2023 Festival Edition
This Spring and Summer, take advantage of the top festivals across the globe by preparing early! Many ticket options have already gone on sale, but our industry contacts are standing by to support our members however needed. In addition to tickets, members can inquire about transportation, add-ons, meet-and-greets/VIP opportunities, hotels, rental homes, and more.
Take a look below for some festivals our team and members are most excited about!
2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
When | April 14-16 & April 21-23
Where | Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA
Headliners | Bad Bunny, BLACKPINK, Frank Ocean
Coachella is an annual music festival held in Indio, California. The festival grounds are about 45 minutes from Palm Springs, and about 2.5 hours from Los Angeles. Festival producers bring in some of the world’s biggest names over the course of two weekends, which draw in over 250,000 festival attendees each year. Each of the two weekends run from Friday to Sunday and passes can be purchased in single-day, weekend-long, or multi-weekend form.
Stagecoach Festival 2023
When | April 28-30
Where | Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA
Headliners | Luke Bryan, Kane Brown, Chris Stapleton
Stagecoach is known to be the top country festival in the United States, drawing in visitors from across the country and across the world. The festival takes place on the same grounds as Coachella each year. Most available ticket tiers are available for all three days of the festival, but single day flexible passes can be purchased as well.
BottleRock Napa Valley
When | May 26-28
Where | Napa Valley Expo, Napa, California
Headliners | Post Malone, Lizzo, Red Hot Chili Peppers
This 3-day music, wine, food, and brew festival is held in Napa Valley each year. BottleRock’s schedule is transfixed around 3 music stages and a culinary stage, where the world’s best music artists and chefs collaborate and entertain. Local wineries and restaurants also engage to provide festival-goers with the best of the best. The Napa Expo is only a few blocks from downtown Napa, making for a very accessible and dynamic single-day or weekend-long experience. Nearing towns for lodging include St. Helena, Calistoga, and Yountville.
Food & Wine Classic in Aspen
When | June 16-18
Where | the base of Aspen Mountain
Attend Food & Wine Classic this year for three days of celebrations for their 40th anniversary. This is the premier culinary event and consists of cooking demonstrations, wine and spirit tastings, panel discussions, and a variety of interactive experiences throughout the weekend. Over 150 brands of food, wine, spirits, beers, and more are represented. The festival is known to be a paradise for food and wine admirers.
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
When | April 28-30 & May 4-7
Where | Fair Grounds Race Course, New Orleans, Louisiana
Headliners | Dead & Company, Ed Sheeran, Lizzo, Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, or “Jazz Fest” for short, celebrates the unique culture and heritage of music in New Orleans. Aside from Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest pulls the largest number of visitors to the city. The festival features 12 stages of programming over the course of two long weekends. Featured genres include jazz, gospel, R&B, rock, African, Latin, folk, and much more.
Tomorrowland Belgium
When | July 21-23 & July 28-30
Where | Boom, Belgium (between Antwerp & Brussels)
Highlights | Tiesto, Nora en Pure, Alesso, Dom Dolla, Gorgon City, Steve Aoki
Between Antwerp and Brussels, the town of Boom in Belgium hosts the annual Tommorrowland festival and welcome more than 600,000 people each year. This year, the festival will feature x2 3-day weekends of impressive lineups. In 2023, visitors will experience the theme “Tomorrowland’s Great Library” as the number of stages and number of performers are as impressive as ever.
Festival de Cannes 2023
When | May 16-27
Where | Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, Cannes, France
The 75th season is heading our way! The Festival de Cannes is one of the world’s most significant international film festivals. The festival is one of the most widely publicized festivals and works to encourage longevity in the development of cinema, particularly on an international scale. Competitive attendees are working towards the Palme d’Or, the ultimate award at Cannes, but the festival encapsulates 2 weeks of events for all visitors to take advantage of.
Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts
When | June 21-25
Where | Pilton, Somerset, England
Highlights | Arctic Monkeys, Guns N’ Roses, Elton John, Lana Del Rey
Glastonbury Festival is the largest greenfield music and arts festival world-wide. The crowd is known to be an international melting pot with a number of lodging options. Glastonbury in particular is known for their abundance of luxe lodging and camping options. In addition to the music, the five-day festival offers a number of performance opportunities for dance, comedy, theatre, cabaret, circus, and more.
Art Basel, Basel
When | June 15-18
Where | Basel, Switzerland
Aiming to connect collectors, galleries, and artists, Art Basel works to increase transparency and accountability in the art market and strive to create unique artist-led experiences and strengthen local art scenes. Their fairs take place in Basel, Hong Kong, and Miami Beach each year. Since 1970, the Basel show has brought the international art world together, with over 250 of the world's leading galleries presenting the works of over 4,000 artists - from 20th-century masters to the stars of tomorrow.
Contributor — Janie Weber