Alternative festivals
300 festivals whose programme leans alternative - 140 with dates announced.
300
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140
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243
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Sep 2026
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Reeperbahn Festival
Sep 16–19, 2026 · Hamburg, Germany · Alternative / Rock / Indie
Riot Fest Chicago
Sep 18–20, 2026 · Chicago, United States · Rock / Alternative
Shaky Knees Music Festival
Sep 18–20, 2026 · Atlanta, United States · Alternative / Rock / Indie
CONVERGENCE Music and Art Festival
Sep 19–20, 2026 · Oshawa, Canada · Folk / Alternative / Rock
HowTheLightGetsIn
Sep 19, 2026 · Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom · Folk / Electronic / Alternative
Iron Blossom Music Festival
Sep 19–20, 2026 · Richmond, United States · Rock / Indie / Alternative
New Acoustic Camp
Sep 19–20, 2026 · Minakami, Japan · Rock / Alternative
Rock Fest at the Fair
Sep 19, 2026 · Hutchinson, United States · Metal / Rock / Alternative
Sea.Hear.Now
Sep 19–20, 2026 · Asbury Park, United States · Rock / Indie / Alternative
Bourbon & Beyond
Sep 24–27, 2026 · Louisville, United States · Rock / Folk / Alternative
Second Summer
Sep 24–26, 2026 · Toronto, Canada · Rock / Alternative / Indie
All Things Go Festival
Sep 25–27, 2026 · Columbia, United States · Indie / Alternative / Pop
All Things Go Festival NYC
Sep 25–27, 2026 · New York, United States · Pop / Electronic / Alternative
Cold Waves
Sep 25–27, 2026 · Chicago, United States · Electronic / Alternative
Oceans Calling Festival
Sep 25–27, 2026 · Ocean City, United States · Rock / Alternative
Rock the Locks
Sep 25–27, 2026 · Umatilla, United States · Rock / Alternative
THING Festival
Sep 25–27, 2026 · Carnation, United States · Indie / Alternative / Pop
Balaclava Fest
Sep 26–27, 2026 · Sao Paulo, Brazil · Alternative / Rock / Indie
Float Along Festival
Sep 26, 2026 · Sheffield, United Kingdom · Rock / Alternative / Indie
Ocean Way Festival
Sep 26–27, 2026 · Santa Monica, United States · Rock / Alternative / Indie
Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival
Oct 1–4, 2026 · Caroline du Nord, United States · Folk / Alternative / Rock
Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival Fall
Oct 1–4, 2026 · Pittsboro, United States · Folk / Alternative / Rock
Cicada Music & Arts Festival
Oct 2–3, 2026 · St. Catharines, Canada · Indie / Rock / Alternative
Official ACL Fest Nights
Oct 2–13, 2026 · Austin, United States · Indie / Alternative / Pop
Neverender Festival
Oct 3–4, 2026 · Santa Ana, United States · Rock / Alternative / Metal
Sleepy Hollow Music Festival
Oct 3, 2026 · Sleepy Hollow, United States · Rock / Alternative / Pop
Yours And Owls
Oct 3–4, 2026 · Wollongong, Australia · Electronic / Indie / Alternative
Beyond The Music
Oct 6–9, 2026 · Manchester, United Kingdom · Rock / Alternative / Metal
La Rodia
Oct 6, 2026 · Besançon, France · Rock / Pop / Alternative
FORM Arcosanti Festival
Oct 9–11, 2026 · Arcosanti, United States · Electronic / Indie / Alternative
Pulso GNP Festival
Oct 10, 2026 · Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico · Rock / Alternative / Indie
