Psytrance festivals worldwide 2026/27: the biggest and best by region

The biggest psytrance festivals in the world are Boom in Portugal (around 40,000 people in 2025), O.Z.O.R.A. in Hungary (around 30,000), Universo Paralello in Brazil (estimates from about 24,000 to more than 30,000) and Indian Spirit in Germany (one report counted about 25,000 in 2026). Boom and Universo Paralello take place every two years; Ozora and Indian Spirit every year.

Below you find those giants, a calendar of confirmed dates from October 2026 to September 2027, and every festival in our guide sorted by region. Statuses are as of October 2026 and can change, so we mark clearly which festivals are paused, cancelled or uncertain.

The biggest psytrance festivals in the world

Attendance figures are hard to pin down, and festivals rarely publish exact numbers. These are the sizes our sources give.

Festival	Country	Size (from our sources)	Next edition
Boom Festival	Portugal	About 40,000 (2025, sold out)	18–25 July 2027 (every two years)
O.Z.O.R.A. Festival	Hungary	Around 30,000	23 July – 3 August 2027
Universo Paralello	Brazil	About 24,000 to more than 30,000	27 December 2026 – 4 January 2027 (every two years)
Indian Spirit	Germany	About 25,000 in 2026 according to one report; other sources give less	25–30 August 2027
Rainbow Spirit	Australia	Around 12,000 in its Lexton years; reduced capacity in 2026	5–8 March 2027
Hadra Trance Festival	France	Around 10,000	Not announced (recent editions in late August)
Vortex Open Source	South Africa	About 7,000 campers in 2019, at its previous site	18–20 December 2026
VooV Experience	Germany	More than 5,000 per year, according to the official site	16–19 July 2027

Boom's 2027 edition marks 30 years, and all ticket categories are reported sold out. Ozora's 2026 edition ended early on 2 August after two attendees died during a heat alert; at any summer festival, take heat, shade and water seriously.

Which is the best psytrance festival for you?

"Best" depends on what you are looking for. A few pointers:

• Your first big festival: Indian Spirit is professionally run and has a lot going on beyond the dance floors.
• Art, ecology and the full spectrum of styles: Boom, if you have a ticket.
• A long stay: Ozora runs for twelve days and works like a temporary town.
• Goa and the old-school sound: ZNA Gathering, VooV and HillTop in Goa. See Goa trance vs psytrance for the difference.
• Dark and hi-tech: Masters of Puppets and Mo:Dem.
• Small, by the water or in the mountains: Own Spirit in Spain (around 4,000 people) or Burning Mountain in the Swiss Alps.
• New Year on a beach: Universo Paralello.

Calendar: confirmed dates October 2026 to September 2027

Dates	Festival	Country
23–26 Oct 2026	Earth Frequency Festival	Australia
27–29 Nov 2026	Twilight Festival	South Africa
12 Dec 2026	High Nature Festival	Brazil
18–20 Dec 2026	Vortex Open Source	South Africa
27 Dec 2026 – 4 Jan 2027	Universo Paralello	Brazil
6 Jan 2027	Sola Luna Waterfall Festival (one day, Koh Phangan)	Thailand
5–8 Mar 2027	Rainbow Spirit	Australia
5–22 Mar 2027	Tribal Gathering	Panama
13–14 Mar 2027	Flor da Vida	Brazil
25–29 Mar 2027	Rabbits Eat Lettuce	Australia
24–27 Jun 2027	Burning Mountain	Switzerland
1–4 Jul 2027	Ethereal Decibel	France
5–11 Jul 2027	Masters of Puppets	Czech Republic
16–19 Jul 2027	VooV Experience	Germany
18–25 Jul 2027	Boom	Portugal
23 Jul – 3 Aug 2027	O.Z.O.R.A.	Hungary
2–8 Aug 2027	Mo:Dem	Croatia
9–15 Aug 2027	New Healing Festival	Germany
25–30 Aug 2027	Indian Spirit	Germany
1–6 Sep 2027	Own Spirit	Spain

Everything else is listed below with its usual month. You can also browse by month on the festival pages.

Europe

Europe has the densest summer calendar, from late June to early September. All European festivals are on the Europe page.

