List of music festivals in the Netherlands

This is a list of music festivals in the Netherlands. It includes current and past notable festivals. In 2022, there were 10% more festivals and 4% more visitors than in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic started. A total of 19.2 million visitors in 2022.^[1] Because of the pandemic, the number of festivals fell from over 1,100 in 2019 to 155 in 2020 and rose to 343 in 2021. The festival sector dropped back to 1985 levels in 2020. With 1.4 million visits, 2020 is the worst festival year since measurements began.^[2]

Defqon.1 Festival in 2022. One of the largest (harder styles) festivals in the Netherlands with over 100,000 unique visitors.

Festival name	Type	Location	Year of first edition	Notes
Afrika Festival Hertme		Hertme	1989
Appelpop		Tiel	1992
Awakenings (festival)		Spaarnwoude, Hilvarenbeek	2001	Two festivals annually: during easter and summer
Best Kept Secret (festival)		Hilvarenbeek	2013
Bospop		Weert	1981
Castlefest		Lisse	2005
Concert at SEA		Brouwersdam	2006
Dance Valley		Spaarnwoude	1995
Defqon.1		Biddinghuizen	2003
Dekmantel	Techno	Amsterdam	2013
Down the Rabbit Hole (festival)		Ewijk	2014
Dutch Harp Festival		Utrecht	2010
European World of Bluegrass		Voorthuizen	1998
Into The Great Wide Open		Vlieland	2009
Into the Grave (festival)		Oldehoofsterkerkhof	2011
Liquicity Festival		Noord-Scharwoude	2015
Lowlands (festival)		Biddinghuizen	1993
Mysteryland		Vijfhuizen	1993
North Sea Jazz Festival		Rotterdam	1976
Pinkpop Festival		Landgraaf	1970
Qlimax		Arnhem	2000
Rotterdam Rave Festival		Rotterdam	2016
Valkhof Festival (formerly known as "de-Affaire")		Nijmegen	1994
Zwarte Cross		Oost Gelre	1997

1. "Record festivals en concerten in 2022" (in Dutch). January 20, 202.
2. "Festivals en Concerten grote corona verliezers" (in Dutch). May 24, 2022.