Closer To The Sun — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

4–8 Dec 2027 (5 days)

Location

Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya, Tulum, Mexico

Sound

Reggae · Rock

Line-up announced

18 artists so far

The story

Closer To The Sun is a music festival held from January 9-13, 2027, at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya in Puerto Aventuras, Mexico. The festival features four days and nights of music, various activities, and local excursions. It is known for its combination of reggae and rock music, focusing on an inclusive concert vacation experience.

Closer To The Sun is a 5-day reggae, rock festival at Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya in Tulum, Mexico. The December 2027 edition runs 4–8 Dec 2027.

Announced so far: Chromeo, Algorhythm, Cut Chemist & Chali 2na, Iration, Jarv, Kaleo Wassman, Lila Ike and Little Stranger and 10 more. Expect stages split between Reggae and Rock. The line-up is spread across the 5 festival days, so a full-weekend ticket is the only way to catch every name.

Everything happens at Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya, in Tulum. Tulum 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.

Closer To The Sun keeps the same calendar slot each year: December 2027 for this edition, opening on a Saturday and closing on a Wednesday. 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 Tulum 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.

• All Ages event
• Multiple on-site activities and excursions
• Takes place at Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya
• 5-day duration

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to Closer To The Sun works out at roughly €1,199 per person on the cheapest combination we track — a higher-budget weekend, mostly because of the travel leg.

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.

Cheapest travel we price is air · 15h 3m each way, at €1,019 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Closer To The Sun 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 6 nights rather than 5: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4Follow Closer To The Sun on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Line-up, day by day

• Day 1 — Saturday 4 December

  Chromeo, Kaleo Wassman, SOJA, Tribal Seeds

• Day 2 — Sunday 5 December

  Algorhythm, Lila Ike, Stick Figure, Wiz Khalifa

• Day 3 — Monday 6 December

  Cut Chemist & Chali 2na, Little Stranger, Surfer Girl, Z-Trip

• Day 4 — Tuesday 7 December

  Iration, Logan Rex, The Hip Abduction

• Day 5 — Wednesday 8 December

  Jarv, Slightly Stoopid, The Movement

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

  4–8 Dec 2026 (approx.)

  Regulars: Chromeo, Algorhythm, Cut Chemist & Chali 2na

• 2025

  4–8 Dec 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: Algorhythm, Cut Chemist & Chali 2na, Iration

• 2024

  4–8 Dec 2024 (approx.)

  Regulars: Cut Chemist & Chali 2na, Iration, Jarv

Travel tips from Paris

• The site itself is Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya, in Tulum.
• Book a bed in Tulum early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• air15h 3m · €1,019