European Festivals

Calle Ocho - Just for Laughs Montreal is not European, replaced

placeholder, placeholder

Up Helly Aa

Lerwick, Shetland, United Kingdom

27 Jan 2026

Venice Carnival

Venice, Italy

31 Jan 2026 – 17 Feb 2026

Carnival of Binche

Binche, Belgium

15 Feb 2026 – 17 Feb 2026

Las Fallas

Valencia, Spain

15 Mar 2026 – 19 Mar 2026

Festa de San Fermín del Pisuerga... no, using: Feria de Abril (Seville April Fair)

Seville, Spain

12 Apr 2026 – 18 Apr 2026

Cannes Film Festival

Cannes, France

12 May 2026 – 23 May 2026

Nuits Sonores

Lyon, France

13 May 2026 – 17 May 2026

Hay Festival

Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom

21 May 2026 – 31 May 2026

Karneval der Kulturen

Berlin, Germany

22 May 2026 – 25 May 2026

Primavera Sound

Barcelona, Spain

3 Jun 2026 – 7 Jun 2026

Festival Furies

Châlons-en-Champagne, France

10 Jun 2026 – 14 Jun 2026

Festival Rue des Étoiles

Brunoy, France

13 Jun 2026 – 14 Jun 2026

Bordeaux Wine Festival (Bordeaux Fête le Vin)

Bordeaux, France

18 Jun 2026 – 21 Jun 2026

Burning Man... not European; replacing with Mid-Summer Festival Sweden (Midsommar)

Various (Dalarna region), Sweden

19 Jun 2026 – 20 Jun 2026

Festa de São João do Porto

Porto, Portugal

23 Jun 2026 – 24 Jun 2026

Glastonbury Festival

Pilton, Somerset, United Kingdom

24 Jun 2026 – 28 Jun 2026

Viva Cité

Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France

26 Jun 2026 – 28 Jun 2026

Roskilde Festival

Roskilde, Denmark

27 Jun 2026 – 4 Jul 2026

Crater Surfaces

Ales, France

2 Jul 2026 – 4 Jul 2026

Les Tombées de la Nuit

Rennes, France

2 Jul 2026 – 5 Jul 2026

Festival d'Aix-en-Provence

Aix-en-Provence, France

3 Jul 2026 – 22 Jul 2026

Cratère Surfaces

Alès, France

3 Jul 2026 – 5 Jul 2026

Avignon Festival

Avignon, France

4 Jul 2026 – 25 Jul 2026

Sanfermines (Running of the Bulls)

Pamplona, Spain

6 Jul 2026 – 14 Jul 2026

Festival Off d'Avignon

Avignon, France

6 Jul 2026 – 29 Jul 2026

Festival de la Cité Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

7 Jul 2026 – 12 Jul 2026

Mad Cool Festival

Madrid, Spain

8 Jul 2026 – 11 Jul 2026

Exit Festival

Novi Sad, Serbia

9 Jul 2026 – 12 Jul 2026

Pohoda Festival

Trenčín, Slovakia

9 Jul 2026 – 11 Jul 2026

Ultra Europe

Split, Croatia

10 Jul 2026 – 12 Jul 2026

Galway International Arts Festival

Galway, Ireland

13 Jul 2026 – 26 Jul 2026

Pflasterspektakel

Linz, Austria

16 Jul 2026 – 18 Jul 2026

Tomorrowland

Boom, Belgium

17 Jul 2026 – 26 Jul 2026

Festival Renc'Arts

Pézenas, France

17 Jul 2026 – 19 Jul 2026

Salzburg Festival

Salzburg, Austria

18 Jul 2026 – 30 Aug 2026

Festival Les Z'accros d'ma Rue

Nevers, France

21 Jul 2026 – 25 Jul 2026

Chalon dans la Rue

Chalon-sur-Saône, France

22 Jul 2026 – 26 Jul 2026

Pride Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

25 Jul 2026 – 2 Aug 2026

Festival Mimos

Périgueux, France

28 Jul 2026 – 1 Aug 2026

Wacken Open Air

Wacken, Germany

30 Jul 2026 – 1 Aug 2026

Pflasterspektakel is added; adding Reykjavík Pride

Reykjavík, Iceland

4 Aug 2026 – 9 Aug 2026

Sziget Festival

Budapest, Hungary

5 Aug 2026 – 10 Aug 2026

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

7 Aug 2026 – 31 Aug 2026

Aurillac International Street Theatre Festival

Aurillac, France

19 Aug 2026 – 22 Aug 2026

Festival Eclat

Aurillac, France

19 Aug 2026 – 22 Aug 2026

Festival Au Bonheur des Mômes

Le Grand-Bornand, France

23 Aug 2026 – 28 Aug 2026

La Tomatina

Buñol, Spain

26 Aug 2026

Notting Hill Carnival

London, United Kingdom

30 Aug 2026 – 31 Aug 2026

Festival Coup de Chauffe

Cognac, France

4 Sept 2026 – 6 Sept 2026

Les Accroche-Cœurs

Angers, France

11 Sept 2026 – 13 Sept 2026

Oktoberfest

Munich, Germany

19 Sept 2026 – 4 Oct 2026

Galway International Oyster & Seafood Festival

Galway, Ireland

25 Sept 2026 – 27 Sept 2026

Festival of Lights Berlin

Berlin, Germany

2 Oct 2026 – 11 Oct 2026

Galway International Arts Festival... already listed; replacing with Cork Jazz Festival

Cork, Ireland

23 Oct 2026 – 26 Oct 2026