Check out the hottest festivals in Europe if you're on a budget this year
With so many music festivals to choose from, we’ve picked five of the cheapest in Europe this summer. Turn your music festival into a vacation and explore some of Europe’s best cities at the same time. By staying in the city centre, you can enjoy the magic of the festival and sleep cheaply in the warmth of your own bed.
The following five festivals include our pick of Europe’s cheapest, offering the best international arists and DJ sets at incredible prices.
Bilbao BBK Live
Where? Bilbao, Spain
When? 7th - 9th July 2016
Who’s playing? Arcade Fire, Chvrches, Editors, Father John Misty, Foals, Green Class, Bad Breeding
Price? €130 for a three-day ticket
Situated on Kobetamendi Hill and offering stunning views of the Basque countryside, the Bilbao-based festival has beautiful scenery from the moment you arrive. It's one of the cheapest festivals in Spain by some distance. The Arcade Fire and Bad Breeding are two of the big names headlining the 2016 festival.
Rooms available from €18 per night
Exit, Serbia
Image by Exit Festival (Flickr/Creative Commons)
Where? Novi Sad, Serbia
When? 7th - 10th July 2016
Who’s playing? The Prodigy, David Guetta, Bastille, Paradise Lost, Sigma, Ellie Goulding, The Vaccines
Price? €119 for a three-day pass
Serbia’s largest music festival is situated in Novi Sad, which is only a few miles away from the capital Belgrade. With its beautiful setting and Petrovaradin Fortress, it’s considered one of the greatest festival venues in Europe. The music stages are connected by medieval pathways and this year’s headliners include The Prodigy, Ellie Goulding and Bastille.
Rooms available from €9 per night
Flow, Helsinki
Where? Helsinki, Finland
When? 12th – 14th August 2016
Who’s playing? Iggy Pop, Massive Attack, The Kills, The Last Shadow Puppets and Jamie XX
Price? €165 for a three-day pass
Taking place inside the breathtaking Suvilahti power plant, the Helisinki-based festival is the coolest thing happening in Finland this year. With Iggy Pop, Massive Attack and The Kills performing alongside local Scandinavian acts, this festival will be an even bigger hit with hipsters. It's convenient too, with the festival site only a brief walk from Helsinki city centre.
Rooms available from €31 per night
Sziget Festival 2016
Where? Budapest, Hungry
When? Wed 10th to Wed 17th August 2016
Who’s playing? Rihanna, Muse, Chemical Brothers, Tinie Tempah, Jake Bugg
Price? €59 for a one-day pass
Budapest's Sziget Festival has added a host of huge names to this year's line-up, including Muse, Tinie Tempah and Rihanna. The festival takes place over a whole week in August, on Margaret Island (Margitsziget) in the Danube, and is enormously popular for its party time atmosphere. With a stellar line up of international rock stars and DJs, you'll struggle to get better value for money on the summer festival circuit.
Rooms available from €9 per night
Lollapalooza, Berlin
Where? Berlin, Germany
When? 11th-12th September 2016
Who’s playing? Radiohead and Kings of Leon
Price? €139 for a two-day pass
Lollapalooza will be taking place on a former airfield, Treptower Park, alongside the River Spree in the city’s Kreuzberg district. Nowhere in Europe can you expect to see Radiohead and Kings of Leon at bargain basement prices. The Berlin-based festival is a place where young bands become legends, and legends return to claim their fame.
Rooms available from €14 per night
*Header image by Exit Festival (Flickr/Creative Commons)
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