The Best Urban Festivals Of 2015

Summer festivals became super mainstream in the last couple of years now, but there is a bread of festivals on which participation not necessarily means that you have to burn your clothes afterwards, or at least what left of them. Concerts without mud? Festivals without wellingtons? Waking up in a real bed and not in tent? Oh hell yes! Here are the top 5 urban festivals from all around the world.

#1 Electric Zoo – New York City, USA

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On the first weekend of this September Rhandall’s Island Park will turn into a giant festival area, where lovers of EDM and other electronic music genres can loose their mind, without having to leave one of the most amazing cities on the world. Line up is not yet announced, though early bird tickets are already gone, so hurry up, if you wanna be there!

#2 Field Day – London, UK

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In June London’s majestic Victoria Park will be full of urban lifeforms of all sorts, underground music lovers from all over the world will gather to celebrate bands and acts not usually played by radios. Names will be chanted, that you cannot come across on mainstream festival, but their tunes essentially used in commercials 3-5 years after their initial releases. Headliners include: Caribou, Chet Faker, FKA twigs, Ben Klock b2b Marcel Dettmann, Patti Smith, Savages

#3 Budapest Essentials – Budapest, Hungary

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The gem of Eastern Europe, the number one city of non-stop party year round, Budapest hosts the most adventurous urban festival of them all from 25 to 28 June. Set on different locations around the city, from the peaceful and lovely Margaret Island to beautiful UNESCO World Heritage sites this festival literally takes over the city. Before daytime open-air concerts you can get into one of the legendary historical spas for free, after them you should head to one of the afterparties in the selected clubs. Do not forget to get some sleep! Headliners include: Solomun, Duke Dumont, Katy B, The Wombats, La Roux, Carl Craig and Gold Panda.

#4 ADE – Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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One of the biggest urban festivals must be ADE. And it must be on your bucket list, if you are into any kind of techno or house music. The weeklong event takes over all clubs in the Dutch capital, while during the day there are tens of workshops and industry meet ups. This is one of the few festivals where artists completely blend in, so watch out: you could even dance next to your favourite dj at any given moment. Tickets sold separately for each parties, so it can get a bit expensive if you wish to attend one each day. It will take place in October, between 14 and 18 this year, but there is no news about the exact line up. I would be surprised though, if anyone who really matters in 2015 would miss it. And I mean ANYONE.

#5 Club2Club – Turin, Italy

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Club2Club takes place for the 15th times in 2015, therefore a mindblowing line up is expected from Italy’s most notorious festival. On the first weekend of November Turin’s best clubs will hosts 2015 most interesting and straightforward electronic live shows and dancefloor demolishing dj sets.