Summer is also enriched every year by music festivals, which attract the young and the young at heart, lovers of music, fun and the scorching sun, to various venues across Europe. Which music festivals should not be missed this year, and where and when we can go to a festival in the coming months, below. Here are the 2016 music festivals not to be missed!
2016 music festivals not to be missed:
InMusic 2016
In its eleven-year history, InMusic has hosted musicians such as Sonic Youth, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, Pixies, Prodigy, Cypress Hill, Massive Attack and New Order. The stunning surroundings of the island and Jarun provide a unique, almost "family" atmosphere at the festival every year. One of the most popular European festivals reached ten last year and we believe that they will make sure that the festival will be something special this year as well.
From June 20 to 22 / Island of Croatian Youth, Jarun, Zagreb, Croatia
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Hideout Festival 2016
From June 26 to 30, 2016, Hideout Festival 2016, the ultimate summer festival of electronic music, will take place on Zrće beach in Pag. What to expect? 5 days and nights of varied musical events, more than 100 exceptional house and techno giants, fun at the pool, on the boat and after parties. You and your company can't be missing either.
From June 26 to 30, 2016 / Zrće, Pag, Croatia
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ECO festival 2016
This year's greatly expanded and slightly enriched ECO Festival 2016, which invites us to Opatje selo near Nova Gorica from July 1 to 3, is preparing a lot of surprises and crazy fun at several different locations. The big names of techno music will perform - from the pioneers of the genre to the biggest stars of the techno arena, and the event will also offer a comprehensive spectrum of exclusivity and premieres.
From July 1 to 3, 2016 / Opatje selo, Nova Gorica
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NOS Alive 2016
NOS Alive is a music and arts festival that saw its first edition in 2007 as the Optimus Alive festival, when Pearl Jam, Linkin Park, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Used, The White Stripes and Beastie Boys performed as the main attraction. Despite its "youth", the event has achieved great popularity both outside and inside Portugal. This year, between July 6 and 7, we expect the 10th edition, and the capacity of the three-day event has grown to 50,000 in all these years (we're talking about visitors, you know). Headlining acts that you simply must experience at NOS Alive 2016 are The Chemical Brothers, Pixies, Radiohead and Arcade Fire.
July 7-9, 2016 / Lisbon, Portugal
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Festival Exit 2016 and Sea Dance 2016
Exit Festival is considered one of the best in Europe. The Petrovaradin fortress will be shaking because of 30 hardcore, metal and punk bands from all over the world. Also coming are Anti-Flag, Raised Fist, Paradise Lost and At The Gates. The Explosive stage will also be bursting at the seams thanks to The Rumjacks, Born From Pain, Toxic Holocaust, Sear Bliss, Negura Bunget and many others. Rocker colors are also represented, with The Vaccines, The Bastille, Tinariwen, Cock Sparrer, The Black Heart Rebellion, Tuber and Kensington leading this year. That this year's Dance Arena at Exit will be bursting at the seams, on Friday, July 8, master of hits and producer David Guetta will make sure. The Prodigy have also confirmed that they will perform at the festival on July 10, thereby changing the course of the tour, as part of which they are promoting their current album. Liam, Keith and Maxim even made a video for the festival, in which they announce: "Exit warriors, you wanted us, so here we come!" Exit Avantura continues at the third edition of the Sea Dance festival, from July 14 to 16. Ellie Goulding, Wiz Khalifa, Hurts, Bastille, The Vaccines, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Stormzy, Sister Bliss – Faithless DJ Set, Lost Frequencies, Solomun, Marco Carola, Robin Schulz, Nicky Romero, Cock Sparrer, Anti -Flag, Dub Pistols, DJ Hype, Andy C, Tresor and Concrete clubs and many others.
From July 7 to 10, 2016 / Petrovardin Fortress, Novi Sad, Serbia
From 14 to 16 July 2016 / Jaz beach, Budva, Montenegro
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Ultra Europe 2016
The Ultra Europe 2016 festival, which will be held at the Poljud stadium in Split, will for the fourth year in a row, from July 15 to 17, 2016, serve up the biggest festival cocktail of electro artists. The founders of the infamous Ultra Miami Festival hoped to enthusiastically admit that the European edition of the Ultra Music festival action surpasses all other performances that take place outside America, in capitals such as Tokyo, Santiago, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Soul, Johannesburg and Ibiza.
From 15 to 17 July 2016 / Stadium Poljud, Split, Croatia
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Tomorrowland 2016
Tomorrowland or our land of tomorrow. In fact, it is the Belgian fairy-tale town of Boom, where all kinds of fairy-tale creatures come to life every summer. For the twelfth year in a row, the Tomrrowland music festival hosts the hottest names on the electronic music scene. Alesso, Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, David Guetta, Deadmau5, Sander van Doorn, Steve Aooki and more will also be there this time. The line-up, which combines the most diverse genres of electronic music and connects DJs, producers and performers as well as visitors from all over the world, is accessible here.
