Let’s face it, the summer season’s made for festivals. Revellers, you know the drill, you’ve got the kit: you know what to take, what to avoid, year in year out you and your mates have got everything planned to a T. But for those not so in the know, listen up. NOTHING BUT HOPE AND PASSION has gone on quite the mission to scratch together the best European festivals for you. Our Best Small Sized Festivals detailed all those that offer you that tight-knit community feel, the Best Mid Sized Festivals list was all about the setting and location and this newest instalment here highlights organisers pulling out the stops: its all about the impressive facilities, crowd-pleasing headliners and array of attractions. From Ferris wheels and funfairs to comedy, theatre and dance tents, the options are a plenty! Click through the pages below and take your pick of Europe’s Best Big Sized Festivals; it’s gonna be one unforgettable summer!
Dour Festival
Since 1989 Dour Festival is held annually in the municipality of Dour, Belgium. Since its start Dour Festival has grown to a major festival with more than 140.000 visitors. This year there will be over 200 bands an DJs on 7 stages. No matter if electro, rock, drum and bass, pop, R&B, reggae, house, punk, hardcore, metal, hip-hop, indie, techno, or other genres: you’ll find the best at Dour! Music from noon until the morning with a mixed and international from Wallonia, Brussels, Flanders, France, Netherlands, United Kingdom and other countries. Sounds great, right? That’s why it’s one of Europe’s best major festivals 2014.
Dour Festival Line Up
65DAYSOFSTATIC, ACID, ADMIRAL T, ALIX PEREZ, ARAB, ARAL & SAUZÉ, ATARI TEENAGE RIOT, BAAUER, BAKERMAT, BAND OF SKULLS, BIGA RANX, BLAWAN, BOMBAY SHOW PIG, BONDAX, BORIS BREJCHA, BOYS NOIZE, BRAIN DAMAGE MEETS VIBRONICS, BRETON, BRODINSKI, CASSEURS FLOWTERS, CEREBRAL BALLZY, CHET FAKER, CHRIS LIEBING, CLAPTONE, CLARK, CONNAN MOCKASIN, COUBIAC, DANIEL AVERY, DARKSIDE, DAVID RODIGAN MBE, DEATH ANGEL, DEEN BURBIGO, DISIZ, DJ HAZARD, DJ HYPE & DADDY EARL, DJ RASHAD & DJ SPINN, DJ SYSTEM-D, DOCTOR P, DUB INC, DÉTROIT, EAST INDIA YOUTH, ENEI B2B MEFJUS, ETHERWOOD, EXODARAP, FAKEAR, FIXPEN SINGE, FLOSSTRADAMUS, FOREIGN BEGGARS, FRED V & GRAFIX, FRICTION & LINGUISTICS, FUCK BUTTONS, GIRLS IN HAWAII, GOLDIE, GORGON CITY, GORGON SOUND VS DUBKASM FEAT. SOLO BANTON, GUI BORATTO, HIGH TONE, HUDSON MOHAWKE, IGORRR, INTERGALACTIC LOVERS, IRATION STEPPAS, JAGWAR MA, JCR, JEFF MILLS, JOEY BADA$$, JOHNNY OSBOURNE + LONE RANGER, JOHN TALABOT (DJ-SET), JOKE, J ROCC VS LEFTO, JULIO BASHMORE, JUST BLAZE, KAISER CHIEFS, KING KHAN AND THE SHRINES, KING SHILOH, KLAXONS, KLINGANDE, KOAN SOUND, KREATOR, KÖLSCH, LA SMALA, LEN FAKI, L ENTOURAGE, LEVELA, LFO, LITTLE DRAGON, L OR DU COMMUN & ROMÉO ELVIS, LOUDBLAST, MACHINE DRUM (DJ-SET), MACKY GEE, MADBALL, MAD CADDIES, MALA IN CUBA, MARK ERNESTUS PRESENTS JERI-JERI, MAXÏMO PARK, METRIK & MC ADAPT, MIDLAND, MOGWAI, MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE (DJ-SET), MOUNTAIN BIKE, MOUNT KIMBIE, MR. OIZO, NAÂMAN, NOISIA, N TO, ONLY CRIME, ONRA, PAULA TEMPLE, PAUL KALKBRENNER, PFEL, PHOENIX, PIONAL, POLDOORE, RAEKWON, RAVING GEORGE, RL GRIME, RONE, SHADOWCHILD, SHANTEL & BUCOVINA CLUB ORKESTAR, SHIGETO, SICK OF IT ALL, SIDILARSEN, SINJIN HAWKE, SKIP THE USE, SLOW MAGIC, SOHN, SOOM T & J*STAR, STEEL PULSE, STWO, SYLOSIS, TA-KU, TC & MC CARASEL, THE GASLAMP KILLER, THE HARD WAY, THE NOTWIST, THE SLACKERS, THE SUBS, THE UNDERACHIEVERS, THE UPBEATS, THICK AS BLOOD, TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS (DJ-SET), TYLER THE CREATOR, WILKINSON FEAT. MC AD-APT, WINSTON MCANUFF, WORLDS FAIR
Dour Festival Info
Date: July 17-20 2014
Location: Dour, Belgium
Homepage: dourfestival.be
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EXIT Festival
According to the European Festival Awards Serbia’s EXIT Festival is Europe’s Best Major Festival. NOTHING BUT HOPE AND PASSION attended EXIT in 2013 and can definitely agree with the commission’s decision. The award winning music festival was founded in 2000 as a student movement, fighting for democracy and freedom in Serbia and the Balkans. Although democratic changes happened, social responsibility still is – and hopefully always be – an important aspect of EXIT’s activities. The place to be for everyone who wants more than just another big festival.
