkpop Landgraaf, Netherlands	Landgraaf, Netherlands	june	alternative rockindie rock	60k	active
Riot Fest Chicago, United States	Chicago, United States	september	alternative rockindie rock	45k	active
Aftershock Festival Sacramento, United States	Sacramento, United States	september	alternative rockhard rock	50k	active
Welcome to Rockville Daytona Beach, United States	Daytona Beach, United States	may	alternative rockhard rock	40k	active
Rock en Seine Saint-Cloud, France	Saint-Cloud, France	—	alternative rockelectronic	40k	active
Shaky Knees Music Festival Atlanta, United States	Atlanta, United States	may	alternative rockindie rock	40k	active
Pier Pressure Sweden	Sweden	—	alternative rock	—	active
HomeGrown Live Music Festival Frontenac County, Canada	Frontenac County, Canada	—	alternative rockblues	—	active
G! Festival Denmark	Denmark	—	alternative rock	—	active
KROQ Weenie Roast United States	United States	—	alternative rock	—	active
Witnness Ireland	Ireland	—	alternative rock	—	active
HFStival United States	United States	—	alternative rock	—	active
Edgefest United States	United States	—	alternative rock	—	active
Tibetan Freedom Concert United States	United States	—	alternative rock	—	active
Marktrock Belgium	Belgium	—	alternative rock	—	active
For Noise Festival Switzerland	Switzerland	—	alternative rockelectro	—	defunct
Connect Music Festival United Kingdom	United Kingdom	—	alternative rock	—	active
Plage Noire Germany	Germany	—	alternative rockebm	—	active
Q25512125 Spain	Spain	—	alternative rockelectronic	—	active