Pop festivals worldwide

106 active · 108 total

There are 108 pop music festivals worldwide. 106 are currently active and 2 are defunct or on hiatus.

The oldest is Viña del Mar International Song Festival in Viña del Mar, founded in 1960. The largest by capacity is Summerfest at 800,000.

The most popular month for pop festivals worldwide is july, with 11 festivals typically held during that period.

Festival	Location	Month	Genres	Capacity	Status
Ruisrock Turku, Finland	Turku, Finland	july	hip hoppop	35k	active
Bonnaroo Music Festival Tennessee, United States	Tennessee, United States	june	electronicfolk	45k	active
Hampton Court Palace Festival London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, United Kingdom	London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, United Kingdom	—	pop	—	active
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Indio, United States	Indio, United States	april	electronichip hop	125k	active
The Town São Paulo, Brazil	São Paulo, Brazil	september	electronichip hop	—	active
Roskilde Festival Roskilde, Denmark	Roskilde, Denmark	july	electronicfolk	130k	active
Øyafestivalen Oslo, Norway	Oslo, Norway	august	pop	—	active
Australia Day Live Concert Australian Capital Territory, Australia	Australian Capital Territory, Australia	—	pop	—	active
Cornerstone Festival Illinois, United States	Illinois, United States	—	pop	—	active
Glastonbury Festival Pilton, United Kingdom	Pilton, United Kingdom	june	electronicfolk	210k	active
Pop-Kulture 2018 Berlin, Germany	Berlin, Germany	—	pop	—	active
Viña del Mar International Song Festival Viña del Mar, Chile	Viña del Mar, Chile	february	popworld	—	active
Festival Internacional de Benicàssim Benicàssim, Spain	Benicàssim, Spain	july	pop	—	active
Provinssi Seinäjoki, Finland	Seinäjoki, Finland	june	electronicmulti-genre	30k	active
Lollapalooza Chicago, United States	Chicago, United States	august	alternative rockelectronic	100k	active
Summerfest Milwaukee, United States	Milwaukee, United States	july	electronichip hop	800k	active
Primavera Sound Barcelona, Spain	Barcelona, Spain	june	electronichip hop	60k	active
Michigan Womyn's Music Festival Oceana County, United States	Oceana County, United States	—	pop	—	defunct
Hultsfred Festival Sweden	Sweden	—	pop	—	active
Mayday festival Talence, France	Talence, France	—	electropop	—	active
Haldern Pop Rees, Germany	Rees, Germany	—	pop	—	active
Grape Festival Slovakia	Slovakia	—	alternative rockdrum and bass	—	active
Outside Lands San Francisco, United States	San Francisco, United States	august	electronichip hop	75k	active
Festival d'été de Québec Canada	Canada	july	pop	—	active
Man-Pop Festival Manitoba, Canada	Manitoba, Canada	—	pop	—	active
Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk Vitebsk, Belarus	Vitebsk, Belarus	—	folkfolk rock	—	active
Sziget Festival Budapest, Hungary	Budapest, Hungary	august	alternative rockelectronic	100k	active
SXSW Austin, United States	Austin, United States	march	electronicfolk	300k	active
Waterbomb Festival Seoul, South Korea	Seoul, South Korea	—	pop	30k	active
Montreux Jazz Festival Switzerland	Switzerland	july	blueselectronic	—	active
Mad Cool Spain	Spain	july	electronichip hop	—	active
Electric Picnic Stradbally, Ireland	Stradbally, Ireland	august	electronicindie rock	70k	active
Pinkpop Landgraaf, Netherlands	Landgraaf, Netherlands	june	alternative rockindie rock	60k	active
Parklife Music Festival Manchester, Australia	Manchester, Australia	—	electronichip hop	80k	active
NOS Alive Portugal	Portugal	—	electronicindie rock	—	active
Life Is Beautiful Las Vegas, United States	Las Vegas, United States	september	electronichip hop	57k	active
Exit Petrovaradin, Serbia	Petrovaradin, Serbia	july	electronichip hop	55k	active
Les Vieilles Charrues Carhaix, France	Carhaix, France	july	electronicpop	55k	active
Way Out West Gothenburg, Sweden	Gothenburg, Sweden	august	electronichip hop	30k	active
Latitude Festival Southwold, United Kingdom	Southwold, United Kingdom	july	electronicfolk	40k	active
Firefly Music Festival Dover, United States	Dover, United States	june	electronichip hop	40k	active
Texas International Pop Festival United States	United States	—	bluespop	—	active
Governors Ball Music Festival New York City, United States	New York City, United States	june	electronichip hop	150k	active
