Here are all the music festivals of second half of August, all in a post did not fit :)
Dance with Boars:17 20 to August in the province of Savona and in addition to music it offers exhibitions, artistic performances, literary meetings, environmental workshops, theater, cinema space, African dance and percussion courses, workshops for children and outdoor sports activities. All this, if not enough, accompanied by the fundamental element of gastronomy: local products and artisanal productions.
FM4 Frequency Festival: there will be many guests who will go up on the four stages of the Green Park of St. Polten, in Austria, between 18 and 20 August. The rich line up has names like foo Fighters, Kasabian, The Chemical Brothers, Beady Eye, The Kooks, Interpol and many, many, many others.
Open air Gampel: very strong line up for that Swiss rock festival (18/21 August, Gampel - Turtmann) The Offspring, NoFX, Yellowcard, Skunk Anansie, Guanoapes. (Discounts on the train and on the entrance ticket from the website of Swiss Railways)
Summer Breeze: many guests for this giant metal festival in Bavaria, there are four stages that will welcome them between 18 and 20 August.
Pukkelpop: Belgian festival which will take place from 18 to 20 August in campaigns of Hasselt. Super organization and guests to turn heads. To name a few: Skunk Anansie, FooFighters, 30 second to Mars, Eliza Doolittle, Paul Kalkbrenner, Panic at the disco, Crookers, Eminem, Within Temptation, The Offspring, Kasabian and many others.
Rototom Sunsplash: the biggest reggae event of Europe will take place on August 18-27 in Benicassim, Spain (after being exiled from Italy two years ago). They will be you are the stages, among the guests also the Italians Africa Unite and Sud Sound System. In addition to music, there are also many cultural initiatives.
Coke live music festivalon 19 and 20 August a Krakow artists such as Kanye West, Interpol, The Kooks, Kid Cudi will alternate on three stages.
Area 4 festival: mega German rock concert which, from 19 to 21 August, welcomes highly respected artists (The Kooks, Nofx, 30 Second to Mars, Jimmy Eat World), a Ludinghausen.
Beautiful Days Festival: takes place in Ottery St Mary (Devon), between 19 and 21 August and can accommodate people of all ages, has a very large area for children, and spaces dedicated to art and theater, as well as 5 stages. It is organized by the Levellers and the atmosphere is decidedly "hippy".
Lowlands: Dutch super festival that takes place inside the amusement park Walibi World in Biddinghuizen between 19 and 21 August. Moreover, the program is very rich, music, street theater, literature and cinema. What more could you want?
Highfield Festival: is defined as the largest independent-rock-festival east of Germany. From 19 to 21 August it will feature artists such as Foo Fighters, 30 second to Mars, Skunk Anansie and The Kooks. Enchanting location on the shores of lake Störmthaler in Leipzig.
Dragonfly Festival: multidisciplinary event (in addition to music, also cinema and visual arts) Swedish which will start on August 19 and will last 3 days. Its peculiarity is given by the taking place in a village of the bronze age rebuilt. Definitely fascinating location and everyone is welcome.
V Festival: here are two other twin festivals, the programs are alternated in the two days in which the event will take place (20 and 21 August), the first to Chelmsford Essex and the second in Staffordshire. Line up full of big names like Eminem, Rihanna, Arctic Monkeys, Bruno Mars and Good Charlotte.
Hole in the sky: latest edition of this metal event which will take place in Bergen in Norway, from 24 to 27 August.
Felsziget Festival: Romanian eclectic festival (Târgu Mureş, Transylvania), which welcomes the most diverse types of music. From 25 to 28 August there will be many guests, such as Guano Apes, Iggy, the Stoonages, Kasabian, Within Temptation. It also offers other activities such as extreme sports and film screenings.
Reading Festival: historic festival that has influenced the advancement of rock in the last 50 years. Beady Eye, Interpol, Muse, My Chemical Romance, The Kills, The Offspring, The Strokes and 30 second to Mars. It takes place from 26 to 28 August.
Leeds Festival: complementary to Reading, with which he shares the guests, on alternate days.
Creamfields UK: from 26 to 28 August a Daresbury, Cheshire will host the largest festival dance of Europe, The Chemical Brothers, Benny Benassi, Tiesto, Paul Van Dyk, Mark Ronson, David Guetta and many other DJs.
Rock en Seine: line up that embraces all genres for this festival on the outskirts of Paris. Last weekend in August with Interpol, Foo Fighters, Arctic Monkeys, Simple Plan, Paul Kalkbranner and Kid Cudi.
Taranta night: it's not really a festival but it's an event not to be missed. Every year hundreds of thousands of people gather at melpignano, to all dance to the notes of contagious music traditional Salento. It will be August 27th.
South West Four: London, 27 and 28 August. The biggest dance festival in the English capital.