FAQ

Two options, Regular and VIP, as a day ticket or a pass:

• Day ticket: Dec 30, Dec 31 or Jan 1.
• 2-Day Pass: Dec 30 & 31, or Dec 31 + Jan 1.
• 3-Day Pass: Dec 30, 31 & Jan 1.

With a pass, your wristband lets you leave and come back for as long as it runs. With a day ticket, once you leave, you're out for the day.

No festival ticket includes indoor camping. Indoor camping is booked separately, as a Classic or Premium pack, together with your ticket or later on.

VIP comes in the same days and passes as Regular, plus:

• VIP access on The Box and Loud Machine stages, right by the artists;
• a seated grandstand facing the Count:Down stage and a lounge area;
• a private entrance (fast-line);
• private toilets;
• free private lockers you can use all night;
• VIP bars;
• a welcome glass of bubbles.

Like Regular, VIP does not include indoor camping.

The price depends on the wave, meaning the current sales phase. Wave 1 was the first sales phase for FCKNYE Festival, and it's sold out. Wave 2 and every wave after it have their own prices.

A wave's prices stay available while that phase is open and tickets are left. Once the next wave starts, only its prices apply: you can't buy at the price of a finished wave.

The prices on the Tickets page and in the official ticket shop are always the current wave's prices, VAT included.

No. The pass Culture isn't accepted, and paying in instalments isn't available.

16 is the minimum age for FCKNYE Festival. At 16 and 17, you can come without an adult. Under-16s aren't admitted, even with an adult, same as in 2025. Your age is checked at the entrance against your ID.

No. The name on the ticket isn't checked: at the entrance, only your age is checked against your ID. So you can buy for someone else.

It depends on your ticket:

• Day ticket (Regular or VIP), valid for one day: once you leave, you can't come back in.
• 2-Day or 3-Day Pass (Dec 30 & 31, Dec 31 + Jan 1, or Dec 30, 31 & Jan 1; Regular or VIP): your wristband lets you go in and out as often as you like for as long as the pass runs.
• Indoor camping pack: you can come and go freely on the festival site. An indoor corridor links the indoor camping to the festival.

Go to TicketLive’s lost tickets page and enter the email address you used to order. This also works for tickets bought during the April promotion.

If you no longer have access to that email address, email TicketLive customer service.

Only if you added TicketPlan Protection when you bought. It refunds your ticket if you can no longer come for a reason listed in the TicketLive terms and conditions, for example:

• illness or injury, for you, a relative or someone close to you;
• transport disruption or a vehicle problem;
• a dispute, an emergency or bad weather.

TicketPlan Protection isn't an insurance policy. Without it, there's no refund.

A ticket bought on a resale platform can't be guaranteed as valid. Since this year there's no secure resale like Secure Swap any more: a PDF ticket can be sold several times, but only the first scan gets in. With a resale ticket, you risk being stopped at the entrance.

For a 100% valid ticket, buy only in the official ticket shop. To resell your own ticket, check with TicketLive customer service.

The Easter Promo was a limited offer in April 2026 that ran for just under a week: you bought your ticket before the line-up was announced, a bit like a blind pass. It's over, so Easter Promo tickets and prices are no longer available and only current offers apply.

Your Easter Promo ticket stays valid under the terms of your order. Buying without knowing the line-up was part of the deal.

Same lines as in 2025, with a modified network on Dec 31.

Metro (recommended): line 6, Heysel stop.

Tram:

• line 7, Heysel terminus. On Dec 31 after 7 pm it's diverted to Esplanade: get off at the Esplanade terminus;
• line 9, Roi Baudouin terminus;
• line 35, Esplanade terminus. On Dec 31 after 7 pm it doesn't run: take line 7;
• line 51, Stade terminus;
• line 62, Heysel terminus. On Dec 31 after 7 pm it stops at Guillaume De Greef and no longer serves Heysel: take the 51 or the 93;
• line 93, Stade terminus.

Bus: line 83, Heysel or Palais 12 stop. On Dec 31 after 6 pm it's diverted and no longer serves those two stops: get off at Roi Baudouin.

