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A Guide To The Top European Music Festivals Of 2010
European music festivals are a must every year. Drawing all sorts of people together driven by their desire to have fun through music, music festivals offer a great diversity. French hippies, Scandinavian rockers, German techno-heads, American blues aficionados, all gather to find themselves at the right time and place to enjoy music. Covering any taste, from alternative rock to electro and from hip-hop to blues, European summer festivals are a great opportunity to have fun and enjoy some of the biggest bands alive.
In order of appearance, the best European music festivals are the following:
a) Sonar Festival, Spain
For the lovers of electro, dance and hip-hop music, Sonar Festival in Barcelona is the ultimate choice. Since its debut in 1994, Sonar Festival has become one of the most reputable and avant-garde European festivals. For 2010, some of the confirmed artists that will entertain more than 80,000 visitors are Roxy Music, Air, The Chemical Brothers, Carte Blanche (DJ Mehdi & Riton), LCD Soundsystem, The Pinker Tones, Dizzee Rascal, Goldielocks, bRUNA, 2manydjs, 2020Soundsystem and many others.
Tickets cost 165 Euros for three days.
Sonar Festival is held June 17-19. For more information, visit http://2010.sonar.es
b) Roskilde, Denmark
The Roskilde Festival is one of the leading European music concerts attracting over 90,000 visitors and more than 180 artists every year. Hosting from Scandinavian Punk to metal rock and alternative British bands, Roskilde features, besides music, other activities including movies, art and skating shows.
For 2010, as all previous years, the Roskilde Festival is hosting great bands. British alternative and metal bands such as Muse, Porcupine Tree, Kasabian and Motorhead; American punk rock bands such as Alice in Chains, Killswitch Engage and NOFX; Danish rock bands such as Dizzy Mizz Lizzy, Rising and The Kissaway Trail; super-groups such as Them Crooked Vultures with members from Foo Fighters, Led Zeppelin and Queens of the Stone Age; Brother Ali’s and Choc Quib Town hip-hop; Boban I Marko Markovic Orkestar and Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar for pure Balkan fun; Gorillaz for electro noise and many others.
Tickets cost 240 Euros and include admission fee, parking, camping, storeroom for luggage and a great variety of activities.
Roskilde is held June 27 – July 4. For more information, visit http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/uk
c) Rock Werchter, Belgium
The Rock Werchter Festival is one of the largest European festivals attracting nearly 110,000 concertgoers each year. For the fans of alternative rock this year’s lineup is really impressive including Muse, Pearl Jam, Skunk Anansie, 30 Seconds to Mars, Paramore, Porcupine Tree, Editors, Alice in Chains and Green Day. The schedule includes also pop with The Ting Tings and Pink, electro with Faithless, the German rock of Rammstein and the super-group Them Crooked Vultures among others. The festival takes place 15km from Leuven and there are two stages, the main stage and the pyramid marquee that host the performing bands and artists.
Tickets cost 188 Euros for four days, while an additional 18 euros ticket is required for onsite camping.
Rock Werchter is held July 1-4. For more information, visit http://www.rockwerchter.be/en/
d) Exit Festival, Serbia
Hosted in the Petrovaradin Fortress of Novi Sad, Exit Festival is a very special event held on the picturesque setting of an 18th century fortress by the Danube river. Featuring 27 stages and attracting more than 20,000 festival-goers each year, Exit is one of the major music and cultural events in Southeastern Europe. For 2010, Exit presents an impressive lineup with Placebo, Faith No More, Pendulum, Suicidal Tendencies, The Chemical Brothers, Missy Elliot, Mika David Guetta, Ricardo Villalobos, Röyksopp and Rui Da Silva being some of the confirmed artists.
Tickets cost approximately 110 Euros for four days.
Exit Festival is held July 8 – 11. For more information, visit http://www.exitfest.org/
e) Benicassim Festival, Spain
By far one of the best European music festivals is Benicassim Festival in Spain. Hosted on the south coast of Spain between Barcelona and Valencia, Benicassim Festival combines music with Mediterranean fun. Featuring an incredible lineup of alternative bands with Oasis, Kings of Leon, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, The Prodigy, Paul Weller, Ian Brown, Elbow, Klaxons, Calexico, and Giant Sand to name a few, but also a super lineup of Spanish bands and performers including Dj Catódica, Nacho Vegas, nudozurdo, and Aldo Linares, Benicassim Festival is a must attend . Other important performers are Dizzee Rascal, Leftfield, The Bishops and many others.
Tickets cost 170 Euros for four days, yet they are long sold out.
Benicassim Festival is held July 15-18. For more information, visit http://www.benicassimfestival.com/
f) Sziget Festival, Budapest
Sziget Festival is Budapest’s largest festival. Held on Óbudai Island by the Danube River, Sziget is a colossal event for 350,000 visitors on average each year featuring more than 1,000 acts. Combining mainstream with alternative on an amalgam of races and tastes Sziget has become more like a multicultural party and since its debut in 1993 it has managed to become a reference point all over Europe. The lineup for 2010 is quite impressive. Muse, Iron Maiden, Gorillaz, Bad Religion, Infected Mushroom, Paradise Lost, The Cribs, Kasabian, Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar, and Faithless are some of the artists that promise to offer unforgettable moments to Sziget’s visitors.
Camping Ticket cost 200 Euros for six days.
Sziget Festival is held August 11-16. For more information, visit http://www.sziget.hu
g) Pukkelpop, Belgium
Iron Maiden, Placebo, The Flaming Lips, Limp Bizkit, Goldfrapp, NOFX, Blink 182, Benny Benassi, and The Prodigy, are some of the confirmed artists that will entertain more than 100,000 visitors in 2010 Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium. Pukkelpop features nearly 200 artists on 8 stage areas.
Tickets cost 145 Euros for three days covering camping, performances and train or bus tickets from anywhere in Belgium.
Pukkelpop is held August 19 – 21. For more information, visit http://www.pukkelpop.be/
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Music Festivals question by Miss Becca: what are some other music festivals that are like WMC, electric zoo and ultra music festival?
I live in NY and I was planning on going to electric zoo but thats in september and I leave for college in late August. The college im going to is in florida but of course WMC and Ultra Music Festival (are they the same thing I wasn’t sure?) are in March. So does anyone know of any other music festivals like these that take place in the north east area from now until august, or any that are in florida from september to dec?
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Answer by Capn Applesauce
check out EDC!! [[electric daisy carnival]]
or Coachella has some stuff like that, but it’s in April in California.. those are the only ones I can think of aside from Ultra and Electric Zoo, but they’re not in the locations you specified, and I’m pretty sure those are the only other big electronic music events in america:[ unless you just want any music festival, then theres more!! bonnaroo, lollapalooza, etc etc.
But!! If you feel like traveling over the summer you could hit up EDC in California, Texas, or Puerto Rico 
I live in Florida and Ultra is pretty much the biggest thing that happens here, all year xP
oo and WMC and Ultra are 2 different things, but they used to be sort of the same cause they were held at the same time!! But they are 2 different events, WMC is like a DJ networking thing or something? Yeh I’m still a bit confused by it
hope you find a solution though!!^.^
edit: theres also something called the detroit electronic music festival in may i think!!