50 Best Festival Crowd Songs for IG Reels & Stories

Best Songs for Festival Reels and Stories

There’s a certain hum that builds before a festival crowd hits its stride. It’s restless and a little raw, like everyone’s holding their breath in the heat and dust before the first big drop rattles through the speakers. You’re jammed shoulder to shoulder, the sky turning pink or gray, someone’s glitter melting off, and then a song cuts through. Not necessarily the one you expected, but the one that makes the whole thing click for a second. These tracks catch that split moment where chaos and euphoria blur together, the kind of energy you can’t bottle but can flash on your feed for a few seconds before it fades back into noise.

Nobody’s pulling off a flawless highlight reel in real time. It’s spilled drinks, half-lost friends, a chorus that everyone knows only halfway, the crowd moving like one shaky organism under the lights. And then somewhere in that mess, someone’s phone goes up while a beat drops hard enough to make even the most stubborn wallflowers move. These picks include pop, rock, country, and R&B songs, with some tracks that may not literally be tied to festivals but still feel like they were built to soundtrack that sweaty, electric rush. It’s less about lyrics and more about the pulse that makes strangers sing like they’ve known each other for years.

Some nights tilt toward pure joy, others spiral into weirdness that only makes sense in hindsight. These songs hold that mix of wild and fleeting, perfect for looping into a Reel or Story before the moment slips away. Here are the best festival crowd songs for Instagram reels and stories.

1. 'Blinding Lights' by The Weeknd

2. 'Levels' by Avicii

3. 'Sweet Nothing' by Calvin Harris with Florence Welch

4. 'Mr. Brightside' by The Killers

5. 'Cold Heart' by Elton John and Dua Lipa

6. 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)' by Whitney Houston

7. 'Radioactive' by Imagine Dragons

8. 'Feel So Close' by Calvin Harris

9. 'Uptown Funk' by Mark Ronson with Bruno Mars

10. 'Don't Stop Believin'' by Journey

11. 'Titanium' by David Guetta with Sia

12. 'Dog Days Are Over' by Florence + The Machine

13. 'Dancing On My Own' by Robyn

14. 'Good as Hell' by Lizzo

15. 'Pump Up the Jam' by Technotronic

16. 'The Less I Know The Better' by Tame Impala

17. 'Crazy in Love' by Beyoncé with Jay-Z

18. 'Wake Me Up' by Avicii

19. 'One More Time' by Daft Punk

20. 'Somebody Told Me' by The Killers

21. 'We Found Love' by Calvin Harris with Rihanna

22. 'Gimme More' by Britney Spears

23. 'Levitating' by Dua Lipa

24. 'Thunderstruck' by AC/DC

25. 'Humble.' by Kendrick Lamar

26. 'I Gotta Feeling' by The Black Eyed Peas

27. 'Heat Waves' by Glass Animals

28. 'Mr. Brightside' by The Killers

29. 'Rolling in the Deep' by Adele

30. 'Feel It Still' by Portugal. The Man

31. 'Walking on a Dream' by Empire of the Sun

32. 'No One Knows' by Queens of the Stone Age

33. 'Born This Way' by Lady Gaga

34. 'All the Small Things' by Blink-182

35. 'Don't You Worry Child' by Swedish House Mafia with John Martin

36. 'Hey Ya!' by OutKast

37. 'September' by Earth, Wind & Fire

38. 'We Will Rock You' by Queen

39. 'Wonderwall' by Oasis

40. 'Closer' by The Chainsmokers with Halsey

41. 'Starlight' by Muse

42. 'Go Your Own Way' by Fleetwood Mac

43. 'Dreams' by Fleetwood Mac

44. 'Take Me Away' by Rooler, Sickmode and Paul Elstak

45. 'Can't Hold Us' by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Ray Dalton

46. 'All Star' by Smash Mouth

47. 'Mr. Jones' by Counting Crows

48. 'Let Her Go' by Passenger

49. 'Sweet Caroline' by Neil Diamond

50. 'I'm a Believer' by The Monkees