Jungle Bells — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

3–5 Dec 2026 (3 days)

Location

The Masquerade Music Park, United Kingdom, United Kingdom

Sound

Drum and Bass · Electronic

Tickets

€41 · 1 tier tracked

Nearest airport

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Nearest station

Atlanta Rail Station

The story

Jungle Bells is the largest drum & bass festival in the United States, originating in Atlanta's underground scene. It was first held in 1998 as a holiday-themed rave and has grown into a two-day event. The festival takes place in December at The Masquerade Music Park in downtown Atlanta and has built a loyal following of drum & bass fans.

Jungle Bells is a 3-day drum and bass, electronic festival at The Masquerade Music Park in United Kingdom, United Kingdom. The December 2026 edition runs 3–5 Dec 2026.

Expect stages split between Drum and Bass and Electronic.

Everything happens at The Masquerade Music Park, 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.

Jungle Bells keeps the same calendar slot each year: December 2026 for this edition, opening on a Thursday 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 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.

• Largest drum & bass festival in the United States
• First held in 1998
• Two-day event
• Takes place at The Masquerade Music Park
• 18+ age restriction

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to Jungle Bells works out at roughly €598 per person on the cheapest combination we track — a mid-priced weekend by the standards of our index.

No ticket price is published for this edition yet, so the total below covers travel and a bed only. It updates automatically as soon as the organiser opens sales.

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 Jungle Bells 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 Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, check the transfer time to United Kingdom before booking the earliest departure — the airport bus is usually the cheapest leg of the whole trip.
5. 5Follow Jungle Bells 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.

• 2025

  3–5 Dec 2025 (approx.)

• 2024

  3–5 Dec 2024 (approx.)

• 2023

  3–5 Dec 2023 (approx.)

Travel tips from Paris

• Fly into Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the closest airport to the site.
• Rail arrivals come through Atlanta Rail Station; shuttles usually run from there.
• The site itself is The Masquerade Music Park, 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