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.

November – December

Nov 11-14 Rockville Festival Daytona Beach, FL with Metallica, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Nine Inch Nails, Disturbed, Rob Zombie, Lamb of God

Nov 12-14 Tortuga Music Festival Ft. Lauderdale, FL with Barenaked Ladies, Tim McGraw, Vanilla Ice, Luke Bryan, Miranda Lambert

Dec 2-4 LA3C Festival Los Angeles, CA

January 2022

Jan 7-10, 13-16 Playing in the Sand Riviera Cancun, Mexico with Dead & Company

Jan 14-17 30A Songwriters Festival Santa Rosa Beach, FL with Emmylou Harris, Mavis Staples, Rickie Lee Jones, Chris and Rich Robinson, Dawes, Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, Amy Grant, Carlene Carter

Jan 30 – Feb 5 Little Feat – Feat Camp Runaway Bay, Jamaica with Little Feat, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Tommy Emmanuel

February

Feb 1-5 Girls Just Wanna Weekend 3 Riviera Maya, Mexico with Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow, Tanya Tucker, Indigo Girls, Lucius

March

March 3-6 Okeechobee Fest Okeechobee, FL with Tame Impala, Gary Clark Jr., Megan Thee Stallion

March TBD Download Sydney + Melbourne, Australia

March TBD Download Japan Nakase, Japan

TBD Rockfest 80’s Miramar, FL

April

Apr 1-3  The Fest For Beatles Fans Jersey City, NJ (Hyatt Regency) with Gregg Bissonette, Laurence Juber, Billy J. Kramer

April 7-9 Suwannee Rising Live Oak, FL

April 14-17 Byron Bay Bluesfest Byron Bay, Australia with Midnight Oil, Jimmy Barnes

April TBD Wanee Block Party Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Apr 9-10 Knotfest Japan Tokyo, Japan with Slipknot

April 15-17, 22-24 Coachella Indio, CA

Apr 27 – May 2 Cheltenham Jazz Festival Cheltenham, U.K.

April 28 – May 1 Sunfest West Palm Beach, FL

Apr 29 – May 1 Stagecoach Festival Indio, CA with the Black Crowes, Smokey Robinson, Carrie Underwood, Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker

April 29 – May 1 Sweetwater 420 Festival Atlanta, GA with Trey Anastasio Band, Snoop Dogg, Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew

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

Apr 29 – May 1 Beale Street Memphis, TN

Apr 29 – May 1 Shaky Knees Atlanta, GA

Apr 29 – May 8 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival New Orleans, LA

May

May TBD Epicenter Concord, NC

May TBD Shaky Boots Atlanta, GA

May 14-15 Cruel World Carson, CA with Blondie, Devo, Bauhaus, Morrissey, Psychedelic Furs, English Beat, Echo & the Bunnymen, Berlin

May TBD All the Best Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

May 20-22 Hangout Fest Gulf Shores, AL

May TBD Sonic Temple Columbus, OH

TBD Doheny Blues Festival Dana Point, CA

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

May TBD Cajun & Blues Music Festival Simi Valley, CA

May TBD Mountain Jam Bethel, NY

May TBD Download Paris, France

May 26-29 Bearded Theory Festival Derbyshire, UK

May 26-30 Abbey Road On the River Jeffersonville, IN with Tommy James, the Cyrkle

May 27-29 Boston Calling Boston, MA with Foo Fighters, Rage Against the Machine, Haim

May TBD Delfest Cumberland, MD

May 28 Greenwich Town Party Greenwich, CT

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

June

June 2-4 Northside Festival Aarhus, Denmark

June 3-5 Rock am Ring Nuremberg, Germany with Green Day, Weezer, Muse, Korn, Deftones

June 8-11 Sweden Rock Festival Solvesborg, Sweden with Guns N’ Roses, Night Ranger, 10cc, Ten Years After, Social Distortion, Accept

June 9-11 Holland International Blues Festival Grolloo, Netherlands

June 9-12 I-Days Festival Milan, Italy with Aerosmith, Foo Fighters, Nile Rodgers & Chic

June 10-12 Download Donington Park, UK

June TBD BBK Music Legends Festival Bilbao, Spain

June – July Festival Pedralbes Barcelona, Spain with Jethro Tull, Crowded House, Madness, Nile Rodgers & Chic

June TBD Rock the Ring Hinwil, Switzerland with Foreigner, Alan Parsons Live Project

