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
May
TBD Sunfest West Palm Beach, FL
May 1-3 Beachlife Redondo Beach, CA
May TBD Lovin’ Life Music Fest Charlotte, NC
May 7-10 Rockville Festival Daytona Beach, FL
May TBD M3 Rock Fest Columbia, MD
May 14-17 Sonic Temple Festival Columbus, OH
If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.
May TBD Brandi Carlile’s Mothership Weekend Miramar Beach, FL
May TBD Cruel World Pasadena, CA
May TBD Boardwalk Rock Ocean City, MD
May TBD Bearded Theory Festival Derbyshire, UK
May 21-24 Delfest Cumberland, MD
May TBD Abbey Road On the River Jeffersonville, IN
May 22-24 Bottlerock Napa, CA
May 2027 Boston Calling Boston, MA
May 22-24 Summer Camp Festival Chillicothe, IL
May TBD Greenwich Town Party Greenwich, CT
May TBD Railbird Lexington, KY
If a festival is sold-out, you can also try StubHub.
June
June 3-6 Sweden Rock Festival Solvesborg, Sweden
June TBD Governor’s Ball NYC
June 5-7 Rock am Ring Nuremberg, Germany with Linkin Park
June 5-7 Open Air Festival Nancy, France
June Hampton Court Palace Festival London, UK
June TBD Bonnaroo Manchester, TN
June TBD Firenze Rocks Florence, Italy
June TBD BBK Music Legends Festival Bilbao, Spain
June 10-14 Download Donington Park, UK
June – August Stern Grove Festival San Francisco, CA with free Sunday concerts
June TBD Nocturne Live Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, UK
June TBD Copenhell Copenhagen, Denmark
June 18-20 Azkena Rock Festival Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
June 18-21 Isle of Wight Isle of Wight, UK
June TBD Graspop Dessel, Belgium
June 18-21 Hellfest Clisson, France
June 19-20 Holland International Blues Festival Grolloo, Netherlands
June TBD Mountain Jam Highmount, NY
June 19-21 Pinkpop Landgraaf, The Netherlands
June 19-27 Rochester International Jazz Festival Rochester, NY
June 20-21, 27-28 Rock In Rio Lisbon, Portugal with Linkin Park
June – July Lucca Summer Festival Lucca, Italy
June and July TBD Summerfest Milwaukee, WI
June 22-24 INMusic Zagreb, Croatia
June TBD Glastonbury Pilton, Somerset, UK
June TBD Rock Imperium Festival Cartagena, Spain
June TBD Blue Ox Music Festival Eau Claire, WI
June 24-27 Tons of Rock Halden, Norway
June TBD Retro CTrop Tilloloy, France
June – July Carcassonne Festival Carcassonne, France
June TBD – July TBD Roskilde Festival Roskilde, Denmark
June TBD – July TBD Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Montreal, Canada
June TBD Saratoga Jazz Festival Saratoga, NY
June TBD Peach Music Festival TBD
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This is such a great blog. Thanks for sharing.
Such a great schedule of music. Doesn’t matter where these artists are always amazing.