Festival frenzy: New events scheduled for 2021

Australia, Finland, England and China have gained new festivals, signalling increasing optimism about next year's season

Feature By IQ | 1 December 2020

Latvia's Summer Sound festival is being shipped to Australia
Latvia's Summer Sound festival is being shipped to Australia © Facebook/Summer Sound

The global festival sector has gained a slate of new events for next year and beyond, signalling an increasing optimism about the return of live music in the coming months.

Alongside the previously announced Montreux Jazz China, Secret Sounds Australia and UK festivals One Out, Unlocked, and Creation Day, IQ looks at three of the most recent festivals that are due to pop up in Australia, Finland and England.

Summer Sound, Australia
Latvia’s EDM festival Summer Sound is expected to…

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