EXIT Festival Line-Up
AFROJACK VS QUINTINO, ANDY C, ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION, BEN KLOCK VS MARCEL DETTMANN, CARL COX & FRIENDS, CLIPPING. , DAMON ALBARN, DIMENSION, DISCLOSURE, DUB FX, DUSKY VS PAUL WOOLFORD, EATS EVERYTHING VS CASSY, FRED V & GRAFIX FEAT DYNAMITE MC, GORGON CITY, HEIDI VS KIM ANN FOXMAN, JACKMASTER & ONEMAN, JAMBINAI, KASECIARZ , KOVEN, LYLA FOY, MACEO PLEX VS DANNY DAZE, MIGHTY OAKS, MY NU LENG, PLANETARY ASSAULT SYSTEMS, PRETTY LIGHTS, PROTOMARTYR, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, ROSE WINDOWS, RUDIMENTAL, SKRILLEX, STROMAE, SUB FOCUS, TC, THE AFGHAN WHIGS, TIGA VS DJ HELL, TRICOT, WILD BOOKS, WOLF EYES
EXIT Festival Info
Date: July 10-13 2014
Location: Belgrad, Serbia
Homepage: exitfest.org
NOTHING BUT HOPE AND PASSION presents & highly recommends EXIT Festival 2014
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Frequency Festival
Founded in 2001, Frequency Festival is promoted by one of Austria’s main radio stations FM4 and the line-up reflects the music played on the station: the alternative side of mainstream music. Predominately rock and pop artists grace its stages and the festival is known to combine a solid blend of Austrian and German artists and internationally known acts. Up until 2008 Frequency was always held near the city of Salzburg but its location changed to St Pölten. The festival’s green fields, lakes and the nearby Traisen river attracts tens of thousands of visitors, who are able to enjoy music across seven stages and for over twenty hours a day thanks to the Day- and Nightparks. In 2008, Frequency introduced The Weekender UK Stage to enrich the variety of genres; most of the artists on the stage’s rooster are signed onto Weekender Records.
Frequency Festival Info
ARTHUR BEATRICE, BABYSHAMBLES, BASTILLE, BEAR HANDS, BIFFY CLYRO, BLINK-182, BODY & SOUL, BO NINGEN, BRODY DALLE, BROILERS, CHET FAKER, CHLÖE HOWL, CHRIS CAB, CLAIRE, CONGOROCK, CRYSTAL FIGHTERS, DARKSTAR, DAVE HAUSE, DAXTAMC, DISASZT, DUBESQUE, DUB FX, DUMME JUNGS, EDITORS, EXAMPLE, FELIX DA HOUSECAT, FIVA, FOURWARD, FRITZ KALKBRENNER, GIUDA, GOGOL BORDELLO, GOLDFISH, HELGE SCHNEIDER, HOZIER, HVOB, ILLSKILLZ, IMAGINE DRAGONS, JAMES HERSEY, JAN DELAY & DISKO NO.1, JIMMY EAT WORLD, KADAVAR, KELE OKEREKE (DJ-SET), MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS, MARMOZETS, MARTERIA, MASCHEK, METRIK, MILK DRINKERS, MILKY CHANCE, MILLENCOLIN, MODESTEP, MOONBOOTICA, NOFX, PAROV STELAR BAND, PENDULUM (DJ-SET), PHONAT, PLACEBO, PRINZ PI, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, ROLAND DÜRINGER, ROYAL BLOOD, RUDIMENTAL, SATELLITE STORIES, SKA-P, SKINDRED, SKRILLEX, SNOOP DOGG, SPACE ECHO, STROMAE, THE BETH EDGES, THE ECLECTIC MONIKER, THE GLITCH MOB, THE KOOKS, THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, THE SUBWAYS, THE YOUNG PUNX (DJ-SET), TOM ODELL, TOURIST, TRAVIS, WAX WRECKAZ, WILKINSON, WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS, WOODKID, YOU ME AT SIX, ZOMBOY
Frequency Festival Info
Date: August 13-16 2014
Location: St Pölten, Austria
Homepage: frequency.at
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Glastonbury Festival
Where does one start when describing Glastonbury? You could spend four whole days there and not see a single musical act on the renowned line-up: such a vast, eclectic place is the festival area. In addition to contemporary music, the festival hosts dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts. The festival officially beegan the day after Jimi Hendrix died in 1970 and is now not only one of the largest festivals in Europe but also the largest greenfield festival in the world and sees 175,000 people coming through its gates. The five-day festival is held on Michael Eavis’ own farm Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset – with a break implemented every year to let the grass rejuvenate. The festival of Contemporary Performing Arts a.k.a Glastonbury is known for its admirable humanitarian and charitable efforts and in recent years WaterAid, Oxfam and Greenpeace have been its main beneficiaries who also contribute towards the festival by providing features and volunteers. Glastonbury Festival is a beacon of how things should be better, greener, fairer and a lot more peaceful and fun.
