List of Overseas Music Festivals [2025–2026]: A Comprehensive Roundup Across All Genres

Rock in Rio is a large-scale rock festival that has been held around the world since it was first staged in Brazil in 1985. It offers plenty to enjoy, from rock to electronic music. It’s a spectacular outdoor festival featuring artists who are popular across the globe.

Electric Daisy Carnival is a massive dance music festival, said to be one of the world’s top three EDM festivals alongside Tomorrowland and Ultra Music Festival. While the main EDC takes place in Las Vegas, USA, EDC Mexico is the edition held in Mexico.

A music festival in Iceland, the country known as the birthplace of Björk and Sigur Rós. Launched in 1999, the festival has since gained worldwide recognition, to the point that the renowned Rolling Stone magazine called it “the hippest long weekend on the annual music-festival calendar.” The venues span the entire capital of Reykjavík, with a variety of shows by bands and DJs taking place all over the city.

Simple Things Festival is a music festival held in Bristol in western England. A wide range of venues host many of the hottest artists in England right now. The genres are truly diverse—jazz, hip-hop, electronic, punk, and more. The event is split into daytime and nighttime programs, with a clear separation between the two. One standout feature is how affordable the tickets are! Be sure to stop by when you travel to the UK.

The Pitchfork Music Festival is an annual summer music festival organized by Pitchfork Media and held at Union Park in Chicago, Illinois. Taking place over three days in July (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday), the festival primarily features artists and bands in alternative rock, rap and hip hop, electronica, and dance music, but its lineup also includes hardcore punk, experimental/avant-garde rock, and jazz. In addition to music, the Pitchfork Music Festival features food, drinks, art, and gig posters from local, regional, and national vendors. The festival also hosts a record fair curated and operated by Chicago community radio stations.