Venue
Boom, Antwerp province, Belgium
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Tomorrowland guide
Story-led stages in a park at Boom.
In short
Tomorrowland suits dance-music fans prepared to compete for tickets sold only through official channels. It usually takes the last two full weekends of July, but nothing official had been published for 2027 by October 2026. Register early, then choose between camping at DreamVille and sleeping in Antwerp.
Tomorrowland is the electronic dance music festival that turned a recreation park in Boom, between Antwerp and Brussels, into a place of pilgrimage for ravers from every corner of the world. Founded by the brothers Manu and Michiel Beers, it builds each edition around a story, and the stages, decorations and artwork across the park are made to tell it.
Scale is part of the draw. Up to 200,000 people come each weekend for the biggest names in dance music, and the crowd is famously international, a field of flags from dozens of countries.
The other part is the detail. People who have been once tend to talk less about a particular set than about the world built around it, and that world is the reason so many of them camp.
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Key Facts & Stats:
Where: Antwerp, Belgium
Venue: De Schorre provincial recreation park
Held: Every year
Type of event: Party Events, Live Events, Musical Events
Currency: Euro (EUR, €)
Time zone: Central European Time, UTC+1 (UTC+2 in summer)
Language: Dutch, French, German
Map
Getting around
Hotels near the venue fill up around the event dates.
Bracelet, ID copies and cashless payment
Your festival bracelet is your ticket, so guard it as you would a passport. Keep these on you or in your tent:
- Bracelet and confirmation
- the bracelet, your ticket confirmation and any vouchers you bought in advance.
- ID
- passport or ID card, with copies kept separately, plus emergency contact details.
- Money
- the site is cashless, so payment runs through your topped-up bracelet. A credit card and a little cash still help for topping up and for shops outside the grounds.
- Power
- a power bank and charging cable. Sockets are scarce in a field.
What to pack for sun and rain in a field
Belgian summers turn quickly, so pack for sun and rain on the same day.
- A light rain jacket or poncho, plus sunscreen, sunglasses and a hat.
- Shoes you have already broken in and can stand in for twelve hours.
- Earplugs, for the stages and for sleeping while others party.
- An empty bottle to refill with water through the day.
- A warm layer for late nights.
Campers need the full kit on top: tent, sleeping bag, air mattress and pump, torch, eye mask, towel and your own toilet paper if you want anything better than the supplied kind.
Drug rules, fake tickets and crowd safety
Belgian authorities and the organisers take drugs seriously. Anyone found carrying them is removed from the festival, so do not take the risk.
Ticket scams are common. Tickets offered on social media or resale sites are not worth the gamble; buy only through official Tomorrowland channels.
In front of the main stage, resist the urge to rush the barrier. The view from further back takes in the whole set and its decor, and there is room to breathe. Take regular breaks from the thickest crowds, drink water between drinks, and keep phones and valuables zipped away.
What happens on the day
- Thursday
DreamVille opens
Campers arrive a day ahead of the music. Free shuttle buses run between Boom station and the campsite on the Thursday and Friday.
- Friday to Sunday
Three days of music
Several stages play at once from the afternoon into the night. Pace yourself for the evening, when the headline sets begin.
- Late each night
The way back
The last sets end after regular trains have stopped, so day visitors need a reserved return shuttle to Antwerp or Brussels.
- Monday
Pack-up
The DreamVille shuttles run again as the campsite empties.
- Following Friday
Weekend two
The whole festival is staged a second time for a new crowd.
Buying tickets and Global Journey travel packages
Everything hangs on the ticket. Tomorrowland sells only through its own official channels, and sales empty in minutes, so register as early as the organisers allow and have your payment details ready on the day. Decide in advance which weekend you are aiming for, because there is no time to weigh it up once the queue opens.
Travelling from further away, look at Global Journey. Run with Brussels Airlines since 2012, it bundles a weekend ticket with flights and a hotel from a long list of departure cities, which takes the hardest part of the planning out of your hands. If you want to add a few days either side, our Belgium travel page is a good starting point.