From 22 to 24 July / Boom, Belgium
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MetalDays 2016
This summer too, the Tolmin floor will shake to the sounds of major metal bands. MetalDays 2016 in Tolmin is expecting more than 60 bands this time, which will provide an unforgettable experience between July 24 and 30. During the event, visitors will be able to sleep in a popular campsite or rent a room, apartments or a house. At the venue, there is access to two beaches along the Soča River, where visitors will be able to rest and chase away the fatigue of the previous night.
From July 24 to 30, 2016 / Tolmin
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Punk Rock Holiday 2016
In five years, the Tolminski Punk Rock Holiday 2016 climbed to the very top of festival events in Europe. This year, too, it will take place at a wonderful location in Tolmin. From the festival site, it will be possible to access the two beaches of the emerald green river and the Triglav National Park. The much-awaited festival will start on August 8 and will last for 5 days. Bands such as Agnostic Front, Flag, Strung Put, Donots, A Wilhelm Scream, The Toaster, Total Chaosm and Nofx will perform.
From August 8 to 13, 2016 / Tolmin
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Sziget Festival 2016
The 23rd edition of one of the most popular European, as well as the world's music festivals, Sziget, will take place again this year between August 10 and 17 on the Island of Freedom, as the locals and its fans call it. On the island, which is considered a kind of independent country, since it combines several festivals into one, it is possible to find at least 50 locations with more than 200 programs of a wide variety of art and entertainment per day. The guests are the star Rihanna, the English rockers Muse, the Australian diva of diversity SIA, the English indie pop band Bastille, the indie rock band Bloc Party, the British rock band Bring Me the Horizon, the Scottish electronic band Chvrches, the English singer and musician John Newman, the Irish rock band Kodaline, French electronic band M83, Danish singer MØ, English DJ Naughty Boy, Dutch DJ Nicky Romero, Austrian musician, producer and DJ Parov Stelar, Icelandic music group Sigur Rós and Canadian pop-punk group Sum 41.
From 10 to 17 August 2016 / Island of Freedom, Budapest, Hungary
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OverJam Reggae 2016
The OverJam Raggea festival will once again provide for a relaxed summer vacation this year. In the natural environment of the Soča River, not far from the Triglav National Park, between August 15 and 20, 2016, music stages and full tents will come to life under the control of reggae rhythms. The opening party is scheduled for August 15, the festival will take place from August 16 to 19, and an unforgettable after party is expected on August 20. Children will also be taken care of, who will be able to participate in a variety of workshops in as many as four languages as part of the Overjam 4 Kidz program.
From August 16 to 19, 2016 / Tolmin
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Sonus Festival 2016
The vibrant Adriatic beach of Zrće will come alive again when some of the best dance clubs (read: Aquarius, Kalypso and Papaya), which year after year open their doors to crowds from all over the world and host the best parties of the season in the perfect summer setting, host the giants of electronic music. The festival will feature more than 80 top masters of electronic music. Enthusiasts of techno, house and techhouse will get their money's worth. The main performers this year will be Richie Hawtin, Sven Väth, Dixon and Pan-Pot, and our club legend Valentino Kanzyani will also "roll" again.
From August 21 to 25, 2016 / Zrće beach, Pag, Croatia
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Dimensions festival 2016
This year, too, we have the promise of a five-day delight for fans of electronic music - the Dimensions festival in Pula. Good sound equipment and a rich line-up are complemented by an incredible location, which gives the festival a quality of a new dimension that even the biggest electronic music festivals in the world can hardly compete with. The event will be hosted by the Fort of Punta Christo, which, in the glow of flashing lights and the rhythms of electronic music, will help create an unforgettable experience. The leading musicians of the electronica scene will perform - from Massive Attack to Moodymann.
From 25 to 28 August 2016 / Štinjan, Pula, Croatia
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Outlook Festival 2016
Outlook festival 2016 in Pula is one of the largest soundsystem festivals in Europe. Every year it attracts a nice selection of big names of the music scene from all over the world. The four-day festival will take place in an abandoned Roman fort in Štinjan, just a few minutes from Pula. If you want to indulge in the rhythms of dubstep, reggae, hip-hop, house and techno, don't miss the opportunity to relax at the Outlook festival and experience a new dimension of entertainment.
From August 31 to September 5, 2016 / Štinjan, Pula, Croatia
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Lollapalooza Berlin 2016
The big music festival Lollapalooza, which was founded in America in 1991 by the singer of the band Jane's Addiction, will set up its stage in Berlin this year for the third year in a row. Lollapalooza Berlin 2016 promises an excellent setlist and, of course, an extraordinary pulse of Berlin life - based on experience, the festival will hardly disappoint.
September 10-11, 2016 / Treptower Park, Berlin, Germany
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