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HELLFEST
The 20th edition of Europe's biggest metal festival, June 17 to 20, 2027 in Clisson: four days, ten stages, more than 300 bands and 60,000 people a day.
Hellfest 2027
The Hellfest festival.
In a nutshell.
Hellfest 2027 takes place June 17 to 20 in Clisson, in the Loire-Atlantique department. For its 20th edition, dubbed The Absolute Edition, the festival grows from six to ten stages and announces more than 300 bands, in front of around 60,000 people a day.
Born in 2006 in the Nantes wine country, Hellfest has become Europe's go-to event for metal in all its forms: hard rock and heavy on the mainstages, thrash and death at the Altar, black and folk at the Temple, doom and stoner at the Valley, punk and hardcore at the Warzone. Each stage has its own colour and its own crowd, and the lineup reads as much like a map of the genre as a programme.
The site is an attraction in itself: a steel cathedral at the entrance, a monumental statue of Lemmy Kilmister, a Ferris wheel, welded set pieces that return year after year. For 2027, the organisers are announcing a complete overhaul of the layout, with four additional stages — Riot, Abyss, Forge and Crypt — joining the six historic ones.
Hellfest · what's confirmed
What we know about Hellfest 2027.
- Dates
- June 17—20, 2027, announced by the organiser.
- Confirmed
- Tickets
- From €389, indicative price to reconfirm on the ticket shop.
- To reconfirm
- Line-up
- Not yet announced by the organiser.
- Upcoming
"Confirmed": read on the festival's official website. "To reconfirm": announced, but not yet rechecked by us. "Estimate" or "upcoming": not yet announced by the organiser. See the official website
Hellfest in practice
Profile of the festival.
Capacity, atmosphere, crowd, hours and on-site budget: the full profile of Hellfest 2027 before you get your tickets.
Size
60,000 people / day
Around 240,000 entries over the four days, on a 57-hectare site with 21 hectares reserved for camping.
Crowd
Metal · highly international
Nearly a third of the crowd comes from abroad, led by the UK and the Iberian Peninsula.
Atmosphere
Steel, fire and welded set pieces
The entrance cathedral, the Lemmy Kilmister statue and the closing fireworks are all part of the ritual.
Reputation
20th edition in 2027
Started with 22,000 attendees in 2006, now France's biggest festival, overwhelmingly privately funded.
What to wear
Black and closed shoes
June in Loire-Atlantique swings between intense heat and showers, and the site is an open field: a cap, sunscreen and a windbreaker.
On-site budget
€40 to €70 / day
Estimate for food and drinks, payable exclusively cashless.
Hellfest 2027 practical info
Practical info.
Dates, hours, transport and lodging: what you need to know before you go.
Dates and hours
Four days of concerts, Thursday June 17 to Sunday June 20, 2027. Camping traditionally opens the evening before day one.
Tickets
4-day passes, which went on sale July 7, 2026 at €389 (+ €10 fee), are sold out. 1-day passes are announced for the first quarter of 2027. The only safe resale is the festival's official platform — avoid private listings.
Cashless payment
Cashless is the only payment method on site: bars, food, merch, showers and the Ferris wheel. Setting up and topping up your account before arriving saves a lot of time.
Camping
Official camping is traditionally included with the pass and split into zones with different atmospheres, from the most festive to the quietest.
Accessibility
The festival offers dedicated reception and platforms for people with reduced mobility, on request to the organisers ahead of the event.
TransportClisson is 25km from Nantes, with a train station a few minutes from the site.
- By train
- TER Nantes—Clisson in about twenty minutes. During the festival, the region adds extra trains and night returns to Nantes.
- By plane
- Nantes Atlantique Airport about thirty kilometres away, with a reception setup and dedicated shuttles during the festival.
- Shuttles
- Shuttles link Clisson station, Nantes airport and the site entrance. Timetables and prices are published by the festival in spring.
- By car
- 25 km south-east of Nantes. The site reserves 22 hectares for parking, but access jams at peak hours: arrive early.
AccommodationOfficial camping remains the simplest option; Nantes has most of the hotels.
- Official campsite
- Included with the pass, adjacent to the site, split into more or less festive zones. It opens the day before the first day of concerts.
- Hotels
- Clisson has few rooms and is full very early: most of the offering is in Nantes, 25 km away.
- Distance from the festival
- The campsite is within walking distance of the stages. From Nantes, allow 25 minutes by car or about twenty minutes by TER.
- Indicative prices
- A hotel in Nantes from around €90 a night at this time, to book several months ahead.
DestinationClisson is a wine-country town with Italian-style architecture, at the heart of Muscadet country.
- What to do
- The medieval fortress, the market halls and the Garenne Lemot estate. The town was rebuilt in the 19th century in a rustic Italian style that earned it the nickname 'Italian Clisson'.
- What to taste
- You're in the heart of the Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine vineyard: the surrounding estates can be visited, and Nantes is twenty minutes away by train for the rest.
- Usual weather
- Around 22 to 24°C by day in mid-June, showers possible. The site offers little shade: bring water and sun protection.
Information last updated on October 2, 2026
Hellfest aftermovie
The vibe of the
festival.
The official aftermovie from the 2026 edition, to get a feel for things before the 20th.
Hellfest 2027 line-up
The full line-up.
Day by day.
The Hellfest 2027 line-up hasn't been revealed yet. We'll update this page as soon as it's announced.
Line-up coming soon
The first names usually drop in autumn, several months before the festival. Come back then: the full day-by-day line-up will show up here.
Comfort, well positioned
Get organised for
Hellfest.
At 6am, a ten-minute journey can feel very long. Pick the right home base now, and the route that leaves you enough energy for the rest.
Lodging
Places to stay around Clisson.
Activities
Fill your days too.
Bars, restaurants, spots worth a visit between two shows: enough to fill the gaps in the schedule without improvising on the spot at the last minute.
A taste of it
Hellfest
like you were there.
The Gardienne des Ténèbres at sunset, the cathedral lit up at night, and the fireworks that close out the four days.
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