by SRekha

Created on: April 09, 2010

Here comes the summer and the biggest music festivals in Europe too. Some of the world’s biggest and small, yet the hottest live band performances can be seen in several locations in Europe. These events would have extravagant camping, food, huge crowds and the most memorable vacation that is ready-to-go. This also means booking your tickets in advance by browsing about the music festival date and lists of musicians performing at the event.

With access to the internet, one can browse the details of all the upcoming European music festival details. This helps to plan the vacation in advance so that you are better organized while attending these music festivals. Europe seems to be filled with events every day of the month. Hence, you could plan to attend multiple events when visiting Europe.

From April to June 2010, you could attend multiple events like International Jazz Festival at Gloucestershire which is known to be UK’s best jazz event. Then, there is the Vienna art festival for the art lovers. St. Petersburg offers the Stars of the White Nights of opera and ballet stage performances. Also, you cannot miss the International Spring music festival in Prague which is the best event in Europe from May to June.

In 2010 May, the prestigious Salzburg Whitsun music festival is help in the hometown on Mozart. This is not only a large gathering but also the most expensive one. It takes place in the last week of May 2010. For classical music lovers, they could visit the Somerset Bath International Music Festival from last week of May to first week of June.

The most popular is the Glastonbury music festival held in the last weeks of June and the tickets are tough to get. One needs to keep hooked on to the internet to obtain them and plan their trip. It includes camping, food, opera, ballet and promenade apart from interacting with the artists and listening to bands all through the night.

In July 2010, you could visit Denmark to attend one of the top 5 music festivals in Europe, the Roskilde festival. It has a long history of success and includes performances of artists like Metallica, U2, Radiohead and more. There is also the Belgian rock festival held in July. It is one of the largest rock festivals in Europe known as Rock Watcher.

Other important Music festivals in Europe would include V music festival, Rock am Ring, Rock im Park and Donauinselfest music festival which are attended by several music lovers. These are huge gatherings of over thousands of music fans. Apart from these big events, the holiday resorts in Europe also showcase smaller bands and festivals to entertain their guests. So which one do you plan to attend?

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