Music Festival Guide 2016: How to Score Tickets and Travel for the Summer's Biggest Festival Events

The summer also boasts a handful of cost-efficient experiences for fans around the country, namely Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, Electric Zoo in New York City, and Panorama Festival, which will make its New York City debut this July.
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With a handful of this summer's biggest festival events already in the books, many of the remaining top festivals are yet to come, with sold-out general admission passes and pricey airfare. TiqIQ and Priceline have teamed up to create the definitive guide for what it will cost to attend, and get to, festivals like Lollapalooza, Panorama, Desert Trip and more.

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Without question, this year's biggest festival highlight will be the newly-announced Desert Trip Festival which is set to take place across two weekends in October. Not only will the festival feature the biggest names in music history like Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, and The Rolling Stones, the festival offers longtime fans a chance to experience their historical longevity in a larger-than-life way. The "trip" however, will not be cheap. Fans looking to make the trek the Indio, California location will have to pay a hefty price, as the all-in cost of the experience is running upwards of $2,618 in total. The cheapest pass for either weekend is priced at $1,400, and the price tag isn't expected to get much cheaper.

Regardless, the summer also boasts a handful of cost-efficient experiences for fans around the country, namely Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, Electric Zoo in New York City, and Panorama Festival, which will make its New York City debut this July. All three festivals offer a jam-packed music weekend for an all-inclusive experience that will cost each attendee less than a grand. Electric Zoo is the cheapest festival experience of them all, as the all-in cost for a trip to see the top EDM acts in the world comes in at about $650.

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