How the festival grew from its first edition in 2005
The festival started small. Brothers Manu and Michiel Beers founded it in 2004, with the Dutch promoters ID&T helping on the early editions, and the first event at De Schorre in 2005 lasted a single day. Around 10,000 people came, many of them on free passes handed out to fill the field. It went to two days in 2007. In 2008 more than a hundred DJs played for the first time, and by 2010 it sold out with 120,000 visitors over two days. The year after, it stretched to three.
The theme is what sets it apart. Every edition is built around a story that shapes the stage sets, decorations and artwork across the park. The Book of Wisdom first appeared in 2012 and returned for the fifteenth anniversary in 2019. The Story of Planaxis ran in 2018, and Consciencia in 2026.
The music is the constant: electronic dance music in its many forms, played by the biggest names on the circuit to a crowd that travels from every continent. The official aftermovie of the previous edition is the best primer for a first-timer.
Getting there
Flying in
Brussels Airport is the main gateway for international visitors, with trains from the airport to Antwerp and Mechelen. Belgium is in the Schengen area, so check entry rules for your passport before you book.
By train to Boom
De Schorre is in Boom, about 16 km south of Antwerp. Direct trains run from Antwerp Central to Boom about every 30 minutes, and Mechelen is 13 km away.
Event Train Ticket
SNCB sells an Event Train Ticket, bought with a code from your Tomorrowland account, valid for one trip there and one back within the weekend. It carries your name, so keep photo ID with it.
From Boom station
A signposted walking route reaches the grounds in about 15 minutes.
At night
Reserve an official return shuttle well ahead; taxis from Boom in the small hours are scarce and expensive.
Where to stay during the festival
Your sleeping plan shapes the whole trip. Day visitors stay in Antwerp, Mechelen or Brussels and come in by train each morning. Campers buy into DreamVille, the official campsite beside the grounds, with plain tent pitches at one end and mansion and hotel packages at the other.
Camping puts you a short walk from the gates and inside the atmosphere from the first evening, at the price of thin sleep. A city hotel means better rest but a reserved shuttle home every night.
Weather and what to pack
Belgian summers are mild and changeable. The Royal Meteorological Institute's 1991-2020 normals for Uccle, the national reference station near Brussels, give July an average high of 23.2°C and a low of 14.1°C, with about 77 mm of rain spread over 14 days and around 200 hours of sunshine.
Expect warm afternoons, cool nights and at least one shower over a weekend. Heatwaves above 30°C do happen, and a muddy field after rain is just as likely.
Worth packing
- A light rain jacket or poncho
- Broken-in shoes or boots that can take mud
- A warm layer for after midnight
- Sunscreen and a hat
- A refillable water bottle
- A power bank for the festival app and your phone
- Photo ID to go with your ticket and train ticket
Car hire in Antwerp
Airport transfer to Tomorrowland
Met at arrivals at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) and driven door to door to De Schorre provincial recreation park.
- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) → De Schorre provincial recreation park
- 180 km · 2 hr 20 min
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Booking
No. A ticket normally covers one of the two weekends, not both. Each weekend is run as a complete festival, so to go twice you need two tickets, and with demand this high getting even one is hard enough.
Registration usually opens in December and tickets go on sale in January. They sell out within minutes: even after the festival grew to two weekends, every ticket was gone inside an hour. Registering is the step most people forget.
General
Fire destroyed it on 16 July 2025, two days before the gates were due to open. A replacement stage went up in time, and the festival opened on 18 July as scheduled.
More than you might expect. The flea-market corner has a small library where you can sit and read. There is the Love Chapel for couples, a make-up salon where an angel of beauty gives makeovers, and the Market Place for food, Belgian chocolate included.
Because the crowd comes from all over the world, and bringing your national flag has become a tradition. Spotting your own country's colours across the field is the easiest way to find company.
The biggest seller to date is Tomorrow (Give Into the Night). Each edition has its own music and aftermovie, but that track remains the festival's best-selling release.
Yes. It was first nominated for Best Music Event at the International Dance Music Awards in 2011, and fans went on to vote it the winner five years in a row.
Yes, but carry it with a doctor's letter, especially if you are travelling from abroad. A small kit of your own is sensible too: plasters, painkillers, hand sanitiser and something for an upset stomach.
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Prices & payment
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