Secrets of Summer New Year’s Eve — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

31 Dec – 1 Jan 2027 (2 days)

Location

Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Sound

electronic · music

Crowd

around 10,000 people

Tickets

€46 · 1 tier tracked

Nearest airport

Cape Town International Airport

Nearest station

Cape Town Railway Station

Venue type

Urban venue

Best nearby base

Cape Town · 15 km · about 30 min

On-site camping

Not listed

Line-up announced

3 artists so far

The story

The 'Secrets of Summer New Year’s Eve' festival takes place in Cape Town, South Africa. It is an annual celebration that marks the arrival of the New Year with music, entertainment, and cultural activities. The festival features various stages showcasing a lineup of artists across different genres, creating a vibrant atmosphere. It has a history of being a popular event in the region, drawing both locals and tourists.

Secrets of Summer New Year’s Eve is a 2-day electronic, music festival at Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa. The December 2026 edition runs 31 Dec – 1 Jan 2027. It draws around 10,000 people.

Announced so far: DJ Tiesto, David Guetta and Sia. Expect stages split between electronic and music. The line-up is spread across the 2 festival days, so a full-weekend ticket is the only way to catch every name.

At around 10,000 attendees it stays on the intimate side, which usually means shorter bar queues and a crowd that is there for the music rather than the spectacle. Everything happens at Cape Town, in Cape Town. Cape Town · 15 km · about 30 min is the organiser's practical nearby base for accommodation and transfers to the festival site.

Secrets of Summer New Year’s Eve keeps the same calendar slot each year: December 2026 for this edition, opening on a Thursday and closing on a Friday. 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 Cape Town 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 music stages
• Cultural activities
• Annual celebration

Venue, camping & access

Venue type

Urban venue

Best nearby base

Cape Town · 15 km · about 30 min

Camping

No on-site camping is listed by the organiser.

Getting to the gates

Accessible via public transport and taxis

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to Secrets of Summer New Year’s Eve works out at roughly €1,441 per person on the cheapest combination we track — a higher-budget weekend, mostly because of the travel leg.

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 air · 16h 29m each way, at €1,133 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Secrets of Summer New Year’s Eve 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 3 nights rather than 2: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4If you fly into Cape Town International Airport, check the transfer time to Cape Town before booking the earliest departure — the airport bus is usually the cheapest leg of the whole trip.
5. 5Follow Secrets of Summer New Year’s Eve on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Line-up, day by day

• Day 1 — Thursday 31 December

  DJ Tiesto, Sia

• Day 2 — Friday 1 January

  David Guetta

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

  31 Dec – 1 Jan 2026 (approx.)

  Regulars: DJ Tiesto, David Guetta, Sia

• 2024

  31 Dec – 1 Jan 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: David Guetta, Sia

• 2023

  31 Dec – 1 Jan 2024 (approx.)

  Regulars: Sia

Travel tips from Paris

• Fly into Cape Town International Airport, the closest airport to the site.
• Rail arrivals come through Cape Town Railway Station; shuttles usually run from there.
• The site itself is Cape Town, in Cape Town.
• Accessible via public transport and taxis
• Book a bed in Cape Town early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• air16h 29m · €1,133