Gig-tripping (that is, planning your holiday around a – you guessed it – gig) is not exactly a new phenomenon, but is instead proving to be a continuing trend of how we plan our holidays. Not only does planning a break around an event like seeing your favourite band instill the motivation you need to actually book, but it might well take you to cool, weird, and underrated places that you won’t have otherwise considered visiting.
In a brand new report published by travel search engine KAYAK, it seems that 44 percent of Gen Z plan on travelling for a music event this year. With that in mind, Time Out has compiled a list of all the most anticipated gigs, tours, and music events taking place across the world in 2026, which you most definitely should be travelling for.
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Liv Kelly is Time Out’s travel writer. At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines. This guide includes affiliate links, which have no influence on our editorial content. For more information, see our affiliate guidelines.