What is the name of the fictional music festival in the Forza Horizon series?

The fictional music and racing festival in the Forza Horizon series is called the Horizon Festival. It serves as the central event around which the games’ races, showcases, music and social activities are organized.

In the original Forza Horizon, the player arrives at the festival and advances by winning events, performing stunts and building popularity. The festival is presented as a traveling celebration of car culture, with stages, DJs, showcase events and competitions spread across an open-world setting.

Although each game places the festival in a different fictionalized location, the name remains the series’ unifying idea. The first game takes place in Colorado, while later entries move to southern Europe, Australia, Great Britain and Mexico. The festival itself is fictional, even when the landscapes and cultural influences are based on real places.

Players sometimes confuse Horizon Festival with the Forza Motorsport brand or with the individual radio stations featured in the games. Those are separate parts of the series; the Horizon Festival is the in-world event that gives the spin-off its identity.