YPSIGROCK
PALERMO
OPTIMUS
PRIMAVERA
PORTO
30
May-1 June
Sister of the
better-known
Primavera Sound
in Spain, Porto’s
incarnation gets our
vote for its blend of
new and old Indie
bands (Blur headline),
in a coastal park setting
minutes from the city
centre. Best of all worlds.
optimusprimaverasound.com
SZIGET
BUDAPEST
5-12
Aug
This lovely
island festival in
the centre of the
Hungarian capital
still has the same
cheery vibe 20 years
after it first launched
as a post-Soviet
celebration, even if the
band on offer (Blur,
Editors, Dizzie Rascal) are
sizeably bigger.
sziget.hu
MONTREUX
GENEVA
5-20
July
Held around a
palace on the
shores of Lake
Geneva, this jazz
festival is a belter.
Prince will once
again be strutting his
platformed stuff in a
line-up of impressive
gigs, while Music at the
Park showcases new
bands for free.
montreuxjazzfestival.com
8-11
Aug
Primal Scream
headlined this
pocket-sized
event – held on
the charming
cobbles of
Castelbuono – last
year. The list is still
hush-hush for 2013,
but the sunshine, food
and crowd come highly
recommended regardless.
ypsigrock.com
EXIT
BELGRADE
10-14
July
With the best
dance stage of
any European
festival and Atoms
for Peace
headlining, EXIT has
a deservedly great
reputation. Its setting
in an old fortress, with
local river beaches for
daytime recovery, is quite
simply awesome.
exitfest.org
OUTLOOK
ZAGREB
29
Aug-2 Sept
Legendary boat
parties; sets
from the likes of
Artwork and Mos
Def in a disused
fort, and pumping
sounds from dusk till
dawn (till dusk again),
plus DIY raves in the
campsites, all serve to
underline the truth: this
one’s for serious ravers.
outlookfestival.com
18-21
July
FIB’s line-up
looks like a
greatest hits of
the noughties this
year, with The
Killers, Arctic
Monkeys, Queens of
the Stone Age and
Kaiser Chiefs all taking
to the beach-side
stages. Rock treats for
30-
somethings.
fiberfib.com
PRIDE
TEL AVIV
2-8
June
A gloriously
outrécelebration
of LGBT lifestyle,
this week-long
beach party is a
sequin-covered love
fest, culminating in a
parade on the 7th.
Beautiful people, great
weather and Dana
International are pretty
much guaranteed.
gaytlvguide.com
16-20
Oct
The world’s
biggest club
festival, ADE has
350
events across
75
venues. Join
200,000
dance fans
and industry types at
AIR, Studio 80 or
Milkweg for choice
moments in a five-day
party that just takes off.
amsterdam-dance-event.nl
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