Having practically monopolised the idyllic Euro-festival-as-summer-holiday market, highlights from Croatia this year include Outlook (2-6 Sep, near Stinjan), featuring Run The Jewels, Wiley and Boy Better Know …
New Ibiza Rocks spin-off Croatia Rocks (19-23 Jul, Zcre Beach) with its cast of Brit bands abroad including Jungle and the Vaccines …
Dimensions festival (Fort Punto Christo, 26-30 Aug), whose compendious roster of new DJs includes Rødhåd, Motor City Drum Ensemble and Seven Davis Jr …
Other places on the continent where you’ll be able to experience heat exhaustion in a tent include Primavera Sound (28-30 May, Barcelona), which has gone for a 00s garage rock revival with headliners the Black Keys and the Strokes …
Benicàssim brings the Prodigy, Portishead and Florence And The Machine to Spain (16-19 Jul) …
Finally, and possibly most sweltering will be Portugal’s NOS Alive (9-11 Jul, Lisbon), with heat respite available in the form of glacial pop from Jessie Ware and James Blake, and the doomy storm songs of Muse.
