Festival de música, mes a mes en todo el mundo

Jazz, ópera, rock o electrónica — el fin de semana en que la ciudad es un escenario y las habitaciones vuelan.

283 destinos de SeasonMap, ordenados cada mes por la puntuación de confort, porque no se trata solo de dónde está en marcha la temporada, sino de si el tiempo merece el viaje mientras dura.

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Festival de música en enero

  1. Puerto Varas 🇨🇱 ChileSemanas Musicales de Frutillar · 25 Ene – 8 Feb (normalmente)Thirty-odd concerts at the Teatro del Lago in Frutillar, half an hour up the lake, from the end of January.89
  2. Ciudad del Cabo 🇿🇦 SudáfricaKirstenbosch sunset concerts · 20 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)Sunday evening concerts on the lawns below the mountain at the botanical garden, running from late November to the end of March.86
  3. Al-Ula 🇸🇦 Arabia SauditaWinter at Tantora · 15 Dic – 12 Ene (normalmente)The winter concert programme, staged outdoors between the canyon walls over three weeks around the new year.86
  4. Raglan 🇳🇿 Nueva ZelandaSoundsplash · 15–25 Ene (normalmente)An all-ages music festival that grew out of an eco-reggae gathering in 2001, held over two days and nights at Wainui Reserve with camping on site.86
  5. Wollongong 🇦🇺 AustraliaIllawarra Folk Festival · 10–25 Ene (normalmente)Four days of folk, sessions and camping on the showground at Bulli, north of the city and under the escarpment.82
  6. Tulum 🇲🇽 MéxicoJungle festival season · 26 Dic – 15 Feb (normalmente)Multi-day electronic events run in the jungle and at cenotes between Christmas and mid-February, and they are why room rates in that window read like Ibiza in August.81
  7. Gustavia San BartoloméSt Barth Music Festival · 5–25 Ene (normalmente)Running every January since 1984, two weeks of classical music, opera, jazz and dance in Gustavia's churches and small venues island-wide.80
  8. La Valeta 🇲🇹 MaltaValletta Baroque Festival · 5–31 Ene (normalmente)Three weeks of baroque music in the buildings it was written for: St John's co-cathedral, the Manoel theatre, the auberges.79
  9. Chennai 🇮🇳 IndiaMargazhi music season · 15 Dic – 15 EneA thousand-odd Carnatic concerts across the sabhas of Mylapore and T.77
  10. Córdoba 🇦🇷 ArgentinaFestival de Cosquín · 18 Ene – 5 Feb (normalmente)Nine nights of folklore on the Próspero Molina stage in Cosquín, an hour into the Punilla valley, running to three in the morning.75
  11. Cartagena de Indias 🇨🇴 ColombiaCartagena Music Festival · 5–15 Ene (normalmente)A week of classical concerts in the churches and theatres inside the walls in early January, with free open-air nights in the plazas.74
  12. Ciudad de Panamá 🇵🇦 PanamáPanama Jazz Festival · 10–20 Ene (normalmente)Danilo Perez's festival fills Ciudad del Saber and the Casco theatres for a few days each January, with free outdoor concerts and a student clinic that puts instruments on every corner.74
  13. Curitiba 🇧🇷 BrasilOficina de Música de Curitiba · 5–25 Ene (normalmente)One of Latin America's largest music schools-cum-festivals takes over the Guaíra theatres, churches and parks for about twelve days in January, with ticketed shows and plenty of free recitals.74
  14. Thredbo 🇦🇺 AustraliaThredbo Blues Festival · 10–25 Ene (normalmente)Three days of blues in more than fifteen venues across the village, including a lunch at Eagles Nest reached by chairlift.71
  15. Ko Pha Ngan 🇹🇭 TailandiaFull Moon Party · 1 Ene – 31 DicHaad Rin fills once a lunar month, every month, and the island's boats and rooms price around it.70
  16. Nantes 🇫🇷 FranciaLa Folle Journee · 25 Ene – 2 Feb (normalmente)Five days of short classical concerts stacked from morning to midnight in the Cite des Congres, cheap and deliberately unstuffy.55
  17. Salzburgo 🇦🇹 AustriaMozart Week · 20 Ene – 3 Feb (normalmente)A week of concerts around Mozart's birthday on 27 January, in the halls he actually played.48
  18. Heidelberg 🇩🇪 AlemaniaStreichquartettfest · 15–30 Ene (normalmente)A few days of string quartets in the Stadthalle in the second half of January, run by the Heidelberger Fruehling team: a reason to come in the quietest weeks of the year, when the old town is mostly locals and students.48
  19. Glasgow 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoCeltic Connections · 14 Ene – 2 Feb (normalmente)Two and a half weeks of folk and roots music across twenty-odd venues in the worst fortnight of the Scottish winter, which is precisely the point.47
  20. Aarhus 🇩🇰 DinamarcaVinterjazz · 28 Ene – 2 Mar (normalmente)Denmark's month-long winter jazz festival puts concerts into Aarhus clubs, cafés and the concert hall, including the Aarhus Jazz Orchestra.43
  21. Gstaad 🇨🇭 SuizaSommets Musicaux · 28 Ene – 8 Feb (normalmente)Nine days of chamber music in the churches of Saanen and Rougemont and the chapel above Gstaad, staged in the middle of the ski season rather than around it.32
  22. Montreal 🇨🇦 CanadáIgloofest · 14 Ene – 8 Feb (normalmente)Outdoor electronic music in the Old Port across three or four January weekends, in the coldest weeks of the North American calendar.30
  23. Tromsø 🇳🇴 NoruegaNordlysfestivalen · 24 Ene – 5 Feb (normalmente)A week of concerts across the town at the turn of January and February — classical, jazz and whatever else fits — with the lights themselves outside if the sky cooperates.24

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Festival de música en febrero

