Perry Farrell's traveling festival turned permanent Chicago institution. Four days of alt-rock, indie, and electronic across Grant Park.

A sprawling multi-genre festival on a Tennessee farm. Strong rock and jam band presence alongside hip-hop and electronic.

Danny Wimmer's premier hard rock festival. Four days of heavy music on the Daytona Speedway grounds.

Kentucky's massive rock and metal festival. Bourbon, barbecue, and bands that hit as hard as both.

Northern California's biggest rock festival. Three stages, four days, and consistently stacked lineups.

Punk-leaning festival in Chicago's Douglass Park. Known for classic album performances and carnival rides.

Successor to Rock on the Range. Ohio's premier rock festival with arena-level headliners.

The spiritual successor to Monsters of Rock. Donington Park's sacred ground for heavy music since 2003.

Europe's biggest metal festival. Six stages in the French countryside. From doom to deathcore to classic rock.

The holy land of heavy metal. A tiny German village that hosts 75,000 metalheads every summer since 1990.

Barcelona's genre-spanning festival with strong indie and alternative rock presence alongside electronic and pop.

Belgium's premier metal gathering. Four days of heavy music in a Flemish field.

Germany's twin rock festivals running simultaneously with shared lineups. Among Europe's largest rock events.

The world's most famous festival. Rock shares the bill with every genre imaginable across a Somerset dairy farm.

The UK's defining rock festival(s). Running since 1961 with twin sites sharing headliners.

Northern Europe's largest festival. Non-profit, culturally diverse, and consistently great rock bookings.

Austria's biggest rock festival near the Hungarian border. Strong international lineups.

Japan's largest outdoor music festival set in a ski resort in the mountains. Renowned for its organization and eclectic bookings.

Japan's twin-city urban festival with strong international rock acts alongside pop and hip-hop.

The Australian edition of Donington's legendary metal festival.

One of the largest music festivals in the world. Since 1985, Rock in Rio has hosted the biggest names in rock to audiences of 100,000+.

The Chilean edition of Lollapalooza with consistently strong rock and alternative bookings.

The Argentine edition bringing international rock acts to Buenos Aires.

Slipknot's traveling metal festival with strong Latin American presence. Heavy, loud, and uncompromising.