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.

August

Aug 1-4 Lollapalooza Chicago, IL with the Killers, Blink-182, Sza, Tyler the Creator

Aug 1-4 Mammoth Festival of Beers and Bluesapalooza Mammoth Lake, CA with Los Lobos, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

Aug 1-4 Notodden Blues Notodden, Norway with Deep Purple, TNT, the Fabulous Thunderbirds

Aug 1-4 Wickham Hampshire, UK with Suzi Quatro, Curtis Stigers

Aug 2-4 Newport Jazz Festival Newport, RI with Elvis Costello, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Brittany Howard

Aug 2-4 Underneath the Stars South Yorkshire, UK

Aug 2-11 Lokerse Feesten Lokeren, Belgium with Korn, Pixies, Chris Isaak, Richard Ashcroft, The Roots

Aug 7-10 Leyendas del Rock Villena, Spain

Aug 8-10 Fairport Cropredy Convention Chipping Norton, UK with Rick Wakeman, Fairport Convention & Friends, the Trevor Horn Band, Focus

Aug 8-11 Edmonton Folk Music Festival Edmonton, AB, Canada with Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

Aug 8-11 Bloodstock Walton-On-Trent, UK

Aug 9-11 Outside Lands Golden Gate Park, CA with the Killers, Grace Jones, Tyler the Creator, Sturgill Simpson

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

Aug 9-11 The Fest for Beatles Fans Chicago, IL with Randy Bachman, Micky Dolenz, Billy J. Kramer, Laurence Juber

Aug 9-11 Telluride Jazz Festival Telluride, CO

Aug 9-11 Northern Kin Festival Durham, UK with the Waterboys, Hawkwind, Jools Holland and His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, Billy Bragg, Crazy World of Arthur Brown

Aug 10-11 Party at the Palace Edinburgh, UK with UB40 Ftg Ali Campbell, Lulu, Bananarama, ABC, Heaven 17, Big Country

Aug 16-18 Rewind Festival: South Henley-on-Thames, UK with Billy Ocean, The Jacksons, Kim Wilde, Jason Donovan, Tiffany, Men Without Hats, Roland Gift, Nik Kershaw

Aug 17 Folk In the Park Sutton, UK

Aug 21-25 Reading Festival Reading, UK with Lana Del Rey, Blink-182, Liam Gallagher

Aug 21-25 Leeds Festival Leeds, UK with Lana Del Rey, Blink-182, Liam Gallagher

Aug 22-25 Sunshine Music Festival Upton-Upon-Severn, UK with David Essex, The Selecter, Bananarama, Jason Donovan

Aug 23-25 The Mountain Music Festival Gatlinburg, TN with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Tesla, Night Ranger, 38 Special, Foghat, Aldo Nova, Quiet Riot, Slaughter, Vixen

Aug 23-25 W Festival, Oostende, Belgium with Adam Ant, Bonnie Tyler, Berlin, Thomas Dolby, Men Without Hats, Kid Creole & the Coconuts

Aug 23-26 Shrewsbury Folk Festival Shrewsbury, UK with Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Beth Nielsen Chapman

Aug 2025 Beach Road Weekend Cape Cod, MA

Aug 23-25 Great British R&B Festival Colne, UK

Aug TBD Etheridge Island Playa Mujeres, Mexico

Aug 30 – Sept 1 Rocklahoma Pryor, OK with Slipknot, Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, Anthrax, Evanescence, Winger, Tom Keifer, Vixen

Aug 30 – Sept 1 Rhythm & Roots Charlestown, RI with Emmylou Harris, Old Crow Medicine Show, Drive-By Truckers,

Aug 30 – Sep 1 Moseley Folk & Arts Festival Birmingham, UK

Aug 30 – Sep 1 Jazz Aspen Snowmass Aspen, CO with Sting, Brandi Carlile, Lukas Nelson, Tim McGraw, the Black Crowes

Aug 31 Fool in Love Hollywood Park, CA with Lionel Richie, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, Santana, Al Green, Gladys Knight, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Chaka Khan, Eric Burdon, Gladys Knight, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Kool & the Gang, Morris Day & the Time, the Isley Brothers

Aug 31 – Sept 1 Bumbershoot Seattle, WA with Pavement, Courtney Barnett, James Blake, Cypress Hill

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

September

Sep 5-8 Big Blues Bender Las Vegas, NV with Beth Hart, Los Lobos, Canned Heat

Sept TBD Blue Ridge Rock Festival Danville, VA (Cancelled)

Sept 7-8 Lollapalooza Berlin Berlin, Germany with Sam Smith, the Chainsmokers, Martin Garrix, OneRepublic

Sept 12-15 Annapolis Songwriters Festival Annapolis, MD with Marc Cohn, Citizen Cope

