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.

July 2026

July 2-5 Open’er Gdynia, Poland with Linkin Park, St. Vincent, Massive Attack, Nine Inch Nails

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 with Kraftwerk, Joe Bonamassa, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, Kylie Minogue, Jean-Michel Jarre

July 3-5 2026 Rock Fest Barcelona, Spain with Helloween

July 3-13 Festival d’ete de Quebec Québec, Canada with Rod Stewart, Def Leppard, Richard Marx, Avril Lavigne, George Thorogood & the Destroyers, Hozier, Slayer, Shania Twain, Extreme

July 3-6 Rock Werchter Werchter, Belgium with Linkin Park, Green Day, Iggy Pop, Olivia Rodrigo, Simple Minds

July 4-19 Montreux Jazz Festival Montreux, Switzerland with Grace Jones

July 4-19 Gent Jazz Ghent, Belgium with Bonnie Raitt, Herbie Hancock, Norah Jones, Branford Marsalis Quartet, Anoushka Shankar, The Roots, The Waterboys

July 4-6 Love Supreme Jazz Festival Glynde Place, Sussex, UK with Smokey Robinson, En Vogue, Branford Marsalis Quartet, Stanley Clarke, War

July 5 Lovely Days Eisenstadt, Austria with Billy Idol, Melissa Etheridge, Slade, The Sweet, The Roots

July 10-12 Mad Cool Festival Madrid, Spain with Alanis Morissette, Kings of Leon, Iggy Pop

July 10-13 Masters of Rock Vizovice, Czech Republic with Powerwolf, Lita Ford

July 11-13 North Sea Jazz Rotterdam, Netherlands with Diana Ross, Herbie Hancock, Branford Marsalis Quartet, Anoushka Shankar, Mary J. Blige, Lee Ritenour, War

July 12 Let’s Rock – Shrewsbury – The Retro Festival UK with Holly Johnson, Toyah

July 10-20 Ottawa Bluesfest Lebreton Flats, Ottawa with Def Leppard, Green Day, Shania Twain, Hozier, Pixies, Tom Morello, Lainey Wilson, Lucius

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 12 Pleasantville Music Festival Pleasantville, NY with Dawes, Robert Randolph & Friends

July 17-19 Rock Fest Cadott, WI with Rob Zombie, Five Finger Death Punch

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 18-20 Lollapalooza Paris Paris, France with Olivia Rodrigo, Justin Timberlake, Macklemore

July 2026 Kemptville Live Music Festival Kemptville, ON

July 22-27 Paleo Nyon, Switzerland with Queens of the Stone Age, Macklemore, Simple Minds

July 23-27 Floyd Fest Check, VA with the Black Crowes, Gov’t Mule

July 24-27 Great South Bay Patchogue, NY with Men at Work, Naked Eyes, Ambrosia, moe.

July 24-27 Red Ants Pants White Sulphur Springs, MT with Steve Earle and Reckless Kelly

July 24-27 Latitude Festival Suffolk, UK with Sting, Fatboy Slim

July 2026 Cambridge Folk Festival Cambridge UK

July 25-27 Newport Folk Festival Newport, RI with Kenny Loggins, Hurray For the Riff Raff, Luke Combs, Margo Price, Lukas Nelson, Jeff Tweedy, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Goose

July 25-27 Fuji Rock Festival Niigata Pref., Japan

July 28 – Aug 1 Roots Rock Revival Big Indian, NY with Oteil Burbridge, North Mississippi Allstars, Amy Helm, Berry Oakley Jr

July 30 – Aug 2 Wacken Open Air Wacken, Germany with Guns N’ Roses, Lita Ford, Boomtown Rats, Michael Schenker, Mastodon, Saxon

July 31 – Aug 3 Lollapalooza Chicago, IL with Olivia Rodrigo, Korn, Sabrina Carpenter, A$AP Rocky, Tyler The Creator, Luke Combs, Cage the Elephant, Finneas

July 31 – Aug 3 Wickham Hampshire, UK with Richard Thompson, Leo Sayer, Tom Robinson and Band