June 16-19 Nocturne Live Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, UK with Simple Minds, Lionel Richie, UB40

June 16-19 Isle of Wight Isle of Wight, UK with Lionel Richie, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Muse

June 16-19 Graspop Dessel, Belgium with Aerosmith, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest

June 16-19 Firenze Rocks Florence, Italy with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Weezer

June 17-19 Hellfest Clisson, France

June 17-19 Pinkpop Landgraaf, The Netherlands with Pearl Jam

June 17-25 Rochester International Jazz Festival Rochester, NY

June TBD Azkena Rock Festival Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

June 18-19, 25-26 Rock In Rio Lisbon, Portugal

June 18-20 Copenhell Copenhagen, Denmark with Iron Maiden, Judas Priest

June 20-22 INMusic Zagreb, Croatia with the Killers

June TBD Secret Solstice Reykjavik, Iceland

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

June 23-25, June 30 – July 2, July 7-9 Summerfest Milwaukee, WI

June 23-25 Tons of Rock Halden, Norway with Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Faith No More

June 24-26 Glastonbury 50th Anniversary, Pilton, Somerset, U.K. with Diana Ross, Billie Eilish

June 24-26 Retro CTrop Tilloloy, France with Simple Minds, Madness

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

June 25 – July 2 Roskilde Festival Roskilde, Denmark with Kendrick Lamar, the Strokes, Faith No More, Haim

June TBD TW Classic Werchter, Belgium

June 29 – July 2 Open’er Gdynia, Poland with Twenty One Pilots

June 30 – July 3 Rock Werchter Werchter, Belgium

June 30 – July 2 Rock Fest Barcelona, Spain

June 30 – July 9 Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Montreal, Canada with Al Di Meola, Joss Stone, Macy Gray Tommy Emmanuel

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

July

July 1-3 Love Supreme Jazz Festival Glynde Place, Sussex, U.K.

July 1-3 Main Square Arras, France with Sting

July TBD Carcassonne Festival Carcassonne, France

July TBD Peach Music Festival Scranton, PA

July TBD M3 Rock Fest Columbia, MD

July TBD Montreux Jazz Festival Montreux, Switzerland

July TBD Festival d’ete de Quebec Québec, Canada

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

July TBD Eaux Claires Eau Claire, WI

July TBD Ride Festival Telluride, CO

July TBD Rock Fest Cadott, WI

July TBD Rock USA Oshkosh, WI

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

July TBD Vieilles Charrues Carhaix, France with Celine Dion

July TBD Big Sky Oro-Medonte, ONT

July TBD Under the Big Sky Whitefish, MT

July TBD Moondance Jam Walker, MN

July TBD Twin Cities Summer Jam Mystic Lake, MN

July 21-24 Latitude Festival Suffolk, U.K.

July TBD Ribfest Romeoville, IL

July 6-9 Mad Cool Festival Madrid, Spain

July 7-10 Great South Bay Patchogue, NY with Tedeschi Trucks Band, Los Lobos

July 7-17 Jazz Open Stuttgart, Germany with Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Van Morrison, Sting, Stanley Clarke, Herbie Hancock, John Legend

July 8-10 Cornbury Music Festival Oxfordshire, U.K.

July 8-10 North Sea Jazz Rotterdam, Netherlands

July 8-10 Bospop Weert, Netherlands

July 9 Pleasantville Music Festival Pleasantville, NY

July TBD Ottawa Bluesfest Lebreton Flats, Ottawa with Rage Against the Machine

July 16-17 Lollapalooza Paris Paris, France

July TBD Ramblin’ Man Fair Maidstone, U.K.

July 19-24 Paleo Nyon, Switzerland

July 21-24 Kemptville Live Music Festival Kemptville, ONT with Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings, Andy Kim

July 22-24 Rewind: Scotland Perth, U.K.

July TBD Forecastle Festival Louisville, KY

July TBD Cambridge Folk Festival Cambridge UK

July – Aug Summer Nights at the Bandstand Glasgow, UK with Van Morrison, Rick Astley, Belinda Carlisle, Suzanne Vega

July 28-31 Herzberg Festival Fulda, Germany

July TBD Under the Southern Stars Various cities in Australia

July – Aug TBD Olavsfest Trondheim, Norway

July 29-31 Lollapalooza Chicago, IL

July TBD Newport Folk Festival Newport, RI

July 29-31 Underneath the Stars South Yorkshire, UK

August

Aug TBD Notodden Blues Notodden, Norway

August TBD Hampton Court Palace Festival London, U.K.