  1. Viña del Mar 🇨🇱 ChileFestival de Vina del Mar · 15 Feb – 5 Mar (normalmente)Six nights of live television from the Quinta Vergara amphitheatre, the biggest music week in Latin America and the one the whole continent watches.91
  2. Puerto Varas 🇨🇱 ChileSemanas Musicales de Frutillar · 25 Ene – 8 Feb (normalmente)Thirty-odd concerts at the Teatro del Lago in Frutillar, half an hour up the lake, from the end of January.91
  3. Jodhpur 🇮🇳 IndiaWorld Sacred Spirit Festival · 10–20 Feb (normalmente)Three nights of Sufi and devotional music in the courtyards of Mehrangarh, ending well after midnight.89
  4. Cafayate 🇦🇷 ArgentinaSerenata a Cafayate · 20 Feb – 5 Mar (normalmente)Three nights of folklore at the Bodega Encantada that run until dawn and fill every bed in the Calchaquí valley.89
  5. Ciudad del Cabo 🇿🇦 SudáfricaKirstenbosch sunset concerts · 20 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)Sunday evening concerts on the lawns below the mountain at the botanical garden, running from late November to the end of March.88
  6. Udaipur 🇮🇳 IndiaUdaipur World Music Festival · 1–20 Feb (normalmente)Three days across the Gandhi Ground, Fateh Sagar and Ambrai Ghat, free to walk into, with acts from a dozen countries.88
  7. Benidorm 🇪🇸 EspañaBenidorm Fest · 5–18 Feb (normalmente)Spain's televised song contest takes over the Palau d'Esports for a week in February, and it is the one time in winter the seafront hotels fill and reprice.86
  8. Tulum 🇲🇽 MéxicoJungle festival season · 26 Dic – 15 Feb (normalmente)Multi-day electronic events run in the jungle and at cenotes between Christmas and mid-February, and they are why room rates in that window read like Ibiza in August.82
  9. El Calafate 🇦🇷 ArgentinaFiesta Nacional del Lago · 5–25 Feb (normalmente)Six free nights of folk and rock at the Anfiteatro del Bosque, with jineteadas and a stock-car meeting either side.82
  10. Kingston 🇯🇲 JamaicaReggae Month · 1–28 FebFebruary is Reggae Month by proclamation: a Bob Marley birthday tribute at Emancipation Park on the sixth, Hall of Fame inductions, JaRIA's seminars and a run of free concerts.78
  11. Córdoba 🇦🇷 ArgentinaFestival de Cosquín · 18 Ene – 5 Feb (normalmente)Nine nights of folklore on the Próspero Molina stage in Cosquín, an hour into the Punilla valley, running to three in the morning.77
  12. Curitiba 🇧🇷 BrasilPsycho Carnival · 1 Feb – 10 Mar (normalmente)Curitiba's alternative to samba: Latin America's largest psychobilly festival fills rock bars around the old centre over the carnival days, with bands flying in from Europe and the Americas; running since 2000.77
  13. Ko Pha Ngan 🇹🇭 TailandiaFull Moon Party · 1 Ene – 31 DicHaad Rin fills once a lunar month, every month, and the island's boats and rooms price around it.75
  14. Zanzíbar 🇹🇿 TanzaniaSauti za Busara · 3–12 Feb (normalmente)Four days of live African music in the old fort at Stone Town in early February, the island's best-known cultural event and the one week the town fills.68
  15. Nantes 🇫🇷 FranciaLa Folle Journee · 25 Ene – 2 Feb (normalmente)Five days of short classical concerts stacked from morning to midnight in the Cite des Congres, cheap and deliberately unstuffy.65
  16. Graz 🇦🇹 AustriaElevate Festival · 20 Feb – 15 Mar (normalmente)Electronic music and political discourse spread through the tunnels and halls inside the Schlossberg and the Orpheum, in the flattest week of the year for the city otherwise.64
  17. Salzburgo 🇦🇹 AustriaMozart Week · 20 Ene – 3 Feb (normalmente)A week of concerts around Mozart's birthday on 27 January, in the halls he actually played.63
  18. Glasgow 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoCeltic Connections · 14 Ene – 2 Feb (normalmente)Two and a half weeks of folk and roots music across twenty-odd venues in the worst fortnight of the Scottish winter, which is precisely the point.53
  19. Aarhus 🇩🇰 DinamarcaVinterjazz · 28 Ene – 2 Mar (normalmente)Denmark's month-long winter jazz festival puts concerts into Aarhus clubs, cafés and the concert hall, including the Aarhus Jazz Orchestra.51
  20. Gstaad 🇨🇭 SuizaSommets Musicaux · 28 Ene – 8 Feb (normalmente)Nine days of chamber music in the churches of Saanen and Rougemont and the chapel above Gstaad, staged in the middle of the ski season rather than around it.46
  21. Montreal 🇨🇦 CanadáIgloofest · 14 Ene – 8 Feb (normalmente)Outdoor electronic music in the Old Port across three or four January weekends, in the coldest weeks of the North American calendar.37
  22. Tromsø 🇳🇴 NoruegaNordlysfestivalen · 24 Ene – 5 Feb (normalmente)A week of concerts across the town at the turn of January and February — classical, jazz and whatever else fits — with the lights themselves outside if the sky cooperates.33
  23. Longyearbyen 🇸🇯 Svalbard y Jan MayenPolarjazz · 1–10 Feb (normalmente)The world's northernmost jazz festival, four days in the last of the dark.27

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Festival de música en marzo

  1. Viña del Mar 🇨🇱 ChileFestival de Vina del Mar · 15 Feb – 5 Mar (normalmente)Six nights of live television from the Quinta Vergara amphitheatre, the biggest music week in Latin America and the one the whole continent watches.94
  2. Adelaida 🇦🇺 AustraliaWOMADelaide · 5–9 Mar (normalmente)Four days and nights of music from everywhere under the old figs in Botanic Park, walkable from the centre, at the tail end of the hot weather.92
  3. Cafayate 🇦🇷 ArgentinaSerenata a Cafayate · 20 Feb – 5 Mar (normalmente)Three nights of folklore at the Bodega Encantada that run until dawn and fill every bed in the Calchaquí valley.92
  4. Ciudad del Cabo 🇿🇦 SudáfricaKirstenbosch sunset concerts · 20 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)Sunday evening concerts on the lawns below the mountain at the botanical garden, running from late November to the end of March.90
  5. Monterrey 🇲🇽 MéxicoTecate Pa'l Norte · 25 Mar – 12 Abr (normalmente)Three days of music in Parque Fundidora and the reason the city's hotels sell out in spring.90
  6. Savannah 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSavannah Music Festival · 26 Mar – 10 Abr (normalmente)A fortnight of concerts in churches and small theatres around the historic district at the turn of April, weighted to jazz, blues and chamber music rather than headliners.88
  7. Miami 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosUltra Music Festival · 20–31 Mar (normalmente)Three days at Bayfront Park that fill downtown and reprice every hotel within walking distance.83
  8. Zihuatanejo 🇲🇽 MéxicoInternational Guitar Festival · 1–10 Mar (normalmente)A week of guitar concerts in the plaza and small venues in early March, a volunteer-run thing that has drawn serious players to a fishing town for two decades.83
  9. Esmirna 🇹🇷 TurquíaEuropean Jazz Festival · 1–15 Mar (normalmente)Izmir's longest-running jazz festival, staged at the Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center since 1994, with international acts, workshops and photo exhibitions through the first half of March.82
  10. Drakensberg 🇿🇦 SudáfricaSplashy Fen · 28 Mar – 8 Abr (normalmente)South Africa's longest-running music festival, on a farm outside Underberg over the Easter weekend.82
  11. Ponta Delgada 🇵🇹 PortugalTremor · 10 Mar – 20 Abr (normalmente)Five days of concerts staged in the town's halls and then out in craters, chapels and tea plantations across the island.81
  12. Curitiba 🇧🇷 BrasilPsycho Carnival · 1 Feb – 10 Mar (normalmente)Curitiba's alternative to samba: Latin America's largest psychobilly festival fills rock bars around the old centre over the carnival days, with bands flying in from Europe and the Americas; running since 2000.81
  13. El Valle AnguilaMoonsplash music festival · 1–31 Mar (normalmente)Bankie Banx's reggae festival at the Dune Preserve on Rendezvous Bay, held since 1991 and timed around a spring full moon; the island's small hotel stock fills that weekend.79
  14. Shoal Bay AnguilaMoonsplash · 1 Mar – 10 Abr (normalmente)Bankie Banx's reggae festival at the Dune Preserve on Rendezvous Bay, timed to the full moon.79
  15. Philipsburg 🇸🇽 San MartínSXM Festival · 9–17 Mar (normalmente)Five days of open-air electronic music at beach and hilltop sites in the second week of March, running past dawn.78
  16. Ko Pha Ngan 🇹🇭 TailandiaFull Moon Party · 1 Ene – 31 DicHaad Rin fills once a lunar month, every month, and the island's boats and rooms price around it.74
  17. Boise 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosTreefort Music Fest · 20 Mar – 5 Abr (normalmente)Five days and several hundred acts across venues you can walk between, plus the side forts — food, film, yoga, talks — that make it more than a music bill.73
  18. Graz 🇦🇹 AustriaElevate Festival · 20 Feb – 15 Mar (normalmente)Electronic music and political discourse spread through the tunnels and halls inside the Schlossberg and the Orpheum, in the flattest week of the year for the city otherwise.73
  19. Chisináu 🇲🇩 MoldaviaMărțișor · 1–10 MarEveryone pins a red-and-white thread to their coat on 1 March and wears it until the trees flower, and the city runs a ten-day music festival around it.68
  20. Brno 🇨🇿 República ChecaEaster Festival of Sacred Music · 20 Mar – 25 Abr (normalmente)Filharmonie Brno's festival runs from about Palm Sunday into Easter week, with sacred music from Gothic and Renaissance to Baroque and later, often by early-music specialists; running since 1992.68
  21. Montreux 🇨🇭 SuizaCully Jazz Festival · 28 Mar – 20 Abr (normalmente)Nine days of jazz in the wine village of Cully, twenty minutes along the lake by train: ticketed concerts in tents and the temple, plus free late sets in the cellars and caveaux of the old town.67
  22. Baden-Baden 🇩🇪 AlemaniaEaster Festival at the Festspielhaus · 15 Mar – 20 Abr (normalmente)Opera and orchestral concerts at Germany's largest opera house in the days before Easter.66
  23. Kilkenny 🇮🇪 IrlandaSt Patrick's Festival and Tradfest · 13–17 Mar (normalmente)Kilkenny's St Patrick's weekend is built around Tradfest: a parade, a funfair and over a hundred free trad sessions in the pubs along the music trail, plus ticketed concerts.66
  24. Aarhus 🇩🇰 DinamarcaVinterjazz · 28 Ene – 2 Mar (normalmente)Denmark's month-long winter jazz festival puts concerts into Aarhus clubs, cafés and the concert hall, including the Aarhus Jazz Orchestra.63
  25. Bergen 🇳🇴 NoruegaBorealis festival · 8–18 Mar (normalmente)Five days of experimental music in March, taking over galleries, concert halls and warehouses with concerts, installations and talks.55

