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

July

July 2021 Carcassonne Festival Carcassonne, France with Deep Purple, Roger Hodgson

July 1-3, 2021 Rock Fest Barcelona, Spain

July 1-4, 2021 Peach Music Festival Scranton, PA with the Street Cheese Incident, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead

July 1-4, 2021 Rock Werchter Werchter, Belgium with the Lumineers, Thom Yorke, Pixies

July 2021 Ribfest Romeoville, IL

July 2-4, 2021 Love Supreme Jazz Festival Glynde Place, Sussex, U.K.

July 2-4, 2021 Main Square Arras, France

July 2021 Montreux Jazz Festival Montreux, Switzerland

July 8-18, 2021 Ottawa Bluesfest Lebreton Flats, Ottawa with King Crimson, Blue Rodeo, Jack Johnson

July 8-18, 2021 Festival d’ete de Quebec Québec, Canada

July 7-10, 2021 Mad Cool Festival Madrid, Spain with The Killers, the Deftones, Twenty One Pilots

July 8-18, 2021 Jazz Open Stuttgart, Germany with Sting, Van Morrison, John Legend, Herbie Hancock, David Sanborn, Stanley Clarke & Robben Ford, Spyro Gyra

2021 TBD Thunder Bay Blues Festival Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

July 9-11, 2021 Cornbury Music Festival Oxfordshire, U.K.

July TBD Eaux Claires Eau Claire, WI

July 2021 Ride Festival Telluride, CO

July 9-11, 2021 North Sea Jazz Rotterdam, Netherlands

July 9-11, 2021 Bospop Weert, Netherlands with Lionel Richie, Allman Betts Band, Sinead O’Connor

July 2021 Pleasantville Music Festival Pleasantville, NY

July 15-17, 2021 Rock Fest Cadott, WI

July 2021 Rock USA Oshkosh, WI

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

July 15-18, 2021 Great South Bay Patchogue, NY with Tedeschi Trucks Band, Third Eye Blind

July 15-18, 2021 Vieilles Charrues Carhaix, France with Celine Dion

July 2021 Forecastle Festival Louisville, KY

July 2021 Pitchfork Chicago, IL

July 16-18, 2021 Ramblin’ Man Fair Maidstone, U.K.

July 2021 Big Sky Oro-Medonte, ONT

July 17-18, 2021 Under the Big Sky Whitefish, MT with Emmylou Harris

July 17-18, 2021 Lollapalooza Paris Paris, France

July 19-25, 2021 Paleo Nyon, Switzerland with Celine Dion

July 22-24, 2021 Moondance Jam Walker, MN

July 22-24, 2021 Twin Cities Summer Jam Mystic Lake, MN

July 22-25, 2021 Latitude Festival Suffolk, U.K.

July 23-25, 2021 Rewind: Scotland Perth, U.K. with Billy Ocean, the Trevor Horn Band, Bananarama, Wet Wet Wet, John Parr, Marc Almond, the Blow Monkeys

July 2021 Kemptville Live Music Festival Kemptville, ONT

July 2021 Beach Road Weekend Martha’s Vineyard, M

July – Aug TBD 2021 Olavsfest Trondheim, Norway

July 29 – Aug 1, 2021 Herzberg Festival Fulda, Germany

July 2021 Lollapalooza Chicago, IL

July 2021 Cambridge Folk Festival Cambridge UK

July – Aug TBD 2021 Summer Nights at the Bandstand Glasgow, UK

July 23-25, 2021 Newport Folk Festival Newport, RI

July 30 – Aug 1, 2021 Underneath the Stars South Yorkshire, UK

July 30 – Aug 8, 2021 Lokerse Feesten Lokeren, Belgium

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

August

Aug 5-8, 2021 Notodden Blues Notodden, Norway

Aug 6-8 Canada Rock Fest Grand Forks, BC with Bachman Cummings, Abbey Road Tribute (with Todd Rundgren, the Cars’ Elliot Easton and Greg Hawkes, Joey Molland, Denny Laine, Dweezil Zappa, and Jason Scheff), REO Speedwagon, the B-52’s, Three Dog Night, Extreme, Starship (Canceled)

Aug 6-8, 2021 Rewind: North Macclesfield, U.K. with Billy Ocean, Roland Gift, Bananarama, the Trevor Horn Band, Marc Almond, John Parr

Aug 6-8, 2021 Outside Lands Golden Gate Park, CA with The Strokes, Tame Impala, Lizzo, Brittany Howard, The 1975, Vampire Weekend

Aug 5-8, 2021 Wickham Hampshire, U.K. with Van Morrison, Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets, Leo Sayer, the Waterboys

Aug 11-15, 2021 Bloodstock Walton-On-Trent, U.K. with Judas Priest, Saxon

Aug 2021 Roots Rock Revival Big Indian, NY

Aug 5-7, 2021 Leyendas del Rock Villena, Spain

Aug 2021 Edmonton Folk Music Festival Edmonton, AB, Canada

Aug 13-15, 2021 Telluride Jazz Festival Telluride, CO

Aug 7-9 The Fest for Beatles Fans Chicago, IL (Canceled)

