In the summertime, especially, whole Europe vibrates with the rhythm of the music events sic this summer with more festivals than ever. Many are huge, other still small and intimate with green grass instead of mud. Check out our list and hurry to plan trips! 

Rock, pop & r’n'b

June 22-26: Glastonbury.

Incredibly large. Sold out in four hours when tickets were released in October, although no names booked yet been presented. Reported to 177 500 visitors. Among the top names include U2, Coldplay, Beyonce, and Morrissey. Advanced bookings for 2013 already underway (no festival in 2012). Glastonbury, England.

glastonburyfestivals.co.uk

June 24-25: Mach1.

The hardest and fastest rock roar from the stage of day two: Heaven Shall Burn, Sepultura and others.Montabaur, Germany.

mach1-festival.de

June 24-26: Graspop.

No pop, pure metal: Scorpions, Ozzy Ozbourne, Slipknot, Judas Priest and Korn. Dessel, Belgium.

graspop.be

June 24-26: Hard Rock Calling.

Music Festival in Hyde Park to celebrate the Hard Rock Cafe fills the 40th The Killers, Bon Jovi, Rod Stewart and others. London, England.

hardrockcalling.co.uk

June 28: Parkpop.

Europe by far the largest free music festival. On stage this year include Jamie Cullum. The Hague, Netherlands.

parkpop.nl

July 28 to 1: Hove Festival.

Four days with, among others, The Strokes, Linkin Park, Robyn, Kaizers Orchestra and The Vaccines. Arendal, Norway.

hovefestivalen.no

July 29-2: Nibe festival.

Aqua, Anne Linnet, Erik Hassle, Kaiser Chiefs and others. Nibe, Denmark.

nibefestival.dk

June 30-3: Open’er festival.

Prince makes one of the few summer gigs here, plus Pulp, Coldplay, The Strokes. Gdynia, Poland.

opener.pl

June 30-3: Rock Werchter.

The world’s best mainstream rock festival feel more and more. Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys, Kings of Leon, Elbow, P J Harvey, Portishead, The National, Grinderman and the Fleet Foxes show that they can gather crowds.Werchter, Belgium.

rockwerchter.be

June 30 – 3: Roskilde Festival.

Danes hold positions in the battle to have Scandinavia’s largest festival. This year plays Arctic Monkeys, John Grant, Lykke Li, The Strokes, The Tallest Man on Earth, MIA, Iron Maiden and the Kings of Leon. Roskilde, Denmark

Roskildefestival.dk

June 30-3: Openair St. Gallen.

Linkin Park, The National, Queens of the Stone Age and many others. St. Gallen, Switzerland.

openairsg.ch

July 1-3: Les Eurockeennes.

Arcade Fire, Motorhead, Queens of the Stone Age, Arctic Monkeys, and others. Belfort, France.

eurockeennes.fr

July 1-6: Calvi on the rocks.

Foals, Metronomy and Laurent Garnier will to Corsica. Calvi, France.

calviontherocks.com

July 2-5: Rock for PeopleSoft.

This year plays include The Streets, Bright Eyes, Levellers and Asian Dub Foundation. Králoé Hradec, Czech Republic.

rockforpeople.de

July 3: Love family.

Sven Väth with several dance acts and DJs. Hanau, Germany.

lovefamily.de

July 7-9: Rockharz.

Hard rock with Hammerfall, and others. Harz, Germany.

rockharz-festival.com

July 7-10: Norway rock festival.

Norway’s largest rock festival, with, among others, Alice Cooper, In Flames, The Darkness and Black Keys. Kvinesdal, Norway.

norwayrock.no

July 8-9: Rock im Ring.

Beat Talks, Lordi and others. Ritten, Italy.

rockimring.it

July 8-10: T in the park.

Biggest Scottish rock festival offers this year to Primal Scream, Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Beyonce, Pulp, The Strokes, Tom Jones and others. Balado, Scotland.

tinthepark.com

July 8-10: Oxegen.

Ireland’s biggest rock festival is topped by the Black Eyed Peas, Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay and Beyonce. Naas, Ireland.

oxegen.ie

July 8-10: Splash!

The largest hip hop festival in Europe. Cypress Hill, Black Milk and others. Leipzig, Germany.

Splash-festival.de

July 8-10: Ruisrock.

Classic Finnish rock festival. This year appears Robyn, The Prodigy, The National, Bullet for My Valentine and others. Turku, Finland.

ruisrock.fi

July 14-16: Bay.

