Festival Appearances
Below are listed all of the appearances by U2 at events labeled Festivals.
Festival Dates (Full Band)
- 1978-08-05: Free Peace Festival Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland
- 1979-02-17: Dark Space Festival Project Arts Centre, Dublin, Ireland
- 1979-06-30: Clondalkin Rocks Festival Clondalkin Community Centre, Clondalkin, Ireland
- 1980-03-19: A Sense of Ireland Festival Acklam Hall, London, England
- 1980-06-28: Clondalkin Family Festival Wheatfield, Clondalkin, Ireland
- 1980-07-27: Dublin Festival 1980 Leixlip Castle, Leixlip, Ireland
- 1980-08-15: Gorey Arts Festival Theatre Hall, Gorey, Wexford, Ireland
- 1980-09-13: Futurama 2 Festival Queen's Hall, Leeds, England
- 1981-06-08: Pinkpop Festival Sportpark, Geleen, Netherlands
- 1981-08-16: Slane Festival Slane Castle, Slane, Ireland
- 1981-08-29: Rock on the Tyne Festival Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead, England
- 1981-08-30: Greenbelt Arts and Music Festival Odell Castle, Odell, England
- 1981-08-31: Edinburgh Rock Festival Coasters, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1982-07-02: Roskilde Music Festival Roskilde Festival Site, Roskilde, Denmark
- 1982-07-04: Rock Werchter Festival Rock Werchter Festival Grounds, Werchter, Belgium
- 1982-07-17: Inner City Looking On Festival Community Centre, Sheriff Street, Dublin, Ireland
- 1982-07-18: Hot Press Festival Punchestown Racecourse, Naas, Ireland
- 1982-07-31: Rock on the Tyne Festival Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead, England
- 1982-08-03: Vilar de Mouros Festival Vilar de Mouros, Caminha, Portugal
- 1982-08-07: Ruisrock Festival Ruisrock Festival, Turku, Finland
- 1983-04-23: The Carolina Concert For Children Kenan Memorial Stadium, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- 1983-05-07: Celebration Festival Between Dutch and Indian Quads, State University Of New York, Albany, NY, USA
- 1983-05-30: The US Festival Glen Helen Regional Park, Devore, CA
- 1983-07-02: Torhout Music Festival Festival Grounds, Torhout, Belgium
- 1983-07-03: Rock Werchter Festival Rock Werchter Festival Grounds, Werchter, Belgium
- 1983-08-20: Rockpalast Music Festival Lorelei Amphitheater, St. Goarshausen, Germany
- 1983-08-21: Kalvoya Festival Kalvøyafestivalen, Oslo, Norway
- 1983-12-18: The Big One Festival Apollo Victoria Theatre, London, England
- 1984-11-21: RockPop in Concert Festival Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
- 1985-05-25: Rock Am Ring Festival Nurburgring Racecourse, Adenau, Germany
- 1985-05-26: Rock in Stuttgart Festival Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, Germany
- 1985-05-27: Rock in Münster Festival Freigelaende Halle Muensterland, Muenster, Germany
- 1985-06-01: Rock in Basel Festival St. Jakob Stadium, Basel, Switzerland
- 1985-06-22: The Longest Day Festival Milton Keynes Bowl, Milton Keynes, England
- 1985-07-06: Rock Torhout Music Festival Festival Grounds, Torhout, Belgium
- 1985-07-07: Rock Werchter Festival Rock Werchter Festival Grounds, Werchter, Belgium
- 1985-07-13: Live Aid Concert Wembley Stadium, London, England
- 1985-08-25: Lark By the Lee Festival Lee Fields, Cork, Ireland
- 1986-05-17: SelfAid Festival Royal Dublin Society Showgrounds, Dublin, Ireland
- 1997-06-07: Tibetan Freedom Festival Downing Stadium, Randall's Island, New York, New York
- 2001-08-25: Slane Festival Slane Castle, Slane, Ireland
- 2001-09-01: Slane Festival Slane Castle, Slane, Ireland
- 2005-07-02: Live 8 Festival Hyde Park, London, England
- 2007-05-20: Cannes Film Festival Grand Théâtre Lumière , Cannes, France
- 2011-06-24: Glastonbury Festival Glastonbury (Pilton Farm), Pilton, England, United Kingdom
- 2011-07-30: Magnetic Hill Music Festival Magnetic Hill, Moncton, NB, Canada
- 2016-09-23: iHeartRadio Music Festival T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV, USA
- 2017-06-09: Bonnaroo Festival Bonnaroo Festival, Great Stage Park, Manchester, TN, USA
Festival Dates (Solo Appearances)
- 1978-11-22: Dublin Punk Festival (Bono and Edge) St. Anthony's Hall, Dublin, Ireland
- 1984-07-08: Slane Festival (Bono) Slane Castle, Slane, Ireland
- 1989-06-17: Glastonbury Festival (Adam Clayton) Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, England
- 1993-01-31: Festival Against Racism (Bono, Edge) Thalia Theater, Hamburg, Germany
- 1999-07-16: Nice Jazz Festival (Bono) Cimiez Gardens, Nice, France
- 2000-02-26: San Remo Music Festival (Bono, Edge) Teatro Ariston, San Remo, Italy
- 2005-07-06: Live 8 Concert (Bono) Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 2007-06-07: Deine Stimme gegen Armut (Bono) IGA Park, Rostock, Germany
- 2010-06-26: Glastonbury Festival (The Edge) Glastonbury (Worthy Farm), Pilton, England, United Kingdom
- 2012-01-13: Festival au Desert (Bono) Festival au Desert, Timbuktu, Mali
- 2015-06-21: British Summer Time 2015 Festival (The Edge) Hyde Park, London, England, United Kingdom
- 2016-07-01: Starmus Festival (Bono and Edge) Starmus Festival, Arona, Spain
- 2022-10-07: The New Yorker Festival (Bono) New York, NY, USA, The New York Society for Ethical Culture
- 2022-10-16: Cheltenham Literature Festival (Bono) The Times and Sunday Times Tent, Montpellier Gardens, Cheltenham, England
- 2023-08-11: Sarajevo Film Festival National Theatre, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina