It seems only yesterday that we started to update you with our annual Festivals Guide! A consolidated format in the EDM Lab channels: only for you! Are you ready to constantly stay up-to-date with our 2024 Ultimate Festivals Guide?
Our Festivals Guide is ready to celebrate its fourth anniversary. It is a crazy accomplishment for us. It is an honor to help you clarify the situation between many stages, artists, appointments, and locations, tracking all the most important festivals around the five continents.
Between the 2024 Festivals, some appointments are institutional, some have been modified and reviewed, some no longer exist, some inaugurate their first edition, and some are yet to be announced.
2024 will be a long year and, as every year, it will be full of surprises and twists. So here is the 2024 Ultimate Festivals Guide by EDM Lab!
Ultra Music Festival
It is a milestone among electronic music events. It takes place during the annual Miami Music Week for the American edition in Miami. This year will take place in many editions scattered throughout the whole world. The festival will take place on every continent.
South Africa 2024 (Hollywoodbets Kenilworth Racecourse – Cape Town, South Africa): 1 March 2024
South Africa 2024 (Expo Centre Nasrec – Johannesburg, South Africa): 2 March 2024
Ultra Music Festival 2024 (Bayfront Park – Miami, Florida, USA): 22, 23, 24 March 2024
Ultra Beach Gold Coast 2024 (Broadwater Parklands – Gold Coast, Australia): 12 April 2024
Australia 2024 (Flemington Racecourse – Melbourne, Australia): 13 April 2024
Chile 2024 (Espacio Riesco – Santiago, Chile): 19, 20 April 2024
Perù 2024 (Estadio San Marcos – Lima, Perù): 20, 21 April 2024
Korea 2024 (Paradise City – Incheon, South Korea): 7, 8, 9 June 2024
Ultra Europe 2024 (Mladeẑi Park Stadium, Split – Croatia ): 12, 13, 14 July 2024
Japan 2024 (Odaiba Ultra Park, Tokyo – Japan): 14, 15 September 2024
Tomorrowland
Tomorrowland is probably the most known, talked about, and loved European festival by the attendances. It presents two appointments during the year. Since 2023, the organization added a South American edition, in Brazil.
Tomorrowland Winter 2023 (Alpe D’Huez – Isère, France): from 16 to 23 March
Tomorrowland Belgium 2024 (De Schorre Park – Boom, Belgium)
Weekend 1: 19, 20, 21 July 2024 Weekend 2: 26, 27, 28 July 2024
Tomorrowland Brasil 2024 (Parque Maeda, Itu – Sao Paulo, Brazil): 11, 12, 13 October 2024
EDC: Electric Daisy Carnival
EDC is the largest American festival with UMF. This year it will take place in four different appointments, including, for the second consecutive year, an appointment on board a cruise!
EDC Mexico 2024 (Rodrìguez Racetrack – Mexico City, Mexico): 23, 24, 25 February 2024
EDC Las Vegas 2024 (LA Motor Speedway – Las Vegas, Nevada, USA): 17, 18, 19 May 2024
EDSea 2024 (From Miami to Bimini – Bahamas on board a cruise): 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 November 2024
EDC Orlando 2024 (Tinker Field Stadium – Orlando, Florida): 8, 9, 10 November 2024
Coachella Festival
The first big “multi-genre” festival that we find in this guide, is between the main festivals of North America with UMF and EDC. A historical festival that takes place in the Empire Polo Club of Indio’s fields, in California.
Coachella Valley Music and Art Festival 2024 (Empire Polo Club – Indio, California, USA)
Weekend 1: 12, 13, 14 April 2024 Weekend 2: 19, 20, 21 April 2024
Creamfields Festival
Creamfields is between the main European festivals with Tomorrowland. It was exported, before to different locations in England, then in the whole world. The 2024 edition will return to be a unique appointment and no longer a divided appointment in the “North” and “South” editions, as in 2022 and 2023.
Creamfields 2024 [Daresbury (Warrington) – Cheshire, England]: 22, 23, 24, 25 August 2024
Electric Zoo Festival
This is the youngest festival in this guide until now. It is similar to Coachella, i.e., a “multi-genre” festival. The Electric Zoo takes place every year during the weekend of American “Labor Day.”
Electric Zoo 2024 (Randall’s Island Park – New York, New York, USA): TBA
Untold Festival
The leading Romanian festival was born a few years ago. It was awarded, in 2015, which is the year of its creation, as the best European festival.
Untold Dubai 2024 (Expo City Dubai – Dubai, United Arab Emirates): 15, 16, 17, 18 February 2024
Untold 2024 (Cluj Arena – Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania): 8, 9, 10, 11 August 2024
Airbeat One Festival
Airbeat One is a European festival ongoing for approximately twenty years but became successful only recently. It is characterized by a very particular mainstage, in which the EDM leading artists perform their shows.
Airbeat One 2024 (Airport – Neustadt-Glewe, Germany): 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 July 2024
Electric Forest Festival
This event is truly singular and suggestive. It attracts people from all over the world. The Electric Forest Festival is known because it takes place in the middle of a forest.
Electric Forest 2024 (Double JJ Resort – Rothbury, Michigan, USA): 20, 21, 22, 23 June 2024
Mysteryland Festival
It is the most important and old Dutch festival, organized by the same organizer team of the Tomorrowland. It was exported to North and South America.
Mysteryland 2024 (Floriade Terrain, – Vijfhuizen, Netherland): 30, 31 August & 1 September 2024
Electric Love Festival
It is the most significant Austrian festival, among the best known in Europe. As the Electric Zoo, it is very young. However, it already gained the attention of the entire world and the massive arrival of participants.
