These Amazing Festivals Haven't Sold Out Yet

Didn’t manage to get tickets to Glastonbury, Coachella or Ultra Festival this year? Or perhaps you missed our piece on the best smaller indie festivals in Europe on our radar? Not to worry, these music festivals happening around Europe, Asia and the US - miraculously - haven’t sold out yet!

1. Virgin V Festival

19-20th August
Chelmsford, UK
Tickets from £97.90 (US$126 )

Headlining the main stage of Virgin V Festival this year will be, lo and behold, Jay-Z, who’ll be performing his new album 4:44 on stage for the very first time. In some ways a response to Beyoncé’s heartfelt, breakthrough album Lemonade, which exposed her husband’s infidelities, 4:44 issues an apology and touches on the rapper’s strange relationship with his mentor Kanye West, whose Trumpesque onstage tirade spilled much ink earlier this year. Other big names on this year’s lineup include Stormzy, Pink, Sean Paul, Ellie Goulding and George Ezra.

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2. Panorama

July 28-30
New York City, US
Tickets from US$99

East Coast indie kids in the US will be pleased to learn that New York City’s Panorama festival in Randall’s Island Park hasn’t sold out yet. Some of the amazing names on this year’s lineup include American rapper Frank Ocean, the R&B pop princess Solange, whose magnificent, politically-charged album A Seat at the Table received widespread acclaim from critics, Belle and Sebastian, Tame Impala and Alt-J.

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3. KAABOO Festival

September 15-17
San Diego, US
Tickets from US$259

The new kid on the block, KAABOO festival has become one of the most anticipated music, comedy and food beach festivals in the US. In its third installment, KAABOO has managed to attract big names on its lineup this year, like Kesha, Pink, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Muse. Expect solid comedy, good food and pop charts. You’d be sorry to miss it.

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4. Bestival

September 7-10
Dorset, UK
Tickets from £186.00 (US$239)

This yuppie music festival, branded by The Guardian as “a cross between a music festival and a summer camp for preteens”, has been on the festival scene for long over a decade now, and it’s very much become the quintessential family-friendly camping music festival of choice for ex-raver mum and dads. Expect glitter face paint, bouncy castles, confetti cannons and fireworks, and the likes of The XX, Justice and DJ Shadow.

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5. FYF Fest

July 21-23
Los Angeles, US
Tickets from US$109

Headlining this year are R&B queen Missy Elliott, Icelandic pop goddess Bjork, the rapper Frank Ocean, and the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails. But if you dig a little deeper in FYF Fest’s line, you’ll find some hidden gems, like King Krule, Solange, Iggy Pop, Erykah Badu, Beach Fossils and Slowdive.

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6. Pentaport Rock Festival

August 11-13
Incheon, South Korea
Tickets from KRW81,000 (US$70,200)

On Pentaport Rock Festival’s lineup this year are a mix of international musicians and South Korean bands, like Bastille, Justice and Guckkasten. The biggest music event in South Korea, Pentaport Rock Festival has welcomed international bands like Franz Ferdinand, the Vaccines, Panic! at the Disco and Two Door Cinema Club and Suede.

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