Aug 7-8, 2021 Nostalgie Beach Festival Middelkerke, Belgium with Roger Hodgson, Level 42, the Troggs

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

Aug 2021 Moonlight Musicfest Big Sky, Montana

Aug 12-14, 2021 Fairport Cropredy Convention Chipping Norton, U.K. with the Trevor Horn Band, Clannad, Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson, Steve Hackett

Aug 20-22, 2021 Rewind Festival: South Henley-on-Thames, U.K. with Billy Ocean, Bananarama, Cutting Crew, John Parr, the Trevor Horn Band, Roland Gift, Wet Wet Wet

Aug 2021 Fuji Rock Festival Niigata Pref., Japan

Aug 2021 Knotfest UK Milton Keynes, U.K. with Slipknot

Aug 20-21, 2021 Railbird Lexington, KY

Aug 2021 Reading Festival Reading, U.K.

Aug 2021 Leeds Festival Leeds, U.K.

Aug 28-29, 2021 Great British R&B Festival Colne, U.K.

Aug 27-30, 2021 Shrewsbury Folk Festival Shrewsbury, U.K.

September

Sept 4-6 M3 Rock Fest Columbia, MD with Tesla, Queensryche, Night Ranger, Kix, Winger, Stryper, Slaughter, Steven Adler, Mike Tramp (Moved from May 1-3) (Are these guys kidding?)

Sept 2021 Bumbershoot Seattle, WA

Sept 2021 Lollapalooza Berlin Berlin, Germany

May 27-30, 2021 Bearded Theory Festival Derbyshire, UK

Sept 16-19, 2021 Riot Fest Chicago, IL with My Chemical Romance, the Smashing Pumpkins, Pixies

Sept 11-12, 2021 Grand Point North Burlington, VT

Sept 18-19, 2021 Music Midtown Atlanta, GA

Sept 21-26, 2021 Americana Fest Nashville, TN

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

Sept TBD River City Rockfest San Antonio, TX

Sept 17-19, 2021 Telluride Blues & Brews Telluride, CO

Sept 2021 Kaaboo PetCo Park, San Diego, CA

Sept 2021 Louder Than Life Louisville, KY

Sept 18-19, 2021 SeaHearNow Asbury Park, NJ with Pearl Jam, the Dirty Knobs with Mike Campbell, the Avett Brothers, Billy Idol

Sept 25-27 Bourbon & Beyond Louisville, KY (Canceled)

Sept 24-26, 2021 Ohana Festival Dana Point, CA with Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam, Pretenders, Kings of Leon, My Morning Jacket

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 2021 Life is Beautiful Las Vegas, NV

Sept TBD Farm Aid Location TBA

Sept 2021 Pilgrimage Franklin, TN

Sept TBD Rock in Rio Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

October

Oct TBD Rock in Rio Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Oct 1-4 Lockn’ Music Festival Arrington, VA celebrating Phil Lesh’s 80th birthday, with Phil Lesh, David Crosby, John Mayer, Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers, Electric Hot Tuna, Warren Haynes, Brandi Carlile, Gov’t Mule (Moved from June 19-21)

Oct 2-4 Tortuga Music Festival Ft. Lauderdale, FL with Barenaked Ladies, Tim McGraw, Toots and the Maytals, Vanilla Ice

Oct 2-4 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass San Francisco, CA

Oct 1-3, 8-10, 2021  Austin City Limits Music Festival Austin, TX

Oct 2-10 Rochester International Jazz Festival Rochester, NY with Spyro Gyra, Puss N Boots ftg Norah Jones (Moved from June 19-27)

Oct 7-10 King Biscuit Blues Festival Helena, AR with Mavis Staples, Allman Betts Band, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Billy Branch with Bobby Rush

Oct 8-11 Abbey Road On the River Jeffersonville, IN with Tommy James & the Shondells, Little River Band, The Cyrkle, Lawrence Juber (Moved from May 20-25)

Oct 9-11  The Fest For Beatles Fans Jersey City, NJ with Billy J. Kramer, Mark Rivera, author Kenneth Womack, author Jenny Boyd (Moved from March 27-29)

Oct 9-11 Aftershock Sacramento, CA with Metallica, My Chemical Romance

Oct 9-11 ProgStock Rahway, NJ

Oct 16-18 Shaky Knees Atlanta, GA with The Black Keys, Smashing Pumpkins, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Liam Gallagher, the Strokes (Moved from May 1-3)

Oct 16-18 Beale Street Memphis, TN with Lindsey Buckingham, Mavis Staples, Taj Mahal, the Lumineers, the Avett Brothers, Brittany Howard, Leon Bridges (Moved from May 1-3)

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 8-11 Colonial Beach Bike Fest Colonial Beach, VA

Oct TBD Blues Fest London, U.K.

