Shred Fest - Obscura, Pestilence, Cryptic Shift & More — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

17–17 Feb 2027 (1 day)

Location

Opium, Dublin, Ireland

Sound

Metal

Tickets

€50 · 1 tier tracked

Line-up announced

2 artists so far

The story

Shred Fest is a music festival happening in Dublin, Ireland, featuring performances by metal bands. This year's event is scheduled for February 17, 2027, at the venue Opium. The festival includes notable acts like Obscura and Pestilence, which are central to the lineup. The atmosphere is characterized by a focus on technical and complex music, engaging the audience throughout the performances.

Shred Fest - Obscura, Pestilence, Cryptic Shift & More is a metal festival at Opium in Dublin, Ireland. The February 2027 edition runs 17–17 Feb 2027.

Announced so far: Obscura and Pestilence.

Everything happens at Opium, in Dublin. Dublin is the base for the trip: it is where the affordable beds, the late trains and the after-parties are, and where prices climb fastest as the dates approach.

Shred Fest - Obscura, Pestilence, Cryptic Shift & More keeps the same calendar slot each year: February 2027 for this edition, opening on a Wednesday and closing on a Wednesday. 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 Dublin 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 February 17, 2027
• Featuring artists Obscura and Pestilence
• Held at Opium, Dublin
• Doors open at 18:00
• Part of the Metal genre

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to Shred Fest - Obscura, Pestilence, Cryptic Shift & More works out at roughly €284 per person on the cheapest combination we track — one of the more affordable weekends in our index.

The ticket is only 18% 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 · 14h 2m each way, at €95 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Shred Fest - Obscura, Pestilence, Cryptic Shift & More 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 2 nights rather than 1: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4Follow Shred Fest - Obscura, Pestilence, Cryptic Shift & More on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Line-up, day by day

• Day 1 — Wednesday 17 February

  Obscura, Pestilence

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

  17–17 Feb 2026 (approx.)

  Regulars: Obscura, Pestilence

• 2025

  17–17 Feb 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: Pestilence

• 2024

  17–17 Feb 2024 (approx.)

Travel tips from Paris

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

• bus14h 2m · €95
• air4h 35m · €177
• car11h 29m · €237
• train7h 48m · €238