The Pyramids Of Giza Just Became A Festival Venue

There are festival announcements. And then there is this.

EXIT Festival, three-time European Best Major Festival winner and recently crowned Promoter of the Year at the European Festival Awards, is bringing its globally recognised festival experience to Egypt this October with the launch of Starlight, a brand-new multi-day festival concept taking place from October 8 to 11 in partnership with P+US.

The Great Pyramids of Giza. One of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Standing for over 4,500 years. And in October 2026, electronic music plays in front of them for four days. That is the Starlight announcement and it is one of the most genuinely jaw-dropping festival moments of the decade.

What Starlight Actually Is

Starlight's two main festival nights will be held on October 9 and 10 against the Great Pyramids of Giza, while the opening and closing events will unfold across selected locations throughout Cairo. Across more than five festival stages and zones, Starlight will also feature one of the world's most advanced VR experiences, originally unveiled at Expo Dubai.

The scale of what is being built here goes beyond music. As with other events held in the area, Starlight will not be staged directly at the pyramids, which will serve as a monumental backdrop from a specially designated location developed in accordance with the site's historical importance and protected status. This is not a festival that disrespects one of the most significant cultural sites in human history. It is one that treats it as the extraordinary backdrop it is while keeping the focus on the music and the experience.

60 plus artists across multiple stages. Cairo opening and closing events. A VR experience. The Pyramids as your backdrop. October in Egypt when the desert heat softens and the night air is exactly what a festival should feel like. Starlight has been designed from the ground up to be unlike anything the electronic music world has ever seen.

The People Behind It

Starlight is produced in partnership with Venture Lifestyle, one of the leading MENA promoters and event production companies, internationally recognised for staging events at ancient and culturally significant locations. Through its electronic music platform P+US, the company has delivered globally recognised projects, including Anyma's Quantum Genesys at the Great Pyramids of Giza, positioning itself among the region's leading innovators in experiential entertainment.

Anyma's Quantum Genesys already proved that this location can hold a world-class electronic music event. EXIT and Venture Lifestyle are taking that blueprint and scaling it into a full four-day multi-stage festival with 60 plus artists. The precedent exists. The infrastructure exists. The expertise exists. Everything about this partnership makes sense.

EXIT Festival founder and CEO Dušan Kovačević said: "It is a great honour to be invited to bring the premium festival concept near one of the grandest monuments in human history. EXIT has always been known for combining world-class entertainment with a strong social mission, which in this case will be dedicated to celebrating Egypt's extraordinary cultural heritage to a global audience."

Rabih Mokbel, founder and CEO of Venture Lifestyle, added: "It's an honour for us to co-create Starlight alongside EXIT, a festival that has shaped the European scene for more than two decades. We believe our collaboration will introduce a new generation of festival experiences and set a new benchmark for entertainment across MENA.

We expect Starlight to attract a significant number of international visitors and contribute tens of millions of dollars to Egypt's tourism economy, while establishing a long-term platform for cultural exchange between Europe and the Middle East."

The Lineup And Tickets

The first wave of the Starlight lineup has officially landed. Sixty plus artists across multiple stages with more names still to be revealed before October. The full lineup announcement is expected shortly and based on what EXIT and P+US have built at previous events the calibre of bookings is going to match the scale of the setting.

Fans around the world can now register for early-bird tickets at exitstarlight.com and enter for a chance to win flights, accommodation, and other experiences. Official ticket sales launched on May 25. Those who pre-registered will receive first access to tickets and lineup announcements before the general public.

The economics of getting to Egypt for this event are worth thinking through now. Flights into Cairo are accessible from across Europe and the Middle East year round and October is one of the best months to visit Egypt, warm enough to enjoy the desert setting and cool enough by night to make an outdoor festival genuinely comfortable. Hotels in Cairo at every price point are available and the pyramids themselves are one of the most visited sites on earth for a reason.

As one of the key stops of EXIT's expanding World Tour, Starlight represents a major milestone not just for the festival brand but for the entire electronic music industry. No electronic music festival has ever been staged at this scale, in this setting, with this kind of production ambition.

October 8 to 11, Giza, Egypt. Register now at exitstarlight.com. The lineup is coming. The tickets are live. The pyramids are waiting.