When’s the last time you’ve been to a concert? You might have paid 50, 60 euros or more to see a single performer. Imagine the impact to your savings account if you were to do that 50 times per year! There is a wonderful, money-saving alternative: Spring for a music festival ticket this year. For around 130 euros, you can immerse yourself in three or more days of today’s top artists performing back to back. What a sensory overload that would be! And would you ever be content again going to see just one act perform?

No matter your chosen genre, there are plenty of events to choose from. Metal fans are alive and well here in Germany, and reggae fans can chill to their heart’s content in some gorgeous venues. Tickets for some of these events have already sold out, but maybe you’ll manage to score a ticket through a friend of a friend of a friend. Good luck, stay dry, and have fun!

AUSTRIA

Nova Rock, June 19-21, Nickelsdorf.
On stage: Metallica, Die Toten Hosen, Placebo, Faith No More, Slipknot, Nine Inch Nails, Limp Bizkit, Machine Head, Kaiser Chiefs, Guano Apes, Disturbed, Chris Cornell, In Extremo, Killswitch Engage, Gogol Bordello, Staind, Dredg, Trivium, Madsen, Rise Against,  Mastodon, The Gaslight Anthem, Less Than Jake, All That Remains, Lacuna Coil, others.
Tickets: Festival passes are 116 euros; day tickets 65 euros.

Nuke Festival, July 17-18, Wiesen.
On stage: Moby, Jan Delay & Disko No. 1, Calexico, Patrice, A Fine Frenzy, Roy Paci, James Morrison, The Cat Empire, Keziah Jones, Blue King Brown, Joss Stone, others.
Tickets: Two-day pass is 73 euros, a day pass for July 17 is 54 euros and July 18 admission is 45 euros.

FM 4 Frequency Festival, Aug. 20-22, Green Park, St. Polten.
On stage: AFI, Bloc Party, Editors, Farin Urlaub Racing Team, Glasvegas, Jarvis Cocker, Kasabian, Mando Diao,  MIA, Peter Fox, Radiohead, The Prodigy, The Sounds, The Subways, The Ting Tings, Tomte, Anti-Flag, Culcha Candela, Enter Shikari, Eagles of Death Metal, Grace Jones, Heather Nova, Kettcar, Mono & Nikitaman, Milow, Rise Against, 2 Many DJ's, others.
Tickets:  Three-day festival pass is 105 euros, VIP tickets are 190 euros and include camping fees.

BELGIUM

Graspop Festival, June 26-28, Dessel
On stage: Motley Crue, Heaven and Hell, Soulfly, Papa Roach, Dragon Force, Dream Theater, Blind Guardian, W.A.S.P., Exodus, Slipknot, Korn, Journey, Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed,  Lacuna Coil, Mastodon, Nightwish, Marilyn Manson, Disturbed, Chickenfoot, Sick of it All, Children of Bodrom, Suicidal Tendencies, Candlemass, others.
Tickets: Tickets for all days are 135 euros, single day tickets are 69 euros.

Rock Festival Werchter, July 2-5, Werchter, northeast of Brussels.
On stage: The Prodigy, Oasis, Placebo, Dave Matthews Band, Lily Allen, Eagles of Death Metal, Tiga, Pendulum, Fleet Foxes, Coldplay, The Killers, Bloc Party, Elbow, Amy MacDonald, White Lies, Just Jack, Lady Gaga, Arsenal, Jason Mraz, The Streets, 2 Many DJ's, Kings of Leon, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Franz Ferdinand, Limp Bizkit, Social Distortion, Triggerfinger, Grace Jones, Katy Perry, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Kaiser Chiefs, Black Eyed Peas, The Mars Volta, Mastodon, Metro Station, The Script, others.
Tickets: Four-day festival passes have sold out; as of May 5 only day tickets for Thursday and Sunday are available.

Pukkelpop, Aug. 20-22, Hasselt-Kiewit.
On stage: Arctic Monkeys, Snow Patrol, Kraftwerk, Faith No More, dEUS, N*E*R*D, The Offspring, 50 Cent, Deftones, The Ting Tings, Wilco, Opeth, Life of Agony, The Jesus Lizard, others.
Tickets: 135 euros for a three-day combi-ticket; day tickets are 75 euros.

