Welcome to the MFWizard50, our semi-scientific rundown of the most popular festivals on this here website. Our process is simple. We tally up the visitors to the individual festival guides and see who rises to the top. We have three lists for the world’s most populous music festival regions: North America, United Kingdom, and Europe. If you’re curious about any of these festivals, click on the links below to discover your next adventure.
Most Popular Festivals in North America: December 2017
Rank / FestivalChange
- South By Southwest (SXSW) 20183
- Coachella Music Festival 20183
- Okeechobee Music Festival 2018-2
- Noise Pop 20183
- Gasparilla Music Festival 20189
- New Orleans Jazz Festival 20183
- Botanica Music Festival 201810
- SweetWater 420 Festival 201813
- Snowglobe 2017-7
- Savannah Stopover 201810
- Pot of Gold Festival 201829
- Shiprocked 20183
- BUKU Music + Art Project 2018-3
- Hangout Fest 20189
- McDowell Mountain Music Festival 201828
- Lucidity Festival 201863
- Tomorrow Never Knows 2018-4
- Savannah Music Festival 20187
- Welcome to Rockville 20185
- Rock on the Range 20186
- Governors Ball Music Festival 20187
- Fort Rock 201812
- Holy Ship! 2018-12
- Ultra Miami 2018-2
- Bonnaroo Music Festival 201813
- Dirtybird Campout East 2018-10
- Rocklahoma 201836
- Summerfest 201828
- Gem and Jam 2018-10
- Treefort Music Festival 2018-1
- Carolina Rebellion 2018New
- In Bloom Festival 2018New
- Mountain Jam 201831
- Shaky Knees Festival 201814
- Levitation 2018-3
- Lights All Night 2017-30
- Day For Night 2017-34
- Big Ears 20181
- Sunfest 2018-6
- California Roots 20189
- Northern Invasion 201820
- Wanee Music Festival 201826
- Sunset Music Festival 201838
- High Water Fest 20188
- The Rock Boat 2018-10
- Backwoods Music Festival 20180
- Innings Festival 2018-17
- Bottlerock Napa Valley 2018-3
- Las Rageous 2018New
- 70000 Tons of Metal 2018-8
Most Popular Festivals in Europe: December 2017
Rank / FestivalChange
- Pinkpop 20184
- DGTL Festival 2018New
- Primavera Sound 2018-1
- Rock Im Park 20185
- Best Kept Secret Festival 201822
- Mad Cool Festival 201845
- Sonar Barcelona 20188
- Paaspop 2018-7
- Woodstock Festival Poland 2017112
- Rock Am Ring 20180
- Rock Werchter 20181
- NOS Primavera Sound 20188
- Nova Rock 2018-9
- Rock in Roma 2018New
- Sweden Rock Festival 2018-12
- Down The Rabbit Hole 201826
- NOS Alive 201824
- Download Festival France 20187
- Rockavaria 20182
- Time Warp Germany 2018-9
- Hurricane Festival 2018-8
- Sonar Reykjavik 201814
- Lollapalooza Paris 2018New
- Orange Warsaw Festival 2018New
- I-Days Festival 2018149
- FortaRock 201896
- Snowboxx 2018-8
- Download Festival Spain 2018-11
- Greenfield Festival 20180
- Hellfest 20180
- Lollapalooza Berlin 2017173
- Open’er Festival 2018-1
- Super Bock Super Rock 20186
- Rock in Rio Lisboa 2018-1
- Roskilde Festival 2018-9
- Lollapalooza Berlin 20182
- Melt! Festival 20189
- INmusic Festival 2018-6
- Vida Festival 201817
- OpenAir St. Gallen 20189
- Free Your Mind Festival 2018-13
- Lost And Found Malta 2018-18
- Volt Festival 20182
- NorthSide Festival Denmark 201813
- Graspop Metal Meeting 2018-39
- Bilbao BBK Live 2018-11
- Heartland Festival 2018-7
- Summerburst Stockholm 201862
- Snowattack 2018-27
- Benicassim Festival (FIB) 201817
Most Popular Festivals in UK: December 2017
Rank / FestivalChange
- TRNSMT Festival 20186
- Isle of Wight Festival 20186
- Download Festival 2018-2
- Camden Rocks 2018-2
- Liverpool Sound City 20180
- Reading Festival 20188
- All Points East Festival 2018-4
- Country 2 Country (C2C) 2018-2
- Common People 201830
- Field Day Festival 20180
- Wireless Festival 20189
- Live at Leeds 20183
- Parklife Festival 20180
- British Summer Time 201812
- Peckham Rye 20181
- The Great Escape 2018-5
- We Are FSTVL 2018-8
- Latitude Festival 20186
- Blissfields 20180
- Bloodstock 20189
- Boomtown Fair 20180
- Kendal Calling 2018-4
- Glastonbury Festival 2017New
- Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival 2018-2
- Dot to Dot UK 2018-13
- Mutiny Festival 201827
- Groove CairnGorm 2018-10
- Leeds Festival 201813
- Lovebox 201832
- Camp Bestival 2018-3
- Love Saves the Day Festival 2018-6
- 2000trees 2018-9
- Bestival 2018-5
- Indietracks 2018New
- Cocoon in the Park 20185
- Cambridge Folk Festival 201834
- Cambridge Rock Festival 2018-7
- Love Supreme Festival 2018-2
- Henley Festival 2017New
- NASS Festival 201715
- ArcTanGent 201826
- Gottwood Festival 201840
- Leefest 2018-10
- Boardmasters 2018-12
- Henley Festival 2018New
- Wychwood Festival 2018-12
- Bluedot Festival 20180
- Bearded Theory Festival 2018-5
- End of the Road Festival 2018-18
- Nozstock The Hidden Valley 2018-6