S festival — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

1–5 Dec 2026 (5 days)

Location

Confluence district, Lyon, France

Sound

electronic · live acts

Tickets

€40 – €150 · 2 tiers tracked

Venue type

Urban venue

Best nearby base

Lyon · 0 km · about 0 min

On-site camping

Not listed

Line-up announced

10 artists so far

The story

S festival is a five-day electronic music event that takes place from December 9th to 13th in Lyon's Confluence district. It is organized by Arty Farty and features a diverse lineup of live acts and cultural programming across various venues, including La Sucrière, Périscope, and Marché Gare. The festival aims to bridge the gap between established electronic music heritage and emerging local artists. Events will also take place in unconventional spaces like a skating rink and a museum.

S festival is a 5-day electronic, live acts festival at Confluence district in Lyon, France. The December 2026 edition runs 1–5 Dec 2026.

Announced so far: Quelza, Cassius, David August, Dj Babatr, Ellen Allien, Laurent Garnier, Malugi and P errine and 2 more. Expect stages split between electronic and live acts. The line-up is spread across the 5 festival days, so a full-weekend ticket is the only way to catch every name.

Everything happens at Confluence district, in Lyon. Lyon · 0 km · about 0 min is the organiser's practical nearby base for accommodation and transfers to the festival site.

S festival keeps the same calendar slot each year: December 2026 for this edition, opening on a Tuesday 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 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.

• Five-day event from December 9th to 13th
• Venues include La Sucrière, Périscope, and Marché Gare
• Unique events at Acid on Ice and Musée des Confluences
• Organized by Arty Farty, creators of Nuits Sonores
• Includes heritage and new electronic music acts

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

Public transport and walking available

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to S festival works out at roughly €528 per person on the cheapest combination we track — a mid-priced weekend by the standards of our index.

The ticket is only 8% 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 · 7h 19m each way, at €53 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at S 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 6 nights rather than 5: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4Follow S festival on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Line-up, day by day

• Day 1 — Tuesday 1 December

  Quelza, Laurent Garnier

• Day 2 — Wednesday 2 December

  Cassius, Malugi

• Day 3 — Thursday 3 December

  David August, P errine

• Day 4 — Friday 4 December

  Dj Babatr, Teki Latex

• Day 5 — Saturday 5 December

  Ellen Allien, Underground Resistance presents Depth Charge

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

  1–5 Dec 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: Quelza, Cassius, David August

• 2024

  1–5 Dec 2024 (approx.)

  Regulars: Cassius, David August, Dj Babatr

• 2023

  1–5 Dec 2023 (approx.)

  Regulars: David August, Dj Babatr, Ellen Allien

Travel tips from Paris

• The site itself is Confluence district, in Lyon.
• Public transport and walking available
• 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