festival music
Outdoor stage performances
Festival music is music associated with or suited to large outdoor music festivals—typically energetic, crowd-pleasing genres like electronic dance music, rock, and pop that work well in massive venues.
The term suggests anthemic songs with big drops or singalong choruses: This track has real festival music energy.
It can be dismissive, implying music designed for spectacle over substance.
- marching bandMobile musical ensemble
- folk songsInherited communal music
- taikoJapanese ceremonial drum
- drum circleCommunal rhythmic gathering
- ceremonial dancesFormalized group movements for occasions
brass band · accordion · parade · Christmas carols · sing along · folk instruments · tambourine · flute · street performers · buskers · live band · cultural heritage · traditional melodies · Easter hymns · wedding marches · sacred chants · DJ · sound system
- Gugaktraditional songs, folk ballads, harvest songs, storytelling songs, fan dance
- Party Musicparty anthem, disco, EDM, techno, conga
- Caribbean musiccalypso, soca, reggae, ska, steelpan
- Filipino Musictinikling, Wolfgang, Sandwich, Mayonnaise, religious hymns
- Israeli musichora, folk revival, Eurovision, cantors, Hasidic
- Japanese Artskabuki, noh, bunraku, gagaku, taiko
festival musicsolo practice
Unaccompanied skill work
club music · house concert · chamber music · coffeehouse music