CUMBIA FEST BERLIN - DIA DE LOS MUERTOS — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

30–30 Oct 2026 (1 day)

Location

Säälchen, Berlin, Germany

Sound

Electronic · Cumbia

Tickets

€28 · 1 tier tracked

Nearest airport

Berlin-Tegel Airport

Nearest station

S-Bahn (Säälchen)

Venue type

Urban venue

Best nearby base

Berlin · 0 km · about 0 min

On-site camping

Not listed

Line-up announced

6 artists so far

The story

CUMBIA FEST BERLIN - DIA DE LOS MUERTOS is a festival celebrating Día de los Muertos, held at Holzmarkt in Berlin. The event features a mix of live music, DJs, and performances that honor the memories and traditions related to this cultural celebration. The SÄÄLCHEN space transforms into a vibrant environment reflecting music and color, making connections across generations and cultures. It highlights the powerful sound of immigration and tradition, with performances from various artists.

CUMBIA FEST BERLIN - DIA DE LOS MUERTOS is a electronic, cumbia festival at Säälchen in Berlin, Germany. The October 2026 edition runs 30–30 Oct 2026.

Announced so far: iLLBiLLY HiTEC ft. Longfingah /live/, KUMBIA BORUKA /live/, Anacaona, Don Eule, Dr. Calavera and Selektor Bony. Expect stages split between Electronic and Cumbia.

Everything happens at Säälchen, in Berlin. Berlin · 0 km · about 0 min is the organiser's practical nearby base for accommodation and transfers to the festival site.

CUMBIA FEST BERLIN - DIA DE LOS MUERTOS keeps the same calendar slot each year: October 2026 for this edition, opening on a Friday and closing on a Friday. 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 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.

• Location: Holzmarkt, Berlin
• Features live music and performances
• Part of the Día de los Muertos celebration
• Diverse lineup including KUMBIA BORUKA and iLLBiLLY HiTEC

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

Public transport available and venue accessible by walking.

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to CUMBIA FEST BERLIN - DIA DE LOS MUERTOS works out at roughly €260 per person on the cheapest combination we track — one of the more affordable weekends in our index.

The ticket is only 11% 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 CUMBIA FEST BERLIN - DIA DE LOS MUERTOS 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 2 nights rather than 1: 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 CUMBIA FEST BERLIN - DIA DE LOS MUERTOS on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Line-up, day by day

• Day 1 — Friday 30 October

  iLLBiLLY HiTEC ft. Longfingah /live/, KUMBIA BORUKA /live/, Anacaona, Don Eule, Dr. Calavera, Selektor Bony

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

  30–30 Oct 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: iLLBiLLY HiTEC ft. Longfingah /live/, KUMBIA BORUKA /live/, Anacaona

• 2024

  30–30 Oct 2024 (approx.)

  Regulars: KUMBIA BORUKA /live/, Anacaona, Don Eule

• 2023

  30–30 Oct 2023 (approx.)

  Regulars: Anacaona, Don Eule, Dr. Calavera

Travel tips from Paris

• Fly into Berlin-Tegel Airport, the closest airport to the site.
• Rail arrivals come through S-Bahn (Säälchen); shuttles usually run from there.
• The site itself is Säälchen, in Berlin.
• Public transport available and venue accessible by 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