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.

February

Feb 15-16 Kaaboo Cayman Grand Cayman Island with Blondie, Blues Traveler, Bryan Adams, Los Lobos, Duran Duran, Counting Crows, the English Beat, Maxi Priest, plus comedians Darrell Hammond, David Spade, Wanda Sykes

March

March 9, 11 Download Sydney + Melbourne, Australia with Judas Priest, Slayer, Alice in Chains, Anthrax

March 21 Download Japan with Slayer, Anthrax, Halestorm

March 2020 Okeechobee Fest Okeechobee, FL

March 29-31 The Fest For Beatles Fans (Celebrating 50 years of Abbey Road) Jersey City, NJ with Denny Laine, producer Jack Douglas, drummer Alan White

April

April 12-14 Tortuga Music Festival Ft. Lauderdale, FL with Sheryl Crow, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Elle King, Kenny Chesney

April 12-14, 19-21 Coachella Indio, CA with Tame Impala, Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino, The 1975

April 18-22 Byron Bay Bluesfest Byron Bay, Australia with Colin Hay, Gary Clark Jr., Arlo Guthrie, Norah Jones, George Clinton, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Iggy Pop, Jack Johnson

April 26-28 Undercover Festival London, U.K.

April 2020 Wanee Music Festival Live Oak, FL

April 19-21 Sweetwater 420 Festival Atlanta, GA The Avett Brothers, Widespread Panic

April 25-28 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (Weekend 1) New Orleans, LA with Santana, Alanis Morissette, Doobie Brothers, Boz Scaggs, Katy Perry, Van Morrison, Bonnie Raitt, the O’Jays, Jerry Lee Lewis

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

April 26-28 Stagecoach Festival Indio, CA with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Tom Jones, Bret Michaels

May

May 2-5 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (Weekend 2) New Orleans, LA with the Rolling Stones, John Fogerty, Tom Jones, Chris Stapleton, Gary Clark Jr., Los Lobos, Dave Matthews Band, Diana Ross

May 2-5 Sunfest West Palm Beach, FL with Tears For Fears, Earth Wind & Fire, Keith Urban, Garbage

May 3 Second Weekend at the Saenger New Orleans, LA with Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Foundation of Funk

May 3-5 Beach Life Festival Redondo Beach, CA with Brian Wilson, Willie Nelson, Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers, Bob Weir and Wolf Bros, Colin Hay, Blues Traveler, Ziggy Marley, Steel Pulse, Berlin

May 3-5 Rockville Festival Jacksonville, FL with Judas Priest, Rob Zombie, The Cult, Korn

May 3-5 Beale Street Memphis, TN

May 3-5 M3 Rock Fest Columbia, MD with Whitesnake, Autograph, Vince Neil, Quiet Riot, Extreme

May 10-12 Kaaboo Texas AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX with Sting, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jon Anderson, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Alanis Morissette, Eric Burdon & the Animals, Los Lobos, the B-52s, Rick Springfield, Counting Crows, Collective Soul, X, English Beat

May 11 Like Totally Music Festival Huntington Beach, CA with the Bangles,  the Romantics, the Smithereens, Greg Kihn Band, ABC, Kim Wilde, Public Image Ltd.

May 10-12 Epicenter Rockingham, NC with Judas Priest, Rob Zombie, The Cult, Foo Fighters

May 16-19 Hangout Fest Gulf Shores, AL with the Lumineers, Vampire Weekend, The 1975, Hozier

May 17-26 The Bath Festival Bath, England

May 17-19 Sonic Temple Columbus, OH with Foo Fighters, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Disturbed, The Cult,

May 18-19 Doheny Blues Festival Dana Point, CA with Lindsey Buckingham, Taj Mahal Quartet, Allman Betts Band, Robert Cray Band

May 23-26 Delfest Cumberland, MD with Del McCoury Band

May 23-26 Bearded Theory Festival Derbyshire, UK with The Cult, Little Steven & the Disciples of Soul, Steel Pulse

