For DAS FEST 2026, tickets will be sold online directly through DAS FEST for the first time.

Advance ticket sales will begin on 27 July 2025 at 11:00 p.m.

As usual, day tickets will be available for DAS FEST 2026. In addition, there will again be a FESTival ticket for all four days of the festival (Thursday to Sunday) and a classical ticket (Sunday, valid until 1 p.m.). A maximum of six tickets per day can be purchased per order. A one-time payment fee of EUR 1.00 will be charged for each order.

When ordering your tickets, you can also choose from the following formats (selectable in the shipping options):

• Fanticket in the current DAS FEST design, delivery by post (additional costs to the ticket price for postage and shipping in the amount of EUR 5.90)
• Print at home: Ticket for printing
• Mobile Ticket: Ticket for mobile devices

No, tickets are currently only available online!

Wheelchair users and people with disabilities pay the regular price, while a necessary accompanying person or carer (must be indicated with a ‘B’ on the disability card) receives free admission, which is granted at the entrance.

The purchase does not entitle the holder to a seat in the wheelchair or inclusion stand.

For questions about wheelchair seats: info_at_dasfest.de

No replacement will be issued if the ticket is lost. Tickets cannot be exchanged. If tickets are lost in the post, please send an email to: ticketing_at_karlsruhe-event.de and attach the order. The tickets will then be blocked and replacement tickets issued.

There are no discounts at DAS FEST.

Exception: Holders of the Karlsruhe Pass. Karlsruhe Pass holders can obtain a discounted DAS FEST ticket. To do so, pick up a voucher at the Jugendfreizeit- und Bildungswerk Karlsruhe (STJA office) at Blumenstraße 16 (only possible in spring 2026). With this voucher, the DAS FEST ticket can be purchased in cash for €5.00 at the office at Alter Schlachthof 11b, 76131 Karlsruhe. The office is open Monday to Friday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Children under the age of 6 accompanied by a parent or guardian are admitted free of charge everywhere.

Children under the age of 14 must be accompanied by a legal guardian (adult) or a person responsible for their education (usually their parents) who has been entrusted with their educational supervision by the legal guardian.  

Young people under the age of 16 are permitted to stay until 10 p.m. After 10 p.m., they must be accompanied by a legal guardian or a person with parental authority.

Young people under the age of 18 are permitted to stay until midnight.

Tickets are scanned at the entrances to the hill area. Upon entry, the ticket is blocked until you leave the hill area.

The first valid code is scanned – i.e. sharing tickets (hard tickets, print at home or digital) for double use is not possible. Tickets must be kept safe, as they must be scanned again to be unlocked when leaving the hill area.

The purchase of tickets and free tickets for resale is generally prohibited. If you are unable to attend, you may transfer your tickets (at the regular purchase price) to someone else – whoever presents the valid ticket code first, regardless of the form (printed ticket, paper or PDF ticket, link for the mobile ticket), may enter the premises.

The tickets grant access to the hill area at DAS FEST (= area on the hill and in front of the main stage). The areas outside the hill area for sports, children and culture, as well as the field and culture stage and the festival floor (formerly DJ stage) can be visited free of charge on all four days of DAS FEST.

Yes, the ticket is valid as a travel ticket for arrival and departure on the respective event day for public transport within the KVV network.