Glastonbury Festival Line-Up
ABOVE & BEYOND, ANGEL HAZE, ANNIE MAC, ARCADE FIRE, BLONDIE, BONOBO, BREACH, BRYAN FERRY, CHANCE THE RAPPER, CHLÖE HOWL, CHROMEO, CHVRCHES, CONNAN MOCKASIN, COURTNEY BARNETT, CRAIG CHARLES, CRYSTAL FIGHTERS, DANNY BROWN, DAYTONE SUPER SOUL REVUE, DE LA SOUL, DEXYS, DISCLOSURE, DJ PIERRE, DOLLY PARTON, EATS EVERYTHING, ECHO AND THE EMPRESS, ED SHEERAN, ELBOW, ESG, FOSTER THE PEOPLE, FOUR TET, FRANCOIS, GOLDFRAPP, GORGON CITY, IDRIS ELBA, INTERPOL, JACK WHITE, JAGWAR MA, JAKE BUGG, JAMES BLAKE, JAMIE XX, JOHN GRANT, JOHN NEWMAN, JURASSIC 5, KELIS, KEVORKIAN, KODALINE, LANA DEL REY, LIL LOUIS, LILY ALLEN, LITTLE DRAGON, LONDON GRAMMAR, M.I.A., MANIC STREET PREACHERS, MASSIVE ATTACK, METRONOMY, MGMT, MIDLAKE, MNEK, MOGWAI, MS DYNAMITE, NITIN SAWHNEY, PAOLO NUTINI, PARQUET COURTS, PHOSPHORESCENT, PIXIES, PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING, RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP, RICHIE HAWTIN, ROBERT PLANT, RODRIGO Y GABRIELA, ROYAL BLOOD, RUDIMENTAL, SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80, SKRILLEX, STANTON WARRIORS, SUZANNE VEGA, TEMPLES, THE 1975, THE BLACK KEYS, THE RAILING STAINS, THE SUN RA ARKESTRA, THE WAILERS, TINA RIWEN, TOUMANI & SIDIKI DIABATE, TUNE-YARDS, WARPAINT, WOLF ALICE
Glastonbury Festival Info
Date: June 25-29 2014
Location: Worthy Farm, Pilton, UK
Homepage: glastonburyfestivals.co.uk
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Lowlands Festival
‘A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise’ is the full name of the festival which mostly is just called Lowlands Festival. The three day music and performing arts festival takes place in the amusement park Walibi World, Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands since 1993. For its 2013 edition Lowlands won a European Festival Award for being the Artists Favourite Festival. The festival focusses on rock, pop, dance, hip hop and alternative music, but is also known for its indoor and outdoor cinemas, street theaters, cabarets, stand-up, ballet, literature and comic strips. Lowlands is about way more than music, Lowlands is about arts and creativity in general. If you would like to combine your 2014 music festival visit with arts then you should think about going to Lowlands in August.
Lowlands Festival Line-Up
ASGEIR, BASSEKOU KOUYATÉ & NGONI BA, BLACK LIPS, BLAUDZUN, BOMBUS, BONGO BOTRAKO, BOY & BEAR, BRING ME THE HORIZON, BRODY DALLE, CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS, CASHMERE CAT, CHET FAKER, CONGO NATTY, DIE ANTWOORD, DUB FX, FIDDLERS GREEN, FINK, FIRST AID KIT, FLUME, FUNKINEVEN, GREGORY PORTER, GUI BORATTO, I AM LEGION, IMAGINE DRAGONS, JAMES HOLDEN, JANELLE MONÁE, JOHNNY FLYNN & THE SUSSEX WIT, JONATHAN WILSON, JOSEF SALVAT, JUNGLE, KAYTRANADA, KENSINGTON, LARRY AND HIS FLASK, LA YEGROS, LONDON GRAMMAR, MANDO DIAO, MARMOZETS, MILKY CHANCE, MODERAT, NECK DEEP, PORTISHEAD, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, RADIO FILHARMONISCH ORKEST O.L.V. ANTHONY HERMUS, RED FANG, ROYAL BLOOD, ROY DE ROY, SHLOHMO, SKRILLEX, SOHN, ST. VINCENT, STROMAE, STROMAE, THE ASTEROIDS GALAXY TOUR, THE BARONS OF TANG, THE CAT EMPIRE, THE GROWLERS, THE NATIONAL, THE SKINTS, VOLBEAT
Lowlands Festival Info
Date: August 15-17 2014
Location: Biddinghuizen, Walibi World, The Netherlands
Homepage: lowlands.nl
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Nuits Sonores Festival
France’s Nuits Sonores Festival is entirely dedicated to electronic, independent music and digital culture where music, design, graphic arts and architecture are closely related. For the festival more than 250 locations have been taken over and redesigned. No matter if galleries or industrial wastelands, rooftops or swimming pools, Nuits Sonores made locations out of it. The aim of the festival is a special one: mixing innovative culture from the past, present and future. Visionary spirit and curiosity, blending together well-known and new names, popular music and avant-garde. For five days and five nights the city of Lyon becomes a giant playground for those who love and want to share the culture and the spirit of musical quality, curiosity and fun.
