CTM Festival — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

1–5 Jan 2027 (5 days)

Location

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Sound

Electronic

Tickets

€50 – €150 · 4 tiers tracked

Nearest airport

Berlin Tegel Airport

Venue type

Urban venue

Best nearby base

Berlin · 0 km · about 0 min

On-site camping

Not listed

Line-up announced

11 artists so far

The story

CTM Festival is a multi-venue electronic music event held annually in Berlin, Germany, with its 28th edition scheduled from January 22 to 31, 2027. The festival encourages exploration of the theme 'Process...ing', examining the various interpretations of process within music and art. It features a diverse lineup of artists, and aims to shape independent electronic music communities through various programming formats.

CTM Festival is a 5-day electronic festival at Berlin in Berlin, Germany. The January 2027 edition runs 1–5 Jan 2027.

Announced so far: Modeselektor, Dis Fig, Kabeaushé, Kontronatura, Microplastics, A.N.I., 96 Back and Debit and 3 more. 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 Berlin, in Berlin. Berlin · 0 km · about 0 min is the organiser's practical nearby base for accommodation and transfers to the festival site.

CTM Festival keeps the same calendar slot each year: January 2027 for this edition, opening on a Friday and closing on a Tuesday. 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 Berlin 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.

• 28th edition in 2027
• Multiple Berlin venues including Berghain and Volksbühne
• Focus on theme 'Process...ing'
• Includes performances by Dis Fig, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, and Modeselektor
• Events span from January 22 to 31, 2027

Venue, camping & access

Venue type

Urban venue

Best nearby base

Berlin · 0 km · about 0 min

Camping

No on-site camping is listed by the organiser.

Getting to the gates

Accessible by public transport, cycling, or walking.

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to CTM Festival works out at roughly €591 per person on the cheapest combination we track — a mid-priced weekend by the standards of our index.

The ticket is only 8% 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 · 15h 45m each way, at €106 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at CTM Festival 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. 4If you fly into Berlin Tegel Airport, check the transfer time to Berlin before booking the earliest departure — the airport bus is usually the cheapest leg of the whole trip.
5. 5Follow CTM Festival 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

  Modeselektor, A.N.I., Kali Malone

• Day 2 — Saturday 2 January

  Dis Fig, 96 Back

• Day 3 — Sunday 3 January

  Kabeaushé, Debit

• Day 4 — Monday 4 January

  Kontronatura, aya

• Day 5 — Tuesday 5 January

  Microplastics, Evil Grimace

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

  1–5 Jan 2026 (approx.)

  Regulars: Modeselektor, Dis Fig, Kabeaushé

• 2025

  1–5 Jan 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: Dis Fig, Kabeaushé, Kontronatura

• 2024

  1–5 Jan 2024 (approx.)

  Regulars: Kabeaushé, Kontronatura, Microplastics

Travel tips from Paris

• Fly into Berlin Tegel Airport, the closest airport to the site.
• The site itself is Berlin, in Berlin.
• Accessible by public transport, cycling, or walking.
• Book a bed in Berlin early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• bus15h 45m · €106
• air4h 43m · €188
• train8h 39m · €263
• car12h 54m · €267