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Oldies that will rock your world at the best classic rock festivals

17 November 2018 By Travel Geek Leave a Comment

Fans of classic rock, it’ll be an awesome festivals summer for you guys. The line-up of heaps of classic rock festivals in Europe is soooo good. So many amazing bands are scheduled to play. Bands that have been around for many years, but they will still rock your world. These oldies yet goodies will take you festival summer to the next level. Have a look and start planning your classic rock festival trip.

Spain: Rock the Coast

  • Dates: 14 & 15 June 2019
  • Where: Fuengirola, close to Malaga in Spain
  • Line-up 2019: Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, Opeth, The Darkness, Udo, and many more amazing classic rock acts,
  • Camping: There will be a camping area located at a 15-minutes walk from the venue. Tickets to the camping area will be sold separately.
  • Accommodation: great deals for cheap accommodation in the area of the RtC festival
  • Tickets: 2019 tickets on sale now
  • Why go?: Ritchie Blackmore doesn’t play the Rainbow rock music that often anymore. There will be only a few Rainbow gigs in Europe in 2019. A unique opportunity to hear those Rainbow classics again, in a slightly different version though.
  • More info: official website of the Rock the Coast classic rock festival

Belgium: TW Classic

  • Dates: 14 July 2019
  • Where: Werchter in Belgium
  • Line-up 2019: John Fogerty, Bon Jovi… More classic rock acts will be announced later.
  • Camping: no, it’s a one-day festival
  • Accommodation: great deals for cheap accommodation in the area of the TW Classic festival
  • Tickets: 2019 tickets on sale now
  • Why go?: this is the classic rock version of the famous Rock Werchter festival. It’s just one-day but the line-up is always great. A few years ago we saw the Rolling Stones perform at TW Classic.
  • More info: official website of the TW Classic rock festival

Sweden: Sweden Rock Festival

  • Dates: 5-6-7-8-9 June 2019
  • Where: Sölvesborg in Sweden
  • Line-up 2019: Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, Kiss, Def Leppard, Skid Row, Joe Lynn Turner and many more amazing rock and classic rock bands will play at this festival.
  • Camping: yes
  • Accommodation: great deals for cheap accommodation in the area of the Sweden Rock festival
  • Tickets: 2019 tickets on sale now
  • Why go?: Another chance to see Ritchie Blackmore play all these classic Rainbow songs… and so many other bands to be enjoyed.
  • More info: official website of the Sweden Rock festival

More classic rock festivals will be added soon. In the meantime, enjoy this colourful photo from Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow live in the UK in 2017 (yes, we are Blackmore fans and are looking forward to seeing him play live in 2019).

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow live in 2017
Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow live in 2017

Filed Under: music Tagged With: belgium, spain, sweden

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