NorthSide Festival — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

10–12 Jun 2027 (3 days)

Location

Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

Sound

Rock · Alternative & Indie · Pop & Mainstream · Electronic & Dance · Hip-Hop & R&B

Crowd

around 100,000 people

Tickets

€322 · 1 tier tracked

Venue type

Urban venue

Best nearby base

Aarhus · 0 km · about 0 min

On-site camping

Not listed

Line-up announced

6 artists so far

The story

NorthSide Festival is an annual music festival held in Aarhus, Denmark. Scheduled for June 10 to 12, 2027, it has a reported attendance of over 100,000 people. The festival features a varied lineup across several genres, including rock, pop, electronic, and hip-hop.

NorthSide Festival is a 3-day rock, alternative & indie, pop & mainstream, electronic & dance, hip-hop & r&b festival at Aarhus in Aarhus, Denmark. The June 2027 edition runs 10–12 Jun 2027. It draws around 100,000 people.

Announced so far: The Strokes, Mille, Von Quar, Turnstile, Akriila and Omah Lay. Expect stages split between Rock, Alternative & Indie, Pop & Mainstream, Electronic & Dance and Hip-Hop & R&B. The line-up is spread across the 3 festival days, so a full-weekend ticket is the only way to catch every name.

With room for about 100,000 people, NorthSide Festival is one of the largest events in our index: expect long entry queues, several main-stage sets running at once and a site you cannot cross in five minutes. Everything happens at Aarhus, in Aarhus. Aarhus · 0 km · about 0 min is the organiser's practical nearby base for accommodation and transfers to the festival site.

NorthSide Festival keeps the same calendar slot each year: June 2027 for this edition, opening on a Thursday and closing on a Saturday. 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 Aarhus 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.

• Scheduled for June 10-12, 2027
• Over 100,000 attendees
• Genres include rock, pop, electronic, and hip-hop

Venue, camping & access

Venue type

Urban venue

Best nearby base

Aarhus · 0 km · about 0 min

Camping

No on-site camping is listed by the organiser.

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to NorthSide Festival works out at roughly €758 per person on the cheapest combination we track — a mid-priced weekend by the standards of our index.

The ticket is only 42% 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 · 17h 19m each way, at €115 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at NorthSide 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. 4Follow NorthSide Festival on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Line-up, day by day

• Day 1 — Thursday 10 June

  The Strokes, Turnstile

• Day 2 — Friday 11 June

  Mille, Akriila

• Day 3 — Saturday 12 June

  Von Quar, Omah Lay

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

  10–12 Jun 2026 (approx.)

  Regulars: The Strokes, Mille, Von Quar

• 2025

  10–12 Jun 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: Mille, Von Quar, Turnstile

• 2024

  10–12 Jun 2024 (approx.)

  Regulars: Von Quar, Turnstile, Akriila

Travel tips from Paris

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

• bus17h 19m · €115
• air4h 51m · €199
• train9h 26m · €287
• car14h 11m · €294