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Here are some outdoor music festivals scheduled for this summer in Europe:

AUSTRIANuke Festival, July 14-15, St. Pölten.

Onstage: Pixies, The Streets, Gentleman, Jovanotti, Sinead O’Connor, Alpha Blondy & Solar System, Stereo MCs, Mattafix, Turntablerocker, Culcha Candela, The Cat Empire, Infadels, DJ Mozart, others. Tickets: 75 euros.

Frequency Festival, Aug. 18-19, Salzburgring.

Onstage: Franz Ferdinand, Mando Diao, Wir sind Helden, Kaiser Chiefs, Blumfeld, Belle & Sebastian, Tomte, Art Brut, Fettes Brot, Kettcar, Nada Surf, Kaizers Orchestra, 3 Feet Smaller, The Paddingtons, Editors, The Robocop Kraus, We Are Scientists, others. Tickets: about 79 euros.

BELGIUMRock Festival Werchter, June 29-July 2, Werchter, northeast of Brussels.

Onstage: Black Eyed Peas, Manu Chao Radio Bemba Soundsystem, Deftones, Depeche Mode, dEUS, Editors, Eels, Franz Ferdinand, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Hooverphonic, Kaiser Chiefs, Kelis, Live, Muse, Sean Paul, Placebo, Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Skin, Starsailor, The Subways, Tool, Kanye West, The Who, 2 Many DJs, Artic Monkeys, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Collective Soul, Death Cab for Cutie, Elbow, Donavon Frankenreiter, Laurent Garnier & Bugge Wesseltoft, Goldfrapp, HARD-Fi, Kaizers Orchestra, The Kooks, Bettye LaVette, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, Mogwai, An Pierlé & White Velvet, Roger Sanchez, The Secret Machines, Sigur Rós, The Streets, others. Tickets: Multi-day passes sold out, some day tickets at 60 euros available. Camping tickets are 20 euros regardless of length of stay.

Pukkelpop, Aug. 17-19, Hasselt-Kiewit.

Onstage: Radiohead, Massive Attack, Beck, Placebo, Keane, Arctic Monkeys, Turbonegro, Snow Patrol, Baby Shambles, Belle & Sebastian, Millencolin, H.I.M., Scissor Sisters, Ministry, Fear Factory, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Zita Swoon, Pennywise, Sick of It All, My Chemical Romance, My Morning Jacket, others. Tickets: Festival pass 113 euros; day tickets around 60 euros.

DENMARKRoskilde Festival, June 29-July 2, Roskilde, about 21 miles west of Copenhagen.

Onstage: Arctic Monkeys, Bullet for My Valentine, George Clinton Parliament/Funkadelics, Death Cab for Cutie, Deftones, dEUS, Bob Dylan, Editors, Franz Ferdinand, Goldfrapp, Guns N' Roses, H.I.M., Kaiser Chiefs, Daman Jr. Gong Marley, Morrissey, Opeth, Placebo, Josh Rouse, Scissor Sisters, SEEED, Sergent Garcia, The Streets, The Strokes, Tool, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Roger Waters, Kayne West, others. Tickets: 180 euros. Camping onsite.

FRANCEEurockeenes, June 30, peninsula of Malsaucy, near Belfort.

Onstage: Depeche Mode, Coldcut, Morrissey, Daft Punk The Strokes, Deftones, Anais, Arctic Monkeys, Damien “Jr. Gong” Marley, Gossip, Infadels, Spleen, Sigur Ros, others. Tickets: Festival pass 90 euros; 36 euros for single day ticket.

GERMANYSummer Jam Festival, July 14-16, near Cologne’s Fühlinger See

Onstage: Luciano, Toots & The Maytals, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, Andrew Tosh, Ziggy Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Joy Denalane, Culcha Candela & Band, Patrice & Shashamani Band, Orishas, Jan Delay, Chico, Lord Kossity, I Wayne, Morgan Heritage, and many more. Tickets: Three-day ticket 74 euros; 5 euros for camping.

Wacken Open Air, Aug. 3-5, Schleswig Holstein, six miles north of Itzehoe and 30 miles northwest of Hamburg.

Onstage: Opeth, Arch Enemy, Born From Pain, Whitesnake, Mötorhead, The Dogma, Fear Factory, Six Feet Under, Soulfly, Soilwork, Subway to Sally, Scorpions, Wintersun, and more. Tickets: Two-day ticket 66 euros, 3-day ticket 79 euros, Aug. 3 single day ticket 40 euros.

Taubertal Open Air, Aug. 11-13, Rothenburg ob der Tauber.

Onstage: includes Bloodhound Gang, Starsailor, The Subways, others. Tickets: 69 euros for a three-day ticket. Officially sold out but small quantities of tickets may be available. High Field Festival, Aug. 18-20, Stausee Hohenfelden, near Erfurt Onstage: Beatsteaks, Kaiser Chiefs, Kettcar, Broken Social Scene, Danko Jones, Eagles of Death Metal, Fettes Brot, Gentleman & Far East Band, Mando Diao, Massive Attack, Panic! At the Disco, Revolverhead, Sportfreunde Stiller, The Dresden Dolls, Wolfmother, others. Tickets: Festival pass valid for all three days is 84 euros.

Chiemsee Reggae 2006, Aug. 25, übersee-Festival Gelände.

Onstage: Seeed, Mono & Nikitaman, Burning Spear, Apache Indian, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Eek-A-Mouse, Concrete Jungle, Dub Incorporation, Culcha Candela, Steel Pulse, La Vela Puerca, Joy Denalane, others. Tickets: 81 euros.

