elrow Sydney XXL — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

31 Dec – 1 Jan 2027 (2 days)

Location

TBA, Sydney, Australia

Sound

Electronic · Dance

Tickets

€132 – €9,000 · 5 tiers tracked

Venue type

Natural site

Best nearby base

Sydney · 0 km · about 0 min

On-site camping

Not listed

Line-up announced

11 artists so far

The story

elrow Sydney XXL is set to take place on December 31, 2026, at Bondi Beach, Sydney. This festival is known for its colorful immersive production and theatrical experiences, with this year's theme inspired by El Triángulo de las Rowmudas. Notable stages include the main stage featuring a pirate ship and the Pink Cathedral inside Bondi Pavilion for late-night entertainment. The event is part of Fuzzy Operations' 30th anniversary celebrations.

elrow Sydney XXL is a 2-day electronic, dance festival at TBA in Sydney, Australia. The December 2026 edition runs 31 Dec – 1 Jan 2027.

Announced so far: William Kiss, Arielle Free, Belters Only, Kölsch, Meduza (Aus Exclusive), Jakob, Adam Holt & NATS and Callyy and 3 more. Expect stages split between Electronic and Dance. The line-up is spread across the 2 festival days, so a full-weekend ticket is the only way to catch every name.

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

elrow Sydney XXL keeps the same calendar slot each year: December 2026 for this edition, opening on a Thursday and closing on a Friday. 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 Sydney 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.

• Lineup includes Arielle Free, Belters Only, Kölsch, and MEDUZA (Australian exclusive)
• Pink Cathedral inside Bondi Pavilion for late-night electronic experiences
• Part of Fuzzy Operations' 30th anniversary celebrations

Venue, camping & access

Venue type

Natural site

Best nearby base

Sydney · 0 km · about 0 min

Camping

No on-site camping is listed by the organiser.

Getting to the gates

General presale tickets available online

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to elrow Sydney XXL works out at roughly €2,487 per person on the cheapest combination we track — a higher-budget weekend, mostly because of the travel leg.

The ticket is only 5% 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 · 27h 3m each way, at €1,983 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at elrow Sydney XXL 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 3 nights rather than 2: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4Follow elrow Sydney XXL on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Line-up, day by day

• Day 1 — Thursday 31 December

  William Kiss, Belters Only, Meduza (Aus Exclusive), Adam Holt & NATS, Cross City, Shubz

• Day 2 — Friday 1 January

  Arielle Free, Kölsch, Jakob, Callyy, Mixed Methods

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

  31 Dec – 1 Jan 2026 (approx.)

  Regulars: William Kiss, Arielle Free, Belters Only

• 2024

  31 Dec – 1 Jan 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: Arielle Free, Belters Only, Kölsch

• 2023

  31 Dec – 1 Jan 2024 (approx.)

  Regulars: Belters Only, Kölsch, Meduza (Aus Exclusive)

Travel tips from Paris

• The site itself is TBA, in Sydney.
• General presale tickets available online
• Book a bed in Sydney early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• air27h 3m · €1,983