The world's best Music festivals — where and when to go.

Africa's grandest gathering of jazz.

Sacred and spiritual music from every faith and continent.

Desert music-and-arts festival where line-ups and fashion compete for headlines.

The world's most spectacular electronic-music festival.

Northern Europe's largest music festival, non-profit and gloriously muddy.

Five days of music and mud on Worthy Farm β the home of the British festival.

Hypnotic Gnaoua trance music on the Atlantic coast.

A week-long 'Island of Freedom' on the Danube.

Cult indie and electronic line-ups by the Mediterranean.

Japan's biggest festival, set in stunning mountain forest.

Four days of headliners in Grant Park.

Legendary lakeside jazz (and far beyond) since 1967.