Hideout 2026 Sold Out in One Hour and the Lineup Explains Everything
Four days on a Croatian beach. Gorgon City, KETTAMA, Partiboi 69, Skream, and a brand new BBC Radio 1 Dance stage. Hideout Festival returns to Zrce Beach June 30 to July 3 and it is already gone. Check the resale.
Tickets for Hideout 2026 sold out in just one hour. One hour. If you were not at your laptop the moment they dropped, you missed it and you have been watching the resale market ever since. Hideout has led Croatia's summer scene for a decade and a half, with the festival celebrating its 15th anniversary last year. In 2026 it returns to Zrce Beach on the island of Pag from June 30 to July 3 with the most complete lineup it has put together in years. Four days. Five clubs. The Adriatic Sea as the backdrop. No camping because you don't need it when your venue is a beach.
What Hideout is all about
Since launching in 2011, Hideout has mastered the art of balancing chaos and chill: mornings spent swimming in turquoise water, afternoons lounging at pool parties, and nights that explode across open-air clubs like Papaya, Aquarius, Noa, Kalypso, and Euphoria. Every venue offers world-class sound systems, dazzling light shows, and that rare sense of freedom that only comes from dancing with sand underfoot and the sea beside you.
The island of Pag has been the setting since the beginning. Hideout Festival is an electronic and dance music festival held every year on Zrce Beach on the island of Pag, Croatia, and has become one of the most important summer events for fans of international clubbing and electronic music. Five clubs spread across the beach means you are never stuck in one room all night. You move between them. You catch a set at Papaya, walk along the sand, and end up at Kalypso at 4am without ever leaving the festival footprint. That freedom is the whole design of the thing.
By day, festivalgoers dive into boat parties cruising the Adriatic, pool takeovers, and VIP beach brunches. Add in cliff jumping spots, island tours, and unforgettable sunsets and you have a festival that feels more like a summer dream than a weekend away.
The Lineup
Amongst the first wave of names announced were Eliza Rose, Gorgon City, Ewan McVicar, KETTAMA, Interplanetary Criminal, Special Request, Josh Baker, Skream, Max Dean, and sim0ne. That's already a strong foundation. Then the second wave landed.
Danny Howard, Partiboi 69, Lou Nour formerly known as Sicaria, Krystal Klear, Riordan, Badger, and Arthi all confirmed. Danny Howard bringing BBC Radio 1 credibility. Partiboi 69 doing exactly what Partiboi 69 does which is make every room feel like its losing its collective mind. Lou Nour rebranded but still bringing the same bass forward energy that built her reputation. Krystal Klear who has been one of the most reliable floor fillers in the UK scene for years now.
The full lineup also includes Alan Fitzpatrick, Darius Syrossian, Paul Woolford, Sam Divine, Prospa, Ben Hemsley, LF SYSTEM, Luuk Van Dijk, East End Dubs, Paige Tomlinson, DJ Heartstring, and a roster of new generation names filling in a programme that covers house, garage, drum and bass, techno, and UK bass across all four days. BBC Radio 1 Dance will also be at Hideout this year with a brand new stage for 2026, the BBC Radio 1 Dance X stage, featuring Dr Dubplate, Malugi, Jack Marlow, Sasha Gigi, sim0ne, Daisy, Cicely and more. A dedicated Radio 1 Dance stage is new for 2026 and gives the festival a second identity within its own programme. The underground heads have their rooms. The Radio 1 crowd has theirs. Everyone is on the same beach.
Why the Lineup Works
Hideout has always been good at mixing the established with the emerging. Previous years have seen electrifying sets from Fisher, Sonny Fodera, Chase and Status, Patrick Topping, The Blessed Madonna, CamelPhat, Ben Hemsley, Hannah Laing, and Skream alongside next generation names shaping the future of electronic music. The 2026 approach continues that formula. Gorgon City and Skream as anchor names. KETTAMA and Interplanetary Criminal as the ones everyone under 28 has been following obsessively. Partiboi 69 as the wildcard that makes every set an event. That combination is what keeps a festival feeling alive rather than just running through a checklist of familiar names.
The BBC Radio 1 Dance X stage is the most interesting new addition. Putting Sarah Story, sim0ne, and Paige Tomlinson on a dedicated stage is a statement about where the new generation of UK DJs sits in 2026. These are not support acts. They are the ones who are going to be headlining in two years.
Practical Things Worth Knowing
Tickets are sold out. However, some may become available via resale. Subscribe to Hideout updates for the latest news on resale tickets. Accomodation packages are still available through the festival directly at hideoutfestival.com with additional benefits and early access to boat party tickets.
The nearest aiport to the island of Pag is Zadar which is on the Croatian mainland. EasyJet flies to Zadar from London Gatwick during the summer season. Ryanair flies from London Stansted, Bournemouth, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Cork airports to Zadar. Hideout organises transfer from Zadar and Split airports directly. Boat party tickets sell separately and go quickly. If you are going and have not sorted those yet, move on it now.
The festival runs 18 plus. No camping on site. You stay in nearby accommodation in Novalja or book through the festival package directly. The beach is the festival. The clubs are the venue. The Adriatic is right there.
June 30 to July 3, Zrce Beach. Pag, Croatia. If you have a ticket you already know what is coming. If you don't, check the resale and start planning for 2027 because registration is already open.
