Dour Festival — festival guide
Dour, Belgium15–19 Jul 2027 · 5 days269 days to go
This edition has already taken place. The guide stays online as a record of what Dour Festival programmed and where it was held — dates for the next edition appear here as soon as the organiser confirms them.
At a glance
- Dates
- 15–19 Jul 2027 (5 days)
- Location
- Dour, Belgium
- Sound
- Techno · Bass · Hip-hop
- Crowd
- around 55,000 people
- Nearest airport
- BRU
- Nearest station
- Mons
- Line-up announced
- 4 artists so far
The story
A Belgian institution where techno, bass and left-field club music share a field. Cheap, chaotic, and a short train ride from Paris.
Dour Festival is a 5-day techno, bass, hip-hop festival at Dour, Belgium. The July 2027 edition runs 15–19 Jul 2027. It draws around 55,000 people.
Announced so far: Amelie Lens, I HATE MODELS, Overmono and Sherelle. Expect stages split between Techno, Bass and Hip-hop. The line-up is spread across the 5 festival days, so a full-weekend ticket is the only way to catch every name.
At around 55,000 attendees it sits in the mid-to-large bracket — big stages and big production, but still walkable end to end. Dour 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.
Dour Festival keeps the same calendar slot each year: July 2027 for this edition, opening on a Thursday and closing on a Monday. 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 Dour 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.
- Best value in Europe
- Deep underground bookings
- Two hours from Paris
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 Dour Festival 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 6 nights rather than 5: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
- 4If you fly into BRU, check the transfer time to Dour before booking the earliest departure — the airport bus is usually the cheapest leg of the whole trip.
- 5Follow Dour Festival on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.
Line-up, day by day
Day 1 — Thursday 15 July
Amelie Lens
Day 2 — Friday 16 July
I HATE MODELS
Day 3 — Saturday 17 July
Overmono
Day 4 — Sunday 18 July
Sherelle
Day 5 — Monday 19 July
Line-up to be announced
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 Dour Festival 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
15–19 Jul 2026 (approx.)
Regulars: Amelie Lens, I HATE MODELS, Overmono
2025
15–19 Jul 2025 (approx.)
Regulars: I HATE MODELS, Overmono, Sherelle
2024
15–19 Jul 2024 (approx.)
Regulars: Overmono, Sherelle
Travel tips from Paris
- Fly into BRU, the closest airport to the site.
- Rail arrivals come through Mons; shuttles usually run from there.
- Book a bed in Dour early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.