…y 1 más en marzo.

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Festival de música en abril

  1. Savannah 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSavannah Music Festival · 26 Mar – 10 Abr (normalmente)A fortnight of concerts in churches and small theatres around the historic district at the turn of April, weighted to jazz, blues and chamber music rather than headliners.91
  2. Virginia Beach 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSomething in the Water · 22 Abr – 1 May (normalmente)Pharrell's festival on the oceanfront in late April, back in the city after a spell away.86
  3. Memphis 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosBeale Street Music Festival · 28 Abr – 6 May (normalmente)Three days in Tom Lee Park on the river, the first weekend of May, and the opening act of Memphis in May.85
  4. Ankara 🇹🇷 TurquíaAnkara International Music Festival · 1–30 Abr (normalmente)Four weeks of orchestras, recitals and dance across seven halls, run by the Sevda-Cenap And foundation since 1985.85
  5. Nueva Orleans 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosFrench Quarter Festival · 5–16 Abr (normalmente)Four free days of Louisiana music on stages through the Quarter and along the river in early April, before the humidity arrives.84
  6. Boise 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosTreefort Music Fest · 20 Mar – 5 Abr (normalmente)Five days and several hundred acts across venues you can walk between, plus the side forts — food, film, yoga, talks — that make it more than a music bill.84
  7. Ponta Delgada 🇵🇹 PortugalTremor · 10 Mar – 20 Abr (normalmente)Five days of concerts staged in the town's halls and then out in craters, chapels and tea plantations across the island.84
  8. Monterrey 🇲🇽 MéxicoTecate Pa'l Norte · 25 Mar – 12 Abr (normalmente)Three days of music in Parque Fundidora and the reason the city's hotels sell out in spring.83
  9. Jacksonville 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpringing the Blues · 1–15 Abr (normalmente)A free blues festival on the oceanfront at Jacksonville Beach, running since 1990, usually over a weekend in early to mid April.83
  10. Drakensberg 🇿🇦 SudáfricaSplashy Fen · 28 Mar – 8 Abr (normalmente)South Africa's longest-running music festival, on a farm outside Underberg over the Easter weekend.83
  11. Palm Springs 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosCoachella & Stagecoach · 8 Abr – 2 May (normalmente)Three consecutive weekends at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, half an hour down the valley, and every room from Palm Springs to Indio triples in price.82
  12. Basilea 🇨🇭 SuizaOffbeat Jazzfestival · 20 Abr – 31 May (normalmente)Basel's spring jazz festival spreads international names across the city's halls and clubs from late April into May.80
  13. Colonia 🇩🇪 Alemaniac/o pop Festival · 12–28 Abr (normalmente)The festival season opens with five days of pop, electronic and new acts in the clubs of Ehrenfeld and the Belgian Quarter, ending with a free programme on the Sunday.78
  14. Brno 🇨🇿 República ChecaEaster Festival of Sacred Music · 20 Mar – 25 Abr (normalmente)Filharmonie Brno's festival runs from about Palm Sunday into Easter week, with sacred music from Gothic and Renaissance to Baroque and later, often by early-music specialists; running since 1992.78
  15. Cayo Hueso 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosKey West Songwriters Festival · 25 Abr – 6 May (normalmente)Nashville writers play their own hits in bars, theatres and on waterfront stages for five days around the turn of April into May; many shows are free, the bigger ones ticketed.77
  16. Búzios 🇧🇷 BrasilBúzios Jazz Festival · 28 Abr – 6 May (normalmente)Three days of free stages on the beaches and in the square over the May Day weekend, timed to give the peninsula one busy weekend between the summer and the winter quiet.77
  17. Szczecin 🇵🇱 PoloniaSzczecin Classic festival · 15 Abr – 4 May (normalmente)The largest classical music festival in Western Pomerania runs for about three weeks each spring, pairing an educational academy and composer symposium with concerts around the city.77
  18. Cork 🇮🇪 IrlandaCork International Choral Festival · 25 Abr – 6 May (normalmente)Held since 1954 at the turn of April and May, the festival brings choirs from across Europe for competitions at City Hall plus free performances in churches, shopping centres and on the streets.76
  19. Baden-Baden 🇩🇪 AlemaniaEaster Festival at the Festspielhaus · 15 Mar – 20 Abr (normalmente)Opera and orchestral concerts at Germany's largest opera house in the days before Easter.76
  20. Montreux 🇨🇭 SuizaCully Jazz Festival · 28 Mar – 20 Abr (normalmente)Nine days of jazz in the wine village of Cully, twenty minutes along the lake by train: ticketed concerts in tents and the temple, plus free late sets in the cellars and caveaux of the old town.76
  21. Shoal Bay AnguilaMoonsplash · 1 Mar – 10 Abr (normalmente)Bankie Banx's reggae festival at the Dune Preserve on Rendezvous Bay, timed to the full moon.76
  22. Castries 🇱🇨 Santa LucíaSaint Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival · 25 Abr – 12 May (normalmente)The main stage sits on the causeway at Pigeon Island, with free fringe shows around Castries and Soufriere for a week and a half.75
  23. Kilkenny 🇮🇪 IrlandaKilkenny Roots Festival · 30 Abr – 5 May (normalmente)Thirty-odd venues across the medieval streets run Americana, bluegrass and rockabilly acts from early afternoon into the night over the May bank holiday weekend, now approaching its thirtieth year.75
  24. Fort Lauderdale 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosTortuga Music Festival · 3–15 Abr (normalmente)Three days of country music on the sand at Fort Lauderdale Beach Park in early April, with a conservation angle built into it.75
  25. Douglas Isla de ManManx Music Festival (The Guild) · 22 Abr – 5 May (normalmente)The island's long-running music, speech and dance competition fills the Villa Marina for about eight days around the turn of April and May, with sessions open to the public.75

…y 11 más en abril.

