Best Classic Bands gathers info for festivals around the globe with their dates, locations and a sampling of the top classic rock acts that are scheduled to perform. Lineups are subject to change.

Links are generally for the festivals’ home page (in English, when available). If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.

January 2026

Jan 9-13 Dead Ahead Riviera Cancun, Mexico with Bobby Weir, Sturgill Simpson, Oteil Burbridge, Brandi Carlile

Jan 16-19 30A Songwriters Festival Santa Rosa Beach, FL with Mavis Staples, 10,000 Maniacs, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Robyn Hitchcock, Benmont Tench, Livingston Taylor

Jan TBD Little Feat – Feat Camp Cancun, Mexico

Jan 15-19 Girls Just Wanna Weekend 7 Riviera Maya, Mexico with The Chicks, Brandi Carlile, Sam Smith, Lucius

February

March

Mar 26-29 Big Ears Knoxville, TN with Robert Plant and Saving Grace, David Byrne, Laurie Anderson, John Zorn, Richard Thompson, Don Was & the Pan-Detroit Ensemble

Mar TBD The Fest For Beatles Fans TBA

Mar 19-22 Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival Okeechobee, FL with Cage the Elephant, the Lumineers, LCD Soundsystem, T-Pain

April

Apr 2-5 Byron Bay Bluesfest Byron Bay, Australia with Split Enz, Earth, Wind & Fire, Sublime, the Black Crowes, Buddy Guy, Counting Crows, the Pogues, Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, Marcus King

April 10-12 and 17-19 Coachella Indio, CA with Sabrina Carpenter, David Byrne, Devo, The Strokes, Justin Bieber, Iggy Pop

Apr 10-12 Joe Bonamassa’s Soundwave Beach Weekend Miramar Beach, FL with Joe Bonamassa, Gov’t Mule, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Little Feat, Samantha Fish

Apr TBD Sweetwater 420 Festival Atlanta, GA

If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.

Apr 18-19 High Water N. Charleston, SC with Alabama Shakes, Sheryl Crow, My Morning Jacket, Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers

Apr 23-25 Sun Sand and Soul Miramar Beach, FL Tedeschi Trucks Band, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Taj Mahal, Drive-By Truckers, the Mavericks

Apr 24-26 Stagecoach Festival Indio, CA with Lainey Wilson, Post Malone, Brooks & Dunn, Hootie & the Blowfish, Cody Johnson, Counting Crows, Wynonna Judd, Third Eye Blind, the Wallflowers

Apr 23 – May 3 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival New Orleans, LA

Apr 29 – May 4 Cheltenham Jazz Festival Cheltenham, UK

May

TBD Sunfest West Palm Beach, FL

May 1-3 Beachlife Redondo Beach, CA

May TBD Lovin’ Life Music Fest Charlotte, NC

May 7-10 Rockville Festival Daytona Beach, FL with Foo Fighters, Guns N’ Roses, Alice Cooper, My Chemical Romance, Five Finger Death Punch, the Offspring, Godsmack, Tom Morello

May 1-3 M3 Rock Fest Columbia, MD

May 14-17 Sonic Temple Festival Columbus, OH with My Chemical Romance, Tool, Megadeth, Good Charlotte, Halestorm, Public Enemy, Bush

If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.

May TBD Brandi Carlile’s Mothership Weekend Miramar Beach, FL

May TBD Cruel World Pasadena, CA

May 2027 Boardwalk Rock Ocean City, MD

May 20-24 Bearded Theory Festival Derbyshire, UK

May 21-24 Delfest Cumberland, MD with Alison Krauss & Union Station, the Del McCoury Band

May 21-25 Abbey Road On the River Jeffersonville, IN with Peter Noone, Micky Dolenz, the Cowsills, Lawrence Juber

May 22-24 Bottlerock Napa, CA

May 22-24 Sunset Fest Cabo Cabo San Lucas, Mexico with Kenny Loggins, Rick Springfield, Alan Parsons, Christopher Cross, Ambrosia, Pablo Cruise, Al Stewart and the Empty Pockets, John Ford Coley, Walter Egan

May 2027 Boston Calling Boston, MA

May 22-24 Summer Camp Festival Chillicothe, IL

May TBD Greenwich Town Party Greenwich, CT

If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.

