With summer gracefully underway, you’re not running out on music festivals to attend to in the USA anytime soon! We surmise the best of the lot!
1. Firefly Music Festival
Where: Dover, Delaware
When: June 18 to 21
Firefly Music Festival is worth a go for purely the line-up alone, one of the best this season. Featuring legendary acts like Paul McCartney, Kings of Leon, The Killers, Morrissey, Snoop Dogg to exciting names like Foster The People, Hozier, Bastille, Cage the Elephant, Kygo, and Run the Jewels among a hoard of other exciting names. And all this while you laze around in the beautiful festival landscape in East Coast.
(image source: Firefly Music Festival Facebook)
2. Sonic Bloom
Where: Rye, CO
When: June 18 to 21
Sonic Bloom makes for one of the most interactive music festival experiences of your life. By mixing together electronic music with other activities like art installations, yoga camps and movements, performance art, workshops, and live painting sessions, there is never a moment of idle to be spent. This, along with the truly stellar music line-up including Shpongle, Emancipator, Talib Kweli, Random Rab, Manic Focus, and you know why this festival is so popular.
(image source: Sonic Bloom Facebook)
3. Windy City LakeShake
Where: Chicago, IL
When: June 19 to 21
Country music will come sweeping into Chicago, with the first ever Windy City LakeShake. At Downtown Chicago, with the beach for company, festival goers can experience country music in all its modest glory, with some big names like Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley, Florida Georgia Line, Justin Moore, Waterloo Revival, along with huge vertigo and slide rides, replete with a promised festival culture.
(image source: Windy City LakeShake Facebook)
4. Sierra Nevada World Music Festival
Where: Boonville, CA
When: June 19 to 21
The beautiful Mendocino County Fairgrounds in Boonville is a great place for a deeply ascetic experience. And Sierra Nevada World Music Festival is all that as it delivers on that promise by bringing together artists with strong influence and providing music with a conscience, thereby putting together a profound gathering.
(image source: Sierra Nevada World Music Festival Facebook)
5. EDC
Where: Las Vegas, NV
When: June 19 to 21
In the month of June, Las Vegas turns into an actual electronic music hub by playing host to the Electric Daisy Carnival. It draws in some dedicated electronic music fans from around the world for a three day expedition that involves fun and absolute madness. This year, the festival features the stars from the electronic walk of fame, including the likes of Hardwell, Martin Garrix, Avicii, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and Fatboy Slim.
(image source: EDC Facebook)
6. Rock the Garden
Where: Minneapolis, MN
When: June 20 to 21
Rock the Garden provides one of the more picturesque options for a summer festival, also happening on a humble level, without the brouhaha of a king-sized festival. Featuring not a great line-up, but one that’s extremely qualitative, the festival includes names such as Belle & Sebastian, Sean Lennon, Courtney Barnett, and the inimitable Modest Mouse.
(image source: Rock the Garden Facebook)