Ultra South Africa — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

30–1 May 2027 (1 day)

Location

South Africa, Cape Town, Johannesburg, South Africa

Sound

Electronic · Dance

Tickets

€25 · 1 tier tracked

The story

Ultra South Africa is a electronic, dance festival at South Africa in Cape Town, Johannesburg, South Africa. The May 2027 edition runs 30–1 May 2027.

Expect stages split between Electronic and Dance.

Everything happens at South Africa, in Cape Town, Johannesburg. Cape Town, Johannesburg 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.

Ultra South Africa keeps the same calendar slot each year: May 2027 for this edition, opening on a Sunday and closing on a Saturday. It falls in spring, ahead of the summer festival rush, which usually keeps travel cheaper than the July and August dates. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in Cape Town, Johannesburg 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.

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to Ultra South Africa works out at roughly €1,337 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 · 15h 53m each way, at €1,086 return.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Ultra South Africa 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 Ultra South Africa 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.

Past editions

Dates are the event's recurring calendar slot, so treat them as approximate — the organiser keeps the official archive.

• 2026

  30–30 May 2026 (approx.)

• 2025

  30–30 May 2025 (approx.)

• 2024

  30–30 May 2024 (approx.)

Travel tips from Paris

• The site itself is South Africa, in Cape Town, Johannesburg.
• Book a bed in Cape Town, Johannesburg early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• air15h 53m · €1,086