From every stop, follow the signs to the festival. Tap in with your bank card, phone or smartwatch instead of queuing at the ticket machines.

On Dec 31, come early: with the midnight fireworks at the Atomium, right next to Brussels Expo, public transport will be packed. On the night of Dec 31 to Jan 1, public transport is free from midnight to 5 am.

Yes. Buses leave from France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland (see Which cities do buses leave from?). Book them in the official ticket shop, at the Coming by bus step: pick the right date and direction. Every departure, with its times and meeting point, is on the bus page.

The bus is a separate product: it isn't included in your festival ticket, and a bus ticket doesn't get you into the festival. To check you have a bus ticket, look at your confirmation email or your tickets. It says FCKNYE Festival and may show the route number, the departure or return city and the date.

France: Amiens, Angers, Brive, Brumath, Cambrai, Chalon-sur-Saône, Châlons, Châteauroux, Chaumont, Colmar, Dijon, Épinal, Langres, Le Mans, Lille, Limoges, Lyon Gerland, Mâcon, Metz, Meyzieu, Mulhouse, Nancy, Nantes, Orléans, Paris, Phalsbourg, Poix-Terron, Reims, Rouen, Sélestat, Strasbourg, Thionville, Toulouse, Troyes, Valenciennes and Villefranche.

Belgium: Charleroi, Habay, La Louvière, Liège, Mons and Namur. One-way returns also run to Liège, Mons, La Louvière, Charleroi and Namur depending on the date.

Luxembourg: Luxembourg.

Switzerland: Bienne (Biel), Genève (Geneva), Glovelier, Lausanne, Martigny, Neuchâtel, Payerne and Yverdon-les-Bains.

Dates, times and meeting points depend on the city: find them on the bus page, and the price in the ticket shop. A city that isn't listed (Bern, for example) has no departure planned so far.

Pick the date first, then the direction: to the festival or back from it. Then check the city and meeting point before you pay. The trip's page in the ticket shop shows the day, time and meeting point.

One-way trips: only on Belgian routes, from or to Liège (€34 per trip), Mons, La Louvière, Charleroi and Namur (€31 per trip). For these cities you can also book the outward and return trips separately. Everywhere else, including France, only return trips exist. Check the final price in the ticket shop before paying.

No assigned seats: you can't book a specific seat. Availability in the ticket shop is what counts, and extra seats on a full trip can't be guaranteed.

If key information about your trip is missing, contact its operator: Akkros Voyages for France, Belgium and Luxembourg (email Akkros or call +33 9 72 61 82 41, 8 am to midnight, 7 days a week), Hard Universe for Switzerland (email Hard Universe). Don't contact TicketLive or the festival team for this.

Be at the meeting point 15 minutes before the departure time on your ticket, and show your bus ticket when boarding. A ticket on your phone is fine. Boarding after departure time isn't guaranteed, and a missed bus isn't refunded.

If you might be late, if the bus is late or doesn't show up, if you can't find the bus or the driver, or if the driver won't accept your ticket, contact your trip's operator straight away:

• France, Belgium and Luxembourg: Akkros Voyages, email Akkros or call +33 9 72 61 82 41, 8 am to midnight, 7 days a week.
• Switzerland: Hard Universe, email Hard Universe.

Don't contact TicketLive or the festival team for this. In case of immediate danger on board, alert the driver and call the emergency services if needed.

Luggage, a suitcase, a tent and your festival gear: yes. Items banned by transport and festival safety rules stay banned, and animals aren't allowed on the buses.

Not sure about an item? Ask your trip's operator: Akkros Voyages for France, Belgium and Luxembourg (email Akkros or call +33 9 72 61 82 41, 8 am to midnight, 7 days a week), Hard Universe for Switzerland (email Hard Universe).

Anything about a bus trip (booking, times, meeting point, changes, cancellation, refund, luggage, delays, lost items, complaints) is handled directly by the operator running your departure, never by TicketLive or the festival team:

• France, Belgium and Luxembourg: Akkros Voyages, email Akkros or call +33 9 72 61 82 41, 8 am to midnight, 7 days a week.
• Switzerland: Hard Universe, email Hard Universe.

