The Spring is here! Flowers are blooming, sky is more blue, grass is getting greener and trees are growing new leaves. What does it mean? Awesome summer festivals are coming up very soon in Europe! Be a part of like-minded communities and join some of the most amazing events this year!
Here is a list of 9 TOP SUMMER FESTIVALS IN EUROPE that beside the music experience, inspire, teach, give an opportunity to meet awesome people and bring positive energy into your life.
What do I mean by Freedom Festivals? Events that are strongly rooted in the ideals of peace, love, respect and friendship. Festivals in Europe, where people spread love and positive vibes, respect each other and live together as a family.
The Samsara Festival is set deep in the forest close to the lake Balaton in Hungary. It is a paradise for nature, dance and yoga lovers. It’s a perfect location to celebrate the power of love, peace, and free spirit. This summer, Samsara will be the first edition of a new European land art festival.
The Shambala takes place in the middle of Northamptonshire countryside. It connects artists and wanderers to dance and celebrate the freedom of life. The Shambala community stays in this stunning spot for 4 days. This mystery location it’s a playground to express your creativity, free your mind and get inspired. Its filled with 12 live music stages, workshop tents, the healing meadows, Shambala springs, woodland tribe, harmony and melody yurt.
The Ozora Festival is set in one of the most beautiful locations in Hungary and lasts 6 days. The green land allows you to get closer to Nature and surround yourself with like-minded people. Ozora Festival is much more than just a music festival. It is the beauty of living, sharing, loving as a harmonious community. Camping is absolutely free, so remember to take a tent!
The Pol’and’Rock Festival has taken place for almost a decade. It is the biggest open-air summer festival in Europe and it is absolutely free. It lasts 3 days and attracts over 300,000 people every year in Kostrzyna nad Odra next to the Oder river. The idea of the event is a foundation of values like love, peace and friendship. It creates inspiring and dynamic community of completely different subcultures. It is a peaceful place where people are not divided into skin, culture or belief.
The biggest reggae festival in the World located in Bemicassim near Valencia. It is guided by values such as peace, human rights and equality. This year the Rototom Sunsplash celebrates its twenty fifth edition and it will last for 7 days.
In addition, it is super environment friendly. The organizers focus to make the Rototom Sunsplash a sustainable placethrough CO2 compensation, water recycling system, solar panels energy, bio-compostable plates and providing organic, fair trade, local food.
The Meadows in the Mountains Festival takes place in the beautiful area of the Rhodopes Mountains and lasts 3 days. This mysterious event creates a community of free spirit wanderers, dreamers and experimental adventurers. The unspoiled and virgin environment, unique music, Bulgarian culture and mountains will bring to your life a real and memorable adventure. The festival area is surrounded by untouched nature and has a rich cultural heritage, therefore the festival uses green and sustainable methods of living.
Every summer, the festival takes place in mysterious woodland in the Lincolnshire countryside. The Lost Village is a mind blowing experience on the mythical land. Known as a place of discovery and invention, the Lost Village Festival was born to combine incredible music, relaxation, workshops, comedy and talks. If you want to ”get lost” in the land of your dreams that time forgot, this is a place for you.
The Wilderness is set in the beautiful area of Cornbury Park in Oxfordshire and lasts for 4 days. This is a place to be truly yourself and free. The community will take you to the mindful experience through meditation and yoga. This is a perfect location to broaden your horizons, try something new and wild. It is a place to wake up with the sunset, swim naked, listen incredible music, relax in hot tubes, create art and meet creative people.
The Boom Festival takes place every two years by the Idanha-a-Nova lake in Portugal. It brings together free spirits from all over the World to celebrate the love for music, people, dance and art. The unforgettable adventure lasts 8 days and begins during the full moon to intense the experience. The idea of the event is that every individual is free to create, act and think. It also focuses on practice of sustainable living through workshops and being a perfect example of environmentally conscious event!
Photo by Bea Kovacs
Photo by Shambala Festival
Photo by Inez Cortez
Photo by Artur Rawicz
Photo by Rototom Sunsplash
Photo by Meadows in the Mountains
Photo by Lost Village
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Photo by Boom Festival