Aug TBD Roots Rock Revival Big Indian, NY

Aug TBD Edmonton Folk Music Festival Edmonton, AB, Canada

Aug TBD The Bath Festival Bath, England

Aug 4-6 Leyendas del Rock Villena, Spain with Testament, Powerwolf

Aug 4-7 Wickham Hampshire, U.K.

Aug 5-7 Outside Lands Golden Gate Park, CA

Aug 5-7 Rewind: North Macclesfield, U.K.

Aug 5-14 Lokerse Feesten Lokeren, Belgium

Aug 6-7 Nostalgie Beach Festival Middelkerke, Belgium

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

Aug TBD Moonlight Musicfest Big Sky, Montana

Aug 11-13 Fairport Cropredy Convention Chipping Norton, U.K. with the Trevor Horn Band, Clannad, Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson, Steve Hackett

Aug 11-14 Bloodstock Walton-On-Trent, U.K. with Testament, Lamb of God

Aug TBD Lockn’ Music Festival Arrington, VA

Aug 12-14 The Fest for Beatles Fans Chicago, IL

Aug 12-14 Telluride Jazz Festival Telluride, CO

Aug 19-21 Rewind Festival: South Henley-on-Thames, U.K.

Aug TBD Railbird Lexington, KY

Aug TBD Fuji Rock Festival Niigata Pref., Japan

Aug TBD Knotfest UK Milton Keynes, U.K.

Aug TBD Canada Rock Fest Grand Forks, BC

Aug TBD Summer Camp Festival Chillicothe, IL

Aug TBD Wonder Hall Lancashire, U.K.

Aug 26-28 Reading Festival Reading, U.K.

Aug 26-28 Leeds Festival Leeds, U.K.

Aug 26-28 Beach Road Weekend Martha’s Vineyard, MA with Beck, Wilco, the Avett Brothers

Aug TBD Great British R&B Festival Colne, U.K.

Aug 26-29 Shrewsbury Folk Festival Shrewsbury, U.K.

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

September

Sept 2-4, 8-11 Rock in Rio Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sept TBD Bourbon & Beyond Louisville, KY

Sept TBD Kaaboo PetCo Park, San Diego, CA

Sept TBD Grand Point North Burlington, VT

Sept TBD Bumbershoot Seattle, WA

Sept TBD Lollapalooza Berlin Berlin, Germany

Sept TBD Bonnaroo Manchester, TN

Sept TBD Rocklahoma Pryor, OK

Sept TBD Bottlerock Napa, CA

Sept 8-11 Blue Ridge Rock Festival Danville, VA

Sep TBD Big Blues Bender Las Vegas, NV

Sept 13-18 Americana Fest Nashville, TN

Sep TBD Pitchfork Chicago, IL

Sept TBD Beach Life Festival Redondo Beach, CA

Sept 16-18 Riot Fest Chicago, IL with My Chemical Romance

Sept TBD Music Midtown Atlanta, GA

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

Sept 16-18 Telluride Blues & Brews Telluride, CO

Sept 16-18 Life is Beautiful Las Vegas, NV

Sept 17-18 SeaHearNow Asbury Park, NJ

Sept 22-25 Louder Than Life Louisville, KY

Sept 22-25 Firefly Festival Dover, DE

Sept TBD Governor’s Ball  NYC

Sept TBD Ohana Festival Dana Point, CA

Sept TBD Global Citizen Festival

Sept TBD Farm Aid Location TBA

Sept TBD Knotfest Location TBA

Sept TBD Pilgrimage Franklin, TN

October

Oct TBD  Austin City Limits Music Festival Austin, TX

Oct TBD Hardly Strictly Bluegrass San Francisco, CA

Oct 5-8 King Biscuit Blues Festival Helena, AR

Oct 6-9 Aftershock Sacramento, CA

Oct TBD Colonial Beach Bike Fest Colonial Beach, VA

Oct 7-9 ProgStock Rahway, NJ

Oct 25-30 80s in the Sand Cancun, Mexico with Belinda Carlisle, Lou Gramm, Loverboy, Sheena Easton, Wang Chung, Donnie Iris, Living Colour, Morris Day & the Time

TBD Blues Fest London, U.K.