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5 minutes readWe’re rounding up the 10 most popular festivals in the world and how you can attend in 2025.
1. Coachella
Coachella is the musical festival in the desert. It’s held over two weekends and plays hosts to chart-toppers across multiple genres.
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Coachella promises to be one of the top music festivals in the world, with Lady Gaga, Post Malone, and Travis Scott headlining alongside other viral talent.
- Where: Indio, USA
- When: 11-13 and 18-20 April 2025
- Price: 3-day passes start at $539
- Attendance: Just under 600,000 festival goers.
2025 is the year the event is expanding with its ‘Quasar’ stage, offering festival goers more artists to listen to with extended sets.
You can choose between general admission tickets and VIP passes with add-ons like shuttle passes and camping.
2. Glastonbury
Glastonbury is one of the most popular festivals in the world, starting in 1970, showcasing household names alongside up-and-coming talent.
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The festival is hosted over 1100 acres of land in the UK, making it twice the size of Monaco.
- Where: Somerset, UK
- When: 25 – 29 June 2025
- Price: from £378.50
- Attendance: 220,000 people
This year, Glastonbury is hosting international talent with the biggest names performing on the Pyramid stage, with a lineup including The 1975, Neil Young and others.
3. Fuji Rock Festival
Fuji Rock Festival started in 1997 and attracts music lovers from around the globe. It is the biggest festival in Japan, with over 200 domestic and international talent performing.
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Headliners for the main stages in 2025 include household names like Fred Again, Vulfpeck, and Vampire Weekend.
- Where: Naeba Ski Resort, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
- When: 25th-27th July 2025.
- Price: ¥54,000 for a 3-day ticket
- Attendance: estimated 100,000 attendees
This three-day music festival sees more than 100,000 attendees annually and is famous for being surrounded by the natural beauty of Naeba Ski Resort, with organizers committed to making it as eco-friendly as possible.
4. Lollapalooza
Lollapalooza is considered one of the best music festivals in the USA. This music festival originally started in the early ‘90s as a touring event before finding a permanent home in Grant Park, Chicago.
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It caters to a variety of music genres, including hip-hop, electronic dance, and heavy metal.
- Where: Chicago, USA
- When: July 31 – August 3 2025
- Price: Ticket prices are yet to be announced.
- Attendance: 400,000 people
Both the lineup and tickets are yet to be announced.
5. Primavera Sound Barcelona
- Where: Barcelona, Spain
- When: 4th June – 8th June 2025
- Price: €350 for full festival passes
- Attendance: 220,000
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Primavera Sound is an annual indie music festival held annually in Barcelona. It’s one of the biggest music festivals in Spain, with performers like Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX, and Beach House scheduled on the main stages.
This outdoor music festival was the first major one to achieve a gender-equal line-up in 2019.
6. SXSW (South by Southwest)
- Where: Austin, USA
- When: 7-15 March
- Price: $995 for a music badge
- Attendance: 160,000 for music events
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SXSW is a multi-media event focusing on interactive media, music, and film in the USA. It’s hosted annually in Austin, Texas, taking over the heart of Downtown Austin, with the Convention Center becoming the focal point for the festival.
It’s the largest festival in the world, with over 2,000 acts having performed there by 2014.
7. Sziget Festival
- Where: Budapest, Hungary
- When: 6 – 11 August 2025
- Price: €205 for a 3-day pass
- Attendance: 530,000 in 2019.
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Sziget is one of the most budget-friendly 2025 festivals. It’s held on a 108-hectare island in northern Budapest. You can experience over 1,000 performances across 6 days, making it one of the best music festivals in 2025.
8. Roskilde Festival
- Where: Roskilde, Denmark
- When: June 28 – July 5 2025
- Price: 2550DKK for 8-day ticket with camping
- Attendance: 130,000 attendees
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This isn’t your usual weekend festival. Roskilde is an 8-day festival focused on activism, art, and music. It’s the largest music festival in Europe and has been going strong since 1971.
Main stage acts include a diverse lineup of Olivia Rodrigo, Stormzy, Anon and the Johnsons, and Arca.
9. Tomorrowland
- Where: Boom, Belgium
- When: 18 – 20 July 2025
- Price: One week access starting at €300
- Attendance: 400,000
Tomorrowland is one of the top 2025 festivals, with over 400 electronic music artists scheduled to appear.
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