Sept 13-15 Telluride Blues & Brews Telluride, CO with Gary Clark Jr., Joe Bonamassa, Samantha Fish, Eric Gales

Sept 13-15, 19-22 Rock in Rio Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with Deep Purple, Journey, Avenged Sevenfold, Imagine Dragons, Ed Sheeran, Joss Stone, Mariah Carey, Katy Perry, Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Gaynor

Sept 14-15 SeaHearNow Asbury Park, NJ with Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, the Black Crowes, Trey Anastasio Band, Norah Jones, Kool & the Gang, Grace Potter

Sept 17-21 Americana Fest Nashville, TN

Sept 19-22 Bourbon & Beyond Louisville, KY with Sting, Dave Matthews Band, Beck, Matchbox Twenty, the Beach Boys, Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers, Melissa Etheridge, Patty Smyth, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Chris Isaak, Lyle Lovett, Lucius, the Bacon Brothers, Suzanne Vega, KT Tunstall

Sept 20-22 Riot Fest Chicago, IL with Slayer

Sept TBD Music Midtown Atlanta, GA

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

Sept TBD Beachlife Ranch Redondo Beach, CA

Sept 21 Farm Aid Saratoga Springs, NY with Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews (with Tim Reynolds), as well as Mavis Staples, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Lukas Nelson

Sept 21 Knotfest Des Moines, Iowa with Slipknot, Gwar

Sept 26-29 Louder Than Life Louisville, KY with Motley Crue, Slipknot, Slayer, Korn

Sept 27-29 Ohana Festival Dana Point, CA with Pearl Jam, Alanis Morissette, Garbage, Crowded House

Sep 27-29 Ocean’s Calling Ocean City, MD with the Dave Matthews Band, the Beach Boys, the Killers, Blink-182, Sublime, Counting Crows, Barenaked Ladies, Lisa Loeb, Sugar Ray

Sept 28 Global Citizen Festival Central Park, New York, NY with Chris Martin, Post Malone, Hugh Jackman

Sept 28-29 Sound on Sound Bridgeport, CT with Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Norah Jones

Sept 28-29 Pilgrimage Franklin, TN with Dave Matthews Band, Hozier, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Lukas Nelson, Better Than Ezra

Sept 28-29 Soundside Music Festival Bridgeport, CT with Foo Fighters, Norah Jones, Goo Goo Dolls, Queens of the Stone Age, Grace Potter, Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories

October

Oct 4-6 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass San Francisco, CA with Cat Power Sings Dylan ’66, Mavis Staples, Carlene Carter, Steve Earle, Greensky Bluegrass, Robyn Hitchcock, Big Star’s Radio City 50th anniversary, Bobby Rush

Oct 4-6 Gretna Fest Gretna, LA with Steve Miller Band, Dierks Bentley, Foghat, Blue Oyster Cult, Morris Day & the Time

Oct 4-6, 11-13  Austin City Limits Music Festival Austin, TX with Dua Lipa, Chris Stapleton, Norah Jones, Blink-182

Oct 9-12 King Biscuit Blues Festival Helena, AR

Oct 10-13 Aftershock Sacramento, CA with Motley Crue, Iron Maiden, Slipknot, Slayer, Judas Priest, Disturbed, Pantera, Evanescence, Anthrax

Oct 18-20 ProgStock Rutherford, NJ with Patrick Moraz, Larry Fast, Saga

Oct 19-20 When We Were Young Las Vegas, NV with My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Jimmy Eat World, Simple Plan

November

Nov 1-3 Moon Crush “Cowboy Moon” Miramar Beach, FL with Little Feat, Lyle Lovett & His Large Band, Jason Isbell, The Mavericks

Nov 4-9 The Sands Cancun, Mexico with Bret Michaels, The Fixx, the English Beat, Ace Frehley, Level 42, Lou Gramm, Billy Ocean, John Cafferty, Young MC, Cherie Currie

Nov 15-17 Corona Capital Festival Mexico City, Mexico with Paul McCartney, Green Day, Toto, Queens of the Stone Age, Beck, Iggy Pop

January 2025

Jan 16-20 30A Songwriters Festival Santa Rosa Beach, FL

Jan TBD Little Feat – Feat Camp Cancun, Mexico

Jan 16-20 Girls Just Wanna Weekend 5 Riviera Maya, Mexico with Brandi Carlile

February

March

Mar TBD Big Ears Knoxville, TN

Mar 28-30 The Fest For Beatles Fans Jersey City, NJ

April

April 11-13 and 18-20 Coachella Indio, CA

Apr 17-20 Byron Bay Bluesfest Byron Bay, Australia

Apr TBD Stagecoach Festival Indio, CA

April TBD Sweetwater 420 Festival Atlanta, GA

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

Apr TBD New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival New Orleans, LA