SŴN FESTIVAL
Oct 15–17, 2026 · Cardiff, United Kingdom · Electronic / Rock / Alternative
Neighbourhood Festival
Oct 17, 2026 · Manchester, United Kingdom · Alternative / Indie / Pop
Hulaween
Oct 22–25, 2026 · Live Oak, United States · Rock / Electronic / Alternative
Tecate Peninsula
Oct 24, 2026 · Tijuana, Mexico · Rock / Alternative / World
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Also listed here
- Nevers à vif
Oct 28 – Nov 1, 2026 · Nevers
- Bordeaux Rock
Oct 29, 2026 · Bordeaux
- London Calling
Oct 30–31, 2026 · Amsterdam
- Pitchfork London
Nov 2–8, 2026 · London
- Pitchfork Music Festival
Nov 2–8, 2026 · Paris
- Pitchfork Paris
Nov 2–8, 2026 · Paris
- Crossing Border Festival
Nov 3–8, 2026 · The Hague
- Pitchfork Avant-Garde
Nov 5–7, 2026 · Paris
- AFROPUNK Bahia
Nov 7–8, 2026 · Salvador
- Dia De Los Deftones
Nov 7, 2026 · San Diego
- Festival Hipnosis
Nov 7, 2026 · Ciudad de México
- Iron Fest
Nov 13–14, 2026 · Newport
- Rolling Stone Beach
Nov 13–14, 2026 · Wangels
- Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival
Nov 14–15, 2026 · Los Angeles
- Darker Waves
Nov 14, 2026 · Huntington Beach
- Corona Capital
Nov 20–22, 2026 · Ciudad de México
- Fauna Primavera
Nov 26–28, 2026 · Santiago
- Primavera Sound Buenos Aires
Nov 28–29, 2026 · Buenos Aires
- Primavera Sounds Buenos Aires
Nov 28–29, 2026 · Buenos Aires
- Tecate Comuna
Nov 28, 2026 · Puebla
- Primavera Sound Sao Paulo
Dec 5–6, 2026 · São Paulo
- Veltrac Music Festival
Dec 5, 2026 · Lima
- Meredith Music Festival
Dec 11–13, 2026 · Victoria
- Edinburgh's Hogmanay 2023/24
Dec 29, 2026 – Jan 1, 2027 · Edinburgh
- Totally Tubular Festival
Jan 1, 2027 · New York
- The MusicFest Steamboat
Jan 5–10, 2027 · Steamboat Springs
- Rockaway Beach
Jan 8–11, 2027 · Bognor Regis
- One Big Holiday
Jan 14–18, 2027 · Puerto Aventuras
- ShipRocked
Jan 24–30, 2027 · Miami
- Sail Across the Sun
Feb 11–15, 2027 · Miami
- Grauzone Festival
Feb 12–14, 2027 · The Hague
- Innings Festival
Feb 26–28, 2027 · Tempe
- M3F Festival
Mar 5–6, 2027 · Phoenix
- WOMADelaide
Mar 5–8, 2027
- 311 Caribbean Cruise
Mar 10–15, 2027 · Miami
- Summer of ’99 Cruise
Apr 17–21, 2027 · Miami & Great Stirrup Cay
- Le Printemps de Bourges Crédit Mutuel
Apr 20–25, 2027 · Bourges
- Brick Lane Jazz Festival
Apr 22–25, 2027 · London
- BeachLife Festival
Apr 30 – May 2, 2027 · Redondo Beach
- Warm Up Festival
Apr 30 – May 1, 2027 · Murcie
- Liverpool Sound City
May 1–2, 2027 · Liverpool
- Welcome to Rockville
May 6–9, 2027 · Daytona Beach
- Sonic Temple Festival
May 13–16, 2027 · Columbus
- Bearded Theory
May 26–30, 2027 · Catton Hall
- Shindig Festival
May 27–30, 2027 · Malmesbury
- Bottlerock Napa Valley
May 28–30, 2027 · Napa
- In It Together
May 28–30, 2027 · Margam
- Dot to Dot
May 29–30, 2027 · Bristol
- Neighbourhood Weekender
May 29–30, 2027 · Warrington
- Boston Calling Music Festival
Jun 4–6, 2027 · Boston
- Degusta Fest
Jun 4–5, 2027 · Granada
- Rock am Ring
Jun 4, 2027 · Nürburgring
- Rock im Park
Jun 4–6, 2027 · Nuremberg
- Greenfield Festival
Jun 10–12, 2027 · Interlaken
- Heartland Festival
Jun 10–12, 2027 · Kværndrup
- Primavera Sound Porto
Jun 10–13, 2027 · Porto
- Best Kept Secret
Jun 11–13, 2027
- Ça sonne à la porte (CSALP)