That covers: bus ticket or order confirmation not found, payment taken with no ticket, charged twice, wrong trip or date, wrong departure or return city, changing stop or departure city, someone else using your ticket, cancellation, refund, wheelchair access, rules for minors, item left on the bus, complaints.

Your trip is covered by that operator's terms and conditions.

Departures from 36 French cities in December 2026, returning in January 2027. Find your bus on the map: pick your city to see its trips, route number, departure and return times and meeting point.

The bus ticket only covers transport, so you still need a festival ticket or pass. Always check the details, price included, in the ticket shop before you buy. For any question about a trip, see Who do I contact about a question or problem with my bus trip?

The indoor camping is heated and set up right on the Brussels Expo site. A pack is one pitch for one tent, shared by 1 to 4 people: Solo (1), Duo (2), Trio (3) or Quattro (4). With a Duo, Trio or Quattro, everyone in the pack can arrive at the indoor camping separately. The tent isn't provided: bring your own.

• Classic: access to the Classic indoor camping zone on Dec 30, 31 and Jan 1, private washrooms included.
• Premium: access to the Classic and Premium zones, same dates. The Premium zone has limited capacity for more comfort, with faster access to the festival and activities.

Every pack includes access to Terminal 1, reserved for campers. An indoor camping pack doesn't get you into the festival: you also need a ticket or pass. You can add your pack with your ticket or later on. Current wave prices are shown in the ticket shop.

The indoor camping opens on Wednesday 30 December at noon and closes on Saturday 2 January at 4 pm, so plan to leave before then. Packs give you indoor camping access on Dec 30, 31 and Jan 1.

No, bring all your own indoor camping gear: the tent isn't provided with Classic or Premium, and neither is bedding. Each Solo, Duo, Trio or Quattro pack is one pitch for 1 tent.

The indoor camping is indoors, on a hard floor: you can't drive in pegs or fix anything to the ground. Bring a freestanding tent that stands up on its own without pegs or guy lines, like a Quechua 2 Seconds. Tunnel tents and ridge tents, which need to be pegged out, won't work. As in 2025, only freestanding tents, the kind that don't get pegged into the ground, are accepted.

A tent is compulsory: sleeping under the stars, on a mattress or in a sleeping bag without a tent isn't allowed, and there are security checks on the indoor camping. Canopies (3 × 3 m gazebos included) are banned, on Classic and Premium alike.

Not allowed on the indoor camping:

• sleeping without a tent (under the stars, on a mattress or in a sleeping bag): there are security checks;
• climbing on or damaging fences, installations and infrastructure;
• blocking fire lanes or emergency exits: the organisers can move anything in the way, for safety;
• lighting fires or using gas;
• any sound source between 3 am and 11 am in the rest areas: let your neighbours sleep.

Banned items: vehicles (campervans, caravans, cars, motorbikes, scooters, bikes, kick scooters, trailers), canopies, supermarket trolleys (except ones that fit through the checkpoint barriers), portable showers, tap barrels, gas bottles, speakers and sound gear bigger than 25 × 25 cm, stoves, small gas burners, barbecues, power units, car batteries, generators, heaters, dry ice, tins, glass objects, dangerous objects (sharp or blunt, weapons, fireworks, anything that could be thrown), animals (guide dogs allowed). Illegal drugs: all psychoactive products and their containers are banned, except non-spirit alcohol; medication must come with its prescription.

Drinks: spirits and any drink over 15° alcohol are banned. Per person, at most 6 cans of beer of 33 cl and 6 cans or plastic bottles of soft drinks (sodas, energy drinks) of 33 cl: a limited amount of light alcoholic drinks and soft drinks, depending on the format.

Leaving: in 2025 you could leave the site outside programme hours. For 2026, see Can I leave the festival and come back?

The full indoor camping rules had their own page in 2025. The 2026 link will be added as soon as it exists.

