The best for your taste

Now, let’s say you like mainstream festivals because you can get a little bit of everything, but you would still want to choose those that offer the most of what you like. Well, based on the 2019 lineups, here are the results.

If you want your fair share of Hip Hop and R&B beats
If you like Hip Hop or just want to argue with people whether it started in South or West Bronx, the best bet would be Lollapalooza, which had 27 Hip Hop artists performing in 2019 (16% of the lineup). For R&B fans: Outside Lands Music Festival with 31 R&B artists (15% of the lineup).

In Europe, fans heard the most Hip Hop beats at Primavera Sound Barcelona (40 artists, or 16% of the lineup). It’s interesting that Roskilde had 24 R&B artists, putting the genre just below Pop and Rock. This Danish festival also had the highest percentage of Pop artists (21%) among the European mainstream festivals.

Where to rock, mosh, and headbang?
In North America, the best place to listen to Rock was Austin City Limits Music Festival, where 31 rockers blasted the stages (one quarter of the lineup). Punk doesn’t usually get many slots at mainstream festivals, so the highest number of Punk acts were featured at Coachella (four artists or 2% of the lineup). American headbangers also can’t be too happy, because Metal had the largest lineup at Lollapalooza, but with only two acts, namely Diablo and Bring Me The Horizon.

In Europe, Roskilde is still the place to be if you like Rock (one quarter of the lineup), but even there, Pop is very close behind and could swing this Rock festival towards softer riffs in the future. But for now, Roskilde is also the best place to hear Metal among European mainstream festivals, with a healthy 15 artists representing the genre (10% of the lineup). As for Punk, while some may believe it originated in the USA and others consider the UK its birthplace, it's definitely more popular in the latter, as no fewer than 30 Punk acts (7% of the lineup) performed at Boomtown Fair.