Festivals in Asia to look forward to in 2026

This is Mixmag Asia’s annual, carefully curated rundown of the festivals that are genuinely worth your time and energy. It’s a rolling guide that will be updated as more events across the region announce their plans, giving you a clear view of what’s on offer as the year unfolds.

This year’s selection spans everything from remote island gatherings powered by Funktion-One systems to snow-covered landscapes transformed into temporary dancefloors. Across the board, these festivals bring together international headliners, respected regional figures, and emerging local talent. Some are long-established fixtures on the global circuit, others are newer and more experimental, but every event here has earned its place.

Take your pick of intimate jungle gatherings, open-air hideaways, cutting-edge showcases embedded in Asia’s major cities and more.

You’ll also notice a growing wave of globally recognised festival brands turning their attention eastward, giving fans the chance to experience internationally celebrated concepts right in their own backyard.

And while the big names matter, it’s worth paying close attention to the smaller, more intimate festivals too. These are often where the real magic happens: unexpected line-ups, closer connections, and a deeper sense of the community values that keep dance music culture alive.

Let the 2026 festivities begin.

UnKonscious Festival is back in Pattaya, once again taking over the coastline as Asia’s largest trance-only beach festival with four days across five venues and more than 40 international DJs. It all starts with a Classic Trance Boat Party at the Tappia Floating Café, setting sail with open-sea views before the action moves to sun-soaked days and full-scale night sets at Alexa Beach Club, followed by late-night afterparties at the Pinnacle Grand Jomtien Ballroom. New for 2026, the OCTOPUS Stage debuts on the beach while a gritty warehouse INAKOMA stage with an all-female line-up brings hard, high-energy sounds into the mix.

Tickets available for purchase here.

Nomads is the new three-day evolution of India’s much-loved Magnetic Fields festival in the historic and atmospheric hills of Khetri, Rajasthan, combining forward-thinking electronic, ambient, and live music with cultural depth and curated experiences. Artists on the line-up include Karshni, DITA, Sunju Hargun, Kim Ann Foxman, sudan, Rounak Maiti and more. Announced in September last year, it aims to be “ more intentional and reconnect with our purpose as a festival, using culture as an opportunity to centre and ground ourselves, not as a space for distraction and dissociation”.

Pre-registration for tickets have closed, but sign up to get notified for upcoming ticket sales here.

Snow Machine in Hakuba is a five-day alpine festival where you ski or board fresh powder by day and dance to world-class DJs like Steve Aoki, Hiroko Yamamura, Dimitri From Paris, Sub Focus and more at on-mountain après stages and a snow-covered main arena by night. It blends electronic music with breathtaking Hakuba Valley scenery, secret karaoke bars, VIP lounges, local food vendors and unique side events like bakery raves and night skiing that take the party far beyond the scheduled sets. A unique detail is the en-piste après experience where you can cut a few laps in the morning then hit impromptu dancefloors right on the slopes before the main festival nights ignite under the stars.

Secure festival packages and tickets here.

Equation 2026 returns to its legendary cave in Mai Chau, Vietnam for a 3 day, 3 night journey. A cult favourite even before lineups drop, Equation pairs boundary pushing electronic music with an inclusive curation spotlighting Asian artists alongside international selectors, all reverberating through a one-of-a-kind cave stage. If you want a festival where music and nature collide and the setting is as unforgettable as the sound, this is the no brainer weekend.

Early Bird tickets available here.

Rainbow Disco Club is back at the Higashi Izu Cross Country Course in Shizuoka, once again turning a forested landscape into one of Asia’s most trusted dance music gatherings, with one Secret Artist still to be revealed. After taking its sound worldwide with parties from Jakarta and Berlin to Goa and Paris, the festival returns to Japan with a Beyond Space and Time line-up led by Ben UFO, Helena Hauff, Antal and Gerd Janson, plus regional staples like Jonathan Kusuma and Wata Igarashi. Before that, RDC teams up with Croatia’s Love International for a special pre-party at WOMB on March 6, featuring Paranoid London live, Dave Harvey, Chida, and Monkey Timers.

Secure your tickets here.

Tomorrowland officially goes full-scale in Asia with its Thailand debut at Wisdom Valley, Pattaya, welcoming over 50,000 fans a day to a massive 237-acre site. Pre-registration has already opened, with hotel package simulations from February 28 and the worldwide ticket sale set for March 7 via a Tomorrowland account. The standout detail is the Asian debut of the legendary CORE and Freedom stages, backed by Thai government support through at least 2030, signalling a serious long-term play for fans of the global festival brand.

More info here.

After having celebrated A Decade of Wonder in 2025, the multi-day arts, culture, and music festival in The Fields at Siam Country Club in Pattaya strengthens its presence in the region as a must-attend at the end of the year season. Blending electronic and experimental sound with interactive art, wellness workshops, sustainability programming, along with culinary experiences in one unforgettable setting, it’s a festival where all are welcome and will have something to keep busy with. Last year's music line-up was (as expected) an array of sounds from all around the world, featuring regional names such as Biliguudei, Free The Robots, Kuniyuki & Xiaolin, Shubostar and AAGUU alongside the likes of Polygonia, A Guy Called Gerald, Theo Parrish, Antal and much more across its multiple stages.

Keep on the lookout for updates here.

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