Last Updated on 17 April 2024

The following list is the Official Definitive List of the 50 best music festivals in the world. I averaged 14 different ranked lists of “best music festivals” to get this definitive compilation.  See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including the full spreadsheet and links to all 14 lists that were averaged.

  1. Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival – Indio, California
  2. Tomorrowland – Flanders, Belgium
  3. Sziget Festival – Budapest, Hungary
  4. Glastonbury Festival – Somerset, England
  5. Electric Daisy Carnival – Las Vegas, Nevada
  6. Rock in Rio – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  7. Lollapalooza – Chicago, Illinois
  8. Mawazine – Rabat, Morocco
  9. Summerfest – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  10. Donauinselfest – Vienna, Austria
  11. Pol’and’Rock – Czaplinek, Poland
  12. Essence Festival – New Orleans, Louisiana
  13. Montreal International Jazz Festival – Montreal, Canada
  14. Ultra Music Festival – Miami, Florida
  15. Austin City Limits Music Festival – Austin, Texas
  16. Primavera Sound – Barcelona, Spain
  17. New Orleans Jazz Festival – New Orleans, Louisiana
  18. Fuji Rock – Niigata, Japan
  19. Amsterdam Dance Event – Amsterdam, Netherlands
  20. Exit Festival – Vojvodina, Serbia
  21. Roskilde Festival – Roskilde, Denmark
  22. Splendour in the Grass – New South Wales, Australia
  23. Edinburgh Festival Fringe – Edinburgh, Scotland
  24. Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival – San Francisco, California
  25. Pitchfork Music Festival – Chicago, Illinois
  26. Festival d’été de Québec – Quebec, Canada
  27. South by Southwest – Austin, Texas
  28. Lovebox – London, England
  29. Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival – Manchester, Tennessee
  30. Osheaga – Montreal, Canada
  31. Green Man – Brecon Beacons, Wales
  32. Burning Man – Black Rock Desert, Nevada
  33. Rock am Ring and Rock im Park – Nuremberg, Germany
  34. Vive Latino – Mexico City, Mexico
  35. Dreamville Music Festival – Raleigh, North Carolina
  36. Rainforest World Music Festival – Sarawak, Malaysia
  37. Festival L’Boulevard – Casablanca, Morocco
  38. Jarasum International Jazz Festival – Jarasum, South Korea
  39. Stagecoach Festival – Indio, California
  40. BottleRock Napa Valley – Napa, California
  41. Rolling Loud Miami – Miami Gardens, Florida
  42. Day N Vegas – Las Vegas, Nevada
  43. Untold Festival – Cluj Napoka, Romania
  44. Electric Zoo – Randall’s Island Park, New York
  45. Reading and Leeds Festivals – Reading, England
  46. Newport Folk Festival – Newport, Rhode Island
  47. Airbeat One Festival – Neustadt-Glewe, Germany
  48. Nova Rock – Nickelsdorf, Austria
  49. Electric Forest – Rothbury, Michigan
  50. Pukkelpop – Kiewit-Hasselt, Belgium

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