June

June 3-6 Sweden Rock Festival Solvesborg, Sweden

June TBD Governor’s Ball NYC

June 5-7 Rock am Ring Nuremberg, Germany with Linkin Park

June 5-7 Open Air Festival Nancy, France

June 6-7 Railbird Lexington, KY with The Lumineers, Margo Price, the Wallflowers

June Hampton Court Palace Festival London, UK

June 11-14 Bonnaroo Manchester, TN with Tedeschi Trucks Band, “Weird Al Yankovic, the Strokes, Alabama Shakes, Yungblud, Blues Traveler, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

June TBD Firenze Rocks Florence, Italy

June TBD BBK Music Legends Festival Bilbao, Spain

June 10-14 Download Donington Park, UK

June – August Stern Grove Festival San Francisco, CA with free Sunday concerts

June TBD Nocturne Live Oxfordshire, UK

June 24-27 Copenhell Copenhagen, Denmark with Alice Cooper, Twisted Sister, Iron Maiden, Queensryche, Anthrax, The Pretty Reckless

June 18-20 Azkena Rock Festival Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

June 18-21 Isle of Wight Isle of Wight, UK

June 18-21 Graspop Dessel, Belgium

June 18-21 Hellfest Clisson, France

June 19-20 Holland International Blues Festival Grolloo, Netherlands

June TBD Mountain Jam Highmount, NY

June 19-21 Pinkpop Landgraaf, The Netherlands

June 19-27 Rochester International Jazz Festival Rochester, NY

June 20-21, 27-28 Rock In Rio Lisbon, Portugal with Linkin Park

June – July Lucca Summer Festival Lucca, Italy

June 22-24 INMusic Zagreb, Croatia

June TBD Glastonbury Pilton, Somerset, UK

June TBD Rock Imperium Festival Cartagena, Spain

June 24-27 Tons of Rock Halden, Norway

June 25-27 and July 2-4 Summerfest Milwaukee, WI

June 25-27 Blue Ox Music Festival Eau Claire, WI

June 26-28 State Fayre Chelmsford, UK with Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, the Lumineers, Elvis Costello & the Imposters with Charlie Sexton, Counting Crows, Kings of Leon, the Black Crowes, KT Tunstall

June 26-28 Retro CTrop Tilloloy, France

June – July Carcassonne Festival Carcassonne, France

June 27 – July 4 Roskilde Festival Roskilde, Denmark with The Cure, David Byrne

June 25 – July 4 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Montreal, Canada with Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band, Marcus Miller

June TBD Saratoga Jazz Festival Saratoga, NY

June TBD Peach Music Festival TBD

July

July 1-4 Open’er Gdynia, Poland with The Cure, David Byrne, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

July 1-5 Lytham Festival Lancashire, UK with Michael Buble, Pitbull, Pet Shop Boys

July 1-12 Jazz Open Stuttgart Stuttgart, Germany with Lenny Kravitz, Katy Perry, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Moby

July 3-5 Rock Fest Barcelona, Spain with Twisted Sister, Helloween, the Offspring, Accept, Powerwolf

July 3-5 Love Supreme Jazz Festival Glynde Place, Sussex, UK

July 2-5 Rock Werchter Werchter, Belgium with The Cure, the Lumineers, Mumford & Sons, Pixies, Moby, Twenty One PIlots

July 3-18 Montreux Jazz Festival Montreux, Switzerland

July 4-19 Gent Jazz Ghent, Belgium

July 4 Lovely Days Eisenstadt, Austria with Foreigner, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

July 9-19 Festival d’ete de Quebec Québec, Canada

July 8-11 Mad Cool Festival Madrid, Spain with Foo Fighters, David Byrne, the Black Crowes, Nick Cave & His Bad Seeds, Lorde, Florence + the Machine, Twenty One Pilots, Kings of Leon, Pixies

July 16-19 Masters of Rock Vizovice, Czech Republic with Helloween

July 10-12 North Sea Jazz Rotterdam, Netherlands

July TBD Let’s Rock – Shrewsbury – The Retro Festival UK

July 13-18 Jazz Open Modena Modena, Italy with Diane Krall, Moby, Joss Stone

July 9-19 Ottawa Bluesfest Lebreton Flats, Ottawa, Canada

July 10-12 Bospop Weert, Netherlands

July 17-19 Under the Big Sky Whitefish, MT with Chris Stapleton, Greensky Bluegrass

July TBD Pleasantville Music Festival Pleasantville, NY

July 16-18 Rock Fest Cadott, WI

July 18-19 Lollapalooza Berlin Berlin, Germany

If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.