Jun 11–13, 2027 · Grossœuvre
- Tunes In The Dunes
Jun 11–13, 2027 · Perranporth
- Summer Fest at the Beach
Jun 12–13, 2027 · Weston-super-Mare
- Festival da Ilha de Wight
Jun 17–20, 2027 · Newport and Carisbrooke
- Hurricane
Jun 18–20, 2027 · Scheeßel
- Hurricane Festival
Jun 18–20, 2027 · Scheeßel
- Pinkpop
Jun 18–20, 2027 · Landgraaf
- Southside Festival
Jun 18–20, 2027
- State Fayre Festival
Jun 18–20, 2027 · Chelmsford
- Summerfest
Jun 24 – Jul 10, 2027 · Milwaukee
- Roskilde Festival
Jun 26, 2027 · Roskilde
- Festival Beauregard
Jun 30 – Jul 4, 2027 · Hérouville-Saint-Clair
- Minety Music Festival
Jul 1–4, 2027 · Minety
- OpenAir St. Gallen
Jul 1–4, 2027 · St. Gallen
- Rock Werchter
Jul 1–4, 2027 · Rotselaer
- Chilfest
Jul 2–3, 2027 · Tring
- Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic
Jul 4, 2027 · Austin
- Festival Cruïlla Barcelona
Jul 7–10, 2027 · Barcelone
- Bilbao BBK Live
Jul 8–10, 2027 · Bilbao
- Pohoda
Jul 8, 2027 · Trenčín
- Cactus Festival
Jul 9–11, 2027 · Brugge
- Cheltenham Music Festival
Jul 9–17, 2027 · Cheltenham
- Décibulles
Jul 9–11, 2027 · Neuve-Eglise
- Ruisrock
Jul 9, 2027 · Turku
- Rock Fest Wisconsin
Jul 15–17, 2027 · Cadott
- Zwarte Cross
Jul 15–18, 2027 · Lichtenvoorde
- Boomtown Festival
Jul 16–22, 2027 · Gand
- IF: Milton Keynes International Festival 2025
Jul 16–25, 2027 · Milton Keynes
- Upheaval Festival
Jul 16–17, 2027 · Grand Rapids
- Lollapalooza Berlin
Jul 17–18, 2027 · Berlin
- Folk by the Oak
Jul 18, 2027 · Hatfield House
- LazyDays
Jul 23–25, 2027 · Southend-on-Sea
- Tramlines Festival
Jul 23–25, 2027 · Sheffield
- Kendal Calling
Jul 29 – Aug 1, 2027 · Kendal
- Y Not Festival
Jul 30 – Aug 1, 2027 · Derbyshire
- Suikerrock
Aug 6–8, 2027 · Tienen
- Flow Festival
Aug 13–15, 2027 · Helsinki
- Festival Paredes de Coura
Aug 18–21, 2027 · Paredes de Coura
- Rock N Roll Circus Norwich
Aug 19–22, 2027 · Norwich
- Beautiful Days
Aug 20–22, 2027 · Escot House
- Dockville
Aug 20–21, 2027 · Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg
- Lowlands
Aug 20–22, 2027 · Biddinghuizen
- MS Dockville
Aug 20–21, 2027 · Hamburg
- Reading Festival
Aug 26–29, 2027
- Edinburgh Summer Sessions
Aug 28, 2027 · Edinburgh
- Freely Fest
Aug 28, 2027 · Nashville
- Rocklahoma
Sep 3–5, 2027 · Pryor
- Leffingeleuren
Last held Sep 11–13, 2026 · Middelkerke
- Levitation
Last held Sep 10–13, 2026 · Austin
- Radio 2 in the Park
Last held Sep 11–13, 2026 · Stirling
- Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park
Last held Sep 11–13, 2026
- Rock in Rio Brasil
Last held Sep 4–13, 2026 · Rio De Janeiro
- Warped Tour Mexico City
Last held Sep 12–13, 2026 · Mexico City
- Baroeg open air
Last held Sep 11–12, 2026 · Rotterdam
- Sommo Festival
Last held Sep 11–12, 2026 · Green Gables
- Bumbershoot
Last held Sep 5–6, 2026 · Seattle
- Caveman Music Festival
Last held Sep 4–6, 2026 · Weston
- Ebrovisión
Last held Sep 3–6, 2026 · Miranda de Ebro
- Edinburgh Psych Fest
Last held Sep 6, 2026 · Edinburgh
- Velocity Festival
Last held Sep 4–6, 2026 · Dyersville
- Crammerock
Last held Sep 4–5, 2026 · Stekene
- Crammerock 2023
Last held Sep 4–5, 2026 · Stekene
- Phe Festival
Last held Sep 4–5, 2026 · Puerto de la Cruz
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