Best Music Festivals

We all wish we could have been at Woodstock, don’t we? Woodstock didn’t just leave us with Jimi Hendrix’s “Star-Spangled Banner” and visions of writhing mudpeople –– it also inspired the summer music festival. Slather on the sunscreen, pack up your camp chair, and get grooving at your favorite outdoor musical festival.

When GetListy started snooping around for best-fests lists, we hit on several: Salon, MSNBC and The Brock Press

We’ve compiled some of the highlights with the 2008 dates. Some of these festivals may have already taken place, but keep them in mind for next year.

• Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Telluride, Colo. (June 6-8): Bluegrass, indie rock, and country
• Bonnaroo, Manchester, Tenn. (June 12-15): Rock with other kinds of contemporary music and arts
• Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, England (June 27-29): Rock to rap, comedy to cabaret and everything in between
• Summerfest, Milwaukee (June 26 to July 6): Rock, country, soul, and more
• Rock the Bells, 10 dates in major cities (July 19 to Aug. 30): Hiphop
• Lollapalooza (pictured), Chicago (August 1-3): Alternative rock, hiphop, and punk rock
• All Points West, Liberty State Park, Jersey City, N.J. (Aug. 8-10) Alternative and indie rock
• Bumbershoot, Seattle (Aug. 30 to Sept. 1): Music, film, comedy, theater, spoken word, dance, visual, performance and literary arts
• Austin City Limits Festival, Austin, Texas (Sept. 26-28): Rock, alternative, country, singer-songwriter and more

Here are the links again: Salon, MSNBC and The Brock Press