July 31 – Aug 3 Notodden Blues Notodden, Norway with Mavis Staples, Keb’ Mo’, Jimmie Vaughan, Uriah Heep

July 31 – Aug 3 Mammoth Festival of Beers and Bluesapalooza Mammoth Lake, CA with Marcus King Band, Robert Cray Band, Steve Earle, Samantha Fish

August

Aug 1-3 Newport Jazz Festival Newport, RI with The Roots, Janelle Monae, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Dianne Reeves, Esperanza Spalding, De La Soul, Ron Carter Quartet

Aug 1-3 Northern Kin Festival Durham, UK with Michael Schenker, Midge Ure, the Undertones

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

Aug 1-10 Lokerse Feesten Lokeren, Belgium with Smashing Pumpkins, Goose, Pet Shop Boys, Sex Pistols

Aug 2-3 Party at the Palace Edinburgh, UK with Squeeze, Boney M

Aug 6-9 Leyendas del Rock Villena, Spain with Powerwolf

Aug 7-9 Fairport Cropredy Convention Chipping Norton, UK with the Trevor Horn Band, Martin Barre, Albert Lee

Aug 7-10 Kitchener Blues Festival Kitchener, ON with Burton Cummings

Aug 7-10 Edmonton Folk Music Festival Edmonton, AB, Canada with Taj Mahal, the Roots

Aug 7-11 Bloodstock Walton-On-Trent, UK with Mastodon, Ministry

Aug 8-10 Outside Lands Golden Gate Park, CA with Tyler the Creator, Hozier, Vampire Weekend, Ludacris

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

Aug 8-10 The Fest for Beatles Fans Chicago, IL with Peter Asher, Simon Kirke, Billy J. Kramer, Jenny Boyd, Jim McCarty

Aug 8-10 Telluride Jazz Festival Telluride, CO with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

Aug 15-17 Rewind Festival: South Henley-on-Thames, UK with Soft Cell, ABC, Cutting Crew, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Wang Chung, Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey

Aug 16 Folk In the Park Sutton, UK with Richard Thompson, Tom Robinson Band

Aug 21-24 Reading Festival Reading, UK with Hozier, Limp Bizkit

Aug 21-24 Leeds Festival Leeds, UK with Hozier, Limp Bizkit

Aug 21-24 Sunshine Music Festival Upton-Upon-Severn, UK with Adam Ant, Lulu, Toyah, Haircut 100

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 22-24 Great British R&B Festival Colne, UK

Aug TBD Etheridge Island Playa Mujeres, Mexico

Aug 29-31 Rocklahoma Pryor, OK with Five Finger Death Punch, Bruce Dickinson, Alice Cooper, Tom Morello

Aug 29-31 Rhythm & Roots Charlestown, RI with Little Feat, Steve Earle, Asleep at the Wheel, Molly Tuttle

Aug 29-31 Moseley Folk & Arts Festival Birmingham, UK with the Waterboys, Mercury Rev, Peter Doherty

Aug 29-31 Jazz Aspen Snowmass Aspen, CO with Imagine Dragons, Lenny Kravitz, Luke Combs

Aug 30-31 Bumbershoot Seattle, WA with Weezer

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 Lollapalooza Berlin Berlin, Germany

Sept 11-14 Annapolis Songwriters Festival Annapolis, MD

Sept 9-13 Americana Fest Nashville, TN

Sept 11-14 Bourbon & Beyond Louisville, KY with Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band, Pat Benatar & Neil Girlado, Phish, Jack White, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Nightsweats, Marc Cohn, Foreigner, the Lumineers, Alabama Shakes, Joe Bonamassa, Collective Soul, Blues Traveler, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Gin Blossoms, Dawes, Robert Cray Band, John Waite, Marshall Crenshaw, NRBQ

Sept 12-14 Telluride Blues & Brews Telluride, CO with the Black Crowes, Lukas Nelson, Samantha Fish, Devon Allman’s Blues Summit