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

May 23-27 Abbey Road On the River Jeffersonville, IN with Peter Asher & Jeremy Clyde, the Buckinghams, the Grass Roots, the Cowsills

May 24-26 Bottlerock Napa, CA with Neil Young and Promise of the Real, Santana, Mumford and Sons, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Gary Clark Jr., Imagine Dragons, Citizen Cope

May 24-26 Rocklahoma Pryor, OK with Ozzy Osbourne, Disturbed, Lita Ford

May 24-26 Boston Calling Allston, MA with Twenty One Pilots, Tame Impala, Hozier, Brandi Carlile

May 24-26 Summer Camp Festival Chillicothe, IL with Umphrey’s McGee, George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Chris Robinson’s Brotherhood

May 25-26 Cajun & Blues Music Festival Simi Valley, CA with Ambrosia, Spin Doctors, Jefferson Starship

May 25 Greenwich Town Party Greenwich, CT with Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Beach Boys, Trombone Shorty

May 31 – June 2 Governor’s Ball  NYC with Florence + the Machine, The 1975, the Strokes

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

June

June 1-2 The Bath Festival (2nd Weekend) Bath, England with Van Morrison

June 5-8 Sweden Rock Festival Solvesborg, Sweden with KISS, Def Leppard, ZZ Top, Richie Blackmore’s Rainbow, Krokus

June 6-8 Northside Festival Aarhus, Denmark with Alice in Chains, Bon Iver

June 7-21 Hampton Court Palace Festival London, U.K. with Tears For Fears, the Jacksons, Kylie Minogue

June 8-9 Big Noise Wilmington, DE

June 8-10 Pinkpop Landgraaf, The Netherlands with Fleetwood Mac, Mumford and Sons

June 13-16 Mountain Jam Bethel, NY with Willie Nelson & Family, Gov’t Mule, Allman Betts Band, Toots & the Maytals, the Avett Brothers, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Alison Krauss

June 13-16 Firenze Rocks Florence, Italy with Ed Sheeran, The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, Tool

June 13-16 Isle of Wight Isle of Wight, UK with Noel Gallagher’s Flying Birds, George Ezra, Madness, Rick Astley

June 13-16 Bonnaroo Manchester, TN with Phish, the Lumineers, Brandi Carlile, Hozier, the Avett Brothers

June 14-15 Holland International Blues Festival Grolloo, Netherlands with ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gary Clark Jr.

June 14-15 BBK Music Legends Festival Bilbao, Spain with the Beach Boys, Ben Harper

June 14-16 Download Donington Park, UK with Def Leppard, Slipknot, Tool, Slash ftg Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, Whitesnake, Rob Zombie

June 19-22 Copenhell Copenhagen, Denmark with Tool, Slipknot, Rob Zombie

June 20-23 Nocturne Live Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, U.K. with Tears For Fears, Kylie Minogue

June 21-23 Firefly Festival Dover, DE with Courney Barnett, Death Cab For Cutie, Vampire Weekend

June TBD Stone Free Festival London, England

June TBD Download Paris, France

June 20-22 Rock the Ring Hinwil, Switzerland with Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Lynyrd Skynrd, Tesla

June 21-22 Azkena Rock Festival Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain with Stray Cats, Wilco, Tesla

June 21-23 Secret Solstice Reykjavik, Iceland with Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters

June 21-23 Hellfest Clisson, France with KISS, Def Leppard, ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Whitesnake, Slayer

June 21-29 Rochester International Jazz Festival Rochester, NY with George Benson, Marc Cohn, Steve Gadd Band, Patti Labelle

June 26-30 Glastonbury Pilton, Somerset, England with Kylie Minogue, Janelle Monae