Banned at the festival:

• alcohol and drinks (the indoor camping has its own rules: see What are the indoor camping rules?);
• illegal drugs;
• glass bottles;
• Camelbaks and hydration packs;
• umbrellas and parasols;
• laser pointers;
• dangerous objects: sharp or blunt items, weapons, fireworks, anything that could be thrown;
• cameras (professional and compact) and video cameras (professional and GoPro-type), except for accredited media who asked in advance;
• recording devices;
• bikes, scooters and self-balancing scooters;
• supermarket trolleys (only ones that fit through the checkpoint barriers, and only at the indoor camping);
• portable showers, tap barrels, gas bottles, sound systems, stoves, small gas burners, barbecues, power units, car batteries, generators, heaters, dry ice and tins;
• animals, except guide dogs.

Empty water bottles are allowed: free drinking water fountains on site let you refill bottles. The water at the hand basins isn't drinkable.

Suitcases aren't banned, but we strongly advise against them: they slow down the security checks at the entrance. Bring a compact bag instead.

In 2025 the list already included alcohol and drinks, illegal drugs, glass, dangerous objects and some equipment.

Yes: several bars and food stands on the festival site, with vegetarian and vegan options. At the indoor camping there are food and breakfast areas. In 2025, food was served in food villages.

The map and 3D map of FCKNYE Festival, with set times stage by stage, will be published in December in the official festival app, on the App Store and Google Play. Every act's day and stage is already known (see Who's playing, on which day and on which stage?).

In 2025, the 3D map and set times were published in the Woov app.

No. Cameras, professional or compact (including DSLRs and interchangeable lenses), and video cameras, professional or GoPro-type, are banned at the festival, as are recording devices. Only accredited media who made a specific request in advance can bring their gear.

To shoot photos or video at the festival, see How do I get a photo or video pass?

Through the media accreditation form. You must be affiliated with a media outlet. The festival then accepts or turns down your request, and you get the decision by email.

Deadlines: every request sent before 1 December is processed by 11 December at the latest. Requests sent after 11 December aren't considered.

No media outlet? Accreditation isn't possible, but you can put yourself forward for the official content team with the content team form.

The festival doesn't give photo or video passes for personal projects, portfolios or school projects, even unpaid ones, or just to come and shoot.

To create content at FCKNYE Festival (Dec 30, 31 & Jan 1), there are three routes, each with its own form:
1. You're affiliated with a media outlet and covering the festival for it: the media accreditation form
2. You have no media outlet and want to produce content for the festival and its communication: the content team form
3. You're a content creator or influencer offering a collaboration, partnership or invitation request, posted on your own channels: the creator collaboration form

Run your own media account on social (news account, info page) and asking for an invitation in exchange for coverage on your channels? Both routes can apply: media accreditation if you're affiliated with a media outlet, creator collaboration if it's posted on your own channels. Pick the one that fits you best.

Outside these three routes, no photo or video pass is issued. The team reviews every request. Sending a form doesn't guarantee selection or access.

The team brings together photographers, videographers and content creators who produce for the festival and its communication. Without a media outlet, it's the only way to shoot photos or video at the festival, aftermovie included.

Put yourself forward with the content team form. If you're affiliated with a media outlet, apply for accreditation instead with the media accreditation form.

Your request is logged as soon as you send it and will be reviewed, with no guarantee of selection or access. If you're picked, someone from the team will contact you directly.

Any collaboration, partnership (paid or unpaid) or invitation request to post on your own channels (UGC, Reels, TikTok, stories, Instagram posts…) goes through the creator collaboration form.

Want to produce content for the festival and its communication instead? Put yourself forward with the content team form.

The team reviews every request, accepts or declines it, and replies by email. Sending the form doesn't guarantee selection or access.

The World's biggest New Year festival: a heavy music line-up and a large-scale technical production. Since 2010 it has brought together festival-goers from more than 40 nationalities. This edition takes place at Brussels Expo, in Brussels, on 30 and 31 December 2026 and 1 January 2027.

30 and 31 December 2026 and 1 January 2027, at Brussels Expo. Times vary by day:

• Wednesday 30 December 2026: doors at 5:30 pm, music from 6 pm to 6 am, last entry 3 am;
• Thursday 31 December 2026: doors at 5 pm, music from 6 pm to 6 am, last entry 3 am;
• Friday 1 January 2027: doors at 5 pm, music from 6 pm to 5 am, when the festival closes.

