At that time, the road to the festival was blocked into an open parking lot, and the first singer to appear, Richie Havens, had to return to the scene again and again, singing for three hours, because the singer who succeeded him was still stuck in the road. During the three days of the festival, the beautiful chorus of Joan Bates, the folk queen of Liuka, Jimmy Hendrickdi, who plays the electric guitar, Stills & Nash and Neil Young, have become classic moments in the history of the festival that fans have repeatedly praised. Food supplies are scarce, first aid and toilets are scarce, and hungry spectators sitting in the mud can't imagine that they are making history. "Woodstock Nation" became somehow synonymous with American youth culture in the 1960s.
But when it comes to the progenitor of the rock festival, it was the landmark 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival. It was on that show that Pete Townshend, lead singer and guitarist of The Who, became the first person on stage to smash the guitar. Since then, many rock musicians have paid tribute to the performance effect, but they have only followed in the footsteps of others.
Time flies, and the global music festivals after the millennium have shown a variety of new ecosystems, and the momentum has not diminished. From the pocket towns of Belgium, to the california desert, from the resorts on the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, to the wilderness valleys of Bulgaria. If you're lucky enough to book your ticket, don't miss the chance to experience passion, camaraderie, and the rhythm of life. Forget the pervasiveness of social media and experience the joy of being real with your friends.
Glastonbury Festival in 1971, photographed by Vincent Mcevoy
Old Hippies and Nostalgia: Glastonbury Festival
To gain a deep understanding of Britain's decades-long pop music culture, a visit to Glastonbury is the perfect place. Glastonbury's main stage is generally reserved for pop and rock, with David Bowie, Whimsical, Oasis, PJ Harvey, The Cure, Coldplay, U2 and Adele all on Glastonbury. The highlight of the year was Ed Sheeran, who was the most on-demand Uk musician on Spotify, the world's largest music streamer. The Glastonbury Festival, known as the Glastonbury Contemporary Performing Arts Festival, in addition to music, dance, comedy, theatre, song and dance and even circus will appear in this 5-day event. Glastonbury has been heavily influenced by hippie culture since its inception, and in the minds of many veteran music fans in the UK and around the world, the status of the festival is unshakable.
The 2016 Landmark Festival in Belgium
(Mentality) young people who like electronic music parties: Tomorrowland, Belgium
As Tintin's hometown, Belgium, famous for its handmade chocolates, has become the birthplace of The Tombrowland, the coolest electronic music festival today, many people don't want to understand, but it doesn't prevent them from grabbing tickets on the homepage. Over the past 10 years, Tomorrowland has grown rapidly and is now the world's largest EDM music festival, with many well-known names in the electronic music world, such as Alesso, Avicii, Tiësto, Skrillex, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Don Diablo, etc., being its regular customers.
Unlike most music festivals, which are either expensive hotel accommodations or either-or choices for muddy grass tents, the accommodation here takes care of all levels of consumption from low to high, distributed throughout dreamville, coupled with the unique meeting points of national cuisine and design, the temporary living space outside the stage is like a flat utopia. For those who have traveled thousands of miles to Belgium to party, the organizers offer a variety of more convenient aircraft, train, hotel accommodation package purchase options, saving time and effort and curing choice disorder. There are also Michelin-starred restaurants in the festival park that are open to VIP members. Because of its popularity, 180,000 tickets in 2016 sold out within half an hour of its sale.
Tomorrowland offers participants a choice of accommodation in different grades
Hipsters who keep up with the trend: Coachella Music and Arts Festival
In the Coccella Valley of the Colorado Desert of Southern California, the Coachella Music and Arts Festival is now the world's largest music festival, and wearing a variety of garlands on its head is its dress code. Because of its location in California, Coachella attracts many celebrities from the entertainment industry every year. Local entertainment headlines focused closely on Taylor Swift in a T-shirt denim, or Paris Hilton in a printed maxi dress. Coachella's glamorous style of dress has also influenced the fashion world, and in 2016, H&M opened a "Coachella-inspired" clothing line. Fashion brands Alexander Wang, Jeremy Scott, Philip Lin, Mulberry and Jimmy Choo also extended an olive branch to sponsor the festival's celebrities from head to toe.
