Interrail: concerts / festivals in Europe ?

MrMonk
Traveller
29 comments

I got the same question, only concerning June and July ;)

Peter
Traveller
9333 comments

Hi.
A list of festivals either recommended by friends or where I stayed already.
Have a look on it and google. :)


[b]Germany[/b]

[b]Rock am Ring / Rock im Park[/b]: 01.-03.06.2012
[b]Wacken Open Air[/b]: 02.-04.08.2012
[b]Rock Harz Festival[/b]: 12.-14.07.2012
[b]Southside Festival[/b]: 22.-24.06.2012
[b]Hurricane Festival[/b]: 22.-24.06.2012
[b]Summerbreete Festival[/b]: 16.-18.08.2012
[b]Area4 Festival[/b]: 17.-19.08.2012
[b]Chiemsee Reggae Festival[/b]: 24.-26.08.2012


[b]Spain[/b]

[b]Benicàssim Festival[/b]: 12.-16.07.2012
[b]Primavera Sound Festival[/b]: 30.05.-03.06.2012


[b]UK[/b]

[b]Bloodstock Festival[/b]: 10.-12.08.2012
[b]Download Festival[/b]: 09.-10.06.2012
[b]Isle of Wight Festival[/b]: 22.-24.06.2012
[b]Latitude Festival[/b]: 12.-15.07.2012
[b]Guilfest[/b]: 13.-15.07.2012
[b]Wychwood Music Festival[/b]: 08.-10.06.2012


[b]Serbia[/b]

[b]Exit Festival[/b]: 12.-15.07.2012


[b]Hungary[/b]

[b]Sziget Festival[/b]: 06.-13.08.2012
[b]Balaton Sound Festival[/b]: 12.-15.07.2012


[b]Austria[/b]

[b]FM4 Frequency Festival[/b]: 16.-18.08.2012


[b]Croatia[/b]

[b]Echo Festival[/b]: 22.-24.06.2012


Peter :)

BarryTaylor
Traveller
3 comments

Thankyou! Frequency festival looks amazing, if only they did day tickets. Rock en Seine has acts that really interest myself and my friend. It's just very far out from our Amsterdam-Koln/Hamburg-Berlin-Prague-Krakow-Budapest-Vienna-Bled-Florence-Rome route. Do you think it's unrealistic throwing Paris into the equation?

Peter
Traveller
9333 comments

Hi.
Paris isn't fare away from Amsterdam when using the direct high-speed train Thalys (3 1/2 hours). But you will have to pay an extra reservation fee of EUR 35 one-way. And that's definitely not worth in my eyes! Using free day trains, you will need about 8 to 9 hours for this trip:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/amsterdam-to-paris[/u]
I personally wouldn't spent the money for Thalys and not include Paris.
Peter :)

NatureOne
Traveller
273 comments

If you look for some festivals, where house and trance and other electronic music is played, you may visit:

Germany:
Nature One (03.-05.08.2012) in Kastellaun (Take a Train to Koblenz and than a shuttle bus to the camping village for 8 Euros)
SonneMondSterne (10.-12.08.2012) in Saalburg near Jena
B-Barade (21.07.2012) in Berlin

Beligum:
Tomorrowland (27.-29.07.2012) but it's sold out

Switzerland:
Street Parade Zürich (11.08.2012)
Lake Parade Geneve (14.07.2012)

France:
Technoparade Paris (15.09.2012)

Austria:
Beat Patrol (20.-22.07.2012)

UK:
Global Gathering (27.-28.07.2012)
Creamfields (24.-26.08.2012)
South West Four (25.-26.08.2012)

Poland:
Sunrise Festival (20.-29.07.2012)

Spain:
INFINITAMENTE GAY (30.06.2012)
Creamfields Andalucía (10.-11.08.2012)
visit Ibiza to party in the best clubs of the world, like Amnesia, Space or Privilege

Netherlands:
Electronic Family (30.06.2012)
Luminosity Beach Festival (23.-24.06.2012)
Dance Valley (04.08.2012)
tbc

Finland:
Summer Sound Festival (27.-29.07.2012)

Hungary
Balaton Sound (12.-15.07.2012)

anonymous
Traveller
2469 comments

I went twice to the Frequency Festival in 2009 and 2011 and both times it was an amazing experience! I also went to Rock en Seine several times, and it is possible to get a day ticket :) Plus, it's pretty cheap and Paris-Amsterdam by Thalys doesn't take long!! I'd also recommend Urban Art Forms in Austria at the beginning of July (www.urbanartforms.com/2012/line-up.html)