Hasenbau — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

5–5 Dec 2026 (1 day)

Location

Drucklufthaus, Dortmund / Essen, Germany

Sound

House · Techno

Tickets

€12 – €65 · 6 tiers tracked

Nearest airport

Dortmund Airport

Nearest station

Oberhausen Central Station

Venue type

Urban venue

Best nearby base

Oberhausen · 15 km · about 20 min

On-site camping

Not listed

Line-up announced

1 artist so far

The story

Hasenbau is a recurring festival held at Drucklufthaus in Oberhausen, Germany, situated between Dortmund and Essen. The event showcases a variety of music styles and is part of a cultural and youth center that facilitates various artistic performances. The festival includes different upcoming events, each taking place at the same venue, enhancing local cultural engagement.

Hasenbau is a house, techno festival at Drucklufthaus in Dortmund / Essen, Germany. The December 2026 edition runs 5–5 Dec 2026.

Announced so far: Hasenbau. Expect stages split between House and Techno.

Everything happens at Drucklufthaus, in Dortmund / Essen. Oberhausen · 15 km · about 20 min is the organiser's practical nearby base for accommodation and transfers to the festival site.

Hasenbau keeps the same calendar slot each year: December 2026 for this edition, opening on a Saturday and closing on a Saturday. 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 Dortmund / Essen 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.

• Location: Drucklufthaus, Oberhausen
• Upcoming events include Halloween and Open Air editions
• Cultural and youth center venue

Venue, camping & access

Venue type

Urban venue

Best nearby base

Oberhausen · 15 km · about 20 min

Camping

No on-site camping is listed by the organiser.

Getting to the gates

Public transport options are available to reach the venue.

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to Hasenbau works out at roughly €206 per person on the cheapest combination we track — one of the more affordable weekends in our index.

The ticket is only 6% 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 · 11h 48m each way, at €81 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Hasenbau 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 2 nights rather than 1: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4If you fly into Dortmund Airport, check the transfer time to Dortmund / Essen before booking the earliest departure — the airport bus is usually the cheapest leg of the whole trip.
5. 5Follow Hasenbau on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Line-up, day by day

• Day 1 — Saturday 5 December

  Hasenbau

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

  5–5 Dec 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: Hasenbau

• 2024

  5–5 Dec 2024 (approx.)

• 2023

  5–5 Dec 2023 (approx.)

Travel tips from Paris

• Fly into Dortmund Airport, the closest airport to the site.
• Rail arrivals come through Oberhausen Central Station; shuttles usually run from there.
• The site itself is Drucklufthaus, in Dortmund / Essen.
• Public transport options are available to reach the venue.
• Book a bed in Oberhausen early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• bus11h 48m · €81
• air4h 24m · €163
• car9h 39m · €198
• train6h 41m · €204