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 appearing.
Links are for the festivals’ home page (in English, when available). If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.
January 2020
Jan 17-20 30A Songwriters Festival Santa Rosa Beach, FL with Brian Wilson, John Prine, Peter Noone, Don McLean, Tanya Tucker, Indigo Girls
Jan TBD Florida Jazz & Blues Jam Boca Raton, FL
Jan 26-30 Ramble on the Island Trelawny, Jamaica with Little Feat, Los Lobos, the Midnight Ramble Band
Jan 29 – Feb 2 Girls Just Wanna Riviera Maya, Mexico with Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow, Patti Griffin, Lucius, Wanda Sykes
2020 TBD Rockfest 80’s Miramar, FL
February
March
March 20, 21 Download Sydney + Melbourne, Australia
March TBD Download Japan
March 5-8 Okeechobee Fest Okeechobee, FL
Mar 20-21 Knotfest Japan Tokyo, Japan with Slipknot, Anthrax, Korn, Marilyn Manson
March 27-29 The Fest For Beatles Fans Jersey City, NJ with Billy J. Kramer, Mark Rivera
April
April 16-18 Suwannee Rising Live Oak, FL
April 10-12, 17-19 Coachella Indio, CA
April 17-19 Tortuga Music Festival Ft. Lauderdale, FL
April 9-13 Byron Bay Bluesfest Byron Bay, Australia with Dave Matthews Band, Lenny Kravitz, Patti Smith and Her Band, Crowded House, George Benson, Jimmie Vaughan, Brandi Carlile, John Prine, John Mayall
April 6-7 Undercover Festival London, U.K.
April TBD Wanee Music Festival Live Oak, FL
April 24-26 Sweetwater 420 Festival Atlanta, GA with Trey Anastasio Band, Gary Clark Jr.
April 23-26 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (Weekend 1)
If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.
April 24-26 Stagecoach Festival Indio, CA with ZZ Top, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, Bryan Adams, Carrie Underwood
April 30 – May 3 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (Weekend 2) New Orleans, LA
April 30 – May 3 Sunfest West Palm Beach, FL
May
May 1-3 Beach Life Festival Redondo Beach, CA
May 1-3 Shaky Knees Atlanta, GA with The Black Keys, Smashing Pumpkins, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Liam Gallagher
May 1-3 Beale Street Memphis, TN
May 8-10 Rockville Festival Jacksonville, FL with Metallica
May TBD M3 Rock Fest Columbia, MD
May TBD Like Totally Music Festival Huntington Beach, CA (Note: 2019 event was canceled)
May 1-3 Epicenter Concord, NC with Metallica, Lynyrd Skynyrd, David Lee Roth, Anthrax, Godsmack
May 15-17 Hangout Fest Gulf Shores, AL
May 15-24 The Bath Festival Bath, England
May 15-17 Sonic Temple Columbus, OH with Metallica
May TBD Doheny Blues Festival Dana Point, CA
May 21-24 Delfest Cumberland, MD with the Del McCoury Band, The Travelin’ McCourys, Old Crow Medicine Show, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones
May 21-24 Bearded Theory Festival Derbyshire, UK
If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.
May 20-25 Abbey Road On the River Jeffersonville, IN with Tommy James & the Shondells, Little River Band, The Cyrkle, Lawrence Juber
May 22-24 Bottlerock Napa, CA
May 22-24 Rocklahoma Pryor, OK
May 22-24 Boston Calling Boston, MA with Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers
May 22-24 Summer Camp Festival Chillicothe, IL
May 2021 Cajun & Blues Music Festival Simi Valley, CA
May 23 Greenwich Town Party Greenwich, CT
May 29-31 Download Paris, France
June
June TBD The Bath Festival (2nd Weekend) Bath, England
June 3-6 Sweden Rock Festival Solvesborg, Sweden
June 3-18 Montreux Jazz Festival Montreux, Switzerland
June 5-7 Governor’s Ball NYC
June TBD Funhouse Fest Williamsburg, VA
If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.
