The 20 best EDM festivals in Europe, ranked

Europe has most of the world's big electronic music festivals. These are scored on DJ Mag's 2026 poll, following, US search interest, live streams and confirmed dates.

1Tomorrowland

• Score 94.6/100
• Belgium
• Mainstage EDM
• DJ Mag #1

Tomorrowland is an electronic music festival organised by WEAREONE.world BV and held in Boom, Belgium, over two consecutive weekends. The 2026 Belgium edition welcomed around 400,000 People of Tomorrow from more than 200 countries.

Why it ranks

• #1 in DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Festivals
• 11M Instagram followers, one of the biggest followings on this list
• Streamed live in 2025 and 2026, so you can watch from home

Watch out for

• 2027 dates reported but not yet confirmed by the festival

Next edition: Jul 16–25, 2027 (reported)¹ · Not on sale yet · Full festival guide →

2Creamfields

• Score 80.1/100
• Daresbury, United Kingdom
• Mainstage EDM
• DJ Mag #7

Creamfields is a four-day dance music festival held at Daresbury, Cheshire, between Liverpool and Manchester, and run by Cream Global Limited. It started in 1998 and the next edition marks 30 years, running Thursday 26th to Sunday 29th August 2027.

Why it ranks

• #7 in DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Festivals
• Streamed live in 2025 and 2026, so you can watch from home
• 2027 dates confirmed: Aug 26–29, 2027
• 2027 lineup out, including The Prodigy, Josh Baker, Kettama
• Camping on site

Watch out for

• Nothing flagged in our data

Next edition: Aug 26–29, 2027² · From £75³ · Full festival guide →

3Boomtown

• Score 77.3/100
• United Kingdom
• Bass
• DJ Mag #20

Boomtown is a five-day festival (Wednesday to Sunday) at Matterley Estate in Hampshire, near Winchester in South Downs National Park. It is run by Boomtown Festivals UK Limited and has been going since 2009, with house, drum and bass, hip-hop, reggae, punk and more.

Why it ranks

• #20 in DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Festivals
• Streamed live in 2025, so you can watch from home
• 2027 dates confirmed: Aug 11–15, 2027
• Camping on site

Watch out for

• Nothing flagged in our data

Next edition: Aug 11–15, 2027⁴ · On sale · Full festival guide →

4Parookaville

• Score 74.3/100
• Weeze, Germany
• Mainstage EDM
• DJ Mag #10

PAROOKAVILLE is an electronic music festival held in a themed festival city known as the "City of Dreams", whose attendees are called Citizens. The next edition is PAROOKAVILLE 2027.

Why it ranks

• #10 in DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Festivals
• Streamed live in 2025 and 2026, so you can watch from home
• 2027 dates confirmed: Jul 16–18, 2027
• 2027 lineup out, including BUNT. IN THE ROUND, Don Diablo, Lost Frequencies

Watch out for

• Nothing flagged in our data

Next edition: Jul 16–18, 2027⁵ · On sale · Full festival guide →

5Defqon.1

• Score 73.6/100
• Biddinghuizen, Netherlands
• Hard dance
• DJ Mag #5

Defqon.1 is a hardstyle and hard dance festival organised by Q-dance and held in the Netherlands, with editions also staged in Australia and Chile. It runs on the Holy Grounds, where Weekend Warriors camp on the Camping Grounds.

Why it ranks

• #5 in DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Festivals
• 2027 dates confirmed: Jun 24–27, 2027
• Camping on site

Watch out for

• No live stream since 2024

Next edition: Jun 24–27, 2027⁶⁷ · Pre-registration · Full festival guide →

6Electric Love Festival

• Score 73.5/100
• Plainfeld, Austria
• Mainstage EDM
• DJ Mag #11

Electric Love Festival is an annual electronic music festival at the Salzburgring in Plainfeld, near Salzburg, Austria, run by Electric Love GmbH & Co KG. The next edition is Thursday 8 July to Saturday 10 July 2027, with a Warm-Up Party on Wednesday 7 July.

Why it ranks

• #11 in DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Festivals
• Streamed live in 2025, so you can watch from home
• 2027 dates confirmed: Jul 8–10, 2027
• Camping on site

Watch out for

• Nothing flagged in our data

Next edition: Jul 8–10, 2027⁸ · From €134⁹ · Full festival guide →

7Parklife

• Score 72.8/100
• Manchester, United Kingdom
• House
• DJ Mag #13

Parklife is a two-day dance and pop festival in Heaton Park, Manchester, run by Parklife Manchester Limited. The next edition is Saturday 10th + Sunday 11th July 2027.

