Bloc — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

1–3 Jan 2027 (3 days)

Location

The Cause, London, United Kingdom

Sound

Electronic · House · Techno

Crowd

around 2,100 people

Tickets

€27 · 1 tier tracked

Nearest airport

London City Airport

Nearest station

Harringay Green Lanes

Venue type

Urban venue

Best nearby base

London · 0 km · about 10 min

On-site camping

Not listed

Line-up announced

11 artists so far

The story

Bloc is a reunion festival taking place at The Cause in London on March 6, 2027. Originally founded in 2007, the festival is known for its innovative programming and previously took place in a Norfolk holiday park. This comeback celebrates ten years since its last event in 2016, featuring a variety of artists from the electronic music scene.

Bloc is a 3-day electronic, house, techno festival at The Cause in London, United Kingdom. The January 2027 edition runs 1–3 Jan 2027. It draws around 2,100 people.

Announced so far: Jeff Mills, British Murder Boys, Egyptian Lover, Lakuti, Tama Sumo, DJ Storm, Leftfield and Miss Djax and 3 more. Expect stages split between Electronic, House and Techno. The line-up is spread across the 3 festival days, so a full-weekend ticket is the only way to catch every name.

At around 2,100 attendees it stays on the intimate side, which usually means shorter bar queues and a crowd that is there for the music rather than the spectacle. Everything happens at The Cause, in London. London · 0 km · about 10 min is the organiser's practical nearby base for accommodation and transfers to the festival site.

Bloc keeps the same calendar slot each year: January 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 London 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.

• TBA full lineup including Jeff Mills, British Murder Boys, and Egyptian Lover
• Location: The Cause, London
• Founded in 2007, last festival was in 2016
• Noted for forward-thinking programming

Venue, camping & access

Venue type

Urban venue

Best nearby base

London · 0 km · about 10 min

Camping

No on-site camping is listed by the organiser.

Getting to the gates

Reachable by public transport and taxi.

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to Bloc works out at roughly €447 per person on the cheapest combination we track — a mid-priced weekend by the standards of our index.

The ticket is only 6% 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 28m each way, at €48 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Bloc 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 4 nights rather than 3: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4If you fly into London City Airport, check the transfer time to London before booking the earliest departure — the airport bus is usually the cheapest leg of the whole trip.
5. 5Follow Bloc on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Line-up, day by day

• Day 1 — Friday 1 January

  Jeff Mills, Lakuti, Leftfield, Surgeon

• Day 2 — Saturday 2 January

  British Murder Boys, Tama Sumo, Miss Djax, Tasha

• Day 3 — Sunday 3 January

  Egyptian Lover, DJ Storm, Regis

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.

• 2026

  1–3 Jan 2026 (approx.)

  Regulars: Jeff Mills, British Murder Boys, Egyptian Lover

• 2025

  1–3 Jan 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: British Murder Boys, Egyptian Lover, Lakuti

• 2024

  1–3 Jan 2024 (approx.)

  Regulars: Egyptian Lover, Lakuti, Tama Sumo

Travel tips from Paris

• Fly into London City Airport, the closest airport to the site.
• Rail arrivals come through Harringay Green Lanes; shuttles usually run from there.
• The site itself is The Cause, in London.
• Reachable by public transport and taxi.
• Book a bed in London early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• bus6h 28m · €48
• car5h 18m · €104
• train4h 3m · €125