Sept TBD Rock in Rio Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sept 13-14 SeaHearNow Asbury Park, NJ with ZZ Top, Hozier, Lenny Kravitz, Blink-182, UB40, Alabama Shakes, De La Soul, Spoon, 4 Non Blondes, Public Enemy

Sept 19-21 Shaky Knees Atlanta, GA with Deftones, Lenny Kravitz, the Black Keys, Blink-182, Alabama Shakes, Pixies, My Chemical Romance, 4 Non Blondes, Devo

Sept 19-21 Riot Fest Chicago, IL with Green Day, Weezer, the Beach Boys, Jack White, Dropkick Murphys, Blink-182, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Sparks, Hanson, Bad Religion, James

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

Sept 20 Farm Aid Minneapolis, MN with Willie Nelson and Family, Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews & TIm Reynolds, Margo Price, Billy Strings, Nathaniel Ratelif & the Night Sweats

Sept TBD Knotfest TBA

Sept 18-21 Louder Than Life Louisville, KY with Slayer, Deftones, Avenged Sevenfold, Rob Zombie, Lamb of God

Sept 26-28 Ohana Festival Dana Point, CA with Eddie Vedder, Kings of Leon, Green Day, Hozier, James, Garbage, Lukas Nelson, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Margo Price

Sep 26-28 Ocean’s Calling Ocean City, MD with Green Day, Lenny Kravitz, Fall Out Boy, Weezer, Train, Devo, the Black Crowes, Collective Soul, En Vogue, Ziggy Marley, 4 Non Blondes, Michelle Branch

Sept TBD Global Citizen Festival TBA

Sept 27-28 Pilgrimage Franklin, TN with John Mayer (Full band), Kings of Leon, Grace Potter, Better Than Ezra

Sept 27-28 Soundside Music Festival Bridgeport, CT with the Killers, Weezer, Hozier, Vampire Weekend

October

Oct 2-5 Aftershock Sacramento, CA with Blink-182, Deftones, Korn, Good Charlotte, Rob Zombie

Oct 3-5 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass San Francisco, CA

Oct 3-5 Field & Stream Music Fest Winnsboro, SC with ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Miranda Lambert, Eric Church

Oct 3-5 Moon Crush Avett Moon Miramar Beach, FL with the Avett Brothers, Larkin Poe, Asleep at the Wheel, Molly Tuttle, Sierra Ferrell

Oct 3-5, 10-12 Austin City Limits Music Festival Austin, TX with Hozier, Sabrina Carpenter, Luke Combs, the Strokes, Lucius

Oct 4-6 Gretna Fest Gretna, LA

Oct 8-11 King Biscuit Blues Festival Helena, AR

Oct 9-11 Rockin’ in Paradise Miramar Beach, FL with Styx, Cheap Trick, Loverboy, 38 Special, John Waite, Collective Soul

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

Oct 24-26 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

Oct 25-26 Black Deer Festival Kent, UK

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 with Holly Johnson, 38 Special, Tesla, Howard Jones, Taylor Dayne, the Tubes, Wang Chung, Lisa Lisa, Slaughter, Men Without Hats, Tommy Tutone

Nov TBD Corona Capital Festival Mexico City, Mexico

Nov 13-16 HRH Prog 15 Great Yarmouth, UK with Asia featuring John Payne, Focus, Foghat

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 Melissa Etheridge, Devon Allman Project, the Jayhawks

Jan TBD Little Feat – Feat Camp Cancun, Mexico

Jan TBD Girls Just Wanna Weekend 7 TBA

February

March

Mar TBD Big Ears Knoxville, TN

Mar TBD The Fest For Beatles Fans TBA

Mar 19-22 Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival Okeechobee, FL

April

Apr 2-5 Byron Bay Bluesfest Byron Bay, Australia

April 10-12 and 17-19 Coachella Indio, CA

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 Stagecoach Festival Indio, CA

Apr TBD Sweetwater 420 Festival Atlanta, GA

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

Apr TBD – May TBD New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival New Orleans, LA

Apr TBD Cheltenham Jazz Festival Cheltenham, UK