Why it ranks

• #13 in DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Festivals
• 2027 dates confirmed: Jul 10–11, 2027

Watch out for

• No live stream since 2016

Next edition: Jul 10–11, 2027¹⁰ · From £162.90¹¹ · Full festival guide →

8Awakenings Festival

• Score 71.6/100
• Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands
• Techno
• DJ Mag #34

Awakenings is a techno festival at Hilvarenbeek in the Netherlands, run by Awakenings, which held its first techno night at Amsterdam's Gashouder in 1997. The next festival is 9 to 11 July 2027, with tickets on sale.

Why it ranks

• #34 in DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Festivals
• 1.1M Instagram followers, one of the biggest followings on this list
• Streamed live in 2026, so you can watch from home
• 2027 dates confirmed: Jul 9–11, 2027
• Camping on site

Watch out for

• Nothing flagged in our data

Next edition: Jul 9–11, 2027¹² · On sale · Full festival guide →

9Time Warp Germany

• Score 71.0/100
• Mannheim, Germany
• Techno
• DJ Mag #14

Time Warp Germany is a techno and house festival at the Maimarkthalle in Mannheim, run by cosmopop GmbH and first held in 1994. The next edition is Saturday 3 April 2027, 21:00 to 14:00, billed as one night, one day and the only German edition in 2027.

Why it ranks

• #14 in DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Festivals
• Streamed live in 2026, so you can watch from home
• 2027 dates confirmed: Apr 3, 2027

Watch out for

• Nothing flagged in our data

Next edition: Apr 3, 2027¹³ · On sale · Full festival guide →

10Tomorrowland Winter

• Score 69.4/100
• Alpe d'Huez, France
• Mainstage EDM
• DJ Mag #42

Tomorrowland Winter is the winter edition of Tomorrowland, held in the French ski resort of Alpe d'Huez and run by Tomorrowland. The next edition runs March 20 to 27, 2027.

Why it ranks

• #42 in DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Festivals
• Streamed live in 2025 and 2026, so you can watch from home
• 2027 dates confirmed: Mar 20–27, 2027

Watch out for

• Nothing flagged in our data

Next edition: Mar 20–27, 2027¹⁴¹⁵ · On sale · Full festival guide →

11Monegros Desert Festival

• Score 68.4/100
• Fraga, Spain
• Techno
• DJ Mag #26

Monegros Desert Festival is a one-day techno and electronic festival held in the Monegros Desert at Fraga, Huesca, Spain. It has run since 1992 and is organised by the Arnau family.

Why it ranks

• #26 in DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Festivals
• Streamed live in 2025 and 2026, so you can watch from home
• 2027 dates confirmed: Jul 31, 2027

Watch out for

• Nothing flagged in our data

Next edition: Jul 31, 2027¹⁶ · From €81¹⁷ · Full festival guide →

12Dekmantel Festival

• Score 65.7/100
• Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Techno
• DJ Mag #17

Dekmantel is an electronic music festival run by DEKMANTEL B.V. in Amsterdam and Amstelveen. The main grounds are in the Amsterdamse Bos, with inner-city venues including Oude Kerk, Melkweg and Paradiso.

Why it ranks

• #17 in DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Festivals
• Streamed live in 2025 and 2026, so you can watch from home
• Camping on site

Watch out for

• 2027 dates reported but not yet confirmed by the festival

Next edition: Jul 28 – Aug 1, 2027 (reported)¹⁸ · On sale · Full festival guide →

13Mysteryland

• Score 64.8/100
• Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands
• Mainstage EDM
• DJ Mag #15

Mysteryland is an electronic music festival held in Haarlemmermeer, The Netherlands, run by ID&T. There was no edition in 2026 after the organizers paused the festival following 2025.

Why it ranks

• #15 in DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Festivals
• 2027 dates confirmed: Aug 27–29, 2027
• Camping on site

Watch out for

• No live stream since 2024

Next edition: Aug 27–29, 2027¹⁹ · Pre-registration · Full festival guide →

14Ultra Europe

• Score 62.9/100
• Split, Croatia
• Mainstage EDM
• DJ Mag #47

Ultra Europe is a three-day electronic music festival in Split, Croatia, run by Ultra Worldwide (Ultra Enterprises Inc.). The next edition is July 9, 10 and 11, 2027 at Park Mladeži. 2027 tickets went live on 21 October 2026 at 2PM CET, after the early bird allocation sold out on 27 August 2026.

Why it ranks

• #47 in DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Festivals
• Streamed live in 2026, so you can watch from home
• 2027 dates confirmed: Jul 9–11, 2027

Watch out for

• Nothing flagged in our data

Next edition: Jul 9–11, 2027²⁰²¹ · On sale · Full festival guide →

15Sónar Barcelona

• Score 62.1/100
• Barcelona, Spain
• Techno
• DJ Mag #38

Sónar is a three-day electronic music, creativity and technology festival in Barcelona, first held in 1994. Advanced Music, part of Superstruct Entertainment, runs it, and the Sónar+D side is managed by Fundación Sónar.

