There are thousands of music festivals every summer all around the world. Now I will try to give a summary of the most important ones and help you decide which one to visit if you ever get the opportunity to attend one of them.

US: Mostly American and Canadian acts.

Crossroads Guitar Festival: Held in 2004, 2007 and 2010. Location: Bridgeview, Illinois. Brings the world's best guitarist under one roof. Created by Eric Clapton. He picks the performers too. If you are a guitar enthusiast, it's your place to be. Personally, I would give away one of my kidneys to be there, or even both of them and put myself on bypass or whatever.

Lollapalooza: Word derives from the meaning: very impressive. Main genre: punk rock. First it was a travelling festival. Created in 1991 by Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell. Location: Chicago, Illinois. Held in various times. Probably the most energetic festival in America. It has helped many rock bands to achieve success. If you want to be part of a huge party, then this is your place to go.

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival: Location: Indio, California. Duration: 3 days. Unique because it is held in a desert. Genres vary. Was already held this year in April. No single-day tickets from this year. This can be a downer, but otherwise it must be an experience to suffer through the circumstances of the desert to see your favorite bands.

UK: Mostly British acts.

Glastonbury Festival: Largest festival in the world at present. Held on last weekend of June. 3 days long. Supports artistic acts other than musicians. Location: Pilton, England. An interesting fact is that it was organized by a farmer. Unique because of its scenery and the Pyramid stage. Its only problem is the occasional flooding. Probably the most enjoyable festival for everyone in the world, because of its diversity, but really expensive as well. If I could choose one festival to go to, it would be this one.

Reading Festival: Oldest festival still in existence. Since 1971. Held at the end of August. Unique because of "bottling off", which means that many musicians have been sent off from the stage by being thrown bottles at them by the audience. Two sites: Leeds site and Reading Site. Major stages: main stage, NME stage, Festival Republic stage. Main genres: punk, rock, indie.

T in the Park: Since 1994. Scotland's biggest music festival. Held on second weekend of July (same time as Oxegen). Three-day festival. Camping available before the first day. Three major stages: main stage, NME stage, King Tut's Tent. Its line-up is usually the same as Oxegen's and does not change much from one year to another. Main genres: pop, indie.
I had the chance to visit it, and it felt much like Sziget, except it was smaller and the range of genres was not as wide. Similar to Glastonbury and the other British festivals.

Other:

Oxegen Festival: Location: County Kildare, Ireland. Ireland's biggest festival. Held on second weekend of July, same time as T in the Park. Voted best festival of Europe. First held in 2004, so it is just a baby, but it is already very popular. Genres vary, but the headliners' shows are always visually profound. Unique because, as its name suggests, it is a green festival.

Pinkpop Festival: Location: Landgraaf, Netherlands. Genre: rock. Held on Pentecost weekend. Duration: 3 days. Its name comes from the dutch word pop, which means doll, since its logo is a doll in a pink dress. It is unique because it is in the Netherlands. If you want to headbang with thousands of people and legally smoke marijuana, this is your place of destination.

Montreal International Jazz Festival: Biggest jazz festival in the world. Held when June turns into July. Annual attendance is about 2 million. Concerts are held all over Montreal. Held since 1980. The main genre is obviously jazz. If you love jazz, then there are no more questions. You should be there. I would give away my two kidneys to be there as well.

I hope all you readers can pick one place that you would visit. For me, those places would be Crossroads, Montreal and Glastonbury, because I like how the atmosphere mixes with the music. What each of you should do is make it your dream to go to one of these places. I am sure you will not regret it your dream actually comes true.