Festivals in Pennsylvania

From Philadelphia, a cradle of the sound that shaped a slice of America's soul and R&B, to the rolling green hills of the Poconos and the Appalachians, Pennsylvania unfolds a festival scene that mirrors the state itself: gritty and urban on one side, rural and warm on the other. In Philly, the Roots Picnic, led by The Roots, has grown into the East Coast's defining celebration of hip-hop, soul and R&B, while Making Time Festival and Breakaway Philadelphia light up the city with pure electro energy. Out west, Pittsburgh keeps its punk-and-rock heart beating through the Four Chord Music Fest, heir to the blue-collar spirit of the old steel capital.

Beyond the cities, Pennsylvania nurtures a deep outdoor, camp-out culture too: Elements Music Festival plants its stages deep in the woods for electronic nights under the trees, while the Briggs Farm Blues Festival, tucked into a historic farm in Nescopeck, has carried the torch of open-air acoustic blues for decades. Between these two worlds, FestT calculates your FestiScore — how closely a lineup matches your favourite artists — and keeps dates, headliners and ticketing up to date, so you can find your perfect festival, from the concrete of Philly to the clearings of the Poconos.