Why it ranks

• #38 in DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Festivals
• Streamed live in 2026, so you can watch from home
• 2027 dates confirmed: Jun 17–19, 2027

Watch out for

• Nothing flagged in our data

Next edition: Jun 17–19, 2027²² · Not on sale yet · Full festival guide →

16Kappa FuturFestival

• Score 62.0/100
• Torino, Italy
• Techno
• DJ Mag #8

Kappa FuturFestival is an annual techno, house and electro festival at Parco Dora in Torino (Turin), Italy, run by Movement Entertainment and Associazione Suoni e Colori. The next edition runs 2 to 4 July 2027, noon to midnight each day.

Why it ranks

• #8 in DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Festivals
• 2027 dates confirmed: Jul 2–4, 2027

Watch out for

• No live stream on record

Next edition: Jul 2–4, 2027²³ · Not on sale yet · Full festival guide →

17Houghton Festival

• Score 59.0/100
• King’s Lynn, United Kingdom
• House
• DJ Mag #43

Houghton is a four-day dance music festival on the Houghton Hall estate near King's Lynn, Norfolk, run by Do Different Productions Limited. The 2026 edition opened on Thursday 6 August across thirteen stages.

Why it ranks

• #43 in DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Festivals
• Streamed live in 2025, so you can watch from home
• 2027 dates confirmed: Aug 5–8, 2027
• Camping on site

Watch out for

• Nothing flagged in our data

Next edition: Aug 5–8, 2027²⁴ · Not on sale yet · Full festival guide →

18World Club Dome

• Score 58.4/100
• Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• Hard dance
• DJ Mag #23

World Club Dome is a three-day dance music festival at Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt, Germany, run by WORLD CLUB DOME GmbH. The 2026 edition drew 120.000 people.

Why it ranks

• #23 in DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Festivals
• 2027 dates confirmed: Jun 4–6, 2027

Watch out for

• No live stream since 2020

Next edition: Jun 4–6, 2027²⁵ · From €69²⁶ · Full festival guide →

19A State of Trance Festival

• Score 55.3/100
• Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Trance & psy
• DJ Mag #53

A State of Trance is the live brand built around Armin van Buuren's weekly trance radio show. Its home base is Rotterdam Ahoy, and it is run by Insomniac Europe Events B.V.

Why it ranks

• #53 in DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Festivals
• Streamed live in 2025 and 2026, so you can watch from home
• 2027 dates confirmed: Feb 26–27, 2027

Watch out for

• Nothing flagged in our data

Next edition: Feb 26–27, 2027²⁷ · On sale · Full festival guide →

20Untold Festival

• Score 54.6/100
• Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Mainstage EDM
• DJ Mag #68

UNTOLD is an electronic music festival held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, at Cluj Arena and Central Park "Simion Bărnuțiu". The next edition, UNTOLD 2027 - STAR EDITION, runs 5-8 August 2027 and is organized by Untold Live S.R.L.

Why it ranks

• #68 in DJ Mag's 2026 Top 100 Festivals
• Streamed live in 2025 and 2026, so you can watch from home
• 2027 dates confirmed: Aug 5–8, 2027

Watch out for

• Nothing flagged in our data

Next edition: Aug 5–8, 2027²⁸ · From RON 719.34²⁹ · Full festival guide →

Also worth a look

• DGTL Amsterdam · Amsterdam, Netherlands · score 54.5
• Terminal V · Glasgow, United Kingdom · score 54.1
• Airbeat One · Neustadt-Glewe, Germany · score 52.8
• Defected Croatia · Tisno, Croatia · score 44.4
• Love International · Tisno, Croatia · score 44.2
• Dimensions Festival · Tisno, Croatia · score 43.2
• Thunderdome · Antwerp, Belgium · score 43.2
• Medusa Festival · Cullera, Spain · score 42.7
• Lost Village · Norton Disney, United Kingdom · score 41.8
• Nature One · Kastellaun, Germany · score 40.9

How we rank European festivals

FAQ

What is the best European festival in 2027?

On our formula, Tomorrowland ranks first with 94.6 out of 100, followed by Creamfields, Boomtown. The score combines DJ Mag's 2026 poll, following, search interest, live streams and confirmed dates.

Which European festivals live stream?

15 on this list streamed live in 2025 or 2026: Tomorrowland, Creamfields, Boomtown, Parookaville, Electric Love Festival, Awakenings Festival and others. Our live stream guide lists where each one streamed.

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