Upcoming Classic Rock Festivals
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 2025
Jan 9-13 Dead Ahead Riviera Cancun, Mexico with Bobby Weir, Sturgill Simpson, Oteil Burbridge, Don Was and very special guest Brandi Carlile
Jan 10-12 Harvest Nights Charity Music Festival Immokalee, FL with Def Leppard, Train, Don Felder, Tesla, Brad Paisley
Jan 16-20 30A Songwriters Festival Santa Rosa Beach, FL with Melissa Etheridge, the Devon Allman Project, Amos Lee, the Jayhawks
Jan TBD Little Feat – Feat Camp Cancun, Mexico
Jan 16-20 Girls Just Wanna Weekend 5 Riviera Maya, Mexico with Brandi Carlile, Shania Twain, Lucius
February
March
Mar 27-30 Big Ears Knoxville, TN with Anoushka Shankar, Bill Frisell, Rufus Wainwright
Mar 28-30 The Fest For Beatles Fans Jersey City, NJ
April
April 11-13 and 18-20 Coachella Indio, CA with Lady Gaga, Green Day, the Go-Go’s, Charli XCX, Post Malone, Missy Elliott, Kraftwerk, Megan Thee Stallion
Apr 12 Sick New World Las Vegas, NV with Metallica, Linkin Park, Queens of the Stone Age, Evanescence, Ministry, The Flaming Lips, The Sisters of Mercy
Apr 17-20 Byron Bay Bluesfest Byron Bay, Australia with Crowded House, George Thorogood & the Destroyers, Gary Clark Jr.
Apr 25-27 Stagecoach Festival Indio, CA with Zach Bryan, Sammy Hagar, Jelly Roll, Luke Combs, Lana Del Ray, Goo Goo Dolls
Apr 18-20 Sweetwater 420 Festival Atlanta, GA with The Revivalists, Marcus King, Greensky Bluegrass, Cypress Hill, Drive-By Truckers
If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.
Apr 24 – May 4 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival New Orleans, LA
Apr 30 – May 5 Cheltenham Jazz Festival Cheltenham, UK
May
May TBD Sunfest West Palm Beach, FL
May TBD Beale Street Memphis, TN
May 2-4 Beachlife Redondo Beach, CA
May 2-4 Lovin’ Life Music Fest Charlotte, NC with Dave Matthew Band, Gwen Stefani
May 8-11 Sonic Temple Festival Columbus, OH with Metallica, Linkin Park, Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, Korn, Incubus, Alice in Chains
May TBD M3 Rock Fest Columbia, MD
May 15-18 Rockville Festival Daytona Beach, FL with Green Day, Linkin Park, Korn, Alice in Chains, Rob Zombie, Shinedown
If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.
May TBD Brandi Carlile’s Mothership Weekend Miramar Beach, FL
May 17 Cruel World Pasadena, CA with The Go-Go’s, New Order, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Devo, OMD, Madness, Til Tuesday, Alison Moyet, Garbage
May 17-18 Boardwalk Rock Ocean City, MD with Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Nickelback, Alice Cooper, Halestorm, Shinedown, 3 Doors Down, Night Ranger, Bret Michaels
May 21-25 Bearded Theory Festival Derbyshire, UK
May 22-25 Delfest Cumberland, MD
May 22-26 Abbey Road On the River Jeffersonville, IN
May 23-25 Bottlerock Napa, CA
May TBD Boston Calling Boston, MA
May TBD 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 TBD Railbird Lexington, KY
June 4-7 Sweden Rock Festival Solvesborg, Sweden with Slipknot, Scorpions, Korn, Sex Pistols
June TBD Governor’s Ball NYC
June 6-8 Rock am Ring Nuremberg, Germany with Slipknot, Korn
June 6-8 Open Air Festival Nancy, France with Slipknot
June TBD Hampton Court Palace Festival London, UK
June 12-15 Bonnaroo Manchester, TN
June TBD BBK Music Legends Festival Bilbao, Spain
June 13-15 Download Donington Park, UK with Green Day, Korn
June 2026 Black Deer Festival Kent, UK
June 18-22 Nocturne Live Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, UK
June 18-21 Copenhell Copenhagen, Denmark with Slipknot, Powerwolf
June 19-21 Azkena Rock Festival Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
June 19-22 Isle of Wight Isle of Wight, UK
June 19-22 Graspop Dessel, Belgium with Iron Maiden, Slipknot, Savatage, Eagles of Death Metal, Korn, Powerwolf
June 20-21 Holland International Blues Festival Grolloo, Netherlands with Bonnie Raitt, the Robert Cray Band, Melissa Etheridge
June TBD Pinkpop Landgraaf, The Netherlands
June TBD Firenze Rocks Florence, Italy with Green Day
June TBD Rochester International Jazz Festival Rochester, NY
June 19-22 Hellfest Clisson, France with Scorpions, Linkin Park, Muse, Korn, Judas Priest, Sex Pistols, The Cult
June 2026 Rock In Rio Lisbon, Portugal
June – July Lucca Summer Festival Lucca, Italy
June 19-21, 26-28 and July 3-5 Summerfest Milwaukee, WI with James Taylor, Def Leppard, Tesla, The Avett Brothers, Megan Thee Stallion, Chicago, Jason Mraz, Lainey Wilson, Gary Clark, Jr.