Nuits Sonores Festival Line-Up
ABSCHAUM, AETHER, AGORIA, APOLLONIA, BABE, BALEAPOP (DJ-SET), BLACK LIPS, BLACK LUNA, BOB LOG III, BRANDT BRAUER FRICK, BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, CLFT MILITIA, CROCODILES, DAM MANTLE, DANIEL AVERY, DARKSIDE, DEETRON, DE LA MONTAGNE, DEUX BOULES VANILLE, DISAPPEARS, DISCODEINE, DIXON, DJ SENTIMENTS, DUM DUM GIRLS, EARL SWEATSHIRT, EFDEMIN, FLOATING POINTS, FOUR TET, FUBAR, FUCK BUTTONS, FÖLLAKZOID, GOLD PANDA, HALFRICAN, HIS ELECTRO BLUE VOICE, HUERCO S, JACKMASTER B2B JASPER JAMES, JACQUES GREENE, JIMMY EDGAR VS. BAMBOUNOU, KLÉMENT BONELLI, KODE9, KONSTANTIN SIBOLD, KOSME, KRAFTWERK, LAURENT GARNIER B2B MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE, LEE RANALDO AND THE DUST, LEGOWELT, MAN OR ASTRO-MAN, MARCEL DETTMANN, NINA KRAVIZ, ODEI, ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER, PETHROL, RICH AUCOIN, ROBERT HOOD, ROMAN FLÜGEL B2B AXEL BOMAN, RUSTIE, RØDHAD, SHED, SUUNS, TENSNAKE, TEN WALLS, THE EX, THE JULIE RUIN, THE OCTOPUS PROJECT, THE OSCILLATION, TRENTEMØLLER, UBRE BLANCA, VALENTIN STIP, WOODEN SHJIPS
Nuits Sonores Festival Info
Date: May 28 – June 1 2014
Location: Lyon, France
Homepage: nuits-sonores.com
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Øya Festival
Øya Festival takes place on the same weekend as Gothenburg’s Way Out West Festival and Helsinki’s Flow Festival, which were both named in NOTHING BUT HOPE AND PASSION list of Europe’s Best Mid-Sized Festivals. It attracs about 80,000 visitors and is one of the international parties for music lovers. Each day of the festival ends with a large club night in the city center of Oslo. Øya Festival is held in a medieval park, a place which can’t be more picturesque. A festival area which is surrounded by sandy beaches, fjords, the green Ekeberg Hill and the Oslo’s wonderful.
Øya Festival Line-Up
ANGEL OLSEN, AURORA AKSNES, BILL CALLAHAN, BLOOD ORANGE, BLOODY BEACH, BOMBINO, BOW TO EACH OTHER, BRODY DALLE, BRYAN FERRY, CLEAN BANDIT, COMET KID, CONOR OBERST, DANIEL KVAMMEN, DARKSIDE, DEAFHEAVEN, EARTHLESS, EMILIE NICOLAS, FARAO, GOJIRA, HANNE KOLSTØ, HIGHASAKITE, HJERTESLAG, JANELLE MONÁE, JOEY BADA$$, JOHN WIZARDS, JOHNDOE, JON HOPKINS, JONATHAN WILSON, JUNGLE, KAVEH, KING MIDAS, LITTLE DRAGON, LULU JAMES, MAC DEMARCO, MAPEI, MAYHEM, NADINE SHAH, NEKO CASE, NENEH CHERRY, NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL, OMAR SOULEYMAN, OSLO ESS, OUTKAST, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, ROYAL BLOOD, RÖYKSOPP & ROBYN, SHARON VAN ETTEN, SKAMBANKT, SLOWDIVE, SPIDERGAWD, ST. LUCIA, STEIN TORLEIF BJELLA, STORE P, THE DISTRICTS, THE JULIE RUIN, THE NATIONAL, THOMAS DYBDAHL, THULSA DOOM, TODD TERJE, VILDE TUV, YOGUTTENE
Øya Festival Info
Date: August 5-9 2014
Location: Oslo, Norway
Homepage: oyafestivalen.no
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Paléo Festival
Switzerland’s big rock festival Paléo takes place Nyon, between Geneva and Lausanne. In 1976 it started as a small folk festival with only two stages. Now, almost 30 years later Paléo grew to a major open-air festival which is held on the plaine de L’asse. Besides having an amazing line-up and spectacular fireworks, the festival is known for its innovation and sustainability concept for which it even won an Innovation Award at the European Festival Awards. This year’s line-up features legendary ELTON JOHN, only one of the many reasons to visit Paléo.
