Nuits Sonores — festival guide
Various Venues, Lyon, France17–21 May 2027 · 5 days210 days to go
At a glance
- Dates
- 17–21 May 2027 (5 days)
- Location
- Various Venues, Lyon, France
- Sound
- Electronic · Indie
- Tickets
- €99 · 1 tier tracked
- Venue type
- Urban venue
- Best nearby base
- Lyon · 0 km · about 0 min
- On-site camping
- Not listed
The story
Nuits Sonores is a boutique electronic festival held in Lyon, France, from May 5-9, 2027. The festival features unique performances, events, and workshops spread across 40 different venues in the historic city of Lyon. With both day and night programs, attendees can expect a diverse range of activities throughout the five-day event.
Nuits Sonores is a 5-day electronic, indie festival at Various Venues in Lyon, France. The May 2027 edition runs 17–21 May 2027.
Expect stages split between Electronic and Indie.
Everything happens at Various Venues, in Lyon. Lyon · 0 km · about 0 min is the organiser's practical nearby base for accommodation and transfers to the festival site.
Nuits Sonores keeps the same calendar slot each year: May 2027 for this edition, opening on a Monday and closing on a Friday. It falls in spring, ahead of the summer festival rush, which usually keeps travel cheaper than the July and August dates. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in Lyon 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.
- Various Venues throughout Lyon
- 18+ age restriction
- Day and night programs
- Workshops and unique performances
- 40 different venues
Venue, camping & access
- Venue type
- Urban venue
- Best nearby base
- Lyon · 0 km · about 0 min
- Camping
- No on-site camping is listed by the organiser.
- Getting to the gates
- Accessible via various city transportation options.
What the trip costs from Paris
Ticket from
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Return transport
€53
bus · 7h 19m each way
Place to stay
€455
Hostel / camping · 5 nights
Total door to door
€508
Door to door from Paris, a trip to Nuits Sonores works out at roughly €508 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 · 7h 19m each way, at €53 return.
See every ticket tier and travel option →Planning the trip, step by step
- 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Nuits Sonores are sold in waves and the cheapest wave is gone long before the line-up is complete.
- 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.
- 3Reserve 6 nights rather than 5: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
- 4Follow Nuits Sonores 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.
The organiser hasn't published the line-up for Nuits Sonores 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
17–21 May 2026 (approx.)
2025
17–21 May 2025 (approx.)
2024
17–21 May 2024 (approx.)
Travel tips from Paris
- The site itself is Various Venues, in Lyon.
- Accessible via various city transportation options.
- Book a bed in Lyon early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.
- bus7h 19m · €53
- car6h · €119
- air4h 3m · €134
- train4h 28m · €138