DENMARK

Roskilde Festival, July 2-5, Roskilde, about 21 miles west of Copenhagen.
On stage: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Coldplay, Faith No More, Nine Inch Nails, Oasis, Pet Shop Boys, Slipknot, Kanye West, 2 Many DJs, Tony Allen, Eagles of Death Metal, Fleet Foxes, Grace Jones, Lil Wayne, Madness, The Mars Volta, Lily Allen, And You Will Know Us by the Trail of the Dead, Social Distortion, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Lucinda Williams, The Dodos, Glasvegas, Groundation, White Lies, others.
Tickets:  1,785 Danish Kroner  (about US$ 319); one-day tickets are sold for Sunday show only.

FRANCE

Eurockeennes, July 3-5, peninsula of Malsaucy, near Belfort.
On stage: Charlie Winston, Glasvegas, Groundation, Just Jack, Kanye West, Peter Doherty, Slipknot, The Prodigy, The Ting Tings, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Kills, others.
Tickets: Festival passes are 85 euros; 37 euros gets you a single day ticket. 

GERMANY

Hurricane Festival and Southside Festival, June 19-21, Scheeßel, Eichenring.
On stage: Die Ärzte, Anti-Flag, Ben Harper, Clueso, Disturbed, Duffy, Eagles of Death Metal, Editors, Eskimo Joe, Faith No More, Fettes Brot, Fleet Foxes, Franz Ferdinand, Friendly Fires, Glasvegas, Gogol Bordello, Just Jack, Katy Perry, Keane, Kings of Leon, Kraftwerk, Less Than Jake, Lily Allen, Moby, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Nine Inch Nails, Paolo Nutini, Pixies, Social Distortion, The Gaslight Anthem, The Mars Volta, The Rakes, The Ting Tings, The Wombats, Tomte, others.
Tickets: 110 euros for a three-day ticket plus 5 euros trash recycling fees.

Rock am Ring and Rock im Park, June 5-7, Zeppelin field, Nuremberg, and Nürburgring.
On stage: Alexisonfire, All That Remains, And You Will Know Us by the Trail of the Dead, Basement Jaxx, Biffy Clyro, Billy Talent, Black Stone Cherry, Bloc Party, Chris Cornell, DragonForce, Dredg, Enter Shikari, Flogging Molly, Gallows, Guano Apes, Jan Delay & Disko No. 1, Juliette Lewis, Kettcar, Kilians, Killswitch Engage, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Little Man Tate, Machine Head, Madness, Mando Diao, Marilyn Manson, MIA, New Found Glory, Pain, Papa Roach, Peter Fox, Placebo, Polarkreis 18, Razorlight, Reamonn, Scouting for Girls, Shinedown, Slipknot, The All American Rejects, The Gaslight Anthem, The Killers, The Kooks, The Prodigy, The Rifles, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, The Script, The Subways, Tomte, Trivium, White Lies, others.                   

Tickets: have apparently just sold out; multi-day passes were going for 139.50 euros.

Bang Your Head, June 26-27; Balingen Messegelände, near Stuttgart
On stage: Blind Guardian, Journey, W.A.S.P., Lita Ford, Tesla, Sodom, Exodus, Primordial, others.
Tickets: About 71.50 euros for both days. Single-day about 60 euros.

Summer Jam Festival, July 3-5, near Cologne’s Fühlinger See
On stage: Bunny Wailer & His Solomonic Reggaestra, Jan Delay & Disko No. 1, UB 40, Anthony B, Patrice, Samy Deluxe, Sly & Robbie, Junior Kelly, Madcon, Groundation, Arrested Development, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Babylon Circus, Glen Washington, Admiral T., The Beat, others.
Tickets: Three-day ticket is 82 euros, plus an additional 6 euros for camping.

Wacken Open Air, July 30-Aug. 1, Schleswig Holstein, six miles north of Itzehoe and 30 miles northwest of Hamburg.
On stage: Axel Rudi Pell, ASP, Cathedral, D-A-D, Doro, Dragonforce, Enslaved, Hammerfall, In Extremo, In Flames, Lacuna Coil, Machine Head, Motorhead, Napalm Death, Nevermore, Pain, Rage, Running Wild, Subway to Sally, Testament, Turisas, Walls of Jericho, Volbeat, others.
Tickets: officially sold out.

