The 50 Most Popular Festivals In Europe for 2018

By MFW Staff / December 21, 2018

Welcome once again to our year end roundup of the most popular music festivals in the world! Our ranked lists are compiled from visitors around the world to Music Festival Wizard during 2018. As always, we have three main lists for the most populous festival regions in the world: The United States, The United Kingdom, and continental Europe.

Top 50 Europe

#1 Pol’And’Rock

Kostrzyn nad Odra, Poland

#2 Lollapalooza Berlin

Berlin, Germany

#3 Tomorrowland

Boom, Belgium

#4 Lollapalooza Paris

Paris, France

#5 Graspop Metal Meeting

Dessel, Belgium

#6 Outlook Festival

Pula, Croatia

#7 Sónar Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

#8 Lowlands Festival

Biddinghuizen, Netherlands

#9 Benicassim Festival (FIB)

Benicassim, Spain

#10 The BPM Festival Portugal

Portimao/Lagoa, Portugal

#11 Primavera Sound

Barcelona, Spain

#12 Best Kept Secret Festival

Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands

#13 Way Out West

Goteborg, Sweden

#14 Primavera Sound Porto

Porto, Portugal

#15 Rock in Roma

Rome, Italy

#16 Sziget Festival

Budapest, Hungary

#17 Wacken

Wacken, Germany

#18 Reeperbahn Festival

Hamburg, Germany

#19 Pinkpop

Landgraaf, Netherlands

#20 Rock Am Ring

Mendig, Germany

#21 Pitchfork Paris

Paris, France

#22 FM4 Frequency Festival

St. Polten, Austria

#23 Rock Werchter

Werchter, Belgium

#24 Zurich Openair

Zurich, Switzerland

#25 Down The Rabbit Hole

Beuningen, Netherlands

#26 NOS Alive

Lisbon, Portugal

#27 Iceland Airwaves

Reykjavik, Iceland

#28 Summerburst Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden

#29 Sweden Rock Festival

Solvesborg, Sweden

#30 Roadburn Festival

Tilburg, Netherlands

#31 Hellfest

Clisson, France

#32 Rockavaria

München, Germany

#33 Ultra Europe

Split, Croatia

#34 Firenze Rocks

Florence, Itlay

#35 Into the Great Wide Open

Vlieland, Netherlands

#36 Mad Cool Festival

Madrid, Spain

#37 Open’er Festival

Gdynia, Poland

#38 Le Guess Who?

Utrecht, Netherlands

#39 Roskilde Festival

Roskilde, Denmark

#40 Pukkelpop

Kiewit-Hasselt, Belgium

#41 Hurricane Festival

Scheessel, Germany

#42 Summer Breeze

Dinkelsbuhl, Germany

#43 Melt! Festival

Ferropolis, Germany

#44 Nova Rock

Nickelsdorf, Austria

#45 Rock En Seine

Paris, France

#46 OpenAir St. Gallen

St. Gallen, Switzerland

#47 Download Festival Madrid

Madrid, Spain

#48 Sonus Festival

Pag Island, Croatia

#49 INmusic Festival

Zagreb, Croatia

#50 Paaspop

Schijndel, Netherlands

Written By MFW Staff

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