Keeping track of all the music festivals out there isn't easy.  Attending the ones with your favorite bands, your best friends, and during a time when your available and have spending money is even more difficult.  This is why I have created this festival guide that will help you plan out your next music festival.

10,000 Lakes Festival - Detroit Lakes, Minnesota - Next Date (July 22-25, 2009)

This four-day festival has over 50 bands and 5 stages. The concert promoters sell music only tickets, music and camping tickets, and VIP music and camping tickets. Single-day tickets are also available, but the greatest value comes in purchasing the 4 day ticket for only 45 dollars more. This years headliners include: Dave Matthews Band, Wilco, and Widespread Panic.

The Bamboozle - Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey - Next Date (TBD)

This two-day festival started in 2003 and has expanded to another venue in California called The Bamboozle Left. This years performers included: Boys Like Girls, Cartel, Cobra Starship, Hollywood Undead, Kid Cudi, Metro Station, New Found Glory, No Doubt, Sum 41, and many more.

Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival - Manchester, Tennessee - Next Date (June 2010)

This four-day festival continues to grow each and every year. From June 11-14, over 100 bands performed, with many non-musical celebrities making appearances as well. This years headliners included: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Phish, Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails, Snoop Dogg, and much more.

Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival - Indio, California - Next Date (TBA)

This three-day festival is one of the most well-known in the nation. Over 100 bands play during this April festival. This years headliners included Paul McCartney, The Killers, The Cure, Franz Ferdinand, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Family Values Tour - Nationwide - Varied Dates

The Family Values Tour was founded by Korn and caters to fans of rock, metal, rap, and punk music. There have been five tours ('98, '99, '01, '06, and '07). Performers over recent years have included: Stone Temple Pilots, Linkin Park, Puddle of Mudd, Staind, Stone Sour, Flyleaf, Evanescence, Atreyu, and much more. Korn headlines the entire tour. Although the Family Values Tour is not scheduled for this year, it is expected to return for the summer of 2010.

Lollapalooza - Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois - Next Date (August 7-9, 2009)

Lollapalooza is a three-day festival that boasts over 100 bands. The genres represented the most in this festival are: alternative rock, hip hop, and punk rock. Single day tickets are $80, while three-day passes are between $175 and $205, depending on when you purchase them. The headliners for this years festival include: Depeche Mode, Tool, The Killers, Kings of Leon, Beastie Boys, Janes Addiction, and more.

Ozzfest - Nationwide - Next Date (TBD)

This nationwide festival that caters to hard rock and heavy metal fans has seen a lot of changes in the past few years. In 2007 Ozzy Osbourne announced that all tour dates would be completely free. The following year the nationwide festival was reduced to a one-day event in Frisco, Texas. This year the festival has been cancelled while Ozzy Osbourne works on a new album. In 2010 Ozzfest should return to showcase artists such as: Metallica, Sevendust, Korn, Drowning Pool, Static-X, System of a Down, Disturbed, Slipknot, and much more.

Projekt Revolution - Nationwide - Varied Dates

This music festival hosted by Linkin Park has been going off and on since 2002. The genres represented in this festival are: nu metal, hip hop, and alternative rock. Performers have included: Cypress Hill, Mudvayne, Xzibit, Korn, Snoop Dogg, The Used, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, HIM, Chris Cornell, The Bravery, and many more. No tour dates have been listed for this year, but they usually correspond with new album releases for Linkin Park.

Rock Fest - Cadott, Wisconsin - Next Date (July 2010)

This rock festival in North Central Wisconsin boasts a great line-up of rock bands over four days. This years July 16-19 festival had 17 bands perform including: Saving Abel, Saliva, Lifehouse, Seether, Barenaked Ladies, Hoobastank, Judas Priest, Journey, Shinedown, Buckcherry, Korn, and several more. Campsites are located on the festival grounds so that you can immerse yourself in this four-day event.

Rock on the Range - Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio - Next Date (May 2010)

This rock festival has been running for 3 years now and has been growing each and every year. Initially a one-day event, the festival now encompasses two days of music and this year added a Rock on the Range Canada, for those in the Winnipeg, Manitoba area. Concert perfomers in the past have included: Papa Roach, Chevelle, Three Days Grace, ZZ Top, Stone Temple Pilots, Slipknot, Evanescence, and much more.

Summerfest - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Next Date (June/July 2010)

This is the worlds largest music festival. The recent 2009 festival took place over 11 days, with 11 stages, and over 700 bands. Headliners for this years festival included: Bon Jovi, Rise Against, Keith Urban, The Offspring, Kiss, Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Chicago, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, No Doubt, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and much more.

Sonshine Festival - Willmar, Minnesota - Next Date (July 2010)

This four-day festival takes place during the second weekend of July. Sonshine Festival is a Christian Music Festival. Prices for this festival are very reasonable with this years first day being free, with the full event cost between 65 and 85 dollars, depending on the time of purchase. This years perfomers included: Switchfoot, Relient K, Skillet, Thousand Foot Krutch, As I Lay Dying and many more.

Warped Tour - Nationwide - Varied Dates

This summer long punk rock, ska, and hip-hop festival started in 1995 and has been rocking out ever since. Over 100 bands are playing during this years Warped Tour, although most bands you probaly have never heard of. Performers from recent years have included: Gym Class Heroes, Story of the Year, Paramore, 30 Seconds to Mars, The Offspring, New Found Glory, Sum 41, and many more.

WE Fest - Detroit Lakes, Minnesota - Next Date (August 6-8, 2009)

This three-day festival is one of the biggest country music festivals in the nation. Some of the biggest country singers perform each an every year. Tickets typically sell-out fast, so if you plan on attending this festival purchase your tickets well in advance. This years performers include: Toby Keith, Brooks & Dunn, Tim McGraw, Trace Adkins, Taylor Swift, Big & Rich, Kelly Pickler, and more.