Taubertal Open Air, Aug. 7-9, Rothenburg ob der Tauber.
On stage: 5 Bugs, Asaf Avidan & The Mojos, Bonaparte, Clueso, Die Toten Hosen, Farin Urlaub Racing Team, Flogging Molly, Aviv Geffen, In Extremo, Itchy Poopzkid, Katzenjammer, Maximo Park, Taking Back Sunday, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, The Subways, The (Int.) Noise Conspiracy, others.
Tickets:  Pass valid for all three days is 82 euros.

Chiemsee Reggae 2009, Aug.14-16, Übersee-Festival Gelände.
On stage: Aggrolites, Busy Signal, Cocoa Tea, Collie Buddz & The New Kingston Band, Dennis Alcapone & Winston Reedy, Dub Inc., Dub Spencer & Trance Hill feat. Umberto Echo, Elijah & Dubby Conquerors, Irie Revoltés, Jan Delay & Disko No. 1, Junior Kelly, La Papa Verde, LaBrassBanda, Locomondo, Martin Zobel & Soulrise, Maxim & Okada Band, Millions of Dreads, Nattyflo & One Drop Band, Offbeat Ambassador, Ohrbooten, Peter Fox, Phenomden & The Scrucialists & Lee Everton, Raggabund, Sebastian Sturm & Jin Jin Band, The Sixth Revelation, The Toasters, Tosh meets Marley, Turbulence, Zico & The Noisemakers, others.
Tickets: 79 euros for a three-day pass and 49 euros for single-day tickets.

Highfield Festival, Aug. 21-23, Hohenfelden, near Erfurt
On stage: Die Toten Hosen, Arctic Monkeys, Faith No More, The Offspring, Maximo Park, Rise Against, Farin Urlaub Racing Team, Deftones, Clueso, Wilco, Apocalyptica, AFI, The Wombats, others.
Tickets: 99 euros for festival pass.

HUNGARY

Sziget Festival, Aug. 12-17, Obudai Island, Budapest.
On stage: 08001, Backyard Babies, Bloc Party, Calexico, Die Toten Hosen, Editors, Expatriate, Faith No More, Fatboy Slim, Klaxons, Lily Allen, Life of Agony, Manic Street Preachers, Maxïmo Park, Pendulum, Pete Tong, Placebo, Primal Scream, Ska-P, Snow Patrol, The Offspring, The Prodigy, The Subways, The Ting Tings, Turbonegro, White Lies, others.
Tickets: Festival pass and camping tickets cost approximately 180 euros; 150 euros if not camping. Single-day tickets are 24 euros. 

ITALY

Rototom Sunsplash, European Reggae Festival July 2-11, Osoppo, near Udine, in northeast Italy.
On stage: Ska-P, Alborosie, Skatalites, Steel Pulse, Barrington Levy, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Twinkle Brothers, Beanie Man, Groundation, Sly & Robby featuring Bitty McLean, others.
Tickets: 130 euros for all days, 20 euros additional for camping.

THE NETHERLANDS

Pinkpop Festival, May 30-June 1.
O nstage: Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band, The Killers, Chris Cornell, Elbow, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Kings of the Day, Just Jack, Noisettes, Snow Patrol, Anouk, Franz Ferdinand, Amy MacDonald, Novastar, The Gaslight Anthem, The Kooks, Billy Talent, Mando Diao, Shinedown, The Ting Tings, Katy Perry, The Script, Hollywood Undead, The All-American Rejects, Depeche Mode, Placebo, Madness, Keane, James Morrison, Maria Mena, Pendulum, White Lies, The Rifles, You Me At Six, others.
Tickets:  140 euros for all days or 75 euros for single-day tickets.

Bospop Festival, July 11-12, Sportpark Boshoven, Weert.
On stage: Guano Apes, Queensrÿche, Beth Hart, Fun Lovin Criminals, Jeff Beck, Fiction Plane, Novastar, Foreigner, Paul Carrack, Lucinda Williams, Tesla, Triggerfinger, Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big), Bernard Allison, Pronghorn, Simon McBride, others.
Tickets: 100 euros for a festival pass; day tickets are 59 euros.

