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    • Music festivals: What's the world's biggest? - BBC

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      • Donauinselfest, or the Danube Island Festival, regularly attracts more than 2 million festival-goers. Attendance across the three days reached 3.3 million in 2015, earning it the title of "largest attendance at a music festival", according to Guinness World Records.
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  2. Mar 28, 2024 · June 20-July 6, 2024. Milwaukee, WI. Officially billed in the Guinness Book of World Records as The World's Largest Music Festival, this lakeside festival lasts for a staggering three-weekend stretch and entertains nearly a million fans.

    • Mawazine. Aggregate Attendance: 2,500,000. Location: Rabat. First Year Held: 2001. Big Performer: Ennio Morricone. Mawazine is the largest music festival in the world by aggregate attendance.
    • Donauinselfest. Aggregate Attendance: 2,400,000. Location: Vienna. First Year Held: 1984. Big Performer: Master Blaster. Donauinselfest, which is German for “Danube Island Festival,” is the largest free open-air festival in Europe, offering guests the chance to experience live performances of all sorts of musical genres at no initial cost.
    • Summerfest. Aggregate Attendance: 770,000. Location: Milwaukee. First Year Held: 1968. Big Performer: Jennifer Lopez. Hosted at Henry Maier Festival Park, or the “Summerfest Grounds” every summer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this massive music festival usually takes up 11 days and comprises hundreds of acts.
    • Pol’and’Rock. Aggregate Attendance: 750,000. Location: Kostrzyn nad Odra. First Year Held: 1995. Big Performer: Ziggy Marley. Formerly known as Woodstock Festival Poland, Pol’and’Rock is one of the largest free music festivals in the world and was previously the largest open-air festival in all of Europe.
    • Donauinselfest. Vienna, Austria. 1984. 3,000,000. Donauinsel. This is not necessarily one of the most popular worldwide, but it definitely is one of the largest and most crowded celebrations in the world, so if we are thinking about the “biggest,” look no further than Donauinselfest.
    • Montreal International Jazz Festival. Montreal, Canada. 1980. 2,000,000. Montreal. The world’s largest Jazz festival, closing the streets of Montreal for ten days in an annual tradition that hosts 3,000 artists over its duration.
    • Pol’and’Rock. Czaplinek, Poland. 1993. 1,000,000. Czaplinek. Mud baths in the open air, along with costume and equality parades, this was a festival village with massive food stalls, and free to attend.
    • Rock In Rio. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1985. 700,000. City of Rock, Barra da Tijuca. Brazil has been hosting the biggest rock bands in the world since 1985 in Rio de Janeiro, and for many years, Roberto Medina has ensured that this festival kept going even in venues across the world, such as Lisbon since 2004, Madrid in 2008, 2010, and 2012, and Las Vegas in 2015.
  3. Dec 20, 2022 · The Montreal International Jazz Festival, Summerfest, and Donauinselfest are three of the 11 biggest music festivals in the world, attracting hundreds of thousands or even millions of...

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  4. Summerfest in the US state of Wisconsin, established in 1968, was named by Guinness World Records as the "world's largest music festival" in 1999. (The official website still claims that title...

  5. Mar 1, 2024 · What is the biggest festival in the world? The biggest festival in the world is in fact, the Kumbh Mela. A gathering in India of more than 130 million people at a time and place dictated by astrology. I went in 2019, and my Kumbh Mela experience was definitely one to remember. 1. Biggest Festival In The World For… Musical Memories: Glastonbury

  6. May 2, 2024 · The United States plays host to some of the world's most headline-grabbing festivals, but the biggest event, welcoming 3 million revelers each year, takes place in Europe. (Coachella doesn't even crack the top 10.) We've crunched the numbers to determine the biggest music festivals on Earth.

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