Paléo Festival Line-Up
AKUA NARU, A TRIBE CALLED RED, BERNARD LAVILLIERS, BOMBAY SHOW PIG, CARBON AIRWAYS, CASSEURS FLOWTERS, CATFISH, CATS ON TREES, CHE SUDAKA, CHICO TRUJILLO, CIMARRON, CREW PELIGROSOS, CUMBIA ALL STARS, DAVID LEMAITRE, DENGUE DENGUE DENGUE!, DÉTROIT, EL HIJO DE LA CUMBIA, ELTON JOHN, FAMILY ATLANTICA, FAT FREDDYS DROP, FILLS MONKEY, FLORENT MARCHET, FRANÇOIS & THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS, FRIKSTAILERS, GAETAN ROUSSEL, GAUTIER CAPUÇON, GESAFFELSTEIN, GIRLS IN HAWAII, GRAND CORPS MALADE, GRAND PIANORAMAX, GYPSY SOUND SYSTEM ORKESTRA, HOLLYSIZ, JACK JOHNSON, JAGWAR MA, JAKE BUGG, JAMES BLUNT, JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW, JULIEN DORÉ, JUNGLE, KARAMELO SANTO, KARAMELO SANTO, KASSETTE, KERY JAMES, KLÔ PELGAG, KY-MANI MARLEY, LA CHIVA GANTIVA, LA RUE KÉTANOU, LA YEGROS, LES INNOCENTS, LES OGRES DE BARBACK, LISA LEBLANC, M.I.A., MATANZA, MAXIME LE FORESTIER, MERIDIAN BROTHERS, MIMETIC (DJ-SET), MR. OIZO, NAAMAN, ODEZENNE, OY, PABLO NOUVELLE, PALENKE SOULTRIBE, PALKOMUSKI, PAROV STELAR BAND, PLACEBO, POLAR, ROMBEADS, SALUT CEST COOL, SEASICK STEVE, SHAKA PONK, SILVER FIRS, SKIP THE USE, ST. LO, STROMAE, TALISCO, THE BLACK KEYS, THE COUP, THE EXCITEMENTS, THE NATIONAL, THE PRODIGY, THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS, TINARIWEN, TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE, TWEEK, VANESSA PARADIS, VON PARIAHS, WINSTON MCANUFF, WOODKID, YOUNG FATHERS, YOUSSOU N DOUR, ZAZ
Paléo Festival Info
Date: July 22-27 2014
Location: Nyon, Switzerland
Homepage: paleo.ch
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Primavera Sound Festival
From modest beginnings to an annual event that attracts around 100,000 visitors across the three days, Primavera Sound is among one of Europe’s most eclectic festivals. Founded in 2003, the festival is known for its eclectic line-up and stunning location. Held in the brilliant city of Barcelona, the event takes place within Parc del Forum in the Sant Marti district by the coast of the Balearic Sea. Not only is it one of Spain’s largest festivals, it also attracts a rooster of both renowned musicians as well as new and upcoming acts. The main event holds between seven and eight stages, and as with most city festivals, there’s no camping facilities on-site. What can be expected is a vibe and energy unmatched by its competitors, which sees both revellers and critics hailing Primavera as one of the best festivals around.
Primavera Sound Festival Line-Up
!!!, ANDY STOTT, ANGEL MOLINA, ANTIBALAS, ARCADE FIRE, ASTRO, A WINGED VICTORY FOR THE SULLEN, BELAKO, BLACK DRAWING CHALKS, BLACK LIPS, BLOOD ORANGE, BODY/HEAD, BO NINGEN, BOOGARINS, C+C=MAXIGROSS, CAETANO VELOSO, CAVEMAN, CHARLES BRADLEY, CHROMEO, CHVRCHES, CLOUD NOTHINGS, COLD CAVE, COLIN STETSON, CONNAN MOCKASIN, COURTNEY BARNETT, CUT COPY, DANI BAUGHMAN, DANIEL AVERY, DARKSIDE, DEAFHEAVEN, DEMDIKE STARE, DISCLOSURE, DJ COCO, DJ FRA, DJ ZERO, DOMINICK FERNOW, DR. JOHN, DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, DUM DUM GIRLS, EARL SWEATSHIRT, EL MATO A UN POLICIA MOTORIZADO, EL PETIT DE CAL ERIL, EL ULTIMO VECINO, FACTORY FLOOR, FIRA FEM, FKA TWIGS, FOALS, FOLLAKZOID, FORT ROMEAU, FUTURE ISLANDS, GANG OF YOUTHS, GENUS OF TIME, GIRL BAND, GLASSER, GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR, GRUPO DE EXPERTOS SOLYNIEVE, HAIM, HEBRONIX, HELEN LOVE, HOLY GHOST!, HOSPITALITY, ISLANDS, JAGWAR MA, JAMIE XX, JENNY LEWIS, JESU, JOANA SERRAT, JOHN GRANT, JOHN