June 23-25 INMusic Zagreb, Croatia with Kings of Leon, Massive Attack
June 25-29 Glastonbury Pilton, Somerset, UK with Rod Stewart
June 26-29 Rock Imperium Festival Cartagena, Spain with Scorpions, Stryper
June 26-29 Rock Fest Barcelona, Spain with Scorpions, Judas Priest
June 26-28 Blue Ox Music Festival Eau Claire, WI
June 25-28 Tons of Rock Halden, Norway with Green Day, Weezer, Muse, Avenged Sevenfold, Megadeth, Sex Pistols
June TBD Retro CTrop Tilloloy, France
June – July Carcassonne Festival Carcassonne, France with Robert Plant & Saving Grace, Judas Priest, Alanis Morissette
June 28 – July 5 Roskilde Festival Roskilde, Denmark with Olivia Rodrigo, Deftones
June – July TBD Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Montreal, Canada
June TBD Saratoga Jazz Festival Saratoga, NY
June TBD Peach Music Festival Atlantic City, NJ
July
June – August Stern Grove Festival San Francisco, CA with free Sunday concerts
July 2-5 Open’er Gdynia, Poland with Linkin Park, St. Vincent, Massive Attack
July 2-6 Lytham Festival Lancashire, UK with Simple Minds, Alanis Morissette, Texas, Justin Timberlake, Kings of Leon
July 2-13 Jazz Open Stuttgart, Germany
July 3-13 Festival d’ete de Quebec Québec, Canada
July 3-6 Rock Werchter Werchter, Belgium with Linkin Park, Green Day, Iggy Pop, Olivia Rodrigo, Simple Minds
July TBD Montreux Jazz Festival Montreux, Switzerland
July 4-6 Love Supreme Jazz Festival Glynde Place, Sussex, UK
July 5 Lovely Days Eisenstadt, Austria with Mothers’ Day, Slade, The Sweet
July TBD Mad Cool Festival Madrid, Spain
July TBD Masters of Rock Vizovice, Czech Republic with Powerwolf, Lita Ford
July 11-13 North Sea Jazz Rotterdam, Netherlands
July TBD Let’s Rock – Shrewsbury – The Retro Festival UK
July 10-20 Ottawa Bluesfest Lebreton Flats, Ottawa
July 11-13 Bospop Weert, Netherlands with Simple Minds, Train, the Black Keys, Joe Bonamassa, Melissa Etheridge
July 18-20 Under the Big Sky Whitefish, MT with Mumford & Sons, Wynonna Judd, Tyler Childers
July TBD Pleasantville Music Festival Pleasantville, NY
July 17-19 Rock Fest Cadott, WI
If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.
July 17-20 Vieilles Charrues Carhaix, France with Alanis Morissette, Sex Pistols, Macklemore
July TBD Forever Young Festival Kildare, Ireland
July TBD Summer Fog Festival Katowice, Poland
July TBD Great South Bay Patchogue, NY
July 18-20 Lollapalooza Paris Paris, France
July TBD Kemptville Live Music Festival Kemptville, ON
July TBD Rewind: Scotland Perth, UK
July 22-27 Paleo Nyon, Switzerland
July TBD Floyd Fest Check, VA
July 24-27 Red Ants Pants White Sulphur Springs, MT
July 24-27 Latitude Festival Suffolk, UK with Sting, Fatboy Slim
July TBD Cambridge Folk Festival Cambridge UK
July 25-27 Newport Folk Festival Newport, RI
July TBD Fuji Rock Festival Niigata Pref., Japan
July TBD Roots Rock Revival Big Indian, NY
July 30 – Aug 2 Wacken Open Air Wacken, Germany
July 31 – Aug 3 Wickham Hampshire, UK
July 31 – Aug 3 Notodden Blues Notodden, Norway
August
Aug TBD Lollapalooza Chicago, IL
Aug TBD Mammoth Festival of Beers and Bluesapalooza Mammoth Lake, CA
Aug 1-3 Newport Jazz Festival Newport, RI
Aug 1-3 Northern Kin Festival Durham, UK
Aug TBD Underneath the Stars South Yorkshire, UK (Will not be held in 2025)
Aug 1-10 Lokerse Feesten Lokeren, Belgium
Aug TBD Leyendas del Rock Villena, Spain
Aug 7-9 Fairport Cropredy Convention Chipping Norton, UK
Aug TBD Edmonton Folk Music Festival Edmonton, AB, Canada
Aug 7-11 Bloodstock Walton-On-Trent, UK
Aug 8-10 Outside Lands Golden Gate Park, CA
If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.
