Believe it or not, it's now been nearly a month since Glastonbury Festival kicked off this summer's festival season.
Since then, we've enjoyed Latitude, Isle Of Wight, Wireless, Lovebox, Citadel, T In The Park... The list is extensive, but - thankfully - not exhaustive. There are plenty left. So if you're getting jealous by seeing pictures on Facebook and Twitter of your sunburnt friends watching Alt-J at Latitude, here's 10 festivals that are yet to happen. Book time off work immediately.
Wilderness Festival - 6-9 August, Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire
Even though the pesky folks over at Latitude have rather stolen Wilderness' thunder by allowing lake swimming too this year, the Oxfordshire festival did it before it was cool. If early morning swims aren't your thing though, there's plenty more to love about the Oxfordshire festival - not least of which is that Bjork is headlining. Also on the bill are Ben Howard, Roisin Murphy, Shamir, Lapsley and Nick Mulvey... but Bjork is enough on her own.
Oya Festival - 11-15 August, Toyenparken, Norway
Now in its 17th year, preparing to finish its A Levels and head off to university, Oya Festival has moved from the Medieval Park to Toyenparken in Oslo. Whilst it covers every genre, it's also quietly dedicated to promoting hip hop, a genre often overlooked on festival bills, to equal status among rock and pop. As such, its line-up is so good it's bordering on ridiculous - Florence + The Machine, Flying Lotus, Run The Jewels, Beck, Belle & Sebastian, Alt-J, The War On Drugs, Years & Years, Nile Rodgers, *deep breath* Tyler, The Creator, Courtney Barnett, Fat White Family, Flying Lotus, Future Islands and many, many more.
Flow Festival - 14-16 August, Suvilahti Power Plant, Finland
Don't worry, the power plant is defunct, and has now been refunked (see what we did there?) as an innovative music festival in the immediate vicinity of downtown Helsinki. This year, its 60,000 visitors will get to watch Pet Shop Boys, Florence + The Machine, Todd Terje, Diplo, Skepta, Tove Lo, Alt-J, Belle & Sebastian, and a heap of arthouse film, lectures and world cuisine.
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Rock En Seine - 28-30 August, Domaine nationale de Saint-Cloud, France
Aside from being located in the most poetic-sounding place in the world, the annual French festival is also remarkably cheap, situated just a stone's throw from Paris, and boasts Kasabian, FFS, Kate Tempest, Wolf Alice, Marina & The Diamonds, Jamie xx, Alt-J (they're really getting around this summer), Interpol, Stereophonics and Ben Howard amongst its line-up.
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Reading & Leeds Festivals - 28-30 August, Reading and Leeds
Mastodon might have pulled out, but they are (no offence to the heavy metal band) a mere drop in the ocean when it comes to Reading & Leeds' line-up. The essential coming-of-age experience for many a British teenager, the festival will this year host Mumford & Sons, Metallica and The Libertines, alongside the likes of Django Django, Azealia Banks, Kendrick Lamar, The Maccabees, Royal Blood, Catfish & The Bottlemen and Wolf Alice. There'll probably be a load of surprise appearance too, if past editions are anything to go by.
Lollapalooza Berlin - Flughafen Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany
The newest member of the Lollapalooza franchise - joining Chili, Brazil, Argentina and the United States, Berlin's line-up is arguably the best of the lot. Firstly, Muse are playing. Secondly, Muse are playing. Then there's Macklemore & Ryan lewis (their only festival appearance in Europe), Fatboy Slim, Chvrches, FFS, James Bay, Everything Everything and Little Dragon.
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End Of The Road - 4-6 September, Larmer Tree Gardens, Wiltshire
As well as the likes of Tame Impala, The War On Drugs, Laura Marling and Future Islands, End Of The Road will also play host to the brilliant Sufjan Stevens' first ever UK festival appearance (and his second anywhere). It's also the perfect size, atmosphere and surroundings, and has enough non-musical entertainment on offer to fill several months. If only it would last that long.
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Lowlands - 21-23 August, Evenemententerrein Walibi World, Holland
A Camping Flight To Lowlands Paradise, or Lowlands to its close friends, is a three door programme or music, comedy, artists and street theatre, with 12 stages, three areas, a daily newspaper, a unique currency... OK, it's starting to sound a little cult-like, but trust us, it's one not to miss. This year, The Chemical Brothers, Interpol, Tame Impala, Ho99o9, Shamir, Courtney Barnett, La Roux, Bastille and Enter Shikari are among the eclectic line-up.
Zurich Openair - Glattbrugg Festival Grounds, Zurich, Switzerland
It might only be heading into its fifth year, but Zurich Openair's line-up reads as well as anyo of its better established contemporaries. There's no camping, but trams run back to Zurich every evening and there are plenty of hostels and guest houses in the area. The Libertines, Alt-J, Tame Impala, Interpol, Hot Chip, Jungle and Wolf Alice will no doubt be gutted that they can't camp.
Kendal Calling - 30 July-2 August, Lowther Deer Park, Cumbria
The independent Lake District festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, and helping it celebrate are Snoop Dogg (and is there any better person to celebrate with than Snoop?), Elbow (Actually, we may have just answered our own question), The Vaccines, Kaiser Chiefs, James, Kate Tempest, Emmy The Great and British Sea Power.
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To find even more festivals happening throughout Europe this summer, see Zalando's European Festival Guide.
