How many people go to Tomorrowland? Capacity facts

How many people go to Tomorrowland each year?

Tomorrowland Belgium has about 400,000 visitors a year, according to the festival’s own history page. The figure covers both weekends together and has stayed at that level in 2023-2026. Visitors come from over 200 countries.

Split over two weekends, that is about 200,000 visitors per weekend on average. Tomorrowland does not publish how many people are on site at the same time, so there is no official per-day figure.

How the crowd has grown since 2005

The first edition was held on a Sunday, 14 August 2005 in Boom, with about 10,000 visitors. Another official page says 9,000. Since then the festival has grown in both days and weekends:

The festival first ran for two days in 2007 and has run for three days since 2011. According to Dancing Astronaut, it ran two weekends for the first time in 2014. Since 2017 the Belgian festival has run two weekends, except in 2022 when it ran three. The full story from the first day in Boom is in Tomorrowland history.

Why was 2022 the biggest year?

2022 was the first year back in Boom after two years without an on-site festival. Tomorrowland ran three weekends instead of two, under the theme The Reflection of Love, and welcomed more than 600,000 visitors. From 2023 the festival went back to two weekends and about 400,000 visitors.

Per weekend, that was roughly the same as other years, about 200,000. The increase came from the extra weekend.

Is Tomorrowland the biggest festival in the world?

There is no official ranking of the world’s festivals, and the answer depends on what you measure:

• Visitors per year: Tomorrowland Belgium has about 400,000, spread over two weekends.
• Visitors per day: Tomorrowland does not publish a per-day figure.
• International crowd: visitors from over 200 countries is one of its clearest features.
• Online reach: 233 million livestream views in 2026.

Other festivals count their crowds in different ways, so comparisons are rarely fair. We have not verified other festivals’ figures and therefore do not compare. What can be documented is Tomorrowland’s own numbers: about 400,000 visitors a year from over 200 countries. What the festival is and how it works is explained in What is Tomorrowland?.

How big is DreamVille?

DreamVille, Tomorrowland’s campsite, hosted 38,000 guests per weekend in 2026 on 78 hectares. Roughly measured against the average of about 200,000 visitors per weekend, about one in five visitors camps. That is a big share of the crowd, but far from everyone: the rest stay in hotels in places like Antwerp, Brussels or Mechelen, or at home if they live in Belgium. All accommodation types are on our DreamVille page.

How many people work behind Tomorrowland?

The festival is organised by its founders, the Beers brothers, under the We Are One World brand, headquartered in Antwerp with more than 400 year-round employees. On top of that come more than 500 artists on 16 stages in 2026, plus medical and safety staff: first aid and doctors are on site during all opening hours, both at the festival and in DreamVille, along with psychologists.

What does the crowd size mean for tickets?

About 400,000 places a year is not enough for everyone who wants to go. For 2026 the Worldwide Ticket Sale sold out on the evening it opened, 31 January. Tickets are personal and may only be resold through Tomorrowland’s Exchange Desk. How pre-registration and the sales work is on our tickets page.

What does it mean for your visit?

With about 200,000 visitors per weekend on average, the site is busy. A few tips:

1. Arrive in good time. In 2026 the site opened at 12:00, with last entry at 22:00 on Friday and Saturday and 21:00 on Sunday.
2. Agree on a meeting point in case someone loses the group. Check the festival map in advance.
3. Load Pearls from home. If you top up online in your account you do not need the Top-Up booths on site, and anything left over is refunded automatically.
4. Assume you will not get back in. There is no same-day re-entry, so bring what you need from the start.

How many will come in 2027?

The dates and format of Tomorrowland Belgium 2027 have not been announced (as of 9 November 2026). The pattern since 2023 is two weekends in July with about 400,000 visitors, but that is not confirmed for 2027. The dates are expected in late November or early December 2026. For 2026, pre-registration opened four days after the dates were announced, so be ready straight away. We update our Tomorrowland 2027 page as soon as anything is official.

Good to know for Scandinavian visitors

• International crowd: with visitors from over 200 countries, English is the easiest language for talking to the people around you.
• Pre-register early: the first 20 pre-registered people per country of residence can join the First 20 Sale, with up to 4 tickets at the Worldwide price.
• Same time zone: Belgium shares its clock with Sweden, Norway and Denmark, so ticket releases and set times need no conversion.