Imagine northern Norwegian Tromsø managed to attract Nick Caves Grinderman together, grunge legends Mudhoney and old punks UK Subs. Tromsø, Norway.

bukta.no

July 14-16: Ragna Rock.

Heavy Metal Fest with Napalm Death, Dew Scented and others. The question is whether The Very End plays last. Langendorf, Germany.

amuse-festival.de

July 14-16: G!

Passing the Faroe Islands? There are bands like Swedish Mes-huggah and Movits. The Blind Boys of Alabama will also. Gota, Faroe Islands.

gfestival.com

July 14-16: Super buck super rock.

Arcade Fire, Grinderman, Fleet Foxes, The Strokes and more. Lisbon, Portugal.

superbocksuperrock.pt

July 14-16: Castle Mountain.

Fine fjordvy and band Grinderman, Kaizers Orchestra, Röyksopp, Erasure and others. Tønsberg, Norway.

slottsfjellfestival.no

July 14-17: Burg Herzberg.

Hippie Favorite late 1968th This year plays including Allman Brothers, Marillion and Femi Kuti. Burg Herzberg, Germany.

burgherzberg-festival.de

July 14-17: Benicàssim.

Great festival with indielut. Arctic Monkeys, Mumford & Son, The Strokes and Primal Scream are among the artists this year, plus several well-known DJs. Benicàssim, Spain.

fiberfib.com

July 14-17: Masters of rock.

Hard rock with, among other Swedish Hammerfall and Watain, Twisted Sister and many more. Vizovice, Czech Republic.

mastersofrock.cz

July 14-17: Gurten festival.

Arctic Monkeys, Jamiroquai, Glasvegas and more. Bern, Switzerland.

gurtenfestival.ch

July 14-17: Dour.

Lots of indie in four days. Dour, Belgium.

dourfestival.be

July 14-17: Vielle-charrue.

Far west of Brittany arranged this mammoth festival with a mixed bag and name as Lou Reed, P J Harvey, Pulp, Scorpions, Snoop and MIA. Carhaix, France.

viellescharrues.asso.fr

July 15-16: Sonnenrot.

Norwegian Motorpsycho, Cypress Hill and others. Eichinger bei München, Germany.

sonnenrot.com

July 15-16: On the Rocks.

Topped by the Swedish I’m from Barcelona. Golling, Austria.

therocks.at

July 15-16: Bang your head.

Metal – Let your hair grow! Balingen, Germany.

bang-your-head.de

July 19-23: Samsoe Festival.

The Danish island is worth a journey in itself and now is the chance to see and hear artists such as Kim Larsen and Teitur. Samsoe, Denmark.

samfest.dk

July 19-24: Paleo Festival.

Amy Winehouse, P J Harvey and The Strokes are among the most famous artists of the year. Nyon, Switzerland.

yeah.paleo.ch

July 21-24: Secret Garden.

Trädgårdsmys with Blondie, Peter, Bjorn and John, and others. Huntingdon, England.

secretgardenparty.com

July 21-24: Castle Party.

Sure to become a little curious about a band named Santa Hates You? Atari Teenage Riot’s most merited otherwise. Bölkow, Poland.

castleparty.com

July 22-23: Malakoff.

Perhaps going over the river for water, then top names are Håkan Hellström, Bo Kaspers and Dungen. Nordfjordeid, Norway.

malakoff.no

July 22-24: Soundwave.

Live Bands and DJs beach. Petrcane, Croatia.

soundwavecroatia.com

July 22-24: Tuska.

Unleash the Meshuggah and elders Killing Joke. Helsinki, Finland.

Tuska-festival.fi

July 23: Monegros Desert Festival.

Several bands and a bunch of DJs. Fraga, Spain.

monegrosfestival.com

July 29-30: Kuopio Rock Cock.

The kid’s festival with oldies as Wasp and The Exploited. Kuopio, Finland.

kuopiorock.com

July 29-30: Global Gathering.

Tini Tempah, Underworld and others in a trance dansfest. Stratford, England.

globalgathering.com

July 29 – 31: Summer Darkness.

Gatherings for all deathly pale goth rocker. Hope it rains on the Killing Joke, Nitzer Ebb, and others. Utrecht, Holland.

summerdarkness.nl

July 30-31: Rock of Ages.

Could be called Rock of old age, when Jethro Tull, Slade, Thin Lizzy and Eric Burdon play. Seebronn, Germany.

coat-of-ages.de

August 3-7: Festival Sudoeste.

