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: May 2018
Rank / FestivalChange
- Louder Than Life 20181
- Hard Summer 20181
- KAABOO 2018-2
- Rolling Loud Festival 20188
- Float Fest 20185
- Outside Lands 20180
- Neon Desert 201813
- Electric Zoo 20183
- California Roots 2018-2
- Lollapalooza Chicago 201811
- Sunset Music Festival 201820
- Riverbend Festival 201824
- Shaky Beats Festival 201810
- Governors Ball Music Festival 2018-5
- Arroyo Seco Weekend 20184
- Austin City Limits 201814
- Summerfest 201811
- Wanderlust Squaw Valley 2018-3
- Aftershock Festival 201840
- Life is Beautiful Festival 20184
- Bonnaroo Music Festival 201816
- Bottlerock Napa Valley 20180
- Firefly Music Festival 201817
- Gulf Coast Jam 20188
- The Untz Festival 20189
- Moonrise Festival 201828
- High Sierra Music Festival 2018-2
- Country Jam Colorado 201810
- Northside Festival Brooklyn 20186
- Dreamstate 201885
- Elements Festival NYC 2018104
- Voodoo Experience 201833
- Lightning in a Bottle 2018-7
- Panorama Music Festival 2018-5
- Sonic Bloom 20184
- Imagine Festival 201846
- UtopiaFest 201812
- Roots Picnic 201879
- Music Tastes Good 2018-12
- Bumbershoot 20185
- Joshua Tree Festival Fall 201811
- Mountain Jam 20185
- Movement Detroit 201866
- Spring Awakening 201843
- Electric Daisy Carnival Orlando 201868
- Hangout Fest 2018-5
- Willamette Country Music Festival 201819
- The Peach Music Festival 20187
- Rock on the Range 20184
- North Coast Music Festival 201810
Most Popular Festivals in Europe: May 2018
Rank / FestivalChange
- (Pol’And’Rock) Woodstock Festival 20180
- Tomorrowland 201813
- Lollapalooza Berlin 2018-1
- Lollapalooza Paris 2018-1
- Sonar Barcelona 2018-1
- Primavera Sound 2018-1
- Rock Im Park 20187
- Lowlands Festival 20189
- Best Kept Secret Festival 2018-2
- Free Your Mind Festival 20182
- Cruilla Barcelona 20180
- Pinkpop 2018-2
- Rock in Roma 2018-5
- The BPM Festival Portugal 20184
- Way Out West 2018-6
- Rock Am Ring 201812
- Summerburst Stockholm 2018-11
- Ultra Europe 20182
- DGTL Festival Barcelona 2018-3
- Download Festival Spain 201815
- Sweden Rock Festival 20180
- FM4 Frequency Festival 20182
- Outlook Festival 20180
- NOS Primavera Sound 2018-5
- Download Festival France 201821
- Zurich Openair 201812
- Down The Rabbit Hole 2018-5
- Rockavaria 20184
- FortaRock 201810
- Wacken 201820
- Awakenings Festival 201839
- Rock Werchter 2018-7
- Hurricane Festival 20183
- Melt! Festival 201829
- Firenze Rocks 2018-22
- Rockwave Festival 20185
- Copenhagen Distortion Festival 201842
- Psychedelic Circus 2018-1
- Danube Island Festival 201821
- Sziget Festival 2018-11
- Pitchfork Paris 201812
- Graspop Metal Meeting 201896
- Open’er Festival 2018-10
- Roskilde Festival 201811
- Greenfield Festival 2018-14
- Vida Festival 20185
- Sonus Festival 201825
- Openair Frauenfeld 20180
- OpenAir St. Gallen 2018-22
- Nova Rock 20184
Most Popular Festivals in UK: May 2018
Rank / FestivalChange
- One Love Festival 20180
- The Biggest Weekend 20183
- Lovebox 20185
- Field Day Festival 2018-2
- Wireless Festival 2018-2
- All Points East Festival 20184
- The Great Escape 201818
- We Are FSTVL 201812
- Common People 20189
- Isle of Wight Festival 2018-6
- Love Saves the Day Festival 201820
- Camden Rocks 2018-3
- Neighbourhood Weekender 2018N/A
- Reading Festival 2018-8
- Parklife Festival 20182
- Download Festival 2018-3
- TRNSMT Festival 2018-10
- Mutiny Festival 201836
- Hospitality In The Park 2018N/A
- Bestival 2018-5
- Citadel Festival 20186
- Sundown Festival 2018-8
- Latitude Festival 2018-11
- RiZE Festival 2018-8
- Penn Festival 2018N/A
- Cool Britannia 20182
- End of the Road Festival 2018-5
- Meltdown Festival 2018N/A
- Black Deer Festival 201810
- British Summer Time 2018-7
- Leeds Festival 2018-7
- Dot to Dot UK 201819
- Glastonbury Festival 2019-7
- El Dorado Festival 2018-13
- Slam Dunk Festival 2018-2
- Leefest Presents Neverworld 2018N/A
- Bearded Theory Festival 201838
- Bloodstock 2018-2
- Peckham Rye 2018-10
- Electric Fields 20183
- Kendal Calling 2018-3
- Blissfields Presents Blisscamp 2018-8
- Wilderness Festival 20181
- Boomtown Fair 2018-14
- Community Festival 2018N/A
- Boardmasters 20183
- Festival No. 6 2018-10
- Victorious Festival 20182
- Lost Village 2018-2
- Shambala Music Festival 2018-9
