Snow Machine Japan — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

15–18 Jan 2027 (4 days)

Location

Hakuba Valley, Nagano, Japan

Sound

Electronic · Pop · Rock

Tickets

€332 · 1 tier tracked

Venue type

Natural site

On-site camping

Not listed

Line-up announced

23 artists so far

The story

Snow Machine Japan is a festival taking place from March 2-7, 2027, in Hakuba, Japan. It transforms the town into a celebration of music and winter sports, offering skiing during the day and dancing at night with events including après sets and after-parties. The festival features a lineup of both global and local artists along with unique events like street parties and drag brunches.

Snow Machine Japan is a 4-day electronic, pop, rock festival at Hakuba Valley in Nagano, Japan. The January 2027 edition runs 15–18 Jan 2027.

Announced so far: MPH, William Kiss, Arielle Free, Wilkinson, KETTAMA, Sam Alfred, Erika and Patrick Topping and 15 more. Expect stages split between Electronic, Pop and Rock. The line-up is spread across the 4 festival days, so a full-weekend ticket is the only way to catch every name.

Everything happens at Hakuba Valley, in Nagano. Nagano 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.

Snow Machine Japan keeps the same calendar slot each year: January 2027 for this edition, opening on a Friday and closing on a Monday. 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 Nagano 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.

• Held March 2-7, 2027
• Venue: Hakuba Valley
• 18+ age limit
• Unique events like street parties and Polar Bare ski run
• Independent festival since its inception

Venue, camping & access

Venue type

Natural site

Camping

No on-site camping is listed by the organiser.

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to Snow Machine Japan works out at roughly €1,749 per person on the cheapest combination we track — a higher-budget weekend, mostly because of the travel leg.

The ticket is only 19% 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 air · 16h 46m each way, at €1,157 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

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

Line-up, day by day

• Day 1 — Friday 15 January

  MPH, KETTAMA, Torren Foot, Kaiharubro, Rebūke, Tokimonsta

• Day 2 — Saturday 16 January

  William Kiss, Sam Alfred, Elderbrook, Kanine, Risa Taniguchi, Yuuki Yoshiyama

• Day 3 — Sunday 17 January

  Arielle Free, Erika, HANA, Lovebirds, Sneaky Sound System, Zedena

• Day 4 — Monday 18 January

  Wilkinson, Patrick Topping, Justice Patterson, Luude, STUM

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

  15–18 Jan 2026 (approx.)

  Regulars: MPH, William Kiss, Arielle Free

• 2025

  15–18 Jan 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: William Kiss, Arielle Free, Wilkinson

• 2024

  15–18 Jan 2024 (approx.)

  Regulars: Arielle Free, Wilkinson, KETTAMA

Travel tips from Paris

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

• air16h 46m · €1,157