The indoor camping opens on Wednesday 30 December 2026 at noon and closes on Saturday 2 January 2027 at 4 pm.

FCKNYE Festival takes place at Brussels Expo, Place de Belgique 1, 1020 Brussels, Belgium. For how to get there, see Getting there.

For this edition, on 31 December, artists play across 5 stages; on 30 December and 1 January, across 2 stages, Count:Down and Resolution. The festival covers more than 80,000 m². 81 acts are out so far: 12 on 30 December, 53 on 31 December and 16 on 1 January, and the last names are still to come (night by night and stage by stage in Who's playing, on which day and on which stage?).

On 1 January, Teletech hosts the Count:Down stage, as in 2025. The day's second stage, Resolution, is the hardcore stage: it runs at the same time, with a line-up separate from the Teletech hosting. The 2026 stage hosts for 30 and 31 December haven't been announced yet.

81 acts are out so far, over three nights and five stages at Brussels Expo. The last names are still to come.

Every act announced so far, its night and its stage:

• Wednesday 30 December (12 acts):
• Count:Down (8): Alignment, Angerfist, Bekar, KARAH b2b KLOFAMA, LESSSS, Toxic Machinery, Ueberrest, Vieze Asbak.
• Resolution (4): Deadly Guns vs Miss K8, LunaKorpz vs Sandy Warez, Partyraiser b2b BULLETPROOF, Vernex vs Revenja.
• Thursday 31 December (53 acts):
• Count:Down (13): Apashe b2b VLADIMIR CAUCHEMAR, Guy2Bezbar, HOLY PRIEST, Kaaris, Kalash Criminel, Leto, LIL TEXAS, Nono La Grinta, Onlynumbers, PLK, Restricted, Urumi, WINSON.
• The Box (9): Creeds b2b Todiefor, Dr. Peacock, KOBOSIL, PERCEVAL, Showtek, So Juice, TRYM, Von Bikräv b2b Todiefor, ZAPRAVKA.
• Bazaar (10): 2HOT2PLAY, ascendant vierge, Bou, DJ Gigola, Hedex, LB aka LABAT, Mandidextrous, Mandragora, Part Time Killer b2b L.zwo, Somewhen.
• Loud Machine (11): Bassjackers, Billx, Dr Donk vs Russian Village Boys, DRS vs Sandy Warez, IMHAPPY b2b DIKKE BAAP, Krowdexx, N-Vitral presents BOMBSQUAD, REBELION, Rooler, Sköne, The Dark Horror.
• Resolution (10): Bardix le Gaulois, CARAVEL, ECZODIA, KX CHR, Neek, Pawlowski b2b The Rocketman, Protokseed, TITI, UPHORIA, William Luck b2b NØNAME.
• Friday 1 January (16 acts):
• Count:Down, hosted by Teletech (12): A.N.I., blk., davyboi, Hysta b2b Yoshiko, Kotorri, NATTE VISSTICK, NIKOLINA, PRADA2000, Samuel Moriero b2b Vortek's, SLVL, USH, VALD x VLADIMIR CAUCHEMAR x Todiefor.
• Resolution (4): Dimitri K vs Lekkerfaces, GPF, RDØ, TerrorClown.

Kaaris plays on Thursday 31 December: if you saw 30 December somewhere, that's the old date. Set times, stage by stage, come in December in the official festival app.

Soon, with no date announced yet.

Yes: volunteer applications are open. Apply with the form on the Jobs page.

Same form to work at the festival (bar, cashless, volunteering…), outside the official photo and video content team.

On every festival channel (Instagram, Messenger, the site chat and email), the FCKNYE Festival's automated assistant answers first: an AI, available 24h/24, working from the festival's official information. The human team takes over when a request needs it, especially for an order, a payment or access.

The line-up is built in-house by the festival's booking team. Artist pitches, demos and mixes included, aren't taken through the festival's contact channels, including for next year. Thanks for thinking of us.

Send your proposal through the contact form (Partnerships), with a description of what you offer: food truck, food stand or any other catering.