MRPL City Festival Mariupol, Ukraine	Mariupol, Ukraine	—	electronicpop	—	active
Bestival Lulworth, United Kingdom	Lulworth, United Kingdom	september	electronicindie rock	30k	active
Newport Pop Festival California, United States	California, United States	—	pop	—	active
Festival de Peralada Peralada, Spain	Peralada, Spain	—	classicaljazz	—	active
Glow Festival Tampere, Finland	Tampere, Finland	—	poprock	—	active
Camp Bestival Dorset, United Kingdom	Dorset, United Kingdom	july	electronicindie rock	—	active
Midlands Music Festival United Kingdom	United Kingdom	—	pop	—	active
Festivalbar Italy	Italy	—	pop	—	active
L-Għanja tal-Poplu Malta	Malta	—	pop	—	active
Boomtown Festival Ghent, Belgium	Ghent, Belgium	—	pop	—	active
Fajr International Music Festival Iran	Iran	—	classicalpop	—	active
Dorn san Aer Gaeltacht, Ireland	Gaeltacht, Ireland	—	funkhip hop	—	active
Festival Omladina Serbia	Serbia	—	poprock	—	active
Split Festival Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia	Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia	—	pop	—	active
Radio 1's Big Weekend United Kingdom	United Kingdom	—	poprock	—	active
Rix FM Festival Sweden	Sweden	—	pop	—	active
Aachen Open Air Pop Festival Aachen, Germany	Aachen, Germany	—	pop	—	active
Alive Festival United States	United States	—	pop	—	active
Lifest United States	United States	—	pop	—	active
WaveAid Australia	Australia	—	pop	—	active
Festival de Rock de Alacuás Alaquàs, Spain	Alaquàs, Spain	—	indie rockpop	—	active
BBC Radio 2 Electric Proms United Kingdom	United Kingdom	—	pop	—	active
Parklife Festival United Kingdom	United Kingdom	—	electronichip hop	—	active
Juraj fest Grad Zagreb, Croatia	Grad Zagreb, Croatia	—	pop	—	active
XVI Krajowy Festiwal Piosenki Polskiej w Opolu Opole, Poland	Opole, Poland	—	countryfolk	—	active
Bielaruskaya Piesnia Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland	Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland	—	folkpop	—	active
Brännbollsyran Umeå Municipality, Sweden	Umeå Municipality, Sweden	—	pop	—	active
Fest i valen Norrköping, Sweden	Norrköping, Sweden	—	pop	—	active
Parklife (festival) England, United Kingdom	England, United Kingdom	—	electronichip hop	—	active
Open Air Festival in Panenský Týnec Czech Republic	Czech Republic	—	poppop rock	—	defunct
Beijing Pop Festival China	China	—	pop	—	active
Vancouver Pop Festival Canada	Canada	—	pop	—	active
JazzArtFestival Germany	Germany	—	bluesmodern jazz	—	active
Myponga Pop Festival Australia	Australia	—	pop	—	active
Бисер Јадрана Montenegro	Montenegro	—	pop	—	active
Sonshine Festival United States	United States	—	pop	—	active
International Pop Overthrow United States	United States	—	pop	—	active
Seattle Pop Festival United States	United States	—	pop	—	active
Mo Pop Festival United States	United States	—	pop	—	active
Sapporo Snow Festival K-POP Fest Japan	Japan	—	pop	—	active
Popaganda Sweden	Sweden	—	pop	—	active
Laurel Pop Festival United States	United States	—	pop	—	active
Los Angeles Pop Festival United States	United States	—	pop	—	active
Wind from the east Ukraine	Ukraine	—	pop	—	active
ETD Pop United States	United States	—	pop	—	active
Palm Springs Pop Festival Palm Springs, United States	Palm Springs, United States	—	pop	—	active
International Pop Underground Convention United States	United States	—	pop	—	active
Parkconcerten Q226941, Belgium	Q226941, Belgium	—	bluespop	—	active
Festival Chorus France	France	—	electropop	—	active
Felicia Pop Festival Spain	Spain	—	pop	—	active
Noise Pop Festival United States	United States	—	pop	—	active
Essen Pop & Blues Festival Germany	Germany	—	bluespop	—	active
New Orleans Pop Festival United States	United States	—	pop	—	active
San Francisco Pop Festival United States	United States	—	pop	—	active
Atlanta International Pop Festival United States	United States	—	pop	—	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
Noroeste Pop Rock Spain	Spain	—	poprock	—	active
Los 40 Primavera Pop Spain	Spain	june	pop	—	active
Piauí Pop Brazil	Brazil	—	pop	—	active
Pop Rock Brasil Brazil	Brazil	—	poprock	—	active
Festival Pop di Caracalla Italy	Italy	—	pop	—	active
Toronto Pop Festival 69 Canada	Canada	—	pop	—	active
South Pop Festival Spain	Spain	—	pop	—	active
Puruvesi Pop Finland	Finland	—	pop	—	active
Serena Pop & Rock Finland	Finland	—	poprock	—	active