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Neopop Festival — festival guide

Viana do Castelo, Portugal6–8 Aug 2027 · 3 days291 days to go

Neopop Festival festival in Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Photo by Miguel Vieira from Redwood City, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0

This edition has already taken place. The guide stays online as a record of what Neopop Festival programmed and where it was held — dates for the next edition appear here as soon as the organiser confirms them.

At a glance

Dates
6–8 Aug 2027 (3 days)
Location
Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Sound
Techno
Crowd
around 30,000 people
Nearest airport
OPO
Nearest station
Viana do Castelo
Line-up announced
4 artists so far

The story

A fortress by the sea in northern Portugal, with a lineup that punches far above the ticket price and a beach to recover on.

Neopop Festival is a 3-day techno festival at Viana do Castelo, Portugal. The August 2027 edition runs 6–8 Aug 2027. It draws around 30,000 people.

Announced so far: Dax J, I HATE MODELS, Nina Kraviz and Sara Landry. The line-up is spread across the 3 festival days, so a full-weekend ticket is the only way to catch every name.

At around 30,000 attendees it sits in the mid-to-large bracket — big stages and big production, but still walkable end to end. Viana do Castelo 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.

Neopop Festival keeps the same calendar slot each year: August 2027 for this edition, opening on a Friday and closing on a Sunday. It is a high-summer date, which is peak season for both travel and accommodation across the region. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in Viana do Castelo 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.

  • Seaside fortress
  • Cheap tickets
  • Beach recovery days

What the trip costs from Paris

Ticket from

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Return transport

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Place to stay

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Total door to door

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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.

See every ticket tier and travel option →

Planning the trip, step by step

  1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Neopop Festival 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 OPO, check the transfer time to Viana do Castelo before booking the earliest departure — the airport bus is usually the cheapest leg of the whole trip.
  5. 5Follow Neopop Festival on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Line-up, day by day

  • Day 1 — Friday 6 August

    Dax J, Sara Landry

  • Day 2 — Saturday 7 August

    I HATE MODELS

  • Day 3 — Sunday 8 August

    Nina Kraviz

Full line-up

Ordered as the poster reads it — headliners first, then most booked to least. Each name opens that artist's festival dates.

The organiser hasn't published the line-up for Neopop Festival yet. It appears here — with a page for every artist — as soon as names are confirmed.

Past editions

Dates are the event's recurring calendar slot, so treat them as approximate — the organiser keeps the official archive.

  • 2026

    6–8 Aug 2026 (approx.)

    Regulars: Dax J, I HATE MODELS, Nina Kraviz

  • 2025

    6–8 Aug 2025 (approx.)

    Regulars: I HATE MODELS, Nina Kraviz, Sara Landry

  • 2024

    6–8 Aug 2024 (approx.)

    Regulars: Nina Kraviz, Sara Landry

Official archive and line-up history →

Travel tips from Paris

  • Fly into OPO, the closest airport to the site.
  • Rail arrivals come through Viana do Castelo; shuttles usually run from there.
  • Book a bed in Viana do Castelo early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.
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