Forbidden Forest — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

20–22 Apr 2027 (3 days)

Location

Belvoir Castle, TBA, TBA

Sound

Bass · Drum and Bass · Electronic · House

Tickets

€176 – €467 · 4 tiers tracked

Nearest airport

East Midlands Airport

Nearest station

Grantham

Venue type

Natural site

Best nearby base

Grantham · 5 km · about 10 min

On-site camping

Tent camping is available on-site at the festival.

The story

Forbidden Forest is a music festival taking place at Belvoir Castle in Grantham, UK, from May 28-30, 2027. This festival is dedicated to celebrating music, nature, and dance in a forest setting. It is an 18+ event and emphasizes immersive experiences. The artist lineup for this year has yet to be announced.

Forbidden Forest is a 3-day bass, drum and bass, electronic, house festival at Belvoir Castle in TBA, TBA. The April 2027 edition runs 20–22 Apr 2027.

Expect stages split between Bass, Drum and Bass, Electronic and House.

Everything happens at Belvoir Castle, in TBA. Grantham · 5 km · about 10 min is the organiser's practical nearby base for accommodation and transfers to the festival site. Tent camping is available on-site at the festival.

Forbidden Forest keeps the same calendar slot each year: April 2027 for this edition, opening on a Tuesday and closing on a Thursday. It falls in spring, ahead of the summer festival rush, which usually keeps travel cheaper than the July and August dates. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in TBA 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.

• Venue: Belvoir Castle
• 180+ capacity
• 3-day festival
• Camping available
• 18+ event

Venue, camping & access

Venue type

Natural site

Best nearby base

Grantham · 5 km · about 10 min

Camping

Tent camping is available on-site at the festival.

Getting to the gates

Visitors can reach the venue via public transport or taxi.

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to Forbidden Forest works out at roughly €1,992 per person on the cheapest combination we track — a higher-budget weekend, mostly because of the travel leg.

The ticket is only 9% 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 · 23h each way, at €1,657 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Forbidden Forest 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 4 nights rather than 3: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4If you fly into East Midlands Airport, check the transfer time to TBA before booking the earliest departure — the airport bus is usually the cheapest leg of the whole trip.
5. 5Follow Forbidden Forest 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

  20–22 Apr 2026 (approx.)

• 2025

  20–22 Apr 2025 (approx.)

• 2024

  20–22 Apr 2024 (approx.)

Travel tips from Paris

• Fly into East Midlands Airport, the closest airport to the site.
• Rail arrivals come through Grantham; shuttles usually run from there.
• The site itself is Belvoir Castle, in TBA.
• Visitors can reach the venue via public transport or taxi.
• Book a bed in Grantham early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• air23h · €1,657