Strand Festival — festival guide
Lake Balaton, Zamárdi, Hungary19–21 Aug 2027 · 3 days303 days to go
At a glance
- Dates
- 19–21 Aug 2027 (3 days)
- Location
- Lake Balaton, Zamárdi, Hungary
- Sound
- Electronic · Pop
- Tickets
- €45 · 1 tier tracked
- Venue type
- Natural site
- Best nearby base
- Zamárdi · 0 km · about 0 min
- On-site camping
- Tent camping only.
The story
Strand Festival is an annual multi-genre music festival held from August 19-21, 2027, at Lake Balaton in Zamárdi, Hungary. It marks the end of the festival season in Hungary and has been running for several years. The festival atmosphere is characterized by its beach setting and offers camping options for attendees.
Strand Festival is a 3-day electronic, pop festival at Lake Balaton in Zamárdi, Hungary. The August 2027 edition runs 19–21 Aug 2027.
Expect stages split between Electronic and Pop.
Everything happens at Lake Balaton, in Zamárdi. Zamárdi · 0 km · about 0 min is the organiser's practical nearby base for accommodation and transfers to the festival site. Tent camping only.
Strand Festival keeps the same calendar slot each year: August 2027 for this edition, opening on a Thursday and closing on a Saturday. 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 Zamárdi 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 at Lake Balaton
- All Ages event
- Camping available on site
- Takes place August 19-21, 2027
- A multi-genre music festival
Venue, camping & access
- Venue type
- Natural site
- Best nearby base
- Zamárdi · 0 km · about 0 min
- Camping
- Tent camping only.
What the trip costs from Paris
Ticket from
not on sale yet
Return transport
€138
bus · 21h 2m each way
Place to stay
€183
Hostel / camping · 3 nights
Total door to door
€321
Door to door from Paris, a trip to Strand Festival works out at roughly €321 per person on the cheapest combination we track — one of the more affordable weekends in 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 · 21h 2m each way, at €138 return.
See every ticket tier and travel option →Planning the trip, step by step
- 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Strand Festival 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 4 nights rather than 3: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
- 4Follow Strand Festival 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 Strand Festival 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
19–21 Aug 2026 (approx.)
2025
19–21 Aug 2025 (approx.)
2024
19–21 Aug 2024 (approx.)
Travel tips from Paris
- The site itself is Lake Balaton, in Zamárdi.
- Book a bed in Zamárdi early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.
- bus21h 2m · €138
- air5h 9m · €222
- train11h 17m · €342