WIZARDS, JONATHAN WILSON, JULIA HOLTER, JULIAN COPE, JULIO BASHMORE, JUNKFOOD, JUPITER LION, KENDRICK LAMAR, KOSMOS, KRONOS QUARTET, KVELERTAK, LA ERA, LAURENT GARNIER, LEE RANALDO AND THE DUST, LEON BENAVENTE, LINDA PERHACS, LNRIPLEY, LOOP, LUNICE, MAJICAL CLOUDZ, MARC PINOL, MAS YSA, METRONOMY, MICK HAREY PERFORMS SERGE GAINSBOURG, MIDLAKE, MISHMA, MISTAKES ARE OK, MODERAT, MOGWAI, MOVEIS COLONIAIS DE ACAJU, NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL, NINE INCH NAILS, OSO LEONE, PIONAL, PIXIES, POND, PRURIENT, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, REAL ESTATE, REFREE, RODRIGO AMARANTE, SBTRKT, SEUN KUTI & EGYPT 80, SHARON VAN ETTEN, SHELBY GREY, SHELLAC, SILVIA PEREZ CRUZ & RAUL FERNANDEZ MIRO, SINGLE PARENTS, SKY FERREIRA, SLINT, SLOWDIVE, SPEEDY ORTIZ, SPOON, ST. VINCENT, STANDSTILL, STROMAE, SUN RA ARKESTRA, SUPERCHUNK, SVPER LASERS, TEHO TEARDO & BLIXA BARGELD, TELEVISION PERFORMING MARQUEE MOON, TEMPLES, THE DISMEMBERMENT PLAN, THE EX, THE GROWLERS, THE HAXAN CLOAK, THE JULIE RUIN, THE LAST 3 LINES, THE MARK EITZEL ORDEAL, THE NATIONAL, THE RANGE, THE TWILIGHT SAD, THE WAR ON DRUGS, TOUCHE AMORE, TY SEGALL, UNIVERS, VATICAN SHADOW, VOLCANO CHOIR, WARPAINT, WILLIAM DAFOE, WIND ATLAS, WOLF EYES, ZAI
Primavera Sound Festival Info
Date: May 29-31 2014
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Homepage: primaverasound.es
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Roskilde Festival
Roskilde Festival is one of the largest music festivals in Europe and Northern Europe’s largest. Held in Roskilde just outside Copenhagen, the festivals attracts around 130,00 visitors, 32,000 volunteers and around 160 acts across seven stages hosting the ‘stars of tomorrow to the stars of today’. It spans over eight days in early July, making it one of the longest festivals of the season. Founded by two students in 1971, it was originally a hippie festival but it has never been afraid to change or expand and it’s eclectic line-up of rock, hip-hop, alternative, electronic, reggae and punk rock is testament to that. What makes Roskilde festival so unique and admirable is that all profits are donated, and this year sees festivalgoers themselves voting on the charity. It’s mission, in its own words, is to ‘support initiatives that benefit children and young people and to support humanitarian, non-profit and cultural work.’ The good old Danes, they just always outshine the rest of us.
Roskilde Festival Line-Up
A$AP FERG, AOIFE O DONOVAN, ARCTIC MONKEYS, ARTO LINDSAY & PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE DUO, ARTO LINDSAY BAND, BALKAN KHANS, BANKS, BARMER BOYS, BASTILLE, BLACK PUS, BLAST!, BLAUE BLUME, BLOKSBERG, BLOOD ON A FEATHER, BLOODY BEACH, BOMBUS, BOTTLED IN ENGLAND, BRYNJOLFUR, CANCER, CARCASS, CASHMERE CAT, CHANCE THE RAPPER, CHORUS GRANT, CHROMEO, CLASSIXX, COMMUNIONS, CONNAN MOCKASIN, CORRECTIONS HOUSE, CYRIL HAHN, CÜNEYT SEPETCI & ORCHESTRA DOLAPDERE, DAMON ALBARN, DARK BUDDHA RISING, DARKSIDE, DEERHUNTER, DEFTONES, DENAI MOORE, DENGUE DENGUE DENGUE!, DIE NERVEN, DILATED PEOPLES, DIPLO, DJ NIGGA FOX, DNKL, DRAKE, DRUG HONKEY, EARL SWEATSHIRT, ELECTRIC WIZARD, EMICIDA, EMILIE NICOLAS, EPROM, FENDIKA, FIRE! ORCHESTRA, FOREST SWORDS, FRANKSKILD, FUTURE ISLANDS, FUTURE OF THE LEFT, FÖRTRESS, GET YOUR GUN, GROUNDISLAVA, HAIM, HEIMATT, HELHORSE VS. PSYKE PROJECT, HEXIS, HOOKWORMS, HYMNS FROM NINEVEH, IBERIA, IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE, I BREAK HORSES, ICONA POP, INTERPOL, JAAKKO EINO