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From choosing the right festival to tips on camping and pacing yourself throughout the shows, Matador gives you (almost) everything you'll need to know about preparing for your next music festival.

10 Australian Summer Music Festivals NOT to Miss

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NIGHTLIFE:   Matador gives you the quick and dirty on ten summer music festivals definitely worth checking out the next time you're down under. A very merry summer, indeed.  More »

Big Sky Sports + Party: Our Favorite Winter Festivals in Montana

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NIGHTLIFE:   No matter your style, from snowmobile to skis, horse riding to dog sledding, winter events around the state are sure to get you out and discovering the best of what Montana has to offer.   More »

Photo Essay: Boi Bumbá - The Beat of the Amazon

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TRIP IDEAS:   Second only to Rio Carnival, Brazil's Boi Bumbá festival is an exercise in trippy flamboyance.   More »

12 Tips for Surviving Your First European Heavy Metal Festival

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NIGHTLIFE:   Metal festivals are not the occasion for your beach flip-flops or strappy heels. Expect to be stomped on by angry Germans-- you need to stomp right back.  More »

Photo Essay: Ut Av Vår Hule Music and Art Festival in Arctic Norway

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NIGHTLIFE:   Wyndham Wallace's photographs show Arctic Norway's biannual music festival: beautiful caves, marble mines, music and art at Ut Av Vår Hule.  More »

#MusicMonday: The Best Bands at Coachella You Might Not Know

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NIGHTLIFE:   Scott Shetler provides info and sound bites for some of the best Coachella bands you might have never heard.  More »

How to Prepare for a Summer Music Festival

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NIGHTLIFE:   From choosing the right festival to tips on camping and pacing yourself throughout the shows, here's (almost) everything you'll need to know about preparing for your next music festival.  More »

The Last Great US Music Fest of 2009 - New Orleans’ Voodoo Experience

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NIGHTLIFE:   It's the variation of acts that makes Voodoo so cool - you'd be hard-pressed to find a lineup as diverse as this one.  More »

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Links


  • Glastonbury - One of Europe's most well-known music festivals.
  • Wacken - Louder than hell. 80,000 metalheads can't all be wrong.
  • US Music Festivals - A complete list on Wikipedia.