• Boom, Portugal: eight days of music, art and ecology by a lake in Idanha-a-Nova, every two years since 1997. The full psytrance spectrum plus chillout, world music and techno.
• ZNA Gathering, Portugal: a biennial goa and retro-psytrance gathering at Montargil Lake. The latest edition began on 15 July 2026; next dates not announced.
• O.Z.O.R.A., Hungary: twelve days at Dádpuszta near Ozora since 2004, full-on and progressive at the core.
• S.U.N. Festival, Hungary: a small July forest festival run by the Solar United Natives community since 2012. The 2027 dates are not announced.
• Indian Spirit, Germany: six days and six stages in Eldena, running since 1999. Full-on, progressive and goa at the core.
• VooV Experience, Germany: running since 1991, in Putlitz since 2001, with goa, progressive and full-on on two stages.
• New Healing Festival, Germany: a healing and wellness week by a lake in the Prignitz, with electronic dance floors mainly at the weekend. Psytrance is only part of the music.
• Burning Mountain, Switzerland: four days at about 1,500 metres beside the Inn river in Zernez, since 2011. Progressive and full-on, families welcome.
• Hadra Trance Festival, France: four days for around 10,000 people at the Plan d'eau de Vieure lake in the Allier, with four stages from progressive to darkpsy and forest.
• Ethereal Decibel, France: a non-profit, adults-only festival in a 64-hectare park in Normandy, with three stages.
• Masters of Puppets, Czech Republic: a week of darkpsy, hi-tech and forest, 18+, moving to a new site in Valeč, western Bohemia, for 2027.
• Mo:Dem, Croatia: seven days in the woods near Primišlje by the Mrežnica river, with a dark, underground profile. Tickets are personalised.
• Own Spirit, Spain: six days on the Santa Ana reservoir near Baldellou, Huesca, every September since 2015.
• Transition Festival, Spain: seven days in a pine forest near Almonte, Andalusia, 18+. It moved from May to September in 2026; the 2027 dates are not announced, but an early-bird presale opened on 14 October 2026.
• WAO Festival, Italy: music, visionary art and wellness on Monte Peglia in Umbria, with psytrance as one genre among several. The 2027 dates are not announced.

The Americas

South America

Brazil is the centre of the South American scene. Besides Universo Paralello, nine days on Praia de Pratigi in Bahia over New Year, the calendar is full of weekend open airs. Our guide to psytrance festivals in Brazil covers them in detail; the South America page lists them all.

• High Nature Festival, Rio de Janeiro: the yearly 100% psytrance outdoor festival of a Rio crew. 6th edition on 12 December 2026.
• Flor da Vida, Itirapina (SP): two days of full-on, progressive and goa; tenth anniversary on 13–14 March 2027.
• Psyfly, Porto Feliz (SP): back in March 2026 after a two-year pause and sold out; no 2027 date yet.
• Equilibrium, Vila Velha (ES): about 30 hours in March or April, 18+; next dates not announced.
• Baobá, São José dos Campos (SP): a weekend in early May; next dates not announced.
• Yanomami, Itirapina (SP): a two-day rave with no fixed rhythm; last held in June 2026.
• Terratronic, Silva Jardim (RJ): two days with big international line-ups, held irregularly; last in July 2026.
• Spirit Rio, Rio de Janeiro: a party series since 2012 with a two-day anniversary open air, usually in August or September; no next date announced.

Central and North America

Tribal Gathering in Panama runs for 18 days on the Caribbean coast in Colón: an indigenous immersion first, then a dance festival with its own psytrance stage, the Lotus Stage, mainly in the second week. Next edition: 5–22 March 2027. See the North America page for more.

Africa and Asia

South Africa

South Africa has a strong, long-running scene, with its season in the southern spring and summer. All events are on the Africa page.

• Vortex Open Source: the December festival of Vortex Trance Adventures, who have run outdoor trance events since 1994. Now at Karoo 62 near Ladismith; 18–20 December 2026.
• Twilight Festival: a three-day camping weekend at Pecan Bush Lodge in Hekpoort, about 90 minutes from Johannesburg. Version 27 runs 27–29 November 2026.
• Earthdance Cape Town: an 18+ camping festival near Riviersonderend, part of the global Earthdance network. The 2026 edition ran 18–20 September; 2027 dates not announced.
• Organik Gaian Dream: a two-day, 18+ weekend by Cape Town's Organik crew on a single tuned sound rig. The 2026 edition ran 10–11 October; next dates not announced.

