Creamfields — festival guide
Daresbury, United Kingdom21–24 Aug 2027 · 4 days306 days to go
This edition has already taken place. The guide stays online as a record of what Creamfields programmed and where it was held — dates for the next edition appear here as soon as the organiser confirms them.
At a glance
- Dates
- 21–24 Aug 2027 (4 days)
- Location
- Daresbury, United Kingdom
- Sound
- EDM · House · Drum & Bass
- Crowd
- around 70,000 people
- Nearest airport
- MAN
- Nearest station
- Runcorn East
- Line-up announced
- 4 artists so far
The story
Creamfields is a 4-day edm, house, drum & bass festival at Daresbury, United Kingdom. The August 2027 edition runs 21–24 Aug 2027. It draws around 70,000 people.
Announced so far: Chase & Status, Eric Prydz, Martin Garrix and Sonny Fodera. Expect stages split between EDM, House and Drum & Bass. The line-up is spread across the 4 festival days, so a full-weekend ticket is the only way to catch every name.
At around 70,000 attendees it sits in the mid-to-large bracket — big stages and big production, but still walkable end to end. Daresbury 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.
Creamfields keeps the same calendar slot each year: August 2027 for this edition, opening on a Saturday and closing on a Tuesday. It is a high-summer date, which is peak season for both travel and accommodation across the region. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in Daresbury 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.
- Steel Yard arena
- Four-day camping
- Massive D&B presence
What the trip costs from Paris
Ticket from
not on sale yet
Return transport
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Place to stay
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Total door to door
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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.
See every ticket tier and travel option →Planning the trip, step by step
- 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Creamfields 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 5 nights rather than 4: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
- 4If you fly into MAN, check the transfer time to Daresbury before booking the earliest departure — the airport bus is usually the cheapest leg of the whole trip.
- 5Follow Creamfields on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.
Line-up, day by day
Day 1 — Saturday 21 August
Chase & Status
Day 2 — Sunday 22 August
Eric Prydz
Day 3 — Monday 23 August
Martin Garrix
Day 4 — Tuesday 24 August
Sonny Fodera
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 Creamfields 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
21–24 Aug 2026 (approx.)
Regulars: Chase & Status, Eric Prydz, Martin Garrix
2025
21–24 Aug 2025 (approx.)
Regulars: Eric Prydz, Martin Garrix, Sonny Fodera
2024
21–24 Aug 2024 (approx.)
Regulars: Martin Garrix, Sonny Fodera
Travel tips from Paris
- Fly into MAN, the closest airport to the site.
- Rail arrivals come through Runcorn East; shuttles usually run from there.
- Book a bed in Daresbury early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.