Europe's Best Value Festivals

B’ESTFEST
1st JULY – 5th JULY
ROMEXPO, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
www.bestfest.ro

If you didn’t think of Romania as a festival destination then think again!  Taking place in the capital city Bucharest, B’ESTFEST offers a multitude of artists for 5 days from the 1st – 5th July including; The Killers, Motorhead, Franz Ferdinand, Santana, Moby, Orbital, The Charlatans, White Lies, Klaxons, The Ting Tings and many more. So if you fancy a city break and some great music, B’ESTFEST is the ideal combination and best of all it won’t cost the earth!

EXIT FESTIVAL 10th ANNIVERSARY
PETROVARADIN FORTRESS
NOVI SAD, SERBIA
9th - 12th JULY 2009
www.exitfest.org

If its Dance music you’re after why not head to Exit Festival in Serbia where, in celebration of the festival’s 10th Anniversary they will be reuniting some of the best and most popular DJs to have performed over the years, for exclusive and back to back sets. With collaborations from Carl Cox vs Green Velvet, Sasha vs John Digweed and Richie Hawtin vs Dubfire and many many more it promises to be the hotspot of the clubbing world this summer, with exclusive performances from the world’s most revered DJ’s that you won’t see anywhere else.

And its not only dance music on the agenda… Renowned for its diverse and adventurous line ups, EXIT encompasses all genres of music from rock to rap, classical to chill, dance to drum & bass and electronic to experimental.  Over 600 performances will take place on 25 stages connected by cobbled streets, ramparts and tunnels - a walk through the historical and awe-inspiring fortress is like a trip through a portal, where the modern world unites and celebrates its freedoms.  The Prodigy, Kraftwerk, Arctic Monkeys, Manic Street Preachers, Moby, Lily Allen and Madness will be performing on the Main stage and many many more.

MELT FESTIVAL
FERROPOLIS, GERMANY
17th - 19th July 2009
www.meltfestival.com

Fancy a rave in a disused mine in Germany surround by a lake and huge excavators with the likes of; Oasis, Bloc Party, Travis, Kasabian, Klaxons, Gossip, Royksopp, Metronomy, Crystal Castles, Buraka Som Sistema, Foals LA Roux and hundreds more?  Then look no further than the Melt! Festival.

For those of you who may not know, Melt! is a unique music festival on the Ferropolis peninsula set against a breathtaking backdrop of five huge hulking coal mining diggers that tower into the sky.  Melt! effortlessly mixes guitars, beatboxes and vinyl grooves so perfectly and with such a great location and massive line up, Melt! is one of the 'must do' festivals of the summer.