Asia

• HillTop Festival, India: four days every February at the Hilltop venue in Vagator, North Goa, where it all began. The 15th edition ran 5–8 February 2026; 2027 dates not announced.
• Sola Luna, Thailand: the organisers cancelled the 2026/27 New Year beach edition in Khanom, citing costs and weak ticket sales. In its place, a one-day Sola Luna Waterfall Festival takes place on Koh Phangan on 6 January 2027.

More on the Asia page.

Australia

Australian festivals run from the southern spring into autumn, and most mix psytrance with other electronic music. See the Oceania page.

• Rainbow Spirit, Victoria: the former Rainbow Serpent, founded in 1998, renamed in 2023 and back since 2026 at a new site near Tallarook, north of Melbourne. 5–8 March 2027.
• Earth Frequency Festival, Queensland: Queensland's long-running electronic festival with psytrance as a core part of the programme, moving to the Woodfordia parklands in Woodford for 23–26 October 2026.
• Dragon Dreaming, New South Wales: a not-for-profit lakeside festival near Wee Jasper with a progressive psytrance stage. The 2026 edition sold out; 2027 dates not announced.
• Rabbits Eat Lettuce, Queensland: a five-day Easter bush festival where psytrance is one strand among several. The 18th edition runs 25–29 March 2027 near Texas, Queensland.

Paused, cancelled or uncertain

These festivals are in our guide, but there is no confirmed upcoming edition as of October 2026.

• Antaris Project, Germany: one of Germany's oldest open airs, founded in 1993. Paused since founder Uwe Siebert died in March 2025; no new edition announced.
• Psy-Fi, Netherlands: paused. The 2025 edition was cancelled because of low presales, and nothing has been announced for 2026 or 2027.
• Shankra, Switzerland: last held in July 2023; the 2024, 2025 and 2026 editions were cancelled.
• Esoteric Festival, Australia: last held in March 2024; the 2025 edition was cancelled the night before opening, and no new edition has been announced.
• Noisily, UK: last held in July 2024; the 2025 edition was cancelled and nothing has been announced since.
• Hai in den Mai (Waldfrieden), Germany: the 2026 edition did not take place after the district refused approval; the future is unclear.
• Freedom Festival, Portugal: last confirmed edition in August 2019; status unknown.
• Eclipse Festival, Canada: last confirmed edition in July 2022; status unclear.
• Labyrinth Festival, Greece: the planned 2025 edition is listed as cancelled; no later edition found.
• Woodstoock & Tríade Trance, Brazil: tickets were sold for a 2023 edition; no edition found since, status unconfirmed.

Going for the first time? Read our first-timer guide before you pack.

FAQ

What is the biggest psytrance festival in the world?

Boom in Portugal is the biggest in our guide, with around 40,000 people at its sold-out 2025 edition. It takes place every two years; the next edition runs from 18 to 25 July 2027. Ozora in Hungary (around 30,000) is the biggest that runs every year.

What are the best psytrance festivals?

It depends on your taste. Boom and Ozora are the big international gatherings, Indian Spirit is a good first big festival, Masters of Puppets and Mo:Dem are for dark and hi-tech, and ZNA Gathering and VooV for goa. For New Year, Universo Paralello in Brazil.

When is psytrance festival season?

In Europe from late June to early September. In Brazil, South Africa and Australia, the main season is the southern spring and summer, roughly October to March, with New Year as a highlight.

Is Psy-Fi happening in 2026 or 2027?

No edition has been announced. Psy-Fi is paused after its 2025 edition was cancelled because of low presales.

Is Sola Luna happening in 2026/27?

Not in its usual form. The New Year beach edition in Khanom is cancelled; instead there is a one-day Sola Luna Waterfall Festival on Koh Phangan on 6 January 2027. Khanom ticket holders can choose a refund or a transfer to a VIP ticket.