Electric Love 2024 (Salzburgring Circuic – Salzburg, Austria): 4, 5, 6 July 2024
Sònar Festival
The Sònar festival is an electronic music festival and one of the most important multimedia events in Barcelona during the summer. Experimental and avant-gardist artists also take part.
Sònar 2024 (Fira de Reyes de la Gran Via – Barcelona, Spain): 13, 14, 15 June 2024
Burning Man Festival
This is between the oldest festivals we can find in this guide. It takes place in a city that exists only for the duration of the event. Burning Man is undoubtedly the most extreme festival of all, based on self-sufficiency and community concepts. Anyone can bring his art to Burning Man.
Burning Man 2024 (Black Rock Desert – Nevada, USA): from 25 to 31 August & 1, 2 September 2024
World Club Dome Festival
The World Club Dome is among the main German festivals. It is organized by Bigcitybeats radio. It has been proposed in Germany in different versions and then exported to South Korea.
Winter Edition 2024 (Festhalle Frankfurt – Frankfurt, Germany): 5, 6 January 2024
Malta Island Edition 2024 (Gianpula Village – Rabat, Malta): 2, 3, 4 August 2024
Future Edition 2024 (Deutsche Bank Park – Frankfurt, Germany): 6, 7, 8 September 2024
Pool Sessions 2024 (Stadionbad – Frankfurt, Germany): 6, 7, 8 September 2024
AMF: Amsterdam Music Festival
It is one of the most important Dutch festivals, and it indeed is the most important European festival at the end of the year. The AMF takes place during the Amsterdam Dance Event and hosts the ceremony during which, every year, is announced the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs.
AMF 2024 (Johan Cruijff Arena – Amsterdam, Netherlands): 19 October 2024
Parookaville Festival
The Parookaville is another gigantic German festival. It was born a few years ago, and it has already become enormously known by the audience because of its highly elaborated design. Into it comes to life a real city.
Parookaville 2024 (Weeze Airport – Weeze, Germany): 19, 20, 21 July 2024
A State Of Trance
The forerunner festival of Trance music, homonymous with the iconic radio show of the Trance music king: Armin Van Buuren. Is it really necessary to specify who is the headliner?
A State Of Trance 2024 (Ahoy Rotterdam – Rotterdam, Netherlands): 23, 24 February 2024
Sziget Festival
The Sziget is another “multi-genre” festival, this time located in Hungary. It takes place every year on an island in the middle of the Danube. We can include it among the biggest and most complex European festivals.
Sziget 2024 (Obudai-sziget – Budapest, Hungary): 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 August 2024
Medusa Sunbeach Festival
It is a Spanish “multi-genre” festival, that was born a few years ago and has already conquered the audience, reaching impressive numbers. The Medusa Sunbeach Festival is one of the few festivals in this guide that takes place on the beach.
Medusa Subeach Festival 2024 (Playa de Cullera – Cullera, Spain): 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 August 2024
Awakenings Festival
The Awakenings Festival is among the most important annual meeting points for Techno lovers and, undoubtedly, the world’s biggest. It takes place several times a year in none of the best-known Dutch temples of Techno: the Gashouder.
Easter 2024 (Gashouder – Amsterdam, Netherlands): 29, 30 March 2024
Upclose (Spaarnwoude-Park – Houtrak, Netherlands): 18, 19 May 2024
Summer Festival 2024 (Beekse Bergen – Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands): 5, 6, 7 July 2024
Balaton Sound
It is the biggest Hungarian festival, organized by the same team as the Sziget festival. The Balaton Sound is one of the biggest festivals in Europe in size. It has been taking place since 2007 on the south shores of the Balaton lake.
Balaton Sound 2024 (Lago Balaton – Zamàrdi, Hungary): 3, 4, 5, 6 July 2024
Project GLOW
The Project GLOW is the electronic music festival that conquered the American East Coast. It is organized by the Insomniac team and celebrates the historical Club Glow in Washington D.C.
Project GLOW 2024 (RFK Festival Grounds – Washington D.C, USA): 27, 28 April 2024
Palm Tree Music Festival
One of the most important EDM festivals in Australia. It is characterized by essential but full of big-name lineups. It takes place also in the USA and Asia. At the moment, for 2024, it has been announced only the famous appointment in Aspen.
Aspen 2024 (Rio Grande Park – Aspen, Colorado, USA): 23, 24 February 2024
Lost Lands Festival
It is popular for being one of the most important Dubstep festivals in the world. The organization of the event is led by Excision who, every year, announces spectacular lineups with Dubstep and Melodic Bass artists.
Lost Lands Festival 2024 (Legend Valley – Ohio, USA): 20, 21, 22 September 2024
Nameless Festival
It is the most important Italian festival. After many years, it blows up, making itself known in all the Europe and attracting an audience from everywhere. The Nameless Music Festival is famous because of its important and varied line-ups.
Nameless 2024 (Annone di Brianza – Lecco, Italy): 14, 15, 16 June 2024
Kappa FuturFestival
One of the Italian veteran festivals. It represents a must-visit for all Italian Techno lovers, and not only. Because of its internationality, it gained the twelfth position in the DJ Mag Top100 Festivals 2022 official chart.
Kappa FuturFestival 2024 (Parco Dora – Torino, Italy): 5, 6, 7 July 2024
Defqon.1 Festival
The Defqon.1 is the main festival dedicated to the Hard Dance. It was born about twenty years ago, and it takes place every year in Holland, which is the home of the Hardstyle. It has also been exported to Australia and Chile.
Defqon.1 2024 (Walibi Holland – Flevoland, Netherlands): 27, 28, 29, 30 June 2024
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