Balaclava Fest — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

26–27 Sept 2026 (2 days)

Location

Tokio Marine Hall, São Paulo, Brazil

Sound

Indie · Alternative Rock

Line-up announced

16 artists so far

The story

Balaclava Fest is set to take place in São Paulo, Brazil, at the Tokio Marine Hall from September 26 to September 27, 2026. This festival features a diverse lineup including artists such as Beach Fossils, DIIV, and Blonde Redhead, among others. It aims to showcase various indie and alternative music styles, creating an atmosphere filled with enthusiastic performances from both established and emerging artists.

Balaclava Fest is a 2-day indie, alternative rock festival at Tokio Marine Hall in São Paulo, Brazil. The September 2026 edition runs 26–27 Sept 2026.

Announced so far: Adorável Clichê, bar italia, Beach Fossils, Blonde Redhead, Budang, DIIV, Dry Cleaning and High Vis and 8 more. Expect stages split between Indie and Alternative Rock. The line-up is spread across the 2 festival days, so a full-weekend ticket is the only way to catch every name.

Everything happens at Tokio Marine Hall, in São Paulo. São Paulo is the base for the trip: it is where the affordable beds, the late trains and the after-parties are, and where prices climb fastest as the dates approach.

Balaclava Fest keeps the same calendar slot each year: September 2026 for this edition, opening on a Saturday and closing on a Sunday. It falls in autumn, after the summer circuit closes, when flights and rooms come back down in price. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in São Paulo 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.

• Takes place at Tokio Marine Hall in São Paulo, Brazil
• Scheduled for September 26-27, 2026
• Features artists like Beach Fossils, DIIV, and Blonde Redhead
• Offers a diverse lineup across the indie and alternative genres

What the trip costs from Paris

No ticket price is published for this edition yet, so the total below covers travel and a bed only. It updates automatically as soon as the organiser opens sales.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Balaclava Fest are sold in waves and the cheapest wave is gone long before the line-up is complete.
2. 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.
3. 3Reserve 3 nights rather than 2: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4Follow Balaclava Fest on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Line-up, day by day

• Day 1 — Saturday 26 September

  Adorável Clichê, Beach Fossils, Budang, Dry Cleaning, Liv.e (US), Pedro the Lion, Sudan Archives, Winona Riders

• Day 2 — Sunday 27 September

  bar italia, Blonde Redhead, DIIV, High Vis, Ludovic, Sharp Pins, Wednesday, Wishy

Full line-up

Ordered as the poster reads it — headliners first, then most booked to least. Each name opens that artist's festival dates.

Past editions

Dates are the event's recurring calendar slot, so treat them as approximate — the organiser keeps the official archive.

• 2025

  26–27 Sept 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: Adorável Clichê, bar italia, Beach Fossils

• 2024

  26–27 Sept 2024 (approx.)

  Regulars: bar italia, Beach Fossils, Blonde Redhead

• 2023

  26–27 Sept 2023 (approx.)

  Regulars: Beach Fossils, Blonde Redhead, Budang

Travel tips from Paris

• The site itself is Tokio Marine Hall, in São Paulo.
• Book a bed in São Paulo early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.