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Mat Osman, former bassist with Suede, suggests 10 lesser-known European music festivals as alternatives to the big summer staples. Plan now without fear of missing out.

If you liked Bestival … you'll love Soundwave, Croatia. Set in a fishing village on the Dalmatian coast, Soundwave has all the quirks of a Bestival but in a far more beautiful, and sunny, setting (sorry Bestival). An inland amphitheatre for the bands, a beachside terrace for the DJs and Europe's best party boat make this one for sun-lovers. And for the real disco fans some events take place in the unreconstructed 70s glam of the circular Barbarella club.

If you liked onedotzero … you'll love Netmage, Italy. If there's one big trend for festivals in 2010 it's the combination of music and film — well, that and Mexican wrestling. Netmage doesn't have any masked marauders but it does serve up all the multimedia, post-cinema mashing-up of bands and film-makers that you'd get at the BFI's onedotzero festival but in the beautifully incongruous setting of a crumbling Renaissance building in Bologna.

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• 10/27/09
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