June 27-29 Tons of Rock Halden, Norway with KISS, Def Leppard, Dropkick Murphys

June 2020 Funhouse Fest Williamsburg, VA

June TBD Arroyo Seco Weekend Pasadena, CA

June TBD Milano Summer Festival Milan, Italy with KISS, Metallica, Ben Harper

June TBD Rock In Rio Lisbon, Portugal

June TBD Impact Festival Krakow, Poland with Alice in Chains

June 26-30 Summerfest Milwaukee, WI with Bon Iver

June 27-30 Rock Werchter Werchter, Belgium with The Cure, Mumford & Sons, Tool, Weezer

June 27 – July 6 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Montreal, Canada with George Benson, Norah Jones, Rufus Wainwright

June 28-30 Download Madrid, Spain with Slipknot, Tool

June 28 – July 13 Montreux Jazz Festival Montreux, Switzerland

June 29 Tail Winds Music Fest Wappingers Falls, NY with Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Black Stone Cherry, King’s X

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

July

July 2-5 Open’er Gdynia, Poland with The 1975, Vampire Weekend, Greta Van Fleet

July 2-7 Summerfest Milwaukee, WI with Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth

July 3-7 Innervisions London, UK with Van Morrison, Mavis Staples

July 4-7 Rock Fest Barcelona, Spain with ZZ Top, Def Leppard, Dee Snider

July 4-14 Ottawa Bluesfest Lebreton Flats, Ottawa

July 4-14 Festival d’été de Québec Québec, Canada

July 5-7 Love Supreme Jazz Festival Glynde Place, Sussex, U.K. with Gladys Knight, Chick Corea, Lauryn Hill

July 5-7 Thunder Bay Blues Festival Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

July 5-7 Cornbury Music Festival Oxfordshire, U.K. with the Beach Boys

July 6 Liverpool Feis Liverpool, U.K. with the Chieftains, the Undertones

July 2020 Eaux Claires Eau Claire, WI

July 3 Ribfest Naperville, IL with Billy Idol

July 8-31 Carcassonne Festival Carcassonne, France with Sting, Joan Baez, Liam Gallagher

July 11-13 Mad Cool Festival Madrid, Spain with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, Bon Iver, Iggy Pop, Greta Van Fleet

July 11-13 Roxodus Edenvale, Ontario with Alice Cooper, Peter Frampton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Cheap Trick, Lita Ford

July 12-14 Forecastle Festival Louisville, KY

July 12-14 Ride Festival Telluride, CO

July 12-14 Trnsmt Festival Glasgow, U.K.

July 12-14 Bospop Weert, Netherlands with John Fogerty, Sting, Nile Rodgers & Chic, The Specials, Foreigner, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Richard Ashcroft

July 13 Pleasantville Music Festival Pleasantville, NY

July 18-20 Twin Cities Summer Jam Mystic Lake, MN with Aerosmith, REO Speedwagon, Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts

July 18-20 Rock Fest Cadott, WI

July 18-20 Rock USA Oshkosh, WI with Evanescence, Mastodon, Five Finger Death Punch, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson

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

July 18-20 Moondance Jam Walker, MN with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Goo Doo Dolls, Train

July 18-21 Great South Bay Patchogue, NY

July 18-21 Vieilles Charrues Carhaix, France with Tears For Fears

July 19-21 Rewind: Scotland Perth, U.K.

July 19-21 Ramblin’ Man Fair Maidstone, U.K. with Foreigner, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Living Colour

July 20-21 Lollapalooza Paris Paris, France with the Strokes, Twenty One Pilots, Ben Harper, The 1975

July 23-28 Paleo Nyon, Switzerland

July 25-26 Peach Music Festival Scranton, PA with Phil Lesh & Friends, Blues Traveler, Allman Betts Band, Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band

July TBD Pitchfork Chicago, IL

July 26-28 Newport Folk Festival Newport, RI with Phil Lesh, Lukas Nelson, Jeff Tweedy

July 26-28 Fuji Rock Festival Naeba Ski Resort, Niigata, Japan

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

August

Aug 1-4 Lollapalooza Chicago, IL

Aug 1-4 Wickham Hampshire, U.K. with Level 42, the Proclaimers, Judy Collins, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Matthews Southern Comfort

Aug 2-4 Rewind: North Macclesfield, U.K.

Aug TBD Notodden Blues Notodden, Norway

Aug TBD Lokerse Feesten Lokeren, Belgium

Aug 8-10 Fairport Cropredy Convention Chipping Norton, U.K. with the Waterboys, Richard Thompson, Caravan, Martin Barre Band

Aug 8-11 Edmonton Folk Music Festival Edmonton, AB, Canada

Aug 8-11 Bloodstock Walton-On-Trent, U.K. with Scorpions, Queensryche

Aug 9-11 Telluride Jazz Festival Telluride, CO

Aug 9-11 Outside Lands Golden Gate Park, CA

Aug 9-11 The Fest for Beatles Fans Chicago, IL

Aug 10-11 Railbird Lexington, KY

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

Aug 16-17 Moonlight Musicfest Big Sky, Montana

Aug 16-18 Woodstock 50 Watkins Glen, NY

Aug 16-18 Bethel Woods Music and Cultural Festival Bethel, NY with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, Santana, Edgar Winter Band, Arlo Guthrie, Doobie Brothers

Aug 16-18 Rewind Festival: South Henley-on-Thames, U.K.

Aug 22-25 Lockn’ Music Festival Arrington, VA with Trey Anastasio Band feat. Derek Trucks, Tedeschi Trucks Band feat. Trey Anastasio, Bob Weir and Wolf Bros feat. Susan Tedeschi, Gary Clark Jr.

Aug 23-25 Reading Festival Reading, U.K. with Foo Fighters, The 1975, Bastille, Twenty One Pilots

Aug 23-25 Leeds Festival Leeds, U.K. with Foo Fighters, The 1975, Bastille, Twenty One Pilots

Aug 23-25 Great British R&B Festival Colne, U.K.

Aug 23-26 Shrewsbury Folk Festival Shrewsbury, U.K. with Andy Fairweather Low

Aug 30-31, Sept 1 Bumbershoot Seattle, WA

September

Sept 7-8 Lollapalooza Berlin Berlin, Germany

Sept 10-15 Americana Fest Nashville, TN

Sept 13-15 Riot Fest Chicago, IL

Sept 13-15 Telluride Blues & Brews Telluride, CO

Sept 13-15 Kaaboo San Diego, CA

Sept TBD Grand Point North Burlington, VT

Sept TBD Music Midtown Atlanta, GA

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

Sept 27-29 Rock in Rio Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with Bon Jovi, Seal

Sept TBD Farm Aid Location TBA

Sept TBD Laid Back Festival various cities TBA

Sept TBD River City Rockfest San Antonio, TX

Sept TBD Bourbon & Beyond Louisville, KY

Sept 21-22 Pilgrimage Franklin, TN

Sept TBD Ohana Dana Point, CA

Sept 28-30 Louder Than Life Louisville, KY

October

Oct 3-6 Rock in Rio Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with Iron Maiden, Scorpions, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Pink, Black Eyed Peas, Muse, King Crimson, Imagine Dragons

Oct TBD Cal Jam 18 San Bernadino, CA

Oct 4-6 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass San Francisco, CA

Oct 4-6, 11-13  Austin City Limits Music Festival Austin, TX

Oct TBD Colonial Beach Bike Fest Colonial Beach, VA

Oct TBD Aftershock Sacramento, CA

Oct TBD Florida Jam Boca Raton, FL

Oct TBD Blues Fest Dublin and London, U.K.

November

Nov 2-9 80s in the Sand Punta Cana, Dominican Republic with Debbie Gibson, Lita Ford, John Waite, Patty Smyth and Scandal, Greg Kihn Band, Glass Tiger

Nov 9-10 Rockfest 80’s Miramar, FL

Nov TBD Knotfest San Bernadino, CA

Nov. TBD Closer to the Sun Riviera Maya, Mexico

January 2020

Jan 17-20 30A Songwriters Festival Santa Rosa Beach, FL

Jan TBD Florida Jazz & Blues Jam Boca Raton, FL