We Love Summer NYE — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

31 Dec – 1 Jan 2027 (2 days)

Location

The Port, Cape Town, South Africa

Sound

house · electronic · live music

Tickets

€23 · 1 tier tracked

Nearest airport

Cape Town International Airport

Venue type

Urban venue

Best nearby base

Cape Town · 1 km · about 2 min

On-site camping

Not listed

The story

We Love Summer NYE is a festival celebrating New Year's Eve held at The Port in Cape Town, South Africa, from December 31, 2026, to January 1, 2027. The event features 10 festival brands and 10 stages, each showcasing different musical styles, from house and electronic to live performances. It transforms a container depot into an immersive festival experience, promising a diverse atmosphere that combines various sounds and crowds for a single countdown to the new year.

We Love Summer NYE is a 2-day house, electronic, live music festival at The Port in Cape Town, South Africa. The December 2026 edition runs 31 Dec – 1 Jan 2027.

Expect stages split between house, electronic and live music.

Everything happens at The Port, in Cape Town. Cape Town · 1 km · about 2 min is the organiser's practical nearby base for accommodation and transfers to the festival site.

We Love Summer NYE 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.

• 10 festival brands and 10 stages
• Located at The Port, Cape Town
• Shuttles run between central Cape Town and the venue
• On-site parking available at an additional charge
• Age requirement: 18+

Venue, camping & access

Venue type

Urban venue

Best nearby base

Cape Town · 1 km · about 2 min

Camping

No on-site camping is listed by the organiser.

Getting to the gates

Shuttles provided; Uber and ride-sharing encouraged.

What the trip costs from Paris

Door to door from Paris, a trip to We Love Summer NYE works out at roughly €1,447 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 We Love Summer NYE 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 We Love Summer NYE 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.

• 2025

  31 Dec – 1 Jan 2026 (approx.)

• 2024

  31 Dec – 1 Jan 2025 (approx.)

• 2023

  31 Dec – 1 Jan 2024 (approx.)

Travel tips from Paris

• Fly into Cape Town International Airport, the closest airport to the site.
• The site itself is The Port, in Cape Town.
• Shuttles provided; Uber and ride-sharing encouraged.
• Book a bed in Cape Town early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.

• air16h 29m · €1,133