Cercle Festival 2026 Said Hold My Rocket
Cercle Festival 2026 is putting house music inside an aerospace museum and honestly it is the most dramatic thing to ever happen to a kick drum. Kerri Chandler, Michael Bibi, Eric Prydz and 41 others. Three stages. One rocket. Two Concordes. An A380. May 22 to 24, Le Bourget, Paris. See you on the tarmac.
Dancing under the belly of the world's largest passenger plane. A 54 metre rocket is behind you. Two Concordes are parked nearby like they are also waiting for the drop. This is not a fever dream. This is Cercle Festival 2026, and it is happening May 22 to 24 at the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace in Le Bourget, Paris, and to be fair, the venue alone itself should be illegal.
The festival runs across three stages built around actual aviation legends: the A380 Stage tucked under the wings of the biggest commercial aircraft ever made, the Ariane Stage sitting at the foot of a rocket that has launched actual satellites into space, and the Concorde Stage wedged between two supersonic jets that used to break the sound barrier for fun. The stage design team clearly said "what if the dancefloor had lore" and then went to hell with it.
The Man, The Myth, The Deep House Legend
The booking that has house heads losing their minds is Kerri Chandler. The New Jersey born DJ and producer is widely regarded as one of deep house's foremost innovators, known for sets that stretch six hours or more, pulling together soul, jazz, funk, and a lifetime of dance floor wisdom into something that hits you somewhere between your chest and your entire soul.
People call him the Stevie Wonder of house music and not going to lie, that's underselling it. His Madhouse Records label recently celebrated 25 years of releases that have shaped how house music sounds, feels, and moves.
Kerri Chandler at Cercle is like getting a masterclass in why house music was invented in the first place. Go early, Stay late. Hydrate.
The Rest of the Lineup is Not Messing Around Either
Michael Bibi is back after a period of recovery and anyone who has stood in a room while he plays knows exactly what that means for the vibe. Pure, relentless, groove forward house music that makes your feet make decisions your brain wasn't ordered to.
LP Giobbi is a jazz trained pianist turned DJ and a producer who has spent recent years on the road for roughly 300 days a year, which either means she loves this more than anything or shee can't be stopped.
She performs back to back with DJ Tennis, the Italian DJ and Life and Death Records founder who has built his name at clubs like Fabric and Panorama Bar, blending house, techno, and disco into something that refuses to be categorised.
Eric Prydz rounds out the weekend. Over two decades of progressive house under his own name and his aliases Pryda and Cirez D have made him one of the most hypnotic and emotionally devastating DJs on the planet. Sunday closing set. Surrounded by aircraft. Under the Paris sky. We ain't okay.
France Showed Up for Itself
Festival founder Derek Barbolla made it a priority to put French talent front and centre, with Anetha, Enfant Sauvage, Thylacine, Marten Lou, and Etienne de Crecy all featured across the three days. De Crecy's 1996 Superdiscount album essentially invented French Touch as a concept and the man has been remixing legends like Kraftwerk and Moby ever since. National treasure behavior.
The Numbers Make This Even More Unreal
Forty four artists. Nineteen countries. Three days. The 2024 edition pulled in 24,000 people and Phase one tickets for 2026 sold out so fast it was almost disrespectful.
Day passes sit at 90 euros and full weekend passes at 270 euros. Check festival.crcle.io for remaining ticket availability because this isn't the kind of thing you wanting be watching online when you can be there in person.
Cercle Festival 2026 is three days of house music inside a living aerospace museum. It's objectively the most dramatic possible setting to hear a kick drum. Anyways we do be counting down every single day, we can't wait! See you there!