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Festival de música en mayo

  1. Napa 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosBottleRock · 19–27 May (normalmente)Three days over Memorial Day weekend at the Napa Expo in the middle of town, and the single busiest weekend the city has.95
  2. Estambul 🇹🇷 TurquíaIstanbul Music Festival · 30 May – 30 Jun (normalmente)Classical concerts through June in Hagia Eirene inside the Topkapi walls and in churches and cisterns around the old city, run by the foundation behind the jazz and film festivals.94
  3. Skopie 🇲🇰 Macedonia del NorteMay Opera Evenings · 1–31 May (normalmente)The national opera's international festival, running since 1972, stages opera and ballet with visiting singers and conductors through May at the Macedonian Opera and Ballet on the Vardar.94
  4. Lyon 🇫🇷 FranciaNuits Sonores · 8–20 May (normalmente)Warehouses and docks along the Rhone host five nights of electronic acts each May, one of Europe's larger club-and-warehouse festivals and a reason hotels fill early.89
  5. Fez 🇲🇦 MarruecosFes Festival of World Sacred Music · 15 May – 20 Jun (normalmente)A week of concerts in the Bab Makina courtyard and the old palaces, usually falling between late May and mid-June.89
  6. Babane 🇸🇿 SuazilandiaMTN Bushfire festival · 25–31 May (normalmente)Southern Africa's best-known arts and music weekend runs at House on Fire in the Malkerns Valley, a short drive south of Mbabane, drawing up to 20,000 people over three days.88
  7. Ezulwini Valley 🇸🇿 SuazilandiaMTN Bushfire · 25–31 May (normalmente)A three-day music and arts festival at House on Fire in the Malkerns valley, twenty minutes down the road, and the one weekend of the year when every bed between Mbabane and Manzini is taken.88
  8. Virginia Beach 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSomething in the Water · 22 Abr – 1 May (normalmente)Pharrell's festival on the oceanfront in late April, back in the city after a spell away.87
  9. Detroit 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosMovement · 22–28 May (normalmente)Three days of techno in Hart Plaza over Memorial Day weekend, in the city that invented it, plus a week of afterparties nobody publishes.87
  10. Milán 🇮🇹 ItaliaPiano City Milano · 15–17 May (normalmente)A weekend in May when a few hundred free piano concerts appear in courtyards, stairwells and private gardens that are shut the rest of the year.86
  11. Gold Coast 🇦🇺 AustraliaBlues on Broadbeach · 12–20 May (normalmente)Four days of free stages through the Broadbeach streets and pubs in the middle of May, which fills a suburb that is otherwise between seasons.86
  12. Maputo 🇲🇿 MozambiqueAZGO Festival · 15–31 May (normalmente)The city's main international arts and music weekend, staged outdoors on the edge of town with a fashion and talks programme alongside it.85
  13. Dresde 🇩🇪 AlemaniaDixieland Festival · 8–22 May (normalmente)Europe's biggest old-time jazz festival takes over the squares, the paddle steamers and a stretch of the Elbe meadows for a week each May.85
  14. Seattle 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosNorthwest Folklife · 22–31 May (normalmente)Four free days at Seattle Center over Memorial Day weekend, several hundred acts and no headliners.85
  15. Leipzig 🇩🇪 AlemaniaWave-Gotik-Treffen · 5 May – 15 Jun (normalmente)Whitsun weekend, when tens of thousands of goths take over venues, parks and the trams in full Victorian black — the largest gathering of its kind anywhere.85
  16. Praga 🇨🇿 República ChecaPrague Spring music festival · 12 May – 4 JunOpens every year on 12 May, the anniversary of Smetana's death, with Ma vlast at the Municipal House, and runs three weeks.84
  17. Brussels 🇧🇪 BélgicaBrussels Jazz Weekend · 22–24 May (normalmente)Three days of free concerts on the central squares and in the bars behind them, usually the weekend before the end of May.84
  18. Varsovia 🇵🇱 PoloniaChopin concerts in Lazienki · 15 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)Free piano recitals at the foot of the Chopin monument, every Sunday at noon and four through the summer.84
  19. Atlanta 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosAtlanta Jazz Festival · 23–26 May (normalmente)The city puts on a free festival in Piedmont Park over Memorial Day weekend, one of the largest of its kind anywhere, and it marks the point where Atlanta's outdoor season properly starts.84
  20. Núremberg 🇩🇪 AlemaniaRock im Park · 30 May – 10 Jun (normalmente)Three days on the Zeppelinfeld at the start of June, camping included, with the sister festival at the Nuerburgring running the same weekend and the same bands.84
  21. Róterdam 🇳🇱 Países BajosO. Festival · 15 May – 5 Jun (normalmente)The former Operadagen: ten days of opera, music theatre and performance in late May, staged in theatres, the harbour and the Kralingse Bos.84
  22. Bristol 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoLove Saves The Day · 20 May – 1 Jun (normalmente)Bristol's big dance and hip-hop weekend in the parkland of Ashton Court over the late May bank holiday.84
  23. Maastricht 🇳🇱 Países BajosPinkpop · 15 May – 25 Jun (normalmente)The world's longest-running annual pop festival fills Megaland in Landgraaf, about 35 km east, for three days in June.84
  24. Copenhague 🇩🇰 DinamarcaDistortion · 27 May – 7 Jun (normalmente)Street parties move neighbourhood by neighbourhood over five days at the turn of June — Norrebro one afternoon, Vesterbro the next.83
  25. Basilea 🇨🇭 SuizaOffbeat Jazzfestival · 20 Abr – 31 May (normalmente)Basel's spring jazz festival spreads international names across the city's halls and clubs from late April into May.83

…y 34 más en mayo.

