Latin America is attractive not only for its cultural heritage and magnificent scenery, but also for having great fun and seeing and hearing a variety of music. Batanga has compiled a list of 9 festivals you just can’t miss.
9 Chemical Music Festival
Brazil is known worldwide for its colorful carnivals. But we forget that there are also other festivals there, the Chemical Music Festival is one of them. Here you can enjoy different genres of music, everyone will find something for themselves.
8 Mystery Land
This festival is one of the brightest events in South America. Every year it is held in Chile and is distinguished by the uniqueness of its format. Anyone who dreams of listening to hip-hop, techno and electronic music on the same platform during one day is recommended to visit this festival.
7 Ultra Buenos Aires
Held annually in Chile, Argentina and Brazil, this festival is one of the important events of the cultural life of the region. On this day, fans of electro-house and electronic music flock from all over. A vibrant outdoor event that leaves no one indifferent.
6 Festival Estéreo Picnic
A relatively recent Colombian festival, held in Bogota since 2010, usually in January or February. Its participants include pop and rock performers, but you can also listen to indie-pop here. Year by year, the line-up is growing rapidly, and the festival is becoming more and more popular.
5 Lollapalooza
How not to mention this festival? This is not the first year it has been successfully held in Chile, Brazil and Argentina. First of all it attracts all those who dream to see alternative bands on stage and above all indie-pop and classic rock-n-roll.
4 Tomorrowland
Like some previous festivals, this fantastic marathon of electronic music did not originate in Latin America. It was first organized in Belgium, but given its huge success, other countries have picked up the idea and it is now among the leading festivals in Latin America.
3 The Day After
Fans of electronic music gather every year at this very festival. It is held in Panama and the organizers invite the most talented techno DJs.
2 Cosquin Rock
If you manage to visit Argentina in the early months of the year, you just can’t miss the opportunity to attend this rock festival. It is one of the most important in South America, held annually in Cordoba for 5 days (depending on the number of guests). The event features local bands as well as invitees from different regions.
1 Rock in Rio
This festival is one of the most iconic in Rio de Janeiro. It could even be dedicated an entire article to explain its scope and the legends of rock music who took part in it. At the moment the festival is one of the best in the world and if you have the means and the desire, do not hesitate and visit it.