Electric Castle Festival — festival guide
Electric Castle, Cluj, Romania1–1 Jun 2027 · 1 day213 days to go
At a glance
- Dates
- 1–1 Jun 2027 (1 day)
- Location
- Electric Castle, Cluj, Romania
- Sound
- Electronic · Indie
- Crowd
- around 262,000 people
- Tickets
- €69 – €299 · 4 tiers tracked
- Nearest airport
- Cluj-Napoca Airport
- Nearest station
- Bonțida Station
- Venue type
- Natural site
- Best nearby base
- Cluj-Napoca · 30 km · about 40 min
- On-site camping
- EC Village offers car camping, RV pitches, and glamping.
The story
Electric Castle Festival is set to take place from July 14 to 18, 2027, at Bánffy Castle in Bonțida, which is near Cluj-Napoca, Romania. This festival has been held annually since its inception in 2013 and drew over 262,000 attendees during its 2026 edition. It features a blend of rock, pop, hip-hop, and electronic music across multiple stages and art installations in a unique 24-hour format. The festival also supports the restoration of the historic castle.
Electric Castle Festival is a electronic, indie festival at Electric Castle in Cluj, Romania. The June 2027 edition runs 1–1 Jun 2027. It draws around 262,000 people.
Expect stages split between Electronic and Indie.
With room for about 262,000 people, Electric Castle Festival 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 Electric Castle, in Cluj. Cluj-Napoca · 30 km · about 40 min is the organiser's practical nearby base for accommodation and transfers to the festival site. EC Village offers car camping, RV pitches, and glamping.
Electric Castle Festival keeps the same calendar slot each year: June 2027 for this edition, opening on a Tuesday 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 Cluj 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.
- 13th edition in 2027
- Located at Bánffy Castle
- Over 262,000 attendees in 2026
- Largest festival campsite in Romania
- 24-hour festival format
Venue, camping & access
- Venue type
- Natural site
- Best nearby base
- Cluj-Napoca · 30 km · about 40 min
- Camping
- EC Village offers car camping, RV pitches, and glamping.
- Getting to the gates
- Dedicated EC trains run from Cluj-Napoca, and all national trains stop in Bonțida during the festival.
What the trip costs from Paris
Ticket from
€69
Return transport
€269
air · 5h 43m each way
Place to stay
€39
Hostel / camping · 1 night
Total door to door
€377
Door to door from Paris, a trip to Electric Castle Festival works out at roughly €377 per person on the cheapest combination we track — one of the more affordable weekends in our index.
The ticket is only 18% 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 43m each way, at €269 return.
See every ticket tier and travel option →Planning the trip, step by step
- 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Electric Castle 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 2 nights rather than 1: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
- 4If you fly into Cluj-Napoca Airport, check the transfer time to Cluj before booking the earliest departure — the airport bus is usually the cheapest leg of the whole trip.
- 5Follow Electric Castle Festival 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.
The organiser hasn't published the line-up for Electric Castle 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
1–1 Jun 2026 (approx.)
2025
1–1 Jun 2025 (approx.)
2024
1–1 Jun 2024 (approx.)
Travel tips from Paris
- Fly into Cluj-Napoca Airport, the closest airport to the site.
- Rail arrivals come through Bonțida Station; shuttles usually run from there.
- The site itself is Electric Castle, in Cluj.
- Dedicated EC trains run from Cluj-Napoca, and all national trains stop in Bonțida during the festival.
- Book a bed in Cluj-Napoca early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.
- air5h 43m · €269