Aug 8-10 The Fest for Beatles Fans Chicago, IL
Aug 8-10 Telluride Jazz Festival Telluride, CO
Aug TBD Party at the Palace Edinburgh, UK
Aug 15-17 Rewind Festival: South Henley-on-Thames, UK
Aug TBD Folk In the Park Sutton, UK
Aug 21-24 Reading Festival Reading, UK
Aug 21-24 Leeds Festival Leeds, UK
Aug 21-24 Sunshine Music Festival Upton-Upon-Severn, UK
Aug TBD The Mountain Music Festival Gatlinburg, TN
Aug 22-24 Car Fest Overton, Hampshire, UK with Squeeze, Madness
Aug 22-25 Shrewsbury Folk Festival Shrewsbury, UK
Aug TBD Beach Road Weekend Cape Cod, MA
Aug TBD Great British R&B Festival Colne, UK
Aug TBD Etheridge Island Playa Mujeres, Mexico
Aug TBD Rocklahoma Pryor, OK
Aug 29-31 Rhythm & Roots Charlestown, RI
Aug 29-31 Moseley Folk & Arts Festival Birmingham, UK
Aug TBD Jazz Aspen Snowmass Aspen, CO
Aug TBD Fool in Love Hollywood Park, CA
Aug TBD Bumbershoot Seattle, WA
If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.
September
Sep 4-7 Big Blues Bender Las Vegas, NV with Larkin Poe, The Mavericks, the Teskey Brothers, Tab Benoit, Walter Trout, Devon Allman’s Blues Summit
Sept TBD Blue Ridge Rock Festival Danville, VA
Sept TBD Lollapalooza Berlin Berlin, Germany
Sept TBD Annapolis Songwriters Festival Annapolis, MD
Sept 11-14 Bourbon & Beyond Louisville, KY
Sept 12-14 Telluride Blues & Brews Telluride, CO
Sept TBD Rock in Rio Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sept TBD SeaHearNow Asbury Park, NJ
Sept TBD Americana Fest Nashville, TN
Sept 19-21 Shaky Knees Atlanta, GA
Sept TBD Riot Fest Chicago, IL
If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.
Sept TBD Beachlife Ranch Redondo Beach, CA
Sept TBD Farm Aid TBA
Sept TBD Knotfest TBA
Sept TBD Louder Than Life Louisville, KY
Sept TBD Ohana Festival Dana Point, CA
Sep TBD Ocean’s Calling Ocean City, MD
Sept TBD Global Citizen Festival TBA
Sept TBD Sound on Sound Bridgeport, CT
Sept TBD Pilgrimage Franklin, TN
Sept TBD Soundside Music Festival Bridgeport, CT
October
Oct TBD Hardly Strictly Bluegrass San Francisco, CA
Oct TBD Gretna Fest Gretna, LA
Oct 3-5, 10-12 Austin City Limits Music Festival Austin, TX
Oct TBD King Biscuit Blues Festival Helena, AR
Oct TBD Aftershock Sacramento, CA
Oct 18 When We Were Young Las Vegas, NV with Panic at the Disco, Blink-182, Weezer, Avril Lavigne, The Offspring, Bad Religion, Simple Plan
If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.
November
Nov TBD Moon Crush “Cowboy Moon” Miramar Beach, FL
Nov 3-8 The Sands Cancun, Mexico
Nov TBD Corona Capital Festival Mexico City, Mexico
Nov 13-16 HRH Prog 15 Great Yarmouth, UK with Asia featuring John Payne, Focus, Foghat
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This is such a great blog. Thanks for sharing.
Such a great schedule of music. Doesn’t matter where these artists are always amazing.