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Summer Festivals to Watch

Everyone's already going to Lollapalooza, and they've just been to Bonnaroo; but I wanted to find some of the more obscure, but just as electrifying music festivals taking place. These may be outside the scope of Upcoming homepages and friend's events, but they're definitely worth hearing about.

Ever heard of the Roskilde Festival in Denmark? We're talking 90,000 attendees, from metalheads to Scandinavian punk rockers, camping out for four days outside Copenhagen. 36 bands are scheduled to Rock It! in Shanghai; and in Dublin, the Oxegen Festival will host over 100 acts just for the weekend. Belgium's Rock Werchter and Pukkelpop boast great line-ups this year too.

Since I won't be traveling quite that far this summer, I checked around for some interesting outdoor concerts closer to home:

• Olympia Experimental Music Festival


• Telluride Bluegrass Festival


• The Big O Music & Arts Festival


• Big Muddy Blues Festival


• Bumbershoot in Seattle


• Monterey Jazz Festival

There's nothing quite like an outdoor concert, with its mix of dirt and music. What's been the best summer festival you've been to so far?