July 16-19 Vieilles Charrues Carhaix, France with Katy Perry, Nick Cave & His Bad Seeds

July 2027 Lollapalooza Paris Paris, France

July TBD Kemptville Live Music Festival Kemptville, ON

July 21-26 Paleo Nyon, Switzerland

July 22-26 Floyd Fest Check, VA with Tedeschi Trucks Band, Lukas Nelson, My Morning Jacket

July 23-26 Great South Bay Patchogue, NY with Sublime, My Morning Jacket

July 23-26 Red Ants Pants White Sulphur Springs, MT

July 23-26 Latitude Festival Suffolk, UK with David Byrne, the Flaming Lips, Billy Ocean, Vanessa Carlton, Wet Leg

July 24-26 Newport Folk Festival Newport, RI

July 24-26 Fuji Rock Festival Niigata Pref., Japan

July 27-31 Roots Rock Revival Big Indian, NY

July 29 – Aug 1 Wacken Open Air Wacken, Germany with Def Leppard, In Flames, Powerwolf, Savatage

July TBD Lollapalooza Chicago, IL

July 30 – Aug 2 Wickham Hampshire, UK with the Proclaimers, Curtis Stigers, Tommy Emmanuel

July 30 – Aug 2 Notodden Blues Notodden, Norway with Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band

July TBD Mammoth Festival of Beers and Bluesapalooza Mammoth Lake, CA

July 31 – Aug 2 Newport Jazz Festival Newport, RI

July 31 – Aug 9 Lokerse Feesten Lokeren, Belgium with Lenny Kravitz

August

Aug 1-2 Cambridge Folk Festival Cambridge UK with Suzanne Vega, Richard Thompson with Zara Phillips

Aug TBD Underneath the Stars South Yorkshire, UK (Was not held in 2025)

Aug 8-9 Party at the Palace Edinburgh, UK

Aug 5-8 Leyendas del Rock Villena, Spain with Helloween, Godsmack

Aug 13-15 Fairport Cropredy Convention Chipping Norton, UK

Aug 6-9 Kitchener Blues Festival Kitchener, ON

Aug 6-9 Edmonton Folk Music Festival Edmonton, AB, Canada

Aug 6-9 Bloodstock Walton-On-Trent, UK with Judas Priest, Lamb of God

Aug 7-9 Outside Lands Golden Gate Park, CA

If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.

Aug TBA The Fest for Beatles Fans Chicago, IL

Aug 7-9 Telluride Jazz Festival Telluride, CO

Aug TBD Rewind Festival: South Henley-on-Thames, UK

Aug TBD Folk In the Park Sutton, UK

Aug 27-30 Reading Festival Reading, UK

Aug 27-30 Leeds Festival Leeds, UK

Aug TBD Sunshine Music Festival Upton-Upon-Severn, UK

Aug 28-30 Car Fest Overton, Hampshire, UK

Aug 28-31 Shrewsbury Folk Festival Shrewsbury, UK

Aug TBD Great British R&B Festival Colne, UK

Aug TBD Etheridge Island Playa Mujeres, Mexico

Aug TBD Rocklahoma Pryor, OK

Aug TBD Jazz Aspen Snowmass Aspen, CO

Aug TBD Bumbershoot Seattle, WA

If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.

September

Sept 4-6 Rhythm & Roots Charlestown, RI

Sept 4-6 Moseley Folk & Arts Festival Birmingham, UK

Sept 4-7, 11-13 Rock in Rio Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with Elton John

Sep 10-13 Big Blues Bender Las Vegas, NV with Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal/Keb Mo, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Booker T Jones, Fabulous Thunderbirds

Sept TBD Annapolis Songwriters Festival Annapolis, MD

Sept TBD Americana Fest Nashville, TN

Sept 18-20 Telluride Blues & Brews Telluride, CO

Sept TBD SeaHearNow Asbury Park, NJ

Sept TBD Shaky Knees Atlanta, GA

Sept 18-20 Riot Fest Chicago, IL

If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.

Sept TBD Farm Aid TBA

Sept TBD Knotfest TBA

Sept 17-20 Louder Than Life Louisville, KY

Sept 24-27 Bourbon & Beyond Louisville, KY

Sept 26-28 Ohana Festival Dana Point, CA

Sep 26-28 Ocean’s Calling Ocean City, MD

Sept TBD Global Citizen Festival TBA

Sept TBD Pilgrimage Franklin, TN

Sept TBD Soundside Music Festival Bridgeport, CT

October

Oct TBD Aftershock Sacramento, CA

Oct 2-4 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass San Francisco, CA

Oct TBD Field & Stream Music Fest Winnsboro, SC

Oct TBD Moon Crush Avett Moon Miramar Beach, FL

Oct TBD  Austin City Limits Music Festival Austin, TX

Oct TBD Gretna Fest Gretna, LA

Oct TBD King Biscuit Blues Festival Helena, AR

Oct 20-25 The Sands Cancun, Mexico with Winger, Sheila E, Cutting Crew, the Smithereens, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter, Downtown Julie Brown

Oct TBD Rockin’ in Paradise Miramar Beach, FL

Oct TBD When We Were Young Las Vegas, NV

If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.

November

Nov TBD Corona Capital Festival Mexico City, Mexico

Nov 12-15 HRH Prog 16 Great Yarmouth, UK