Our ace reporter, Coco Mendez, getting vertical during March
Spring has sprung and Music Festival Junkies around the world are swamping the website with searches for their favorite festivals. Every month, we dig through the data from tens of thousands of visitors and come up with our highly scientific results of the most popular festivals. Behold! We present to you the March edition of the not-so famous Music Festival Junkies 50.
1. Osheaga
2. Lollapalooza
3. Austin City Limits
4. Bonnaroo
5. NYC Popfest
6. Coachella
7. 4 Knots Festival
8. The Bamboozle
9. Pitchfork Chicago
10. Summerfest
11. Summer Camp
12. Electric Forest
13. The Governors Ball
14. Vans Warped Tour
15. Crossing Brooklyn Ferry
16. Starscape
17. Sweetwater 420 Fest
18. Mountain Jam
19. Electric Zoo
20. Camp Bisco
21. BamaJam
22. The Voodoo Music Experience
23. Jacksonville Super Fest
24. Sunfest
25. Sasquatch
26. Hangout Festival
27. Wicker Park
28. All Good
29. Hozack Blackout Fest
30. Hard Summer
31. Clearwater
32. Electric Daisy Carnival Vegas
33. Bunbury Music Festival
34. Boonstock
35. Euphoria
36. Joshua Tree Music Festival
37. The Great Googa Mooga
38. Orion Music More
39. Sweetlife Music Festival
40. Riverbend Festival
41. Rock on the Range
42. Wanderlust California
43. Rites of Spring
44. SXSW
45. Caffeine Music Festival
46. Wanderlust Vermont
47. Wanderlust Colorado
48. Musikfest
49. North Coast Music Festival
50. Westword Music Showcase
#1 Spot: O Canada! This Montreal festival saw a huge upswing in searches during March right before their lineup announcement and became the first Canadian fest to reach the coveted top ranking in the MFJ 50.
#5, #7, #13, #15, #19 Spots: New York City festivals, which have been quiet over the last few months, now dominate the top 20. We love you too NYC. See all the festivals in New York here.
#14 Spot: The legendary Vans Warped Tour kicks off another season this summer. The first stop: Breaking into the top 20 on the MFJ 50 and then it’s off to party mecca Utah on June 16th.
#20 Spot: Skrillex heads up this massive electronic dance festival in upstate New York. Camp Bisco also made our list for Top 10 Camping Music Festivals.
#24 Spot: Hands down, one of the wackiest lineups of the summer. Creed, Foreigner, Snoop Dogg, Counting Crows, Third Eye Blind. And that’s just for starters.
#29 Spot: It’s punk rock. It’s Chicago. It’s got the word “blackout” in the title. What’s not to love?
#33 Spot: This new Cincinnati festival was announced just over a month ago and instantly jumped into the MFJ 50. It’s just another highlight of Ohio’s killer festival season.
#38 Spot: Hey, did you hear that Metallica is throwing a music festival in Atlantic City?
#43 Spot: Fun fact — Rites of Spring was started in 1971 as a way for Nashville’s Vanderbilt University to interact with the local community.
#42, #46, #47 Spots: The yoga-centric Wanderlust twisted itself into three spots on the MFJ 50 this month.
Music Festivals Trending Upwards This Month on the MFJ 50
CBGB Festival (New York, NY)
Gnarnia Music Festival (Beech Mountain, NC)
M3 Rock Festival (Columbia, MD)
Lightning in a Bottle (Silverado, CA)
Strange Creek Campout (Greenfield, MA)
