List of music festivals in the United States explained
This is a list of music festivals in the United States organized by state and then by name. It includes current and past notable festivals.
Touring festivals
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
- Altamont Free Concert, Altamont Speedway, Tracy
- Bear Valley Music Festival, Bear Valley
- BottleRock Napa Valley, Napa
- Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, Los Angeles
- Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Indio
- CRSSD Festival, San Diego
- Extravaganza, Santa Barbara
- Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, San Francisco
- High Sierra Music Festival, Quincy
- How Weird Street Faire, San Francisco
- JazzReggae Festival @ UCLA, Los Angeles
- Long Beach Blues Festival, Long Beach
- Mendocino Music Festival, Mendocino
- Ohana Music Festival, Doheny State Beach, Dana Point
- Ojai Music Festival, Ojai
- Other Minds Festival, San Francisco
- Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, San Francisco
- Power Trip, Indio
- Reggae on the River, Humboldt County
- Reggae Rising, Humboldt County
- Rock of Ages Festival, Calistoga
- Same Same But Different Festival, Perris
- Stagecoach Festival, Indio
- Stern Grove Festival, San Francisco
- Treasure Island Music Festival, San Francisco
- Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest and Folk Festival, Agoura Hills
- Wonderfront Music and Arts Festival, San Diego
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
- Electric Daisy Carnival, Orlando
- Harvest of Hope Fest, Saint Augustine
- Hulaween, Live Oak
- Langerado Music Festival, Sunrise
- Lotus Gathering, Brooksville
- Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam, Panama City Beach
- SandJam Fest, Panama City Beach
- SunFest, West Palm Beach
- Tipper and Friends, Live Oak
- Tortuga Music Festival, Fort Lauderdale
- Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival, Okeechobee
- Ultra Music Festival, Miami
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
See also: List of festivals in Chicago.
- Chicago Blues Festival, Chicago
- Chicago Jazz Festival, Chicago
- Intonation Music Festival, Chicago
- Lollapalooza, Chicago
- North Coast Music Festival, Chicago
- Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago
- Pygmalion Music Festival, Champaign-Urbana
- Riot Fest, Chicago
- Spring Awakening, Chicago
- Summer Camp Music Festival, Chillicothe
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
See main article: List of festivals in Louisiana.
Maine
- Bar Harbor Music Festival, Bar Harbor
- Bay Chamber Concerts, Rockport
- Bowdoin International Music Festival, Brunswick
- County Bluegrass Festival, Fort Fairfield
- East Benton Fiddler’s Festival, Benton
- KahBang Music and Art Festival, Bangor, Portland
- Kingfield Pops!, Kingfield
- Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, Blue Hill
- Moosehead Music Festival, Greenville
- Mount Desert Festival of Chamber Music, Northeast Harbor
- Nateva Music & Camping Festival, Oxford
- North Atlantic Blues Festival, Rockland
- Ossipee Valley Music Festival, South Hiram
- Portland Chamber Music Festival, Portland
- Salt Bay Chamberfest, Damariscotta
- Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival, Harrison
- SummerKeys, Lubec
- Sweet Chariot Music Festival, Swan's Island
- Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival, Brunswick
- Trails End Festival, Millinocket
- Waking Windows Portland, Portland
Maryland
Massachusetts
See also: List of music festivals in Massachusetts.
Michigan
See also: List of festivals in Michigan.
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
- Highlonesome Music Festival, Ava, Missouri
- LouFest, St. Louis
- Missouri Chamber Music Festival, Webster Groves
- Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, St. Louis
- Ozark Music Festival, Sedalia
- Paint Louis, St. Louis
- Pointfest, Maryland Heights
- Roots N Blues Festival, Columbia
- Schwagstock, Shannon County
- Twilight Festival, Columbia
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
- Bard Music Festival, Annandale-on-Hudson
- Belleayre Music Festival, Catskill Mountains
- Camp Bisco, Albany
- Caramoor Summer Music Festival, Katonah
- Electric Zoo, New York City
- Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, Hillsdale
- The Fest for Beatles Fans, New York metropolitan area
- Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance, Trumansburg
- Governors Ball Music Festival, Randall's Island
- Great South Bay Music Festival, Patchogue, New York
- Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Oak Hill
- HONK!, New York City
- Hydrotechnics Festival, Afton[1]
- , Lake George
- KlezKamp, Catskill Mountains
- Maverick Concerts, Woodstock
- moe.down, Turin
- Mountain Jam, Hunter
- Move Music Festival, Albany
- Music from Salem, Washington County
- New York Summer Music Festival, Oneonta
- Old Songs Festival, Altamont
- Omnipresent Music Festival, New York City
- Open Fest, Rochester
- Outrageous Universe Revival Festival (OUR Fest), Panama
- Phoenicia International Festival of the Voice, Phoenicia
- Pleasantville Music Festival, Pleasantville
- Rochester International Jazz Festival, Rochester
- Skaneateles Festival, Skaneateles
- Syracuse Jazz Festival, Syracuse
- The Great Blue Heron Music Festival, Sherman
- Woodstock Festival, Bethel
- Woodstock Jazz Festival, Woodstock
- World's Largest Disco, Buffalo
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- Big Dubbs Festival, Artemas
- Blast Furnace Blues Festival, Bethlehem
- Briggs Farm Blues Festival, Briggsville, Luzerne County
- Budweiser Made in America Festival, Philadelphia
- Creation Festival, Mount Union
- Elements Music Festival, Long Pond
- Flood City Music Festival, Johnstown
- Karnival of the Arts, Kempton
- Metal and Beer Fest, Philadelphia
- Musikfest, Bethlehem
- NEPA Bluegrass Festival, Tunkhannock
- Philadelphia Folk Festival, Harleysville
- Roots Picnic, Philadelphia
- Sing Us Home, Philadelphia
- The Peach Music Festival, Scranton
- WonderWorks, Pittsburgh
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Notes and References
- Web site: Hydrotechnics Festival 2019.
- Web site: Moon River Music Festival. Moonriverfestival.com. 2014-06-09.