June 4-6 Northside Festival Aarhus, Denmark with Green Day, Weezer
June 5-6 BBK Music Legends Festival Bilbao, Spain with Roger Hodgson
June TBD Hampton Court Palace Festival London, U.K. with George Benson, Lionel Richie, Rick Astley
June TBD Big Noise Wilmington, DE
June TBD Mountain Jam Bethel, NY
June 10-13 Firenze Rocks Florence, Italy with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, Weezer
June 11 – July 6 Festival Pedralbes Barcelona, Spain with Cat Stevens, Bryan Ferry, Alan Parsons Project
June 11-14 Isle of Wight Isle of Wight, UK
June 11-14 Bonnaroo Manchester, TN
June 11-13 Holland International Blues Festival Grolloo, Netherlands
June 12-14 Download Donington Park, UK with Kiss, Iron Maiden, System of a Down
June 17-20 Copenhell Copenhagen, Denmark
June 18-20 Rock the Ring Hinwil, Switzerland
June 19-21 Pinkpop Landgraaf, The Netherlands with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Post Malone, Disturbed, Keane, Deftones
June 19-20 Azkena Rock Festival Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain with Patti Smith and Band, Social Distortion
June 18-21 Nocturne Live Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, UK with Lionel Richie
June 18-21 Firefly Festival Dover, DE
June 19-21 Lockn’ Music Festival Arrington, VA
June 19-21 Hellfest Clisson, France
June 19-27 Rochester International Jazz Festival Rochester, NY
June 24-28 Glastonbury 50th Anniversary, Pilton, Somerset, England with Paul McCartney, Diana Ross
June 25-27 Tons of Rock Halden, Norway with Iron Maiden, Deep Purple
June 20-21, 27-28 Rock In Rio Lisbon, Portugal
June 24-28 Summerfest Milwaukee, WI (Weekend 1)
June TBD Rock Werchter Werchter, Belgium
June 25 – July 4 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Montreal, Canada
June 26-28 Secret Solstice Reykjavik, Iceland
June TBD Download Madrid, Spain
June Through Aug Stern Grove Festival San Francisco, CA with free Sunday concerts
June 26-28 Retro CTrop Tilloloy, France with Iggy Pop, Simple Minds
June 27 – July 4 Roskilde Festival Roskilde, Denmark with Taylor Swift, Thom Yorke
June 30 – July 3 Open’er Gdynia, Poland with Taylor Swift, Thom Yorke
If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.
July
June 30 – July 5 Summerfest Milwaukee, WI (Weekend 2)
July TBD Innervisions London, UK
July 2-4 Rock Fest Barcelona, Spain with Kiss, Judas Priest, Accept, UFO
July 2-5 Peach Music Festival Scranton, PA with Jaimoe & Friends, Allman Betts Band, Tower of Power, the Street Cheese Incident, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Umphrey’s McGee
July 3-5 Love Supreme Jazz Festival Glynde Place, Sussex, U.K.
July 9-19 Ottawa Bluesfest Lebreton Flats, Ottawa
July 9-19 Festival d’ete de Quebec Québec, Canada
July 9-11 Mad Cool Festival Madrid, Spain with Taylor Swift, Paul Weller, Pixies, Billie Eilish
July TBD Thunder Bay Blues Festival Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
July 10-12 Cornbury Music Festival Oxfordshire, U.K.
July TBD Eaux Claires Eau Claire, WI
July TBD Ribfest Naperville, IL
July TBD Carcassonne Festival Carcassonne, France
July 10-12 Ride Festival Telluride, CO
July 9-19 Jazz Open Stuttgart, Germany with Cat Stevens, Van Morrison, Sting, Lenny Kravitz, David Sanborn & Lisa Simone
July 10-12 Bospop Weert, Netherlands with Iron Maiden
July 11 Pleasantville Music Festival Pleasantville, NY
July 16-18 Rock Fest Cadott, WI
July 17-19 Forecastle Festival Louisville, KY
July 16-18 Rock USA Oshkosh, WI
If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.
July 16-18 Moondance Jam Walker, MN
July 16-19 Great South Bay Patchogue, NY
July 16-19 Vieilles Charrues Carhaix, France with Celine Dion
July TBD Pitchfork Chicago, IL
July 17-19 Rewind: Scotland Perth, U.K.
July 17-19 Ramblin’ Man Fair Maidstone, U.K.
July 18 Big Sky Oro-Medonte, ONT with Dwight Yoakam, Ronnie Milsap
July 18-19 Under the Big Sky Whitefish, MT with Emmylou Harris, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real
July 18-19 Lollapalooza Paris Paris, France with Billie Eilish
July 20-26 Paleo Nyon, Switzerland with Celine Dion
July 23-25 Twin Cities Summer Jam Mystic Lake, MN with Zac Brown Band
July 28 – Aug 3 Olavsfest Trondheim, Norway with Cat Stevens, Bowie in Berlin with Trondheim Symphony Orch.
July 30 – Aug 2 Herzberg Festival Fulda, Germany
July 30 – Aug 2 Lollapalooza Chicago, IL
July 30 – Aug 2 Notodden Blues Notodden, Norway
July 31 – Aug 2 Newport Folk Festival Newport, RI
July 31 – Aug 9 Lokerse Feesten Lokeren, Belgium
If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.
