2027 festival calendar: 10 major festivals with confirmed dates
Ten of the big festivals of summer 2027 have announced their dates. The calendar opens with Coachella in April and closes with Sziget in August. The dates below were checked against the festivals’ official sites and announcements in November 2026.
A festival abroad used to be a plan you talked about the summer before. Now some of the big festivals put tickets on sale the autumn before, and some sell out before summer. If you are thinking of going as a group, the time to decide comes long before the festival.
10 festivals with confirmed dates
1. Coachella
Dates: 9-11 and 16-18 April
Location: Indio, California, USA
Two separate weekends.
2. Primavera Sound
Dates: 3-5 June
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Free opening and closing days in the city around the main days.
3. Rock am Ring
Dates: 4-6 June
Location: Nürburgring, Germany
Mostly rock and metal.
4. Download
Dates: 9-13 June
Location: Donington Park, UK
Mostly rock and metal.
5. Hellfest
Dates: 17-20 June
Location: Clisson, France
Mostly metal, four days.
6. Glastonbury
Dates: 23-27 June
Location: Pilton, Somerset, UK
2027 tickets have sold out.
7. Roskilde
Dates: 26 June - 3 July
Location: Roskilde, Denmark
A festival that runs for eight days.
8. Rock Werchter
Dates: 1-4 July
Location: Werchter, Belgium
Four days.
9. Lollapalooza Berlin
Dates: 17-18 July
Location: Berlin, Germany
Two days.
10. Sziget
Dates: 10-14 August
Location: Budapest, Hungary
On an island in the Danube, five days.
Why some are missing
Tomorrowland: its 2027 dates could not be officially confirmed when this post was written. The Belgian festival announced its 2026 dates in December 2025.
Rock in Rio: the Rio de Janeiro festival will not take place in 2027. The next edition is in September 2028.
Festivals in Türkiye: as of November 2026, none has announced 2027 dates. In Türkiye festival dates are usually announced two to four months before the season. Follow brands on innclude and you hear about their new events.
Before heading abroad with your group
Settle the group first. Who is definitely coming, and who is saying "let’s see"? Getting that answer before tickets go on sale is the easiest way not to miss the first-phase price.
Think about visas and passports as early as tickets. Depending on the country you may need a visa, and appointments get harder to find as summer approaches. Check that your passport is valid for long enough too.
Buy from the festival’s official site or the sales channel it announces. At sold-out festivals there is no guarantee that a second-hand ticket will work at the gate.
Sort accommodation together with the ticket. Hotel prices in the city go up in festival week. At festivals with a campsite, camping tickets are often sold separately.
Budget line by line. The list covers the ticket, flights, accommodation, local transport, food and drink. Exchange rates move, so work out the total in the currency the ticket is sold in.
For the rest of your preparation, see our festival preparation guide.