KALEVI, JAMBINAI, JAMES HOLDEN, JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT, JENNY WILSON, JUANA MOLINA, JULIA HOLTER, JUPITER & OKWESS INTERNATIONAL, KANT, KARL WILLIAM, KASABIAN, KAVINSKY, KELELA, KILL J, KINDRED FEVER, KING AYISOBA & BAND, KLUMBEN & RASKE PENGE, KONSFORRADARE, LA CHIVA GANTIVA, LES AMBASSADEURS FEAT. SALIF KEITA, LES CLAYPOOLS DUO DE TWANG, LUNICE, LYKKE LI, MAJOR LAZER, MAMAR KASSEY, MANU CHAO, MARK ERNESTUS PRESENTS JERI-JERI, MAYA JANE COLES, MERCHANDISE, MODERAT, MOGWAI, MONT OLIVER, MOODOÏD, MORNFUL CONGREGATION, MY HEART THE BRAVE, MØ, NAILS, NARCOSATANICOS, NAUSE, OF 99, OMAR SOULEYMAN, OUTKAST, PANDREAS, PARTY SUPPLIES, PEROTÁ CHINGO, PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS, PSYCHED UP JANIS, PUSHA T, RL GRIME, ROB ZOMBIE, RUMBLE IN RHODOS, RYAN HEMSWORTH, RYLEYWALKER, S!VAS, SAMARIS, SAY LOU LOU, SHADOW SHADOW, SKAMBANKT, SKAMMENS VOGN, SLEIGH BELLS, SLICK SHOOTA, SLOWOLF FEAT. BENNY BANKS, SLÖA KNIVAR, SNAVS, SPIDS NØGENHAT, STEVIE WONDER, SYSTEMA SOLAR, TEMPEL, THE AWESOME WELLES, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, THE DIVERS, THE HORRORS, THE MEN, THE MINDS, THE NECKS, THE OCEAN, THE ROLLING STONES, TIDLIGE ARMBÅND, TOKIMONSTA, TOUMANI & SIDIKI DIABATÉ, TRENTEMØLLER, UNKNOWN, VATTNET VISKAR, VIC MENSA, WARPAINT, WE ARE THE WAY FOR THE COSMOS TO KNOW ITSELF, WORLDS FAIR
Roskilde Festival Info
Date: June 29 – July 6 2014
Location: Roskilde, Denmark
Homepage: roskilde-festival.dk
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Sonar Festival
Held in the brilliant city of Barcelona, Sonar festival was founded in 1994 as the ‘festival of Advanced Music and New Media Art’ by a music journalist and two musicians and visual artists. This should indicate what kind of event they’ve been putting on and perfecting over the years: innovation, community and global communication stand at the forefront. The three-day festival attracts a multitude of different artists- all of who come to the site wanting to present their own vision. What has remained intact is the festival’s founding values: the link between creativity and technology, pushing Sonar forward as a pioneer in its field. Since its inception, the festival has been split into two parts: Sonar By Day and Sonar by Night, both of which have seen different locations within Barcelona. In keeping with its urban festival reputation, the event has moved around the city to make the most out of its infrastructure whilst exploring new capacities.
Sonar Festival Line-Up
2 MANY DJS (DJ-SET), 3QUINOX, ALIZZZ, ARUFE, ASTROBOYZ, AUDION, BALAGO, BEN FROST, BFLECHA, BONOBO, BOYS NOIZE, BRODINSKI, BSN POSSE, BURAKA SOM SISTEMA, CAMO & KROOKED, CARIBOU, CHIC FEAT. NILE RODGERS, CHRIS & COSEY, CHRIS MADAK, CLIPPING., COPELAND, DAITO MANABE, DAM-FUNK, DANIEL MILLER, DAPHNI B2B JAMES HOLDEN, DEBRUIT & ALSARAH, DEBUKAS, DE LA MONTAGNE, DENGUE DENGUE DENGUE!, DESERT, DESPACIO (JAMES MURPHY & 2 MANY DJS), DISCOS PARADISO CREW, DJ2D2, DJ DER, DJ ENPUNTO, DJ HARVEY, DJ NIGGA FOX, DJ SNAKE, DOWNLINERS SEKT, ELIJAH & SKILLIAM FEAT. FLAVA D, EME DJ, EMUFUCKA, EVIAN CHRIST, FLUX PAVILION, FM BELFAST, FOREST SWORDS, FOUR TET, FOUR TET (DJ-SET), FUTURE BROWN, GESAFFELSTEIN, GLUE KIDS, HAPPA, HARALD BJÖRK, HENRY SAIZ, HIGH CONTRAST, HUCCI, I AM LEGION, JAMES HOLDEN, JAMES MURPHY, JAMESZOO, JESSY LANZA, JOLLY MARE, JON HOPKINS, KAYTRANADA, KID KOALAS VINYL VAUDEVILLE 2.0, KORELESS, KRESY, LAUREL HALO, LEO ALDREY, LOCO DICE, LOUIS BAKER, LOVE CULT, LYKKE LI, MACHINEDRUM, MACHINE