The group chat’s already spiralling, your fave DJ just dropped a festival teaser, and somehow it’s almost May. With line-ups dropping at record speed and early birds selling out faster than ever, we figured now’s the moment to help you get your festival season mapped out.
From partying on a boat in Croatia at Dekmantel Selectors to heading to Torino for C2C Festival to finally live out your teenage fantasy of seeing Blood Orange live, this list is your gentle reminder to romanticise train rides, sync calendars, and get that one indecisive friend to commit.
This year we went deeper than usual. A little more underground, a little less expected. A not-so-definitive but deeply curated list of Europe’s best music festivals in 2025, handpicked by the Aa team for those who plan ahead or just need a little push.
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P.S. Save this link, we will update this cheat sheet with our most exciting festival finds throughout the year!
MAY
1-3/05 Horst Arts & Music Festival | Vilvoorde, Belgium
17-18/05 Upclose | Amsterdam, Netherlands
30/05-01/06 Refractor | Toledo, Spain
28/05 – 01/06 Nuit Sonores | Lyon, France
JUNE
7-8/06 Lente Kabinet | Oostzaan, Netherlands
7-8/06 Amsterdam Open Air | Amsterdam, Netherlands
4-11/06 Kala | Dhërmi, Albania
11-15/06 Ephemera | Warsaw, Poland
12-15/06 Primavera | Porto, Portugal
13-15/06 Best Kept Secret | Beekse Bergen, The Netherlands
12-14/06 Sónar | Barcelona, Spain
12-14/06 Mallorca Live Festival | Mallorca, Spain
18-23/06 Waking Life | Crato, Portugal
19-21/06 Solstice | Ruka, Finland
20-23/06 ICKPA | Berlin, Germany
21/06 Transit | Antwerp, Belgium
25-29/06 Glastonbury | Somerset, UK
27-28/06 Nature Loves Courage | Crete, Greece
27-29/06 Paradise City | Brussels, Belgium
JULY
4-6/07 Wilde Weide | Kraggenburg, Netherlands
4-6/07 LOST | Fontanellato, Italy
9-13/07 Butik | Tolmin, Slovenia
11-13/07 Wildeburg | Kraggenburg, Netherlands
17-20/07 Nextones | Oira, Italy
18-21/07 Whole Festival | Gräfenhainichen, Germany
23-27/07 Polifonic | Valle D’Itria, Italy
24-27/07 Positive Education | Bourgogne, France
25-27/07 Parallel | Porte del Comte, Spain
AUGUST
30/07-03/08 Dekmantel | Amsterdam, The Netherlands
02/08 LLOSS | Antwerp, Belgium
8-10/08 Flow Festival | Helsinki, Finland
15-17/08 Lowlands | Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands
21-25/08 Dekmantel Selectors | Tisno, Croatia
27-31/08 Atonal | Berlin, Germany
28/08-01/09 Dimensions | Tisno, Croatia
SEPTEMBER
5-6/09 Draaimolen | Tilburg, Netherlands
5-7/09 Komorebi | Forte Di Vinadio, Italy
OCTOBER
30/10 – 02/11 C2C Festival | Torino, Italy
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