Paredes De Coura — festival guide
Praia Fluvial do Taboão, Paredes de Coura, Portugal16–20 Aug 2027 · 5 days301 days to go
At a glance
- Dates
- 16–20 Aug 2027 (5 days)
- Location
- Praia Fluvial do Taboão, Paredes de Coura, Portugal
- Sound
- Electronic · Rock
- Crowd
- around 100,000 people
- Tickets
- €100 · 1 tier tracked
- Nearest airport
- Airport not specified
- Nearest station
- Train station not specified
- Venue type
- Natural site
- Best nearby base
- Paredes de Coura · 0 km · about 0 min
- On-site camping
- Not listed
The story
Paredes de Coura is a music festival held annually in Paredes de Coura, Portugal, at the Praia Fluvial do Taboão. With over 25 editions, it is recognized as one of the oldest music festivals in the country, attracting more than 100,000 attendees each year. The festival has hosted notable acts like Arcade Fire, Pixies, Nick Cave, and Coldplay. It takes place from August 18-21, 2027, and is an all-ages event.
Paredes De Coura is a 5-day electronic, rock festival at Praia Fluvial do Taboão in Paredes de Coura, Portugal. The August 2027 edition runs 16–20 Aug 2027. It draws around 100,000 people.
Expect stages split between Electronic and Rock.
With room for about 100,000 people, Paredes De Coura 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 Praia Fluvial do Taboão, in Paredes de Coura. Paredes de Coura · 0 km · about 0 min is the organiser's practical nearby base for accommodation and transfers to the festival site.
Paredes De Coura keeps the same calendar slot each year: August 2027 for this edition, opening on a Monday and closing on a Friday. 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 Paredes de Coura 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.
- More than 100,000 attendees annually
- Over 25 editions
- The festival is held at Praia Fluvial do Taboão
- Notable past performances by Arcade Fire, Pixies, and Coldplay
Venue, camping & access
- Venue type
- Natural site
- Best nearby base
- Paredes de Coura · 0 km · about 0 min
- Camping
- No on-site camping is listed by the organiser.
- Getting to the gates
- The venue can be reached by public transport and walking.
What the trip costs from Paris
Ticket from
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Return transport
€135
bus · 20h 26m each way
Place to stay
€385
Hostel / camping · 5 nights
Total door to door
€520
Door to door from Paris, a trip to Paredes De Coura works out at roughly €520 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 · 20h 26m each way, at €135 return.
See every ticket tier and travel option →Planning the trip, step by step
- 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Paredes De Coura 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.
- 4If you fly into Airport not specified, check the transfer time to Paredes de Coura before booking the earliest departure — the airport bus is usually the cheapest leg of the whole trip.
- 5Follow Paredes De Coura 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 Paredes De Coura 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
16–20 Aug 2026 (approx.)
2025
16–20 Aug 2025 (approx.)
2024
16–20 Aug 2024 (approx.)
Travel tips from Paris
- Fly into Airport not specified, the closest airport to the site.
- Rail arrivals come through Train station not specified; shuttles usually run from there.
- The site itself is Praia Fluvial do Taboão, in Paredes de Coura.
- The venue can be reached by public transport and walking.
- Book a bed in Paredes de Coura early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.
- bus20h 26m · €135
- air5h 6m · €219
- train10h 59m · €333