Electric Castle — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

1–4 Jul 2027 (4 days)

Location

Bánffy Castle, Bontida, Romania

Sound

Various genres with local & international artists

Crowd

around 250,000 people

Tickets

€69 – €319 · 6 tiers tracked

Nearest airport

Cluj-Napoca

Nearest station

Bonțida

Venue type

Natural site

Best nearby base

Cluj-Napoca · 25 km · about 40 min

On-site camping

Camping pass available; EC Village offers a community atmosphere.

The story

Electric Castle is a music festival held in Bontida, Romania, near the 15th-century Bánffy Castle, and takes place from July 14 to 18, 2027. The festival is known for showcasing over 250 local and international artists across various music genres, alongside new media installations and disruptive talks. Electric Castle has been recognized for its quality and immersive experience, attracting a large audience each year.

Electric Castle is a 4-day various genres with local & international artists festival at Bánffy Castle in Bontida, Romania. The July 2027 edition runs 1–4 Jul 2027. It draws around 250,000 people.

With room for about 250,000 people, Electric Castle is one of the largest events in our index: expect long entry queues, several main-stage sets running at once and a site you cannot cross in five minutes. Everything happens at Bánffy Castle, in Bontida. Cluj-Napoca · 25 km · about 40 min is the organiser's practical nearby base for accommodation and transfers to the festival site. Camping pass available; EC Village offers a community atmosphere.

Electric Castle keeps the same calendar slot each year: July 2027 for this edition, opening on a Thursday and closing on a Sunday. 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 Bontida 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.

• More than 250 local & international artists
• EC Village camping area
• Dedicated EC Trains from Cluj to the festival
• Non-stop buses from Cluj to the festival
• Takes place next to Bánffy Castle
• Four-day event

Venue, camping & access

Venue type

Natural site

Best nearby base

Cluj-Napoca · 25 km · about 40 min

Camping

Camping pass available; EC Village offers a community atmosphere.

Getting to the gates

Non-stop buses and dedicated trains operate between Cluj-Napoca and the festival site.

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to Electric Castle works out at roughly €443 per person on the cheapest combination we track — a mid-priced weekend by the standards of our index.

The ticket is only 16% 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 air · 5h 44m each way, at €270 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Electric Castle 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 5 nights rather than 4: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4If you fly into Cluj-Napoca, check the transfer time to Bontida before booking the earliest departure — the airport bus is usually the cheapest leg of the whole trip.
5. 5Follow Electric Castle on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

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

  1–4 Jul 2026 (approx.)

• 2025

  1–4 Jul 2025 (approx.)

• 2024

  1–4 Jul 2024 (approx.)

Travel tips from Paris

• Fly into Cluj-Napoca, the closest airport to the site.
• Rail arrivals come through Bonțida; shuttles usually run from there.
• The site itself is Bánffy Castle, in Bontida.
• Non-stop buses and dedicated trains operate between Cluj-Napoca and the festival site.
• Book a bed in Cluj-Napoca early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• air5h 44m · €270