Jamie Woon and others. Zambujeira do Mar, Portugal.

tmn.pt

August 4-6: Wacken.

Viking helmet and ear plugs fit when hard rockers blasts the sound barrier: Judas Priest, Motorhead, Cradle of Filth and others. Wacken, Germany.

wacken.com

August 5-6: Rauma Rock.

Veronicas and Bob Dylan’s top names. Åndalsnes, Norway.

raumarock.com

August 5-6: Tartan Heart.

Scottish bands dominate, of course, as Deacon Blue and Texas. Beauly, Scotland.

tartanfestival.co.uk

August 5-7: Off Festival.

Aglofil Profile: Gang Of Four, Primal Scream and Mogwai are among those performing. Katowice, Poland.

off-festival.pl

August 8-15: Sziget.

Hungary’s biggest rock festival lasts a whole week. Amy Winehouse, Interpol, Le Roux and a host of other celebrities, plus lots of world music and dance ditto. Budapest, Hungary.

sziget.hu

August 9-13: Øyafestivalen.

Norway’s largest rock festival, this year Kanye West, reunited Pulp, Fleet Foxes, Håkan Hellström, Lykke Li and Jayhawks among the top names. Oslo, Norway.

oyafestivalen.com

August 10-13: Pantiero.

Music Festival on the Riviera, among others Raveonettes and Local Natives. Cannes, France.

festivalpantiero.com

August 11-13: Brutal assault.

Wait your zero romance: Exodus, Draconian, Suicidal Tendencies, and others. Svojsice, Czech Republic.

brutalassault.cz

August 11-13: Haldern pop.

Most indie: Miss Li, Low Anthem, Fleet Foxes, Josh T Pearson and The Wombats and many more. Rees-Haldern, Germany.

haldenpop.de

August 11-14: Open Flair Festival.

Rise Against, The Stooges and The Sounds Swedish belongs to the artists. Eschwege, Germany.

open-flair.de

August 11-14. Bulldog bash.

Status Quo, Bad Manners and the Damned – mice or solemn moment? Shakespeare County Raceway, England.

bulldogbash.eu

August 12-13: Jalometalli.

Many Finns love hard rock. Here, among others, Sepultura and Sodom. Oulu, Finland.

jalometalli.net

August 12-14: Sonnemondsterne.

Chemical Brothers and others. Saalburg, Germany.

sonnemondsterne.de

August 12-14: Blood Stock.

Hard Rock quite literally with the Wasp, Hammerfall, Motorhead and others. Walton-on-Trent, England.

bloodstock.uk.com

August 18-20: Pukkelpop.

Foo Fighters, Eminem and The Offspring peaks was their festival, but there are plenty of other interesting names. Halder, Belgium.

pukkelpop.be

August 18-20: FM4 Frequency.

Foo Fighters, Beady Eye, The Kooks and more. St. Polten, Austria.

frequency.at

August 18-21: Open air Gampelen.

Swedish Movits, The Offspring, Chemical Brothers and others. Gampelen, Switzerland.

openairgampel.ch

August 19-20: Park 2011th

Robyn and Iggy & the Stooges do not have much in common more than their peaks this northern festival. Bodo, Norway.

parkenfestivalen.no

August 19-20: Coke Live Festival.

The Kooks, Interpol, Kid Cudi, and others. Krakow, Poland.

livefestival.pl

August 19-20: Pstereo.

Swedish Håkan Hellström and The Tallest Man on Earth is the most interesting acts. Trondheim, Norway.

pstereo.net

August 19-21: Lowlands.

Famous festival where Swedish Juniper is one of the top names in conjunction with Fleet Foxes and wombats.Biddinghuizen, Holland.

lowlands.nl

August 19-21: Area 4th

Thirty Seconds to Mars, NOFX, Deftones and others. Lüdinghausen, Germany.

aera4.de

August 19-21: Highfield.

Foo Fighters, 30 Seconds to Mars, Interpol and others. Hohenfeld, Germany.

highfield.de

August 19-21: Beautiful Days.

Big Audio Dynamite reunion plus The Levellers, John Grant and Gogol Bordello. Escot, England.

beautifuldays.org

August 20-21: V Festival.

Eminem and Arctic Monkeys peaks was his last night in two different arenas. Chelmsford, England.

vfestival.com

August 26-28: Reading.