VARIATION, MAJICAL CLOUDZ, MARIO NIETO, MASSIVE ATTACK, MATMOS, MATTHEW DEAR, MODERAT, MONKI, MR. K!, MWËSLEE, MØ, NENEH CHERRY, NEV.ERA, NILS FRAHM, NISENNENMONDAI, OCTO OCTA, ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER, ORDRE ETERN, OREN AMBARCHI & SINFONIETTA CRACOVIA, PAUL WOOLFORD, PAU ROCA, PICK A PIPER, PINA, PLASTIKMAN, PRETTY LIGHTS, PROFESSOR ANGEL SOUND, RALPH LAWSON, RAYO 60, RECONDITE, RICHIE HAWTIN, ROBERT PIOTROWICZ, ROLL THE DICE, RON MORELLI, RUDIMENTAL, RUDI ZYGADLO, RYAN HEMSWORTH, RÖYKSOPP & ROBYN, SANATRUJA, SAU POLER, SHELBY GREY, SIBOT, SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO, SIMONNE JONES, SINJIN HAWKE, SONIA GÓMEZ & LUCY SUGGATE, SPOEK MATHAMBO, STWO, SUNNY GRAVES, SUZANNE KRAFT, SVENGALISGHOST, T. WILLIAMS, TAREK AOUI, TERRITOIRE, THE MARTINEZ BROTHERS, THROWING SNOW, TIGA, TODD TERJE, TOKIMONSTA, TRANSEMICSOUL, TRENTEMØLLER, UNER, UZ, VALLÈS, VISIONIST, WHOMADEWHO, WOODKID, XAVI MATEU & CARLOS BAYONA, YELLE
Sonar Festival Info
Date: June 12-14 2014
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Homepage: sonar.es
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T in the Park Festival
Founded in 1994, T in the Park is Scotland’s major festival. Originally held at Strathclyde Park, its location moved to the disused Balado airfield in 2007. The three-day festival offers a huge variety of music across seven main stages and attractions such as a funfair, comedy tent and food stalls. The festival sees 85,000 visitors daily with 70,000 campers. In recent years T in the Park has developed a bad rep in the media due to the rise in anti-social behaviour – it seems to have become a hotspot for drunken hooligans and pretty criminals. Top trivial fact? The longest queue at the signing tent was for KYLIE MINOGUE in 1995.
T in the Park Festival Line-Up
ABOVE & BEYOND, ALESSO, ALEX SMOKE, ARCTIC MONKEYS, BASTILLE, BECKY HILL, BEN HOWARD, BIFFY CLYRO, BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB, CALVIN HARRIS, CARL CRAIG, CHANCE THE RAPPER, CHARLI XCX, CHLOE HOWL, CHVRCHES, CIRCA WAVES, CLEAN BANDIT, CLOUDS, DARLIA, DAVE CLARKE, DISCLOSURE, DJ FRESH & MESSY MC, DOLOMITE MINOR, DRENGE, DUKE DUMONT, EARL SWEATSHIRT, ED SHEERAN, ELBOW, ELLA EYRE, ELLIE GOULDING, EMBRACE, EXAMPLE, FACTORY FLOOR , FOXES, FRANZ FERDINAND, GEORGE EZRA, GEORGE FITZGERALD, GUY GERBER, HAIM, HUDSON TAYLOR, IMAGINE DRAGONS, INSPIRAL CARPETS, JACKMASTER, JAKE BUGG, JAMES, JESS GLYNNE, JOHN NEWMAN, JORIS VOORN, JOSH RECORD, JULIO BASHMORE, KAISER CHIEFS, KATY B, KERRI CHANDLER, KING CHARLES, KODALINE, LEN FAKI, LEVON VINCENT, LITTLE MATADOR, LONDON GRAMMAR, LONELY THE BRAVE, MAGDA, MANIC STREET PREACHERS, MARK HENNING, MAXIMO PARK, METRONOMY, NEON JUNGLE, NEWTON FAULKNER, NINA NESBITT, PAN-POT, PAOLO NUTINI, PASSENGER, PAUL WELLER, PHARRELL WILLIAMS, PIXIES, PRETTY LIGHTS, RED HOT CHILLI PIPERS, REVEREND & THE MAKERS, ROBERT HOOD, ROYAL BLOOD, RUDIMENTAL, SAM SMITH, SKREAM, SLAM, SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR, SOUL II SOUL, STEVE ANGELLO, SVEN VÄTH, TALE OF US, THE 1975, THE AMAZING SNAKEHEADS, THE CHARLATANS, THE HUMAN LEAGUE, THE LAFONTAINES, THE MAGIC NUMBERS, THE MINUTES, THE RIFLES, THE STRANGLERS, THE TWILIGHT SAD, TINIE TEMPAH, TWENTY ONE PILOTS, TWIN ATLANTIC, WE ARE SCIENTISTS, WILKINSON, WILKO JOHNSON, WOLF ALICE, YOU ME AT SIX
T in the Park Festival Info
Date: July 11-13 2014
Location: Balado, Scotland
Homepage: tinthepark.com
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