DJ Mag has a thing for polls. Between its Top 100 DJs and Top 100 Clubs polls, it has the market generally cornered. This year, the publication decided to switch things up a bit, and rather than ask its readers and followers about their favorite festivals, to ask the DJs themselves instead.
Thus the DJ Mag’s Top 50 Festivals 2019 list was conceived. Obviously, the list is still slightly weighted toward DJs who’ve been included in DJ Mag’s lists already, though it says they included “a huge list of others from right across the dance music spectrum — from house to techno, drum & bass to hardstyle — to make sure the list was as comprehensive as possible.” What you get is a list of 50 great festivals straight from the horses mouths; though, to say a DJ’s experience at a festival is comparable to that of anyone attending is a stretch at the very least.
Nevertheless, it’s interesting to look through the list and see where your own favorite festivals rank among the global scale. See below. 
1. TOMORROWLAND
2. GLASTONBURY
3. ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL
4. AWAKENINGS
5. SONÁR
6. EDC LAS VEGAS
7. EXIT FESTIVAL
8. UNTOLD
9. COACHELLA
10. DEKMANTEL
11. BURNING MAN
12. TIMEWARP
13. CREAMFIELDS
14. MOVEMENT
15. PAROOKAVILLE
16. WORLD CLUB DOME
17. LOVE INTERNATIONAL
18. OUTLOOK
19. FUSION
20. DOUR
21. LOLLAPALOOZA
22. MYSTERYLAND
23. BOOMTOWN
24. DIMENSIONS
25. SZIGET
26. MELT!
27. SUNBURN
28. 51ST STATE
29. PARKLIFE
30. KAPPA FUTURFESTIVAL
31. JUNCTION 2
32. SHAMBHALA
33. SONUS
34. ROCK IN RIO
35. DREAMBEACH
36. LOST VILLAGE
37. DEFECTED CROATIA
38. HOUGHTON
39. SUNCÉBEAT
40. SW4
41. ELECTRIC ZOO
42. LET IT ROLL
43. BALATON SOUND
44. UNSOUND
45. PRIMAVERA
46. WE ARE FSTVL
47. SUNANDBASS
48. BPM
49. HOSPITALITY IN THE PARK
50. DOMINATOR
