The FIB Benicassim Festival is one of the most well-known and prestigious European festivals that has been celebrated during the 2nd week of July for over 20 years. It is no doubt that the FIB is one of the best festivals of European indie music. In contrast to other musical events that have chosen more conventional styles, it has an amazing openness to inventive, new trends and a diverse schedule. Because of its self-declared independence, there are no issues when musicians and fans of pop, rock, indie or electronic music use the same music tents.

What started as a tiny festival in 1995 for a few fans of a dozen Spanish bands has grown into a must-attend event for music fans from all across Europe, as well as from America and Australia. With a lineup that included bands like The Strokes, Franz Ferdinand, Depeche Mode, Iggy and the Stooges, Keane, Morrissey, and Pixies as well as artists as diverse as Leonard Cohen, Mika, and Enrique Morente, it is not surprising that the 2007 FIB Benicassim Festival set a record for ticket sales with 150,000 visitors.

The FIB Benicassim Festival's location next to the N-340 freeway in a sizable open area on the outskirts of the city has allowed for easy expansion, particularly through the addition of marquees based on the year's line-up and tickets sold. Especially, don't miss the Proyecto Demo (Demo Project), a competition for upcoming musical creators sponsored by Spanish National Radio's Radio 3 and FIB, whether you attend the festival or not. The contest aims to discover new talent and create new musical careers.

Genre: Pop, dance, indie rock, indie pop, electro
Dates: 2nd week of July
Location(s): Benicàssim, province of Castelló, Valencian Community in Spain

Website: http://fiberfib.com

The Amsterdam Music Festival (AMF) is an electronic dance music (EDM) event that takes place during the Amsterdam Dance Event in mid-October in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Since the second edition in 2014, the main event has taken place in the Johan Cruijff Arena. During the AMF, the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs are revealed, and various awards are given out, including the prize for the best DJ in the world. The majority of the music played at the event is house and dance music; other genres played there include techno, trance, and hardstyle.

Amsterdam Music Festival is an amazing adventure, and it is for sure also an extremely safe one. The festival enforces a zero-tolerance drug policy, and you have to be able to prove that you're older than 18 to drink alcohol. Throughout the AMF grounds, you’ll find teams of friendly medical practitioners ready to care for your every need—free of charge, no questions asked. There are even special music earplugs that the festival prepares for you to protect your ears while enjoying the music during the festival.

Attracting up to 70000 EDM fans every year, the Amsterdam Music Festival is Amsterdam's biggest indoor party. If you want to have a moment with your idol, get yourself a spot on the Party Pit - an exclusive dance area where world-famous DJs perform. Located just two meters from the stage, lucky fans might even be able to interact with the stars of the show as the pit is basically inside the DJ booth.

Genre: House, dance, trance and electro

Dates: Mid-October

Location(s): Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Website: www.amf-festival.com

Afro Nation Portugal is no doubt the world's biggest afro beats festival and for sure one of the best summer music festivals in Europe. On 1 August 2019, Afro Nation was founded by Obi Asika, and Smade. The event was established as a four-day annual music festival in Portimão, Portugal, till 17 July 2020, the festival began operating as a three-day annual event. Now, the festival is produced by Live Nation, Event Horizon, Smade Entertainment, and Memories of Tomorrow.

Afro Nation Portugal was established to bring together the best African artist in Afrobeats, Hip hop, RnB, Dancehall, Amapiano, Afro House, and more. The festival was nominated in the Best Overseas Festival category at the 2019 UK Festival Awards. Besides Afro Nation Portugal, there are also Afro Nation U.S, Afro Nation Ghana, Afro Nation Puerto Rico, and Afro Nation Mexico.

Afro Nation Portugal is held in Portimão, Portugal. Portimão is the largest city in the western Algarve and is a hub for tourism, leisure, and retail. This is also the perfect destination for lovers of golden sand and glistening sea since the city boasts 125 miles of coastline and an average temperature of 25 degrees in June when the festival is celebrated. Especially, the Praia da Rocha a.k.a ‘Rocky Beach’ is one of the most popular and liveliest beaches in The Algarve making it the perfect home for Afro Nation Portugal.

