Dance and Music Festivals area rage amongst the youth all over the world. Not only are such festivals unabashedly loud and flamboyant in terms of their production values but they are also a safe bet to engage a mass audience though an event. Thus, more and more of such festivals are being organized at local and national level these to capitalize on the young audience that is willing to pay a large amount of money for the same.
However an alarming fact about such routine festivals is that lack of innovation and creativity in terms of the content they offer. This, this time at EE we list down 5 of the most unique dance and music festivals across the globe.
1-Meadows in the Mountains (Bulgaria)
This unique music and dance festival takes place in the serene surroundings of Bulgaria’s Rhodope mountain range and offers a chance to commune with nature to a blissful soundtrack of afterhours house, disco and techno. An important highlight of Meadows in the Mountains festival is that it has an honorable commitment to eco-friendly partying: the organizers are committed to sourcing timber shacks, art installations and stages from the local forest. Appearing on those stages are all kinds of live bands which include genres like funk, dub, alternative and jazz ones and, of course, the obligatory earnest men with acoustic guitars. The festival is also hugely popular for the post-festival pool party, tickets for which are sold separately.
2- Fusion Festival (Germany) Communal, countercultural and often described as the European Burning Man, anything goes at Fusion festival held at Larz, Germany. Located, oddly enough, on a disused military airfield, the four-day programme of the Fusion Festival is packed full of music and performance art, art installations and sculptures also dotting the site. The distinguishing factor of this festival is that the emphasis isn’t just on performers to perform but also the attendees are encouraged to dress up, bring instruments and generally express themselves however they see fit
3- Bahidorá (Mexico) Festival, carnival and hipster-honeytrap, Bahidora music festival organized in Mexico is a 24 hour party that celebrates not just the passion of the music but the spirit of life itself. The setting is gorgeous with acts being performed next to a sparkling blue river flanked by palm trees. The revellers colourful: many are resplendent in jazzy beachwear and feather headdresses, with a fondness for spontaneous processions. As for the music, it’s a mix of carefully selected indie, electronica and hip hop: Coco Rosie, Modeselektor and De La Soul. A point worth mentioning is that Bahidora is the only music festival in the world where you can learn circus skills and kayaking.
4- Fuji Rock (JAPAN) This unique festival organized at Niigata prefecture in Japan is different as you require a trip up a mountain by cable car to see the performances. The 20 minutes of highwire travel is all takes to reach the glorious stage and is a good illustration of the festival’s vast size. The festival is known for its beautiful verdant setting in the Naeba resort and is the biggest music festival in Japan
5- Wilderness (UK)
Wilderness is as much a celebration of the inner life (there are talks and debates, a spa and yoga classes) and good old fashioned back-to-nature activities (horse-riding, wild swimming and foraging) as it is a music festival. Hence this music festival attracts crowds that are not average festival goers on the lookout to get hammered. There’s more of a family friendly vibe to the festival where an entire family can go and simply unwind themselves. The beautiful lakeside Oxfordshire setting Wilderness calls home will host an excellent line-up of musicians including Bjork, Ben Howard and funkmaster George Clinton, performing with his legendary bands Parliament and Funkadelic.
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