A State Of Trance Festival — festival guide
Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands26–28 Feb 2027 · 3 days130 days to go
At a glance
- Dates
- 26–28 Feb 2027 (3 days)
- Location
- Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Sound
- Trance · Electronic
- Crowd
- around 40,000 people
- Tickets
- €117 · 1 tier tracked
- Nearest airport
- Rotterdam The Hague Airport
- Nearest station
- Rotterdam Centraal
- Venue type
- Arena or stadium
- Best nearby base
- Rotterdam · 5 km · about 15 min
- On-site camping
- Not listed
The story
A State of Trance Festival 2027 is a two-day indoor event taking place on February 26th and 27th at Rotterdam Ahoy in the Netherlands. This festival, led by Armin van Buuren, regularly attracts over 40,000 attendees from more than 90 countries, showcasing various electronic music styles. Attendees can expect impressive production and multiple stages featuring notable international acts. This event is strictly for those aged 18 and above.
A State Of Trance Festival is a 3-day trance, electronic festival at Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The February 2027 edition runs 26–28 Feb 2027. It draws around 40,000 people.
Expect stages split between Trance and Electronic.
At around 40,000 attendees it sits in the mid-to-large bracket — big stages and big production, but still walkable end to end. Everything happens at Ahoy, in Rotterdam. Rotterdam · 5 km · about 15 min is the organiser's practical nearby base for accommodation and transfers to the festival site.
A State Of Trance Festival keeps the same calendar slot each year: February 2027 for this edition, opening on a Friday and closing on a Sunday. It is a winter date, so indoor stages and a warm place to sleep matter more than they would in July — and off-season travel is often cheaper. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in Rotterdam are priced for the festival weekend, not the week around it, so shifting your arrival by a day often saves more than any ticket tier does.
- Two-day festival
- Location: Rotterdam Ahoy, Netherlands
- Expected attendance: 40,000+
- Featuring multiple stages curated by Armin van Buuren
- 18+ age restriction
Venue, camping & access
- Venue type
- Arena or stadium
- Best nearby base
- Rotterdam · 5 km · about 15 min
- Camping
- No on-site camping is listed by the organiser.
- Getting to the gates
- Public transport and taxi services are available to reach Rotterdam Ahoy.
What the trip costs from Paris
Ticket from
€117
Return transport
€51
bus · 6h 58m each way
Place to stay
€234
Hostel / camping · 3 nights
Total door to door
€402
Door to door from Paris, a trip to A State Of Trance Festival works out at roughly €402 per person on the cheapest combination we track — a mid-priced weekend by the standards of our index.
The ticket is only 29% of that: the rest is getting there and sleeping somewhere, which is exactly the part most ticket sites leave out.
Cheapest travel we price is bus · 6h 58m each way, at €51 return.
See every ticket tier and travel option →Planning the trip, step by step
- 1Book the ticket first: tiers at A State Of Trance Festival are sold in waves and the cheapest wave is gone long before the line-up is complete.
- 2Then price the travel from Paris — Cinderella compares train, bus, car and flight for the same dates, and the cheapest option is not always the obvious one.
- 3Reserve 4 nights rather than 3: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
- 4If you fly into Rotterdam The Hague Airport, check the transfer time to Rotterdam before booking the earliest departure — the airport bus is usually the cheapest leg of the whole trip.
- 5Follow A State Of Trance Festival on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.
Full line-up
Ordered as the poster reads it — headliners first, then most booked to least. Each name opens that artist's festival dates.
The organiser hasn't published the line-up for A State Of Trance Festival yet. It appears here — with a page for every artist — as soon as names are confirmed.
Past editions
Dates are the event's recurring calendar slot, so treat them as approximate — the organiser keeps the official archive.
2026
26–28 Feb 2026 (approx.)
2025
26–28 Feb 2025 (approx.)
2024
26–28 Feb 2024 (approx.)
Travel tips from Paris
- Fly into Rotterdam The Hague Airport, the closest airport to the site.
- Rail arrivals come through Rotterdam Centraal; shuttles usually run from there.
- The site itself is Ahoy, in Rotterdam.
- Public transport and taxi services are available to reach Rotterdam Ahoy.
- Book a bed in Rotterdam early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.
- bus6h 58m · €51
- car5h 43m · €113
- air4h 1m · €132
- train4h 18m · €133