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Festival de música en junio

  1. Portland 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosWaterfront Blues Festival · 30 Jun – 6 Jul (normalmente)Four days on Tom McCall Waterfront Park over the Fourth of July, with the fireworks going up off the river on the last night.96
  2. Varsovia 🇵🇱 PoloniaChopin concerts in Lazienki · 15 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)Free piano recitals at the foot of the Chopin monument, every Sunday at noon and four through the summer.93
  3. Sintra 🇵🇹 PortugalFestival de Sintra · 1–25 Jun (normalmente)Classical music and dance staged inside the palaces and gardens themselves for a couple of weeks in June, which is the one way to be in them after the day-trippers have gone.93
  4. Leipzig 🇩🇪 AlemaniaWave-Gotik-Treffen · 5 May – 15 Jun (normalmente)Whitsun weekend, when tens of thousands of goths take over venues, parks and the trams in full Victorian black — the largest gathering of its kind anywhere.93
  5. Nantes 🇫🇷 FranciaHellfest weekend · 17–22 Jun (normalmente)The metal festival is at Clisson, forty minutes south, but the rooms it fills are in Nantes and the trains out are standing room.93
  6. París 🇫🇷 FranciaFete de la Musique · 21 JunFree music on every corner on the longest evening of the year, from conservatoire quartets in courtyards to sound systems on the quais.92
  7. Copenhague 🇩🇰 DinamarcaDistortion · 27 May – 7 Jun (normalmente)Street parties move neighbourhood by neighbourhood over five days at the turn of June — Norrebro one afternoon, Vesterbro the next.92
  8. Cracovia 🇵🇱 PoloniaSummer Jazz Festival Krakow · 20 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente)One of Europe's longest-running jazz festivals, filling clubs and outdoor stages nightly from late June into August with international headliners and free fringe concerts.92
  9. Riga 🇱🇻 LetoniaRiga Opera Festival · 5–25 Jun (normalmente)The national opera runs its season's best productions back to back for a fortnight in June, in a house that is small enough that every seat is a good one.92
  10. Montreal 🇨🇦 CanadáFestival International de Jazz · 24 Jun – 6 Jul (normalmente)Ten days at the Quartier des Spectacles at the turn of June into July, with most of the outdoor stages free.92
  11. Casablanca 🇲🇦 MarruecosJazzablanca · 25 Jun – 13 Jul (normalmente)Ten days of concerts at Anfa Park in early July, with free stages in the Arab League park.92
  12. Marbella 🇪🇸 EspañaStarlite in the quarry · 15 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente)Concerts almost nightly for ten weeks in a disused quarry above town, which is what pulls the Madrid crowd here in July and August as much as the beach does.92
  13. Ottawa 🇨🇦 CanadáOttawa Jazz Festival · 17 Jun – 1 Jul (normalmente)Running since 1980, it fills Confederation Park and downtown stages for ten days in late June, with smaller stages around the headline concerts.92
  14. Lille 🇫🇷 FranciaLille Piano(s) Festival · 5–25 Jun (normalmente)The Orchestre National de Lille runs a weekend of around forty short concerts in about ten venues, from classical recitals to jazz and electronic sets, with some free events at the station and archives.92
  15. Rabat 🇲🇦 MarruecosMawazine · 15–30 Jun (normalmente)One of the largest music festivals anywhere, spread over several open-air stages across Rabat and Salé for about nine nights in June, much of it free.92
  16. Berlín 🇩🇪 AlemaniaFete de la Musique · 21 JunFree stages on street corners, in courtyards and on balconies right across the city on 21 June, the longest evening of the year.91
  17. Dresde 🇩🇪 AlemaniaDresdner Musikfestspiele · 15 May – 15 Jun (normalmente)A month of concerts in the Frauenkirche, the Kulturpalast and the Semperoper, with visiting orchestras that would not otherwise stop here.91
  18. Núremberg 🇩🇪 AlemaniaRock im Park · 30 May – 10 Jun (normalmente)Three days on the Zeppelinfeld at the start of June, camping included, with the sister festival at the Nuerburgring running the same weekend and the same bands.91
  19. Kaunas 🇱🇹 LituaniaPazaislis Music Festival · 1 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente)Classical concerts through the whole summer, the best of them in the baroque monastery courtyard on the reservoir edge.91
  20. Oporto 🇵🇹 PortugalPrimavera Sound Porto · 1–15 Jun (normalmente)Three days in the Parque da Cidade beside the sea in early June, with the city's rooms priced accordingly.90
  21. Gdansk 🇵🇱 PoloniaMystic Festival · 1–15 Jun (normalmente)Poland's largest metal festival, four days in early June; it moves from the old shipyard to the grounds of the Polsat Plus Arena in 2027.90
  22. San Petersburgo 🇷🇺 RusiaStars of the White Nights · 25 May – 25 Jul (normalmente)The Mariinsky runs opera and ballet nightly across its three stages for two months of the summer, which is the only time the company is all in one city.90
  23. Esauira 🇲🇦 MarruecosGnaoua and World Music Festival · 15 Jun – 5 Jul (normalmente)Four days of gnaoua and its collaborations on free stages at Moulay Hassan square in late June, with the town at several times its normal population.90
  24. Bristol 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoLove Saves The Day · 20 May – 1 Jun (normalmente)Bristol's big dance and hip-hop weekend in the parkland of Ashton Court over the late May bank holiday.90
  25. Maastricht 🇳🇱 Países BajosPinkpop · 15 May – 25 Jun (normalmente)The world's longest-running annual pop festival fills Megaland in Landgraaf, about 35 km east, for three days in June.90

…y 57 más en junio.

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Festival de música en julio

  1. La Rochela 🇫🇷 FranciaFrancofolies · 10–14 Jul (normalmente)Five days of French-language music on stages around the old port in the middle of July, a hundred-odd acts, and the whole town given over to it.94
  2. Cambridge 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoCambridge Folk Festival · 25 Jul – 5 Ago (normalmente)Cherry Hinton Hall, a weekend at the turn of July and August, and a bill that stretches well past folk.94
  3. Maastricht 🇳🇱 Países BajosVrijthof summer concerts · 1–31 Jul (normalmente)Andre Rieu plays a run of open-air nights on his home square through July, and the coach parties that come for it book out the city centre.94
  4. San Petersburgo 🇷🇺 RusiaStars of the White Nights · 25 May – 25 Jul (normalmente)The Mariinsky runs opera and ballet nightly across its three stages for two months of the summer, which is the only time the company is all in one city.93
  5. Gante 🇧🇪 BélgicaGent Jazz · 1–20 Jul (normalmente)A week of headline sets on the old Bijloke abbey grounds, jazz read broadly enough to include most of what plays festivals in July.93
  6. Cuchillo amarillo 🇨🇦 CanadáFolk on the Rocks · 10–22 Jul (normalmente)A long-running summer music festival on the beach at Long Lake, running under a sun that barely sets.93
  7. Portland 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosWaterfront Blues Festival · 30 Jun – 6 Jul (normalmente)Four days on Tom McCall Waterfront Park over the Fourth of July, with the fireworks going up off the river on the last night.92
  8. Napa 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosFestival Napa Valley · 1–28 Jul (normalmente)Classical recitals, opera and orchestral concerts in winery and downtown venues over a fortnight or so in July, with free daytime concerts by the festival's young artists alongside the ticketed evenings.92
  9. Núremberg 🇩🇪 AlemaniaBardentreffen · 26 Jul – 5 Ago (normalmente)Four days of world music on open stages across the old town at the end of July, free to walk into.92
  10. Birmingham 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoBirmingham Jazz Festival · 18 Jul – 5 Ago (normalmente)Ten days from late July into August with most of the programme free and outdoors in the squares and shopping streets, which makes it the easiest festival in the city to stumble into.92
  11. Halifax 🇨🇦 CanadáRoyal Nova Scotia Tattoo · 25 Jun – 10 Jul (normalmente)Massed pipes and drums, military bands and gun-run races indoors at the Scotiabank Centre over the Canada Day week.92
  12. Trondheim 🇳🇴 NoruegaOlavsfest · 26 Jul – 4 Ago (normalmente)A week around Olsok on 29 July, the anniversary of the battle where Olav was killed, with concerts in and around Nidaros and a medieval market in the cathedral grounds.92
  13. Pärnu 🇪🇪 EstoniaParnu Music Festival · 8–18 Jul (normalmente)Two weeks of orchestral concerts in mid-July around the Jarvi family's conducting academy, which brings a standard of playing the town's size does not explain.92
  14. Calgary 🇨🇦 CanadáCalgary Folk Music Festival · 18–31 Jul (normalmente)Four days on Prince's Island Park in the river downtown, a fortnight after the Stampede and about as different in temperament as a city can manage.91
  15. Ekaterimburgo 🇷🇺 RusiaUral Music Night · 20 Jun – 5 Jul (normalmente)One night in late June when a few hundred stages appear across the city — courtyards, church steps, the tram depot — and everything is free until sunrise.91
  16. Róterdam 🇳🇱 Países BajosNorth Sea Jazz · 8–16 Jul (normalmente)Three days and a dozen stages inside the Ahoy hall, jazz taken broadly enough to cover soul, hip-hop and Afrobeat.91
  17. Friburgo de Brisgovia 🇩🇪 AlemaniaZelt-Musik-Festival · 12 Jul – 5 Ago (normalmente)Three weeks of concerts under tents at the Mundenhof on the edge of the city, from circus to jazz.91
  18. San Juan de Terranova 🇨🇦 CanadáGeorge Street Festival · 29 Jul – 5 Ago (normalmente)A week of outdoor concerts on a two-block street that is nothing but bars, ending the night before the Regatta.90
  19. Copenhague 🇩🇰 DinamarcaRoskilde Festival · 27 Jun – 6 Jul (normalmente)Well over a hundred thousand people half an hour west of the city for eight days, and Copenhagen's hotel and train capacity goes with them.89
  20. Tromsø 🇳🇴 NoruegaBukta festival · 15–26 Jul (normalmente)Two days of rock on the shore at Telegrafbukta in light that never goes out, usually the third or fourth weekend of July.89
  21. Berna 🇨🇭 SuizaGurtenfestival · 10–22 Jul (normalmente)Four days on the hill above the city, reached by the funicular, which means the crowd is with you on the way up and again at midnight on the way down.89
  22. Kilkenny 🇮🇪 IrlandaBallykeeffe Amphitheatre summer · 20 Jun – 25 Ago (normalmente)Saturday-night concerts and plays in an open-air amphitheatre cut into a disused quarry, about 15 km west of the city.89
  23. Basilea 🇨🇭 SuizaBasel Tattoo · 8–26 Jul (normalmente)Massed pipes, drums and military bands in the Kaserne courtyard for a fortnight in July, with a free parade through the old town on the opening Saturday.88
  24. San Sebastián 🇪🇸 EspañaJazzaldia · 20–28 Jul (normalmente)One of Europe's oldest jazz festivals, and half of it is free: the big stage sits on the sand at Zurriola and the trio sets run in the squares of the old town.88
  25. Casablanca 🇲🇦 MarruecosJazzablanca · 25 Jun – 13 Jul (normalmente)Ten days of concerts at Anfa Park in early July, with free stages in the Arab League park.88

…y 79 más en julio.