August
Aug 6-9 Wickham Hampshire, U.K.
Aug TBD Rewind: North Macclesfield, U.K.
Aug 6-9 Bloodstock Walton-On-Trent, U.K.
Aug 7-9 Outside Lands Golden Gate Park, CA
Aug TBD Roots Rock Revival Big Indian, NY
Aug 6-8 Leyendas del Rock Villena, Spain
Aug 13-15 Fairport Cropredy Convention Chipping Norton, U.K.
Aug 6-9 Edmonton Folk Music Festival Edmonton, AB, Canada
Aug TBD Beach Road Weekend Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Aug 7-9 Telluride Jazz Festival Telluride, CO
Aug 7-9 The Fest for Beatles Fans Chicago, IL
If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.
Aug TBD Moonlight Musicfest Big Sky, Montana
Aug 14-16 Rewind Festival: South Henley-on-Thames, U.K.
Aug 22 Knotfest UK Milton Keynes, U.K.
Aug 22-23 Railbird Lexington, KY
Aug 28-30 Reading Festival Reading, U.K.
Aug 28-30 Leeds Festival Leeds, U.K.
Aug 28-30 Great British R&B Festival Colne, U.K.
Aug 28-31 Shrewsbury Folk Festival Shrewsbury, U.K.
TBD Bumbershoot Seattle, WA
TBD Arroyo Seco Weekend Pasadena, CA
September
Sept 5-6 Lollapalooza Berlin Berlin, Germany
Sept 15-20 Americana Fest Nashville, TN
Sept TBD Riot Fest Chicago, IL
Sept 18-20 Telluride Blues & Brews Telluride, CO
Sept TBD Kaaboo San Diego, CA
Sept TBD Grand Point North Burlington, VT
Sept 14-15 Music Midtown Atlanta, GA
If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.
Sept TBD River City Rockfest San Antonio, TX
Sept 18-20 Louder Than Life Louisville, KY
Sept 19-20 SeaHearNow Asbury Park, NJ
Sept 20-22 Bourbon & Beyond Louisville, KY
Sep 26 Global Citizen Festival NYC, Lagos, Seoul, Europe, and Latin America with Alicia Keys, Ozzy Osbourne, Coldplay, Metallica, Cyndi Lauper, Eddie Vedder, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Usher, Billie Eilish, Lizzo
Sep TBD Life is Beautiful Las Vegas, NV
Sept TBD Farm Aid Location TBA
Sept TBD Pilgrimage Franklin, TN
Sept TBD Rock in Rio Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sept TBD Ohana Dana Point, CA
October
Oct TBD Rock in Rio Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Oct TBD Cal Jam San Bernadino, CA
Oct TBD Hardly Strictly Bluegrass San Francisco, CA
Oct TBD Austin City Limits Music Festival Austin, TX
Oct TBD Exit 111 Festival Manchester, TN
Oct TBD ProgStock Rahway, NJ
Oct 25-30 80s in the Sand Playa Mujeres, Mexico with Cheap Trick, Billy Idol, Belinda Carlisle, Little River Band, Tesla, the Hooters, Howard Jones, Sheena Easton, Wang Chung
2020 TBD Knotfest San Bernadino, CA
Oct TBD Colonial Beach Bike Fest Colonial Beach, VA
Oct TBD Aftershock Sacramento, CA
Oct TBD Blues Fest London, U.K.
November – December
Dec. TBD Closer to the Sun Riviera Maya, Mexico
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Jump into a conversationwhat about “Rock on the Range” May 19-21, Columbus OH. Metalica, Soundgarden, Primus, Korn, Volbeat……
No mention of the Bands in the Backyard in Vineland, Co on June 16-25, Rockin the River in Three Forks, MT on August 11-13, or Red Ants Pants Festival in White Sulpher Springs, MT on July 27-30.
Where is Mad Cool Festival? Only the biggest festival this year in Europe.
Thanks for the heads’ up. We’ve added it but it frankly looks more appropriate for Consequence of Sounds’ readers.
How about River City Rockfest, San Antonio, Texas? This year line up has not been announced yet, but can look up from previous years to get an idea.
Just added!
they actually just cancelled it within the last hour or so.
M3 at Merriweather Post in Columbia MD?
You forgot Hangout Fest, AL in May, and Forecastle, KY in July.
Added; thanks, Claire.
And all the rock festival cruises? On the Blue, Flower Power, Rock Legends… there’s a few more too.
https://bestclassicbands.com/tours/classic-rock-music-cruises/