HUNGARYSziget Festival, Aug. 9-16, Obudai Island, Budapest.

Onstage: Beatsteaks, Franz Ferdinand, Gentleman, Jovanotti, Ministry, Placebo, Radiohead, Rasmus, Scissor Sisters, Therapy?, dEUS and others. Tickets: Festival pass and camping tickets cost approximately 120 euros; 99 euros if not camping. Single-day tickets 24 euros.

ITALYRototom Sunsplash, European Reggae Festival July 7-15, Osoppo.

Onstage: Bushman, Junior Kelly, Jamaica All-Stars, Andrew Tosh, Luciano, Burning Spear, Alpha Blondy, I-Wayne, Soothsayers, Africa Unite, Ky-Mani Marley, Groundation, Smoke, Toots and the Maytals, Morgan Heritage, Steel Pulse, Cocoa Tea, Eek-A-Mouse, Jah Mali, Nucleus roots, many others. Tickets: 70-140 euros.

Flippaut, July 21-22, Milan-Idroscalo and Bologna.

Onstage: Fatboy Slim, Massive Attack, Gotan Project, George Clinton Parliament/Funkadelic, Paul Weller, Happy Mondays, David Holmes and others. Tickets: 46-69 euros.

THE NETHERLANDSBospop Festival, July 7-9, Sportpark Boshoven, Weert.

Onstage: The Charlatans, Sting, Nada Surf, Living Colour, Daize Shayne, Popa Chubby, Beth Hart, Stream of Passion, Starsailor, Anouk, Alan Parsons Live Project, Simple Minds, Cockney Rebel & Steve Harley, Gov't Mule, Joe Jackson, The Tragically Hip, Roxy Music, The Waterboys, Simply Red, others. Tickets: 45 euros Friday, 50 euros Saturday and Sunday each day, 90 euros Saturday and Sunday, 125 euros all three days.

NORWAYQuart Festival, July 4-8, Kristiansand, southern Norway.

Onstage: Depeche Mode, Tool, Placebo, Opeth, Kanye West, Muse, Pharrell, Arctic Monkeys, Blindside, Bonk, Bugz in the Attic, Wolfmother, Torch, We are Scientists, Kelis, Leela James, Sway, The Raconteurs, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, Death Cab For Cutie, Infadels, Coheed and Cambria, Rufus Wainwright, Pharrell, Flogging Molly, others. Tickets: 470-535 Norwegian kroner ($77-$88) for single day passes; festival pass 1,685 kroner ($276).

SERBIA ExitFestival, July 6-9, Novi Sad.

Onstage: Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand, The Cardigans, Billy Idol, The Cult, Pet Shop Boys, H.I.M., Madball, Moonspell, others. Tickets: about 74 euros. Camping passes sold separately.

SPAINFestival Internacional de Benecassim (F.I.B.), July 20-23, Benacassim.

Onstage: Morrissey, Pixies, Placebo, Coldcut, Depeche Mode, d'EUS, Echo and The Bunnymen, Editors, Franz Ferdinand, The Futureheads, Green Velvet, The Cooks, Madness, Morning Runner, Nada Surf, The Rakes, Rufus Wainwright, Scissor Sisters, She Wants Revenge, The Strokes, We Are Scientists, others. Tickets: All multi-day passes sold out, but single-day passes available for 70 to 80 euros.

SWITZERLANDOpen-Air St. Gallen, June 30-July 2.

Onstage: Korn, Franz Ferdinand, Massive Attack, Deftones, Eels, Maxïmo Park, Boysetsfire, Lovebugs, Editors, Wolfmother, Coheed & Cambria, Franz Ferdinand, Tomte, Korn, Damien “Jr. Gong” Marley, Boss Hoss, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, Fettes Brot, Kettcar, The Kooks, others. Tickets: 151 Swiss francs (about $130) or 100 euros for a three-day pass; single-day tickets also available.

Gurtenfestival, July 13-16, Gurten.

Onstage: Kaizers Orchestra, David Gray, James Blunt, We Are Scientists, Wir Sind Helden, Skin, Savier Naidoo, Editors, Flogging Molly, Sportfreunde Stiller, Jamie Cullum, Billy Idol, Fettes Brot, Reamonn, others. Tickets: 69 Swiss francs (about $56) for a single-day pass or 189 Swiss francs for all days.

Open-Air Tufertschwill, Aug. 18-20, Lütisburg.

Onstage: Span, Dr. Feelgood, Thunder, BAP, Status Quo, Juli, Jamiroquai, Scooter, Tokio Hotel, DJ BoBo. Tickets: One-day tickets 70-85 Swiss francs ($57-$70); three-day pass 155 francs.

UNITED KINGDOMV Festival, Aug. 19-20, Chelmsford (Hylands Park) and Staffordshire (Weston Park)

Onstage: Radiohead, more.Tickets: Sold out.

The Carling Weekend Reading Festival and The Carling Weekend Leeds Festival, Aug. 25-27, Richfield Avenue, Reading, Berkshire & Bramham Park, Leeds.

Onstage: Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs, Audioslave, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Belle & Sebastian, Muse, Artic Monkeys, The Streets, Feeder, Pearl Jam, Placebo, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, The Subways, Panic! At the Disco, Slayer, Dirty Pretty Things, Wolfmother, Flogging Molly, The Cribs, Bullet For My Valentine, Taking Back Sunday, Killswitch Engage, Story of the Year, Mastodon, others. Tickets: All-days passes sold out; some single-day passes still available for 60 pounds (about $112) plus fees, not including camping.

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