Four High-End Summer Music Festivals for Sophisticated Music Lovers
These concerts are for those who don’t want to camp in the dirt to see the summer’s top performances…

“Summertime, and the livin’ is easy,” goes the lyric by consummate composer George Gershwin, a sentiment especially true when sun-soaked days and warm nights can be counted off by the melodic beats of a live concert. With their popularity at a high note, multiday performances once associated with the mud and mayhem of Yasgur’s farm and Woodstock have now become mainstream affairs, many with a far more sophisticated air.
In preparation for the season, here are four sophisticated summer music festivals—each a confluence of artists creating a sonic landscape as beautiful as their natural backdrop.