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List of music festivals
(Redirected from Music festival)
A music festival is a festival that presents a number of musical performances usually tied together through a theme or genre.
Music festivals may be subdivided by musical genre:
Jazz festivals
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Glyndebourne
- Ilmajoki Music Festival
- Savonlinna Opera Festival
Historic festivals
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Monterey Pop Festival (Monterey, California, 1967)
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Woodstock (Bethel, New York, 1969), Woodstock 1994 (Saugerties, New York), and Woodstock 1999 (Rome, New York)
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Altamont Speedway concert (Livermore, California, 1969)
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California Jam (Ontario, California, 1974
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Live Aid (multi-venue, 1985)
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US Festival (San Bernardino, California, 1983 & 1984)
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Molson Canadian Rocks for Toronto (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2003)
Traveling festivals
Current festivals
Cross-genre festivals
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Caribana Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Festival d'été de Québec in Quebec_City, Canada
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Iceland Airwaves (Reykjavík, Iceland) (Mostly Rock and Pop)
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Music Midtown (Atlanta)
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Northwest Region Music Festival
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South by Southwest (SXSW) (Austin, Texas) Folk and Rock music, plus film and other media.
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Summerfest, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Annual multi-genre music festival.
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WOMAD (World of Music, Arts & Dance) Festival in New Plymouth, New Zealand March 11-13 2005 WOMAD website
- Couleur Café Festival in Brussels, Belgium
- Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis,Tennessee; occurs in early May annually; multi-genre with emphasis on blues and rock
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Last updated: 09-12-2005 02:39:13
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