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Festival de música en agosto

  1. San Francisco 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosOutside Lands · 1–16 Ago (normalmente)Three days in Golden Gate Park on the first or second weekend of August, in the coldest fog of the year, which catches out everyone who packs for California in summer.95
  2. Seattle 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosBumbershoot · 28 Ago – 7 Sep (normalmente)The city's Labor Day weekend arts and music festival at Seattle Center, rebuilt smaller and stranger than its stadium-era self.95
  3. Edmonton 🇨🇦 CanadáEdmonton Folk Music Festival · 3–12 Ago (normalmente)Four days on the ski hill at Gallagher Park in the river valley, with the city skyline behind the main stage and candles lit across the slope after dark.94
  4. Utrecht 🇳🇱 Países BajosFestival Oude Muziek · 26 Ago – 6 Sep (normalmente)Ten days of early music in the churches and the Vredenburg at the turn of August into September, the largest festival of its kind anywhere.93
  5. Kaunas 🇱🇹 LituaniaPazaislis Music Festival · 1 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente)Classical concerts through the whole summer, the best of them in the baroque monastery courtyard on the reservoir edge.93
  6. Cambridge 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoCambridge Folk Festival · 25 Jul – 5 Ago (normalmente)Cherry Hinton Hall, a weekend at the turn of July and August, and a bill that stretches well past folk.92
  7. Sopot 🇵🇱 PoloniaSopot Festival · 5–25 Ago (normalmente)The song contest at the Forest Opera, an amphitheatre in the trees above town, has run on and off since 1961 and is still a fixture of Polish television.92
  8. Vilna 🇱🇹 LituaniaChristopher Summer Festival · 1 Jul – 31 Ago (normalmente)The city's main summer music series: two months of concerts from classical to jazz and world music in Old Town courtyards, churches and other historic spaces, with a few evenings in towns beyond.91
  9. Varsovia 🇵🇱 PoloniaChopin concerts in Lazienki · 15 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)Free piano recitals at the foot of the Chopin monument, every Sunday at noon and four through the summer.90
  10. Český Krumlov 🇨🇿 República ChecaFestival Krumlov · 15 Jul – 10 Ago (normalmente)Three weeks of classical concerts in the castle riding hall, the gardens and the churches, with a film-score or opera night thrown in to fill the big venues.90
  11. Whitby 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoWhitby Folk Week · 19–28 Ago (normalmente)A week of concerts, dance sides and sessions in halls and pub back rooms in the run-up to the August bank holiday.90
  12. Birmingham 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoBirmingham Jazz Festival · 18 Jul – 5 Ago (normalmente)Ten days from late July into August with most of the programme free and outdoors in the squares and shopping streets, which makes it the easiest festival in the city to stumble into.89
  13. Sibiu 🇷🇴 RumaniaARTmania festival · 20 Jul – 10 Ago (normalmente)A rock and metal festival held in the Piata Mare every summer since 2006, with the old town square as the stage.89
  14. Cracovia 🇵🇱 PoloniaSummer Jazz Festival Krakow · 20 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente)One of Europe's longest-running jazz festivals, filling clubs and outdoor stages nightly from late June into August with international headliners and free fringe concerts.88
  15. Santa Fe 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSanta Fe Opera season · 27 Jun – 25 Ago (normalmente)Two months of repertory in an open-sided theatre in the hills north of town, where the sunset behind the stage is part of the staging.88
  16. Núremberg 🇩🇪 AlemaniaBardentreffen · 26 Jul – 5 Ago (normalmente)Four days of world music on open stages across the old town at the end of July, free to walk into.88
  17. Santander 🇪🇸 EspañaFestival Internacional de Santander · 1–31 Ago (normalmente)A month of classical music built round the Palacio de Festivales, with concerts pushed out into churches and monasteries across Cantabria.88
  18. San Juan de Terranova 🇨🇦 CanadáGeorge Street Festival · 29 Jul – 5 Ago (normalmente)A week of outdoor concerts on a two-block street that is nothing but bars, ending the night before the Regatta.88
  19. Newquay 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoBoardmasters · 3–12 Ago (normalmente)Surf contest at Fistral, music on the clifftop at Watergate Bay, five days in early August.88
  20. Edimburgo 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoRoyal Edinburgh Military Tattoo · 5–30 Ago (normalmente)Stands go up on the castle esplanade for the month, which closes the approach in the evenings and changes how the whole Royal Mile moves after eight.87
  21. Liverpool 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoInternational Beatleweek · 24 Ago – 2 Sep (normalmente)Tribute bands from forty-odd countries take over Mathew Street and the Cavern for a week around the August bank holiday.87
  22. Gotemburgo 🇸🇪 SueciaWay Out West · 5–15 Ago (normalmente)Three days in the oak woods of Slottsskogen, with club nights across the city afterwards.87
  23. Boulder 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosColorado Music Festival · 25 Jun – 5 Ago (normalmente)Six weeks of orchestral concerts in the wooden Chautauqua Auditorium, doors and windows open onto the Flatirons.87
  24. Oslo 🇳🇴 NoruegaOyafestivalen · 5–15 Ago (normalmente)The city's biggest music weekend, in Toyenparken in the first half of August, and the point at which Oslo comes back from the summer holidays.86
  25. Friburgo de Brisgovia 🇩🇪 AlemaniaZelt-Musik-Festival · 12 Jul – 5 Ago (normalmente)Three weeks of concerts under tents at the Mundenhof on the edge of the city, from circus to jazz.86

…y 62 más en agosto.

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Festival de música en septiembre

