Indie rock festivals worldwide

64 active · 68 total

There are 68 indie rock music festivals worldwide. 64 are currently active and 4 are defunct or on hiatus.

The oldest is Pinkpop in Landgraaf, founded in 1970. The largest by capacity is SXSW at 300,000.

The most popular month for indie rock festivals worldwide is august, with 11 festivals typically held during that period.

Festival	Location	Month	Genres	Capacity	Status
Bonnaroo Music Festival Tennessee, United States	Tennessee, United States	june	electronicfolk	45k	active
Saigon Indie Night Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam	Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam	—	indie rock	—	active
Féile an Phobail Belfast, United Kingdom	Belfast, United Kingdom	—	folkindie rock	—	active
Primavera Sound Barcelona, Spain	Barcelona, Spain	june	electronichip hop	60k	active
Hurricane Festival Scheeßel, Germany	Scheeßel, Germany	june	alternative rockindie rock	80k	active
Rock Werchter Rotselaar, Belgium	Rotselaar, Belgium	july	alternative rockelectronic	88k	active
Pukkelpop Hasselt, Belgium	Hasselt, Belgium	august	electronichip hop	66k	active
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Indio, United States	Indio, United States	april	electronichip hop	125k	active
Lollapalooza Chicago, United States	Chicago, United States	august	alternative rockelectronic	100k	active
Indiependence Ireland	Ireland	—	indie rock	—	active
Outside Lands San Francisco, United States	San Francisco, United States	august	electronichip hop	75k	active
Austin City Limits Music Festival Texas, United States	Texas, United States	october	electronicfolk	75k	active
The Fest Gainesville, United States	Gainesville, United States	—	emoindie rock	—	active
Wolfe Island Music Festival Ontario, Canada	Ontario, Canada	—	hip hopindie rock	—	active
Halifax Pop Explosion Halifax, Canada	Halifax, Canada	—	indie rock	—	active
SPOT Aarhus Municipality, Denmark	Aarhus Municipality, Denmark	—	indie rock	—	active
Wakestock United Kingdom	United Kingdom	—	indie rock	—	active
Sziget Festival Budapest, Hungary	Budapest, Hungary	august	alternative rockelectronic	100k	active
SXSW Austin, United States	Austin, United States	march	electronicfolk	300k	active
Reading and Leeds Festivals Reading, United Kingdom	Reading, United Kingdom	august	alternative rockelectronic	50k	active
Lowlands Biddinghuizen, Netherlands	Biddinghuizen, Netherlands	august	electronichip hop	55k	active
Mad Cool Spain	Spain	july	electronichip hop	—	active
Pinkpop Landgraaf, Netherlands	Landgraaf, Netherlands	june	alternative rockindie rock	60k	active
Electric Picnic Stradbally, Ireland	Stradbally, Ireland	august	electronicindie rock	70k	active
Osheaga Festival Montreal, Canada	Montreal, Canada	—	electronichip hop	45k	active
NOS Alive Portugal	Portugal	—	electronicindie rock	—	active
Open'er Festival Gdynia, Poland	Gdynia, Poland	july	electronichip hop	60k	active
Splendour in the Grass Byron Bay, Australia	Byron Bay, Australia	july	electronichip hop	40k	active
Pitchfork Music Festival Chicago, United States	Chicago, United States	july	electronichip hop	19k	active
Riot Fest Chicago, United States	Chicago, United States	september	alternative rockindie rock	45k	active
Melt! Festival Gräfenhainichen, Germany	Gräfenhainichen, Germany	—	electronichouse	25k	defunct
Flow Festival Helsinki, Finland	Helsinki, Finland	august	electronicindie rock	25k	active
Hanoi Indie Hanoi, Vietnam	Hanoi, Vietnam	—	indie rock	—	active
Shaky Knees Music Festival Atlanta, United States	Atlanta, United States	may	alternative rockindie rock	40k	active
Firefly Music Festival Dover, United States	Dover, United States	june	electronichip hop	40k	active
Boston Calling Music Festival Boston, United States	Boston, United States	may	electronichip hop	45k	active
We Love Green Paris, France	Paris, France	—	electronichip hop	40k	active
Rock en Seine Saint-Cloud, France	Saint-Cloud, France	—	alternative rockelectronic	40k	active
Øya Festival Oslo, Norway	Oslo, Norway	august	electronicindie rock	25k	active
Latitude Festival Southwold, United Kingdom	Southwold, United Kingdom	july	electronicfolk	40k	active
Green Man Festival Crickhowell, United Kingdom	Crickhowell, United Kingdom	august	electronicfolk	25k	active
All Points East London, United Kingdom	London, United Kingdom	—	electronichip hop	40k	active
Way Out West Gothenburg, Sweden	Gothenburg, Sweden	august	electronichip hop	30k	active
The Big Chill United Kingdom	United Kingdom	—	indie rock	—	active
Camp Bestival Dorset, United Kingdom	Dorset, United Kingdom	july	electronicindie rock	—	active
Electric Forest Festival Rothbury, United States	Rothbury, United States	june	electronicfolk	45k	active
Bestival Lulworth, United Kingdom	Lulworth, United Kingdom	september	electronicindie rock	30k	active
Sasquatch! Music Festival George, United States	George, United States	may	electronicfolk	—	defunct
Rock Boat Mexico	Mexico	—	indie rock	—	active
Popadelica Jönköping Municipality, Sweden	Jönköping Municipality, Sweden	—	indie rock	—	active
Rock Comic Con United States	United States	—	indie rock	—	active
Emmabodafestivalen Sweden	Sweden	—	indie rock	—	active
Hangout Music Festival Gulf Shores, United States	Gulf Shores, United States	may	electronichip hop	30k	active
Nerdapalooza United States	United States	—	indie rock	—	defunct
Krazy Fest Louisville, United States	Louisville, United States	—	emoindie rock	—	defunct
CRSSD Festival United States	United States	—	electronicindie rock	—	active
Wrockstock United States	United States	—	indie rock	—	active
Bay Area Indie Music Festival United States	United States	—	indie rock	—	active
Eaux Claires United States	United States	—	indie rock	—	active
Open Air Werden Werden, Germany	Werden, Germany	—	electronicindie rock	—	active
IndieRocket Festival Pescara, Italy	Pescara, Italy	—	indie rock	—	active
Festival de Rock de Alacuás Alaquàs, Spain	Alaquàs, Spain	—	indie rockpop	—	active
North Jersey Indie Rock Festival United States	United States	—	indie rockrock	—	active
SOS 4.8 Spain	Spain	—	electronicindie rock	—	active
Feel Festival Germany	Germany	—	electrohip hop	—	active
NOS Alive 2026 Algés, Linda-a-Velha e Cruz Quebrada-Dafundo, Portugal	Algés, Linda-a-Velha e Cruz Quebrada-Dafundo, Portugal	—	electronicindie rock	—	active
Ab geht die Lutzi! Festival Germany	Germany	—	hip hopindie rock	—	active
Indie Hip Hop Brazil	Brazil	—	hip hopindie rock	—	active