Hidden Valley — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

27–27 Dec 2026 (1 day)

Location

Matakana Country Park, Matakana, New Zealand

Sound

Electronic · EDM

Tickets

€56 – €140 · 3 tiers tracked

Nearest airport

Auckland Airport

Nearest station

Warkworth Bus Stop

Venue type

Natural site

Best nearby base

Matakana · 0 km · about 0 min

On-site camping

Not listed

Line-up announced

16 artists so far

The story

Hidden Valley is a one-day festival happening on December 27, 2026, in Matakana, New Zealand, at Matakana Country Park. The festival features a range of electronic and dance music artists. Notable headliners include Dimension, Armand Van Helden, and Skin on Skin. The venue is situated at RD5/1151 Leigh Road, providing a natural setting for the event.

Hidden Valley is a electronic, edm festival at Matakana Country Park in Matakana, New Zealand. The December 2026 edition runs 27–27 Dec 2026.

Announced so far: Armand Van Helden, Dimension, Skin on Skin, MPH, Dean Turnley, Flava D, Hamdi and Oppidan and 8 more. Expect stages split between Electronic and EDM.

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

Hidden Valley keeps the same calendar slot each year: December 2026 for this edition, opening on a Sunday and closing on a Sunday. 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 Matakana 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.

• One-day festival on December 27, 2026
• Headliners include Dimension, Armand Van Helden, and Skin on Skin
• Located at Matakana Country Park
• Online ticketing available

Venue, camping & access

Venue type

Natural site

Best nearby base

Matakana · 0 km · about 0 min

Camping

No on-site camping is listed by the organiser.

Getting to the gates

Visitors can reach the venue by car or public transportation.

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to Hidden Valley works out at roughly €2,262 per person on the cheapest combination we track — a higher-budget weekend, mostly because of the travel leg.

The ticket is only 2% 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 · 29h 11m each way, at €2,154 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Hidden Valley 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 Auckland Airport, check the transfer time to Matakana before booking the earliest departure — the airport bus is usually the cheapest leg of the whole trip.
5. 5Follow Hidden Valley on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Line-up, day by day

• Day 1 — Sunday 27 December

  Armand Van Helden, Dimension, Skin on Skin, MPH, Dean Turnley, Flava D, Hamdi, Oppidan, Club Angel, Dart, Effy, Prozak, Riordan, Saint Ludo, Scruz, X Club.

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

  27–27 Dec 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: Armand Van Helden, Dimension, Skin on Skin

• 2024

  27–27 Dec 2024 (approx.)

  Regulars: Dimension, Skin on Skin, MPH

• 2023

  27–27 Dec 2023 (approx.)

  Regulars: Skin on Skin, MPH, Dean Turnley

Travel tips from Paris

• Fly into Auckland Airport, the closest airport to the site.
• Rail arrivals come through Warkworth Bus Stop; shuttles usually run from there.
• The site itself is Matakana Country Park, in Matakana.
• Visitors can reach the venue by car or public transportation.
• Book a bed in Matakana early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• air29h 11m · €2,154