Genre: Afrobeats, Hip hop, RnB, Dancehall, Amapiano, Afro House, Afro-swing, Afro trap
Dates: March - July – August

Location(s): Portimão, Portugal

Website: afronation.com

Bilbao BBK Live is a rock and pop music festival that takes place annually in the city of Bilbao, Spain. Since its beginnings, the festival is held in its entirety on a special complex built specifically for the event on the slopes of Mount Cobetas, located southwest of the city. This is the summer music festival for those who is rock and hard rock fan since these 2 are the most featured genres at the festival.

The festival is the first of its kind and in size to happen in the region. The first edition was organized by Basque musical promoter Last Tour International and sponsored by the Bilbao City Council in the year 2006 under the name Bilbao Live Festival. Since the following year, the festival has been sponsored by the local savings bank Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa, which gave it its current name - Bilbao BBK Live.

Compare to its first time in 2006, Bilbao BBK Live exceeded 100,000 visitors in 2011, doubling its participants after 5 years. The year after, the festival was reported to leave an economic impact estimated at over 17.5 million euros in the city. The festival was nominated for "Best Foreign Festival" at the UK Festival Awards in 2010 and 2011, and for "Best Medium-Sized European Festival" at the European Festivals Awards three consecutive times from 2009–2011.

Genre: Rock, pop, alternative rock, hard rock, indie, electronic
Dates: 12–14 July
Location(s): Kobetamendi, Bilbao, Spain

Website: bilbaobbklive.com

Sziget Festival is held every August in northern Budapest, Hungary. It was ranked one of the 5 best festivals in Europe by The Independent in 2011, and won the European Festivals Awards in the category Best Major European Festival twice, in 2011 and 2014.

Being one of the largest music and cultural festivals in Europe, Sziget Festival is held for a week-long and attracts visitors from even outside Hungary, especially from Western Europe, but its start was quite humble. The festival started off as a relatively low-profile student event in 1993. After years went by, more and more artists perform at the festival, making more people interested in visiting it. In the last few years, more than 1,000 performances are prepared each year, and the total attendance changed rapidly, surpassing the 250,000 mark in 1997, reaching the 440,000 mark in 2016, and making history with 565,000 visitors attending the festival in 2019.

Sziget Festival is famous for having unique features including "an electronically amplified, warped amusement park that has nothing to do with reality". For this reason, it is labeled as a European alternative to the Burning Man festival ever since the mid-2000s. The festival also has a dedicated "party train" service that transports festival-goers from all over Europe.

Genre: Rock, alternative rock, psychedelic rock, punk rock, heavy metal, pop, synthpop, reggae, hip hop, indie, world, electronic
Dates: Seven days, usually starting in the first week of August
Location(s): Budapest, Hungary
Website: sziget.hu

Given the title "Best Overseas Festival" by the UK Festival Awards, Outlook Festival is for sure the biggest musical event in Croatia and one of the best summer music festivals in Europe. In fact, much of the team involved in organizing the festival comes from the United Kingdom, and so do many of its attendees. This festival takes place in a very unique spot - an abandoned ruin. Here the sound systems and stages are erected in various tunnels and even the moat of the ruins, creating a unique experience for festival goers.

The 2011 edition of Outlook Festival saw an increase of almost double the capacity and the introduction of a number of new stages. This led to mixed reviews from attendees of the previous festival, some of whom preferred the more intimate setting, however, the larger audience allowed festival organizers to book some relatively exclusive artists who perhaps may not have been within the budget otherwise.

Moreover, Outlook Festival also plays host to a number of boat parties that feature artists from the festival and sail around the Adriatic coastline playing more individual selections of music than other stages around the festival.

Genre: Dubstep, reggae, hip hop, ragga, Drum and Bass, Garage, House, techno.
Dates: July–September
Location(s): Croatia (Petrčane, Novalja, Pula)
Website: https://outlookfestival.com/

Glastonbury Festival is one of the most outstanding summer festivals in the United Kingdom, with a variety of performances every year including dance, comedy, theater, circus, cabaret, and other arts in addition to current music. The festival is now having leading pop and rock artists headlined on the main stages, as well as thousands of others performing on smaller stages and performance areas. The festival is held for 5 days in Pilton, Somerset, England, and it has been appearing in a good amount of movies, television, and newspaper.

