Fest300 Announces First Annual List Of World's Top 300 Festivals

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Fest300, the world's most comprehensive guide to the planet's best festivals, today unveiled its highly-anticipated first annual list of the 300 most-loved festivals in the world. Included are some well-known events like Rio's Carnival, Burning Man in the U.S. and Glastonbury in the U.K., plus some very unusual suspects like Spain's unique El Colacho.

View Fest300's complete 2015 list here: https://www.fest300.com/festivals

The Fest300 team deliberated over countless festivals to curate a world-class list of 300 events. The team curated 270 top-tier festivals but the final 30 were suggested by festival-goers themselves in a crowdsourced campaign held in November. There's something for everyone on the list, giving adventure seekers and music lovers alike a roadmap to fill the year ahead with some of the world's most unique experiences.

"Fest300 is the best URL to help people have an amazing IRL (In Real Life) experience. The more digital we get, the more ritual we need and festivals everywhere are experiencing huge growth in attendance. We're providing a great experience online so that people can discover the best festivals offline," said Fest300 co-founder Chip Conley.

Designed to connect people with rich experiences, Fest300 is a vibrant virtual community that fosters more in-person face time and encourages cultural curiosity. Along with expert and thoughtfully curated event lists and spotlights to help members comb through the ever-growing number of festivals around the world, Fest300 provides a platform for attendees themselves to reminisce and recommend.

Fest300 offers a telling snapshot of today's festival scene:

• You're always close to a top festival. Down south, back east, on the west coast, or somewhere in the middle, every region of the U.S. features a major event.
• The most-loved festivals are global. In fact, the Fest300 list includes best fests from every continent but Antarctica.
• We're all in this together. Unlike other best-of compilations, like the Fortune 500 and Forbes 400, Fest300 does not rank its list. Each of the 300 festivals stands on equal footing and offers the potential for connecting with a like-minded community.
• Music makes the world go round. The vast majority of the 30 top vote-getters are music festivals, underscoring people's undiminished love for experiencing music communally. However, only half of the 300 are music festivals as the list includes arts and cultural festivals, film and food festivals, health and wellness festivals, and religious pilgrimages.
• COMING IN MARCH: Pop quiz. Looking for your next adventure? Visit Fest300 to take the festival finder quiz to see what your best bet for an unforgettable experience might be.

About Fest300

Fest300, the online guide to the world's best festivals, was founded by Joie de Vivre Hospitality founder, Burning Man board member, New York Times bestselling author, and Head of Global Hospitality and Strategy at AirBnB, Chip Conley. Fest300 is about discovery and helping connect people -- with a wide spectrum of interests -- to the festival experiences that are most relevant to them. As the world grows ever more virtual people increasingly crave genuine face-to-face community and are finding it at festivals, where a shared interest can lead to transformative experiences. That's the premise of Fest300, which presents personalized information on 300 festivals around the world, from the Bali Spirit Festival to Oktoberfest to Burning Man.

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