November – December

Dec. TBD Closer to the Sun Riviera Maya, Mexico

January 2021

Jan TBD 30A Songwriters Festival Santa Rosa Beach, FL

Jan TBD Ramble on the Island Trelawny, Jamaica

February

Feb 3-7 Girls Just Wanna Weekend 3 Riviera Maya, Mexico

March

March TBD Okeechobee Fest Okeechobee, FL

March TBD Download Sydney + Melbourne, Australia

Mar TBD Knotfest Japan Tokyo, Japan

March TBD Download Japan Nakase, Japan

TBD Rockfest 80’s Miramar, FL

April

April 1-5 Byron Bay Bluesfest Byron Bay, Australia

April TBD Wanee Block Party Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Apr 9-11, 16-18 Coachella Indio, CA

April 22-25 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (Weekend 1)

Apr 23-25 Stagecoach Festival Indio, CA

April 23-25 Sweetwater 420 Festival Atlanta, GA with Trey Anastasio Band, Allman Betts Band, Snoop Dogg, Toots & the Maytals

April TBD Suwannee Rising Live Oak, FL

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

April 29 – May 2 Sunfest West Palm Beach, FL

April 30 – May 2 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (Weekend 2) New Orleans, LA

May

May TBD Beach Life Festival Redondo Beach, CA

May TBD Epicenter Concord, NC

May TBD Shaky Boots Atlanta, GA

May TBD Cruel World Carson, CA

May TBD Rockville Festival Daytona Beach, FL

May 19-23 All the Best Punta Cana, Dominican Republic with Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, John Hiatt, Steve Earle

May 21-23 Hangout Fest Gulf Shores, AL

May TBD The Bath Festival Bath, England

May TBD Sonic Temple Columbus, OH

TBD Doheny Blues Festival Dana Point, CA

May TBD Delfest Cumberland, MD

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

May TBD Rocklahoma Pryor, OK

May 28-30 Bottlerock Napa, CA with Stevie Nicks, Dave Matthews Band, Red Hot Chili Peppers

May 28-30 Boston Calling Boston, MA

May 28-30 Summer Camp Festival Chillicothe, IL

May TBD Cajun & Blues Music Festival Simi Valley, CA

May 29 Greenwich Town Party Greenwich, CT

May TBD Mountain Jam Bethel, NY

May TBD Download Paris, France

June

June 3-5 Northside Festival Aarhus, Denmark

June 4-6 Download Donington Park, UK

June – July Lucca Summer Festival Lucca, Italy with Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, Celine Dion, Ben Harper

June 9-12 Sweden Rock Festival Solvesborg, Sweden

June 10-12 Holland International Blues Festival Grolloo, Netherlands

June TBD Governor’s Ball  NYC

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

June TBD BBK Music Legends Festival Bilbao, Spain

June Hampton Court Palace Festival London, U.K. with Tom Jones, Lionel Richie, Rick Astley, George Benson

June 16-18 Firenze Rocks Florence, Italy with Red Hot Chili Peppers

June – July Festival Pedralbes Barcelona, Spain with Bryan Ferry, Madness, Crowded House, Patti Smith and Band, Nile Rodgers and Chic

June 16-19 Copenhell Copenhagen, Denmark

June 17-19, 2021 Rock the Ring Hinwil, Switzerland with Foreigner, Roger Hodgson, Alan Parsons Live Project

June 17-20 Bonnaroo Manchester, TN

June 17-20 Isle of Wight Isle of Wight, UK

June 17-19 Azkena Rock Festival Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain with Brian Wilson, Patti Smith and Band, Suzi Quatro, Iggy Pop, Social Distortion, Drive-By Truckers, Robyn Hitchcock

June 17-20 Nocturne Live Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, UK with Simple Minds, Lionel Richie, UB40

June 18-20 Pinkpop Landgraaf, The Netherlands with Red Hot Chili Peppers

June TBD Firefly Festival Dover, DE

June 18-20 Hellfest Clisson, France

June 19-20, 26-27 Rock In Rio Lisbon, Portugal

June TBD TW Classic Werchter, Belgium

June 21-23 INMusic Zagreb, Croatia with Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, Beck, the Lumineers

June 2021 Glastonbury 50th Anniversary, Pilton, Somerset, England

June 24-26, 2021 Tons of Rock Halden, Norway with Deep Purple, Faith No More

June – July Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Montreal, Canada

June – July Summerfest Milwaukee, WI

June TBD Secret Solstice Reykjavik, Iceland

June Through Aug Stern Grove Festival San Francisco, CA with free Sunday concerts TBA

June 25-27 Retro CTrop Tilloloy, France with Iggy Pop, Simple Minds

June 26 – July 3 Roskilde Festival Roskilde, Denmark

June 30 – July 3 Open’er Gdynia, Poland

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