The ultimate guide to music festivals in 2026

Line-ups are dropping, group chats are clambering to make plans, and tickets are already selling out. It’s that time again: summer may be hard to imagine but it’s fast approaching, and choosing the right festival is no easy feat. Between indecisive friends, slow repliers, and an oversaturated circuit that often leans into branded sameness (as Dazed’s music writer Solomon Pace-McCarrick pointed out read more raquo;