May

May TBD Cheltenham Jazz Festival Cheltenham, UK

May TBD Sunfest West Palm Beach, FL

May TBD Shaky Knees Atlanta, GA

May TBD Beale Street Memphis, TN

May TBD Beachlife Redondo Beach, CA

May TBD Lovin’ Life Music Fest Charlotte, NC

May 8-11 Sonic Temple Festival Columbus, OH

May TBD M3 Rock Fest Columbia, MD

May 15-18 Rockville Festival Daytona Beach, FL

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 21-25 Bearded Theory Festival Derbyshire, UK

May 22-25 Delfest Cumberland, MD

May 22-26 Abbey Road On the River Jeffersonville, IN

May TBD Bottlerock Napa, CA

May TBD Boston Calling Boston, MA

May TBD Summer Camp Festival Chillicothe, IL

May TBD Greenwich Town Party Greenwich, CT

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

June

June TBD Railbird Lexington, KY

June 6-8 Rock am Ring Nuremberg, Germany

June 4-7 Sweden Rock Festival Solvesborg, Sweden

June TBD Governor’s Ball  NYC

June TBD Hampton Court Palace Festival London, UK

June 12-15 Bonnaroo Manchester, TN

June TBD BBK Music Legends Festival Bilbao, Spain

June 13-15 Download Donington Park, UK

June TBD Black Deer Festival Kent, UK

June 18-22 Nocturne Live Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, UK

June TBD Copenhell Copenhagen, Denmark

June 19-21 Azkena Rock Festival Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

June 19-22 Isle of Wight Isle of Wight, UK

June 19-22 Graspop Dessel, Belgium

June 20-21 Holland International Blues Festival Grolloo, Netherlands

June TBD Pinkpop Landgraaf, The Netherlands

June TBD Firenze Rocks Florence, Italy

June TBD Open Air Festival Nancy, France

June TBD Glastonbury Pilton, Somerset, UK

June TBD Rochester International Jazz Festival Rochester, NY

June TBD Hellfest Clisson, France

June 2026 Rock In Rio Lisbon, Portugal

June – July Lucca Summer Festival Lucca, Italy

June TBD INMusic Zagreb, Croatia

June and July TBD Summerfest Milwaukee, WI

June 26-29 Rock Imperium Festival Cartagena, Spain

June 26-29 Rock Fest Barcelona, Spain

June TBD Blue Ox Music Festival Eau Claire, WI

June 25-28 Tons of Rock Halden, Norway

June TBD Retro CTrop Tilloloy, France

June TBD Carcassonne Festival Carcassonne, France

June – July TBD Roskilde Festival Roskilde, Denmark

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

June TBD Saratoga Jazz Festival Saratoga, NY

June TBD Peach Music Festival Atlantic City, NJ

July

June – August Stern Grove Festival San Francisco, CA with free Sunday concerts

July 2-5 Open’er Gdynia, Poland

July 2-6 Lytham Festival Lancashire, UK

July 2-13 Jazz Open Stuttgart, Germany

July 3-13 Festival d’ete de Quebec Québec, Canada

July TBD Main Square Arras, France

July TBD Rock Werchter Werchter, Belgium

July TBD Montreux Jazz Festival Montreux, Switzerland

July 4-6 Love Supreme Jazz Festival Glynde Place, Sussex, UK

July 5 Lovely Days Eisenstadt, Austria with Mothers’ Day, Slade, The Sweet

July TBD Mad Cool Festival Madrid, Spain

July TBD Masters of Rock Vizovice, Czech Republic

July 11-13 North Sea Jazz Rotterdam, Netherlands

July TBD Let’s Rock – Shrewsbury – The Retro Festival UK

July TBD Ottawa Bluesfest Lebreton Flats, Ottawa

July 11-13 Bospop Weert, Netherlands

July TBD Under the Big Sky Whitefish, MT

July TBD Pleasantville Music Festival Pleasantville, NY

July 17-19 Rock Fest Cadott, WI

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

July TBD Vieilles Charrues Carhaix, France

July TBD Forever Young Festival Kildare, Ireland

July TBD Summer Fog Festival Katowice, Poland

July TBD Great South Bay Patchogue, NY

July 18-20 Lollapalooza Paris Paris, France

July TBD Kemptville Live Music Festival Kemptville, ON

July TBD Rewind: Scotland Perth, UK

July 22-27 Paleo Nyon, Switzerland

July TBD Floyd Fest Check, VA

July 24-27 Red Ants Pants White Sulphur Springs, MT

July 24-27 Latitude Festival Suffolk, UK

July TBD Cambridge Folk Festival Cambridge UK

July 25-27 Newport Folk Festival Newport, RI

July TBD Fuji Rock Festival Niigata Pref., Japan

July TBD Roots Rock Revival Big Indian, NY

July 30 – Aug 2 Wacken Open Air Wacken, Germany