Forbidden Forest — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

14–16 Apr 2027 (3 days)

Location

United Kingdom, United Kingdom, United Kingdom

Sound

Electronic

Tickets

€176 – €467 · 4 tiers tracked

The story

Forbidden Forest is a 3-day electronic festival at United Kingdom in United Kingdom, United Kingdom. The April 2027 edition runs 14–16 Apr 2027.

Everything happens at United Kingdom, in United Kingdom. United Kingdom 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.

Forbidden Forest keeps the same calendar slot each year: April 2027 for this edition, opening on a Wednesday and closing on a Friday. 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 United Kingdom 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.

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to Forbidden Forest works out at roughly €744 per person on the cheapest combination we track — a mid-priced weekend by the standards of our index.

The ticket is only 24% 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 bus · 13h 23m each way, at €91 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. 4Follow 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

  14–16 Apr 2026 (approx.)

• 2025

  14–16 Apr 2025 (approx.)

• 2024

  14–16 Apr 2024 (approx.)

Travel tips from Paris

• The site itself is United Kingdom, in United Kingdom.
• Book a bed in United Kingdom early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• bus13h 23m · €91
• air4h 32m · €173
• car10h 58m · €226
• train7h 29m · €228