  1. Monterrey 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosMonterey Jazz Festival · 18–30 Sep (normalmente)The longest continuously running jazz festival anywhere, three days at the county fairgrounds in late September, on the weekend the fog has usually gone and the evenings are still warm enough to sit outside.96
  2. Sibiu 🇷🇴 RumaniaSibiu Music Festival · 5–20 Sep (normalmente)Free stages in each of the squares and along the old walls through September, anchored by the Sibiu Jazz Festival, at the point the Transylvanian evenings start to turn cold.93
  3. Bucarest 🇷🇴 RumaniaGeorge Enescu Festival · 27 Ago – 26 Sep (normalmente)A month of orchestras at the Sala Palatului and the Athenaeum, held in odd years only; the next runs from 27 August to 26 September 2027.92
  4. Colmar 🇫🇷 FranciaColmar Jazz Festival · 12–30 Sep (normalmente)A week of jazz in the second half of September, ticketed evenings at the municipal theatre alongside free concerts around town.91
  5. Johannesburgo 🇿🇦 SudáfricaStandard Bank Joy of Jazz · 20–30 Sep (normalmente)Two nights across several stages at the Sandton convention centre in late September, with a line-up that mixes South African players and touring names.90
  6. Detroit 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosDetroit Jazz Festival · 30 Ago – 8 Sep (normalmente)Four free days over Labor Day weekend, centred on Hart Plaza, and the largest free jazz festival anywhere.90
  7. Faro 🇵🇹 PortugalFestival F · 28 Ago – 8 Sep (normalmente)Three nights of Portuguese music on stages threaded through the walled old town, which is the one weekend of the year Faro is the reason people fly here rather than the way in.90
  8. Bratislava 🇸🇰 EslovaquiaBratislava Music Festival · 20 Sep – 15 Oct (normalmente)The Slovak Philharmonic's autumn festival takes over the Reduta for a fortnight from late September.89
  9. Seattle 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosBumbershoot · 28 Ago – 7 Sep (normalmente)The city's Labor Day weekend arts and music festival at Seattle Center, rebuilt smaller and stranger than its stadium-era self.89
  10. Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosPittsburgh Irish Festival · 7–16 Sep (normalmente)Held the weekend after Labor Day among the blast furnaces of the Carrie Furnace site: three days of Irish bands, dancing and food, with a Sunday-morning Mass to close.89
  11. Indianápolis 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosIndy Jazz Fest · 10–30 Sep (normalmente)A week of concerts in the city's clubs, from the Jazz Kitchen to the Vogue, closing with an outdoor finale in Broad Ripple.89
  12. Linz 🇦🇹 AustriaBruckner Festival · 10 Sep – 10 Oct (normalmente)A month of orchestral concerts from September into October in the composer's own city, using the glass concert hall on the Danube.89
  13. Gante 🇧🇪 BélgicaOdeGand · 5–20 Sep (normalmente)One Saturday of classical and world music played in churches, courtyards and on boats along the water, with the audience moving between them by barge.86
  14. Tánger 🇲🇦 MarruecosTanjazz · 15–25 Sep (normalmente)The city's jazz festival takes over the Palais des Institutions Italiennes and several street stages for a long weekend in September, once the summer crush has drained away.86
  15. Pisa 🇮🇹 ItaliaAnima Mundi sacred music · 5–28 Sep (normalmente)Two or three weeks in September of symphonic-choral concerts inside the cathedral, alternating with chamber evenings in the Camposanto next door.84
  16. Varsovia 🇵🇱 PoloniaChopin concerts in Lazienki · 15 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)Free piano recitals at the foot of the Chopin monument, every Sunday at noon and four through the summer.83
  17. Pafos 🇨🇾 ChiprePafos Aphrodite Festival · 25 Ago – 20 Sep (normalmente)One opera, two nights, staged in the square of the medieval castle at the end of the harbour.83
  18. Breslavia 🇵🇱 PoloniaWratislavia Cantans · 5–25 Sep (normalmente)A choral and oratorio festival that has run since 1966, using the churches and the concert hall as its venues and spilling into towns across Lower Silesia.83
  19. Nashville 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosAMERICANAFEST · 10–25 Sep (normalmente)A week of showcases in more than fifty clubs and the Americana Honors at the Ryman, for the industry and fans alike.83
  20. Louisville 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosBourbon and rock festival month · 10 Sep – 5 Oct (normalmente)Bourbon & Beyond and Louder Than Life run back-to-back weekends at the Highland Festival Grounds and fill the hotels twice over.83
  21. Karlovy Vary 🇨🇿 República ChecaDvorak Autumn · 5–30 Sep (normalmente)A month of classical concerts in September, alongside a jazz week and a folklore weekend.83
  22. Hamburgo 🇩🇪 AlemaniaReeperbahn Festival · 12–22 Sep (normalmente)Four nights, six hundred-odd shows in seventy small venues around St Pauli, mostly bands nobody has heard of yet.82
  23. Lucerna 🇨🇭 SuizaLucerne Festival · 10 Ago – 15 Sep (normalmente)The summer edition brings most of the world's touring orchestras through the KKL over five weeks, and the festival's own orchestra is assembled from principals who play nowhere else together.82
  24. Utrecht 🇳🇱 Países BajosFestival Oude Muziek · 26 Ago – 6 Sep (normalmente)Ten days of early music in the churches and the Vredenburg at the turn of August into September, the largest festival of its kind anywhere.82
  25. Side 🇹🇷 TurquíaAspendos opera and ballet · 1 Jun – 15 Sep (normalmente)The Roman theatre half an hour up the road stages opera and ballet through the summer, performed in a house that seats several thousand and needs no amplification.82

…y 20 más en septiembre.

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Festival de música en octubre

  1. Lima 🇵🇪 PerúDia de la Cancion Criolla · 31 OctThe 31st of October belongs to criollo music rather than Halloween.94
  2. San Francisco 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosHardly Strictly Bluegrass · 1–6 Oct (normalmente)Free and ticketless in Golden Gate Park over the first weekend of October, in the city's warmest, clearest fortnight of the year.90
  3. Antananarivo 🇲🇬 MadagascarMadajazzcar · 1–20 Oct (normalmente)The capital's jazz festival, running most of October across Antsahamanitra and the gardens at Antaninarenina, mixing Malagasy players with whoever has flown in for it.89
  4. Fez 🇲🇦 MarruecosFestival of Sufi Culture · 10–31 Oct (normalmente)A week of sama sessions, lectures and late concerts in the middle of October, smaller and calmer than the sacred music festival and in far better walking weather.87
  5. Louisville 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosBourbon and rock festival month · 10 Sep – 5 Oct (normalmente)Bourbon & Beyond and Louder Than Life run back-to-back weekends at the Highland Festival Grounds and fill the hotels twice over.87
  6. Asheville 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosLEAF October festival · 13–21 Oct (normalmente)A camping music and world-arts weekend outside town in mid-October, moved from its old Lake Eden site and still finding its footing after Helene.86
  7. Lilongüe 🇲🇼 MalauiTumaini Festival · 25 Oct – 10 Nov (normalmente)A music and arts festival run inside Dzaleka refugee camp, about 40 minutes from Lilongwe, with performers from the camp, Malawi and abroad over three or four days around the turn of November.85
  8. Richmond 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosRichmond Folk Festival · 6–16 Oct (normalmente)Three days of free stages on the downtown riverfront in the second week of October, and one of the largest events in Virginia.85
  9. Skopie 🇲🇰 Macedonia del NorteSkopje Jazz Festival · 10–31 Oct (normalmente)Running since 1982 and with a better booking record than the city's size suggests, held in the Universal Hall and smaller venues over four or five nights.85
  10. Makarska 🇭🇷 CroaciaAutumn Leaves Jazz Festival · 25 Sep – 10 Oct (normalmente)About thirty concerts spread across fourteen venues in town over a week, with musicians from as far as Scotland and the US alongside Croatia's own scene — a quieter, smaller sibling to the town's August jazz weekend.85
  11. Austin 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosAustin City Limits Festival · 30 Sep – 13 Oct (normalmente)Two consecutive three-day weekends in Zilker Park in early October, with the same lineup twice.81
  12. Cluj-Napoca 🇷🇴 RumaniaToamna Muzicala Clujeana · 5–30 Oct (normalmente)The Transilvania State Philharmonic opens its season with Romania's oldest classical festival after Enescu, running since 1965: about two weeks of orchestral and chamber concerts, usually mid to late October.76
  13. Salzburgo 🇦🇹 AustriaJazz&TheCity · 10–25 Oct (normalmente)For four days in October, Old Town churches, wine bars, shops and hotel lobbies host free concerts ranging from jazz to world music and electronica.74
  14. Bratislava 🇸🇰 EslovaquiaBratislava Music Festival · 20 Sep – 15 Oct (normalmente)The Slovak Philharmonic's autumn festival takes over the Reduta for a fortnight from late September.74
  15. Linz 🇦🇹 AustriaBruckner Festival · 10 Sep – 10 Oct (normalmente)A month of orchestral concerts from September into October in the composer's own city, using the glass concert hall on the Danube.74
  16. Ginebra 🇨🇭 SuizaJazzContreBand · 1–31 OctA month of jazz, soul and blues concerts shared by some forty venues in Geneva, Vaud and the neighbouring French departments, so plenty of the gigs are a short tram or bus ride across the border.73
  17. Cracovia 🇵🇱 PoloniaUnsound Festival · 1–15 Oct (normalmente)An internationally known experimental and electronic music festival filling venues across the city each October, now linked by a special train to a parallel Warsaw edition.70
  18. Ámsterdam 🇳🇱 Países BajosAmsterdam Dance Event · 20–26 Oct (normalmente)Five days in October when a thousand-odd events fill the clubs and every hotel room in the ring at the same time.69
  19. Cork 🇮🇪 IrlandaCork Folk Festival · 25 Sep – 5 Oct (normalmente)Around the turn of September and October the city's pubs, arts centres and theatres host sessions, singers' clubs and set dancing, many of them free.69
  20. Clearwater 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosClearwater Jazz Holiday · 10–25 Oct (normalmente)Four days in the rebuilt Coachman Park on the waterfront in the middle of October, mixing ticketed headliners with free stages.69
  21. Karlovy Vary 🇨🇿 República ChecaKarlovy Vary Jazzfest · 1–15 Oct (normalmente)An early-October music festival running since 2001: jazz, swing, blues and gospel in the spa hotels, with free concerts in the Hot Spring Colonnade.68
  22. Jodhpur 🇮🇳 IndiaJodhpur RIFF · 10 Oct – 5 Nov (normalmente)Rajasthani folk musicians and roots acts from a dozen countries, staged inside Mehrangarh and timed to the brightest full moon of the year.64
  23. Taichung 🇹🇼 República de ChinaTaichung Jazz Festival · 17–26 Oct (normalmente)Nine days of free outdoor stages in the parks and around Civic Square, and one of the biggest things the city does.64
  24. Vilna 🇱🇹 LituaniaVilnius Jazz Festival · 10–25 Oct (normalmente)A long-running October festival at the Vilnius Old Theatre that leans to the adventurous end of jazz, with improvisers and new-music names from Europe alongside the Lithuanian scene.63
  25. Roseau 🇩🇲 DominicaWorld Creole Music Festival · 20–31 Oct (normalmente)Three nights of bouyon, zouk and cadence-lypso at Windsor Park in Roseau on the last weekend of October, with fringe events for a fortnight either side.62