Classic Festival with My Chemical Romance, The Strokes, Pulp, The Offspring, Muse and Elbow that heavy name. Reading, England.

readingfestival.com

August 6-28: Leeds 2011th

Gemini Festival of Reading, the band plays, but in reversed order. Leeds, England.

leedsfestival.com

Jazz, blues & world music

June 29-3: Puisoblues.

Angie Stone, John Mayall and others. Järvenpää, Finland.

puistoblues.fi

June 29 – 4: 19 °

Festival Musicale del Mediterraneo. World Music from around the world. Genoa, Italy.

echoart.org

June 29 – 12: Jazz in Aiacciu.

Corsican jazz swing with Richard Bona and others. Ajaccio, France.

jazzinaiacciu.com

June 30-2: Rigasritmi.

Jazz Festival, among others, Carmen Souza. Riga, Latvia.

rigasritmi.lv

July  1-3: Summer jam.

26th edition of the great reggae festival where hashish fog is dense. Jimmy Cliff, Youssou N’Dour, Max Romeo, Ziggy Marley and others. Cologne, Germany.

summerjam.de

July 10: Copenhagen Jazz Festival.

Vocalist Bobby McFerrin, Lyle Lovett, Leon Russell, a lot of Danish bands and jazz concerts for children accommodated at this year’s program. Copenhagen, Denmark.

jazz.dk

July 1-16: Montreaux Jazz Festival.

Festival held in several parts of the city and that has become increasingly different music than jazz. Paul Simon, Arcade Fire, Santana, BB King, George Benson, Deep Purple, Herbie Hancock, James Blake, Jimmy Cliff, Liza Minnelli, Leon Russell and Ziggy Marley among this year’s big. Montreaux, Switzerland.

montreauxjazz.com

July 4-29: Cool Jazz.

Seal, Jammie Cullum and others. Cascais, Portugal.

cooljazzfest.com

July 6-10: Kongsberg Jazz Festival.

This year will be held for the 47th time. Player makes including Joshua Redman and Terje Rypdal. Kongsberg, Norway.

kongsberg-jazzfestival.no

July 7-9: Funchal Jazz Festival.

Madeira’s capital attracts including John Scofield Quartet and Cassandra Wilson. Funchal, Portugal.

funchaljazz.com

July 8-12. Nice jazz.

Nils Petter Molvær, Miles Davis tribute, and others. Nice, France.

nicejazzfestival.fr

July 9-17: Pori Jazz.

Rising star Rumer, Tom Jones, Aloe Blacc, Charles Lloyd and Elton John is one of the peaks in the year. Pori, Finland.

porijazz.fi

July 18-23: Molde Jazz.

Röyksopp, Sinéad O’Connor and others. Molde, Norway.

moldejazz.no

July 17 – 22: Summer Jazz.

Cassandra Wilson, Jeff Beck, and others. Warsaw, Poland.

adamiajazz.pl

July 18-26: Festival Jazz des Cinq Continents.

Jazz from (almost) all over the world. Marseille, France.

festival-jazz-cinq-continents.com

July 22-30: FMM Sines.

World Music for every penny. Setubal, Portugal.

fmm.com.pt

July 24-31: Fiddler’s Green.

The 25th anniversary of the People’s Music Festival with both Irish and foreign artists. Rostrevor, Northern Ireland.

fiddlersgreenfestival.co.

July 28-31: Cambridge Folk Festival.

Classic folk music festival where, of course, artists like Richard Thompson, Pentangle, and Laura Marling plays, but also Bacharachsouliga Rumer. Cambridge, England.

cambridgefolkfestival.co.uk

July 28-31: Viljandi Folk Music Festival.

Folk music from Estonia, England, Georgia and Senegal. Viljandi, Estonia.

folk.ee

August 5-7: Don Cento jazz.

Russian and foreign artists across the Baltic Sea. Do not forget your visa. Kaliningrad, Russia.

jazzfestival.ru

August 10-14: Silda Jazz.

Lee Ritenour is the top name in Western Norway. Haugesund, Norway.

sildajazz.no

August 15-20: Oslo Jazzfest.

Allen Toussaint, Lill Lindfors, Karin Krog and Bengt Hallberg, and others. Oslo, Norway.

oslojazz.no

August 18-27: Rototom Sunsplash.

Great reggae with Shaggy, Ali Campbell, Bunny Wailer, Jimmy Cliff and others. Benicàssim, Spain.

rototomsunsplash.com

August 19-21: One Love.

England’s biggest reggae festival. Ken Boothe and others. London, England.

onelovefestival.co.uk