NORWAY

Quart Festival, June 30-July 4 Kristiansand, southern Norway.
On stage: Slash and Friends including Ozzy Osbourne, Ronnie Wood, and Jason Bonham, Marilyn Manson, Black Eyed Peas, Korn, Placebo, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Chris Cornell, Meshuggah, others.
Tickets: 2,250 Norwegian Kroner ($346) for all days; single day passes are also available.

SERBIA
ExitFestival, July 9-12, Novi Sad.
On stage: Arctic Monkeys, Korn, Kraftwerk, Lily Allen, Madness, Manic Street Preachers, Moby, Patti Smith, The Prodigy, others.
Tickets: about $109. Camping passes sold separately for about $21.

SPAIN

Festival Internacional de Benecassim (F.I.B.), July 16-19, Benacassim.
On stage: Oasis, Kings of Leon, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, Glasvegas, Maximo Park, Paul Weller, 2 Many DJs, Elbow, Foals, Lily Allen, Peaches, Calexico, Friendly Fires, Giant Sand, Laurent Garnier, Peter Dougherty, The Psychedelic Furs, White Lies, others.
Tickets: Four-day tickets are officially sold out, but were going for $256; day tickets are about $100.

SWITZERLAND

Open-Air St. Gallen, June 26-28, St. Gallen.
On stage: Cypress Hill, Peter Fox, The Flaming Lips, Cold War Kids, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Gaslight Anthem, Nine Inch Nails, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Jan Delay & Disko No.1, Farin Urlaub Racing Team, Biffy Clyro , Metronomy, Mando Diao, Editors, The Streets, The Aggrolites, others.
Tickets: 163 Swiss francs (about $143) or 100 euros for a three-day pass; single-day tickets also available.

Gurtenfestival, July 16-19, Gurten.
On stage: Dropkick Murphys, Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, The Gaslight Anthem, White Lies, The Script, Groove Armada, Friendly Fires, Delilahs, Silbermond, Razorlight, Oasis, Lovebugs, Glasvegas, Pendulum, Travis, Kings of Leon, Juliette Lewis, others.
Tickets: 195 Swiss francs (about $172) for all days.

Summer Days Festival, Aug. 28 and 29, Arbon.
On stage: Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Bjorn Again, Patrice, others.
Tickets: One-day tickets from 70 Swiss francs ($62); two-day pass 120 Swiss francs; camping is an additional 13 Swiss francs.

UNITED KINGDOM

V Festival, Aug. 22-23, Chelmsford (Hylands Park) and Staffordshire (Weston Park)
On stage: The Killers, Razorlight, The Specials, Lily Allen, The Script, Taylor Swift, Starsailor, Fatboy Slim, Pendulum, The Ting Tings, The Wombats, The Noisettes, Red Light Company, 2 Many DJs, Calvin Harris, Happy Mondays, The Saturdays, Will Young, Peter Dougherty, Oasis, Snow Patrol, Elbow, James, Biffy Clyro, James Morrison, Ocean Colour Scene, Keane, The Enemy, Paolo Nutini, Katy Perry, Dizzee Rascal, Athlete, The Proclaimers, The King Blues, MGMT, Lady Gaga, The Streets, The Human League, Lemar, Natalie Imbruglia, Alesha Dixon, Daniel Merriweather, others.
Tickets: Ticket and coach packages are still available starting at 187.40 British Pounds.

The Carling Weekend Reading Festival and The Carling Weekend Leeds Festival, Aug. 28-30, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire & Bramham Park, Leeds.
On stage: Kings of Leon, Kaiser Chiefs, Arctic Monkeys, The Prodigy, Radiohead, Bloc Party, Placebo, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fall Out Boy, Ian Brown, deftones, Funeral for a Friend, Enter Shikari, Eagles of Death Metal, LostProphets, White Lies, The Gaslight Anthem, Billy Talent, Anti-Flag, Rise Against, others.
Tickets: All-day passes are officially sold out.