…y 5 más en octubre.

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Festival de música en noviembre

  1. Ciudad del Cabo 🇿🇦 SudáfricaKirstenbosch sunset concerts · 20 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)Sunday evening concerts on the lawns below the mountain at the botanical garden, running from late November to the end of March.95
  2. Jodhpur 🇮🇳 IndiaJodhpur RIFF · 10 Oct – 5 Nov (normalmente)Rajasthani folk musicians and roots acts from a dozen countries, staged inside Mehrangarh and timed to the brightest full moon of the year.82
  3. Lilongüe 🇲🇼 MalauiTumaini Festival · 25 Oct – 10 Nov (normalmente)A music and arts festival run inside Dzaleka refugee camp, about 40 minutes from Lilongwe, with performers from the camp, Malawi and abroad over three or four days around the turn of November.81
  4. Antalya 🇹🇷 TurquíaAntalya Piano Festival · 25 Nov – 20 Dic (normalmente)A classical and international music programme staged by the metropolitan municipality at the Aspendos and Perge halls and in Karaalioglu Park, running from late November into December.80
  5. Airlie Beach 🇦🇺 AustraliaAirlie Beach Festival of Music · 1–15 Nov (normalmente)A waterfront festival across some fifteen venues brings touring Australian acts to the marina for a long weekend, filling the town's hotels right as the wet season and cyclone risk are building.74
  6. Salvador 🇧🇷 BrasilAFROPUNK Brasil · 1–30 Nov (normalmente)The Brazilian edition of the Brooklyn festival has made Salvador its home since 2021: two days of Black music, fashion and art at the Parque de Exposicoes, with Brazilian and international headliners.71
  7. Yaundé 🇨🇲 CamerúnFesti-Bikutsi · 5–30 Nov (normalmente)A week of concerts and competitions dedicated to bikutsi, the dance music of the Centre region, running since the 1990s; recent editions have been at the LADA arts camp in Yaounde.68
  8. Utrecht 🇳🇱 Países BajosLe Guess Who? · 5–20 Nov (normalmente)Four days in November spread across concert halls, churches and a converted sugar factory, with each year's line-up part-chosen by the artists themselves.59
  9. Dingle 🇮🇪 IrlandaOther Voices · 28 Nov – 10 Dic (normalmente)Filmed sessions in the tiny St James' Church in early December, with the overflow shown in the pubs down the street.59
  10. Tórshavn Islas FeroeHOYMA · 25 Sep – 5 Nov (normalmente)Acoustic concerts played in people's living rooms in Gota over one autumn weekend, the audience walking house to house.52
  11. Ko Pha Ngan 🇹🇭 TailandiaFull Moon Party · 1 Ene – 31 DicHaad Rin fills once a lunar month, every month, and the island's boats and rooms price around it.50
  12. Reikiavik 🇮🇸 IslandiaIceland Airwaves · 1–10 Nov (normalmente)Three days of music in bars, churches and the concert hall in the first week of November, which is the one thing that fills Reykjavik in the dark half of the year.43
  13. Ischgl 🇦🇹 AustriaTop of the Mountain opening concert · 22 Nov – 2 Dic (normalmente)The season opens with an open-air concert at the foot of the Silvrettabahn at the end of November, which is also when the first week's prices are at their lowest.43

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Festival de música en diciembre

  1. Al-Ula 🇸🇦 Arabia SauditaWinter at Tantora · 15 Dic – 12 Ene (normalmente)The winter concert programme, staged outdoors between the canyon walls over three weeks around the new year.92
  2. Ciudad del Cabo 🇿🇦 SudáfricaKirstenbosch sunset concerts · 20 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)Sunday evening concerts on the lawns below the mountain at the botanical garden, running from late November to the end of March.91
  3. Pune 🇮🇳 IndiaSawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav · 5–20 Dic (normalmente)The country's best-known classical music gathering has run here since 1953 and fills several nights in December, some of them until the small hours.88
  4. Tulum 🇲🇽 MéxicoJungle festival season · 26 Dic – 15 Feb (normalmente)Multi-day electronic events run in the jungle and at cenotes between Christmas and mid-February, and they are why room rates in that window read like Ibiza in August.77
  5. Palm Beach ArubaDande Festival · 24–31 Dic (normalmente)The New Year song contest keeps alive the island tradition of groups with tambu drum and wiri going house to house after midnight to sing good luck for the year.69
  6. Chennai 🇮🇳 IndiaMargazhi music season · 15 Dic – 15 EneA thousand-odd Carnatic concerts across the sabhas of Mylapore and T.65
  7. Antalya 🇹🇷 TurquíaAntalya Piano Festival · 25 Nov – 20 Dic (normalmente)A classical and international music programme staged by the metropolitan municipality at the Aspendos and Perge halls and in Karaalioglu Park, running from late November into December.63
  8. Ko Pha Ngan 🇹🇭 TailandiaFull Moon Party · 1 Ene – 31 DicHaad Rin fills once a lunar month, every month, and the island's boats and rooms price around it.61
  9. Dingle 🇮🇪 IrlandaOther Voices · 28 Nov – 10 Dic (normalmente)Filmed sessions in the tiny St James' Church in early December, with the overflow shown in the pubs down the street.53
  10. Lublin 🇵🇱 PoloniaMikolajki Folkowe · 5–16 Dic (normalmente)One of Poland's oldest folk music festivals opens December at the university's Chatka Zaka: concerts, dance workshops and an open-stage contest for new bands, over a long weekend in mid-December.42
  11. Ischgl 🇦🇹 AustriaTop of the Mountain opening concert · 22 Nov – 2 Dic (normalmente)The season opens with an open-air concert at the foot of the Silvrettabahn at the end of November, which is also when the first week's prices are at their lowest.34

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