Glastonbury Festival is attended by around 200,000 people and can be even more. For example, Despite gatecrashers occasionally inflating the attendance, the Levellers' performance on The Pyramid Stage in 1994 set a record with 300,000 attendees. The majority of festival workers are volunteers, which helps the event raise millions of pounds for charitable organizations.

Glastonbury Festival is recognized as a significant event in British culture, and was inspired by hippie ideals, 1960s counterculture, and the free festival movement. The Green Fields area, which is divided into the Stone Circle, Healing Field, and Green Futures sections, still retains some of these traditions. Michael Eavis hosted the first festival ever in 1970. After that, the music festival was held intermittently until 1981 and has been held most years since.

Genre: Performing arts festival
Dates: June 21 - June 25
Location(s): Pilton, Somerset, England

Website: glastonburyfestivals.co.uk

Creamfields is a paradise for those who go crazy for electronic dance music. Much like its name, Creamfeilds is a perfect place for you to lose yourself to the music, scream and dance to your heart's content to your favorite electronic dance songs. The festival is held by British club promoter Cream every August. Besides the UK, Creamfields also operates many international spin-offs including Creamfields Abu Dhabi, Creamfields Brazil, Creamfields Chile, Creamfields China, Creamfields Colombia, Creamfields Mexico, Creamfields Thailand, Creamfields Ukraine, Creamfields Vietnam, etc. However, the largest and most famous Creamfields is, of course, taking place in its home - the UK.

First held in 1998 in Winchester, Creamfields moved to Cream's home city of Liverpool the following year, taking place at the old Liverpool airport, before moving to its current location on the Daresbury estate in Cheshire. The festival, having initially begun as a one-day event with 25,000 people in attendance, is now a four-day event with camping options hosting 70,000 per day. The festival is the UK's most prestigious electronic dance music festival.

In 2022, Creamfields celebrated its 25th anniversary by launching a second UK-based festival - Creamfields South. Creamfields South took place at Hylands Park, Chelmsford across the Platinum Jubilee weekend in June and is scheduled to return in 2023, with the original Daresbury festival being renamed Creamfields North.

Genre: Electronic Dance Music
Dates: August Bank Holiday Weekend (North); Late May Bank Holiday Weekend (South)

Location(s): Daresbury, Cheshire, UK (2006–present)

Website: creamfields.com

Tomorrowland Festival is a large-scale annual electronic dance music festival held at De Schorre provincial recreational park in Boom, Antwerp Province, Flanders, Belgium. Manu and Michiel Beers, two brothers, came up with the idea for this festival, which was first held in 2005. It has now grown to be one of the most well-known music festivals worldwide.

The most impressive part of Tomorrowland Festival is the main stage, which is the centerpiece of the festival and has grown and evolved from its debut with the festival itself in 2005. It is now the largest and most elaborate stage of any festival across the globe. The main stage features all the headline artists who tend to be more mainstream and continue with sets until 1 am. Especially, the design of the main stage is thought to be the best out of all festivals. In 2022 they built the largest mainstage, 270 meters wide end 53 meters high. Besides the main stage, this large-scale festival has many other impressive stages including stages named Atmosphere, Cage, Casa Corona, Core, Freedom, Garden of Madness, Harbour House, L'Orangerie, Youphoria, etc.

Tomorrowland Festival has won numerous accolades and awards, including being voted five times in a row as "best musical event of the year" at the International Dance Music Awards. Because of its fame, there are many spin-off festivals all over the globe: TomorrowWorld in America, Tomorrowland in Brasil, Tomorrowland Winter in the French Alps, etc. The festival employs 80 people year-round for the organization and 12,000 people during the event.

Genre: Electronic, pop, hip hop, dance, EDM
Dates: Final three weekends of July
Location(s): Boom, Antwerp, Belgium
Website: tomorrowland.com