Victoria's Secret supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio (center) at the 2016 Coachella Music festival
As if echoing the high-end trend of music festivals, in 2017, Marriott Hotel Group will first set up 8 luxury tents on the festival site, providing concierge services and 24/7 air conditioning similar to those found in hotels. Last year, the Coachella Music and Arts Festival invited big names such as Guns and Roses, Calvin Harris, and unstoppable rookies Ice Cube, Zedd, Sia, Major Lazer and others. The 2017 line-up will continue the lavishities of previous years: Radiohead, Beyoncé, Lorde, the Avalanches, the xx, Father John Misty, Bon Iver and more.
Coachella Music and Arts Festival 2016
Jazz fans who love landscapes: the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland
When it was founded in 1967, the Montreux Jazz Festival, which was located on the shores of Lake Geneva, was just a pure jazz festival, with Miles Davis, Keith Jerry, Nina Simon and Bill Evans setting the original jazz tone. To this day, its stage encompasses almost all types of music. In 2016, it brought in Sigur Rós, PJ Harvey, MUSE and Lana Dre. In 2017, the festival invited Malika Favre, who designed the illustration for Penguin Books, to design the festival poster, and confirmed the addition of Theo Crocker, a jazz trumpeter whose grandfather was Louis Armstrong's trumpeter Dak Chithan.
The program of the Montreux Jazz Festival is set frugally and casually. Shows like "Workshops", "Pool Parties" and "Jazz Competitions" are free. If you want to rent a "jazz cruise" to enjoy Lake Geneva, or take a train called the "New Orleans Jazz", there is an additional charge. Then again, there are great lakes and mountains in front of you, and you should not regret what kind of choice you make.
People who enjoy sunset lakes at the Montreux Jazz Festival
Rock fans who love mountaineering: Fuji Rock Festival in Japan
Fuji Rock Festival is the largest music festival in Japan and the "cleanest" music festival in the world, with the least garbage after the show. Since 1999, it has been held at the Naeba Ski Resort at the foot of Mt. Fuji. What's special is that in order to get to the festival site, visitors must first take the cable car up the mountain. In 2017, Björk, Aphex Twin, Lorde, Major Lazor and The xx will all be guests. In between performances, hiking through the creeks and forests with friends and breathing free and clean air is the most enjoyable part of most participants besides music.
Forest disco ball installation at the Fuji Rock Festival
Fans of SoutheastErn Europe, lovers of the Middle Ages: Serbian Exit
Somewhat unimaginable, one of the few major music festivals in Europe to be on par with Glastonbury is located in the quiet little town of Novi Sad in Serbia.
The main venue of the festival is Petrovaradin Castle. Originally built by the Romans, this fortification changed hands several times in the Middle Ages and now has an ancient atmosphere overlooking Serbia's most European-like town and the rushing Danube River. As the main battlefield of the festival, the special structure of the castle also creates a special sound effect.
The first Edition of the Festival originated from a student movement in the fight against democracy and freedom in Serbia and the Balkans. This demand has not changed over the years, and the festival has grown into the "Best Music Festival in Europe" (2014) with a luxurious line-up. In 2017, Exit attracted former Oasis lead singer Liam Gallagher, Berlin's top electronic producer Paul Kalkbreyne, and popular fried chicken Alan Walker and Lost Frequences. The hidden town, the free music, and the complex humanistic temperament of the Balkans make the participants addicted.
The dancing crowd at the Exit Music Festival, photographed by Bernard Bodo
Yogis, Vegetarians: Bulgarian Mountain Meadows Music Festival
The Mountain Meadows Music Festival is not large, but the concept of the festival is different from other places. The festival is located in the Rhodope Mountains, on the border of Bulgaria and Greece, away from the hustle and bustle of the city. The organizers pushed for eco-friendly parties: as far as possible to use local wood to build a roof, stage and art installations are made of nearby forests, in addition to the popular funk, dubstep, jazz on the stage of the music festival, the back-to-basics acoustic guitar and the empty mountain forest are integrated, deeply loved by a new generation of hippies.
Bulgarian Mountain Meadows Music Festival
Stargazing enthusiast, alien cultural intoxication patient: Magical Fields, India
2016 Magic Fields Festival, figure vikikiphoto
Like the Mountain Meadows Festival, the Rajasthan Magic Fields takes a delicate and compact route. It is an electric syllable festival set in a somewhat old palace, hosted by forward-looking artists and festival organizers from Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi, with participants receiving Indian aristocratic treatment. Although there is not much publicity and the music genre is not broad, magnetic fields have gradually attracted more and more local fashionable people in India because of their good reputation, and at the same time, they have been affirmed by the discerning lovers of multinational music festivals. On the roof of the castle, watching the stars and holding up a glass of wine to enjoy the music is probably the most attractive part of this small hidden music festival.
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