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📍 Deutsche Bank Park · Frankfurt, Germany
The "biggest club in the world", built in and around Frankfurt's Deutsche Bank Park, Eintracht's stadium: more than 150 artists announced on more than 13 stages across three days, from the stadium to the neighbouring pool. The UNREAL hard techno stage, launched in 2026, returns for all three days. Day tickets from €69, 3-day pass €129.
World Club Dome takes place from Friday 4 to Sunday 6 June 2027 at Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt, Germany, across 3 days. The line-up has not been published yet: we add it as soon as the promoter announces it. It is one of 101 EDM, Techno, Hard Techno, Hardstyle and House dates we list in Germany over the coming months.
Line-up to be announced.
The « biggest club in the world » is a football stadium: every early June, Frankfurt's Deutsche Bank Park, its stands, its forecourt, the forest around it and the pool next door turn into some fifteen dancefloors for three days.
World Club Dome was born from a radio station. BigCityBeats, founded in 2005 by Bernd Breiter, marked its ninth birthday on 9 June 2013 by taking over the Waldstadion, Eintracht Frankfurt's stadium: under the name World Music Dome, 25,000 people saw more than 100 DJs, a main stage on the pitch and ten small « micro-floors » spread around the ground.
Growth was quick. Two days in 2014, three days and 14 stages in 2015 for 100,000 visitors in total, then a Pool Area in the neighbouring Stadionbad and a campsite in 2016 (120,000 visitors), and 140,000 in 2017, up to 45,000 a day. The brand spread out: an indoor Winter Edition in Gelsenkirchen then Düsseldorf, a Korean offshoot in Incheon, parabolic flights and cruises. In 2024 the football Euros took over the stadium in June and pushed the edition back to September; the same year BigCityBeats went insolvent and its assets were bought by Lafayette Mittelstand Capital, with tickets remaining valid.
For ten years every edition had its theme: a 250-metre red carpet from the helipad to the VIP entrance for the 2018 Hollywood Edition, a partnership with the European Space Agency and a message from Alexander Gerst aboard the ISS for the 2019 Space Edition, then Las Vegas, Atlantis for the tenth anniversary in 2023, Future and Moon. The principle stays the same: one pass opens the stadium, its forecourt, the stages set in the city forest and the pools, each space with its own style, from the headliners' EDM to the hardstyle of the Zombie Stage.
In 2026 the twelfth edition dropped the theme. Under David Wyrich and Philipp Maier, World Club Dome GmbH set up a 360-degree stage in the middle of the pitch with a rotating DJ platform, launched the UNREAL hard techno stage, expanded the sports programme with Eintracht Frankfurt and adopted a booking code that looks beyond the music. The organiser puts the 2023 edition at around 200,000 visitors over three days, on a site of about 70 hectares.
New in 2026, it stands in the middle of the stadium pitch, surrounded by the stands, with a rotating DJ platform that makes the artist visible from every side. It is the headliners' stage; the Front of Mainstage pass opens the area at its foot.
The large open-air stage in front of the stadium is the festival's second main stage. On Sunday it switches to German rap: in 2026 Haftbefehl, from Offenbach, and Frankfurt's own Vega played there on home turf.
Launched over two days in 2026, this monumental stage lines up concrete pillars around a suspended block of light. Its bill was pure hard techno (Cera Khin, Alba Franch, A.N.I., Azyr), and the festival has announced its return across all three days in 2027.
Since 2016 the festival has taken over the Stadionbad, the open-air pool next to the stadium. Its Pool Sessions have been a home for techno (Sven Väth, Loco Dice, Pan-Pot in 2022), and it was the only part of the festival able to go ahead in 2021; in 2026 there was even ski jumping into the pools.
At the foot of the stadium, the lawn is a break between two stages, with hammocks and shade. In 2026 a new lifestyle area hosted the sports programme there: table tennis, yoga and the involvement of Eintracht Frankfurt.
The stadium sits in the middle of Frankfurt's city forest, and some stages are set among the trees, each with its own decor: the Waldbühne programmes trance and hardstyle, and in 2026 one stage was dressed with giant tennis balls.
World Club Dome goes for breadth rather than a niche. EDM and big room hold the stadium stage, the large outdoor stage mixes house and electronic pop before switching to German rap on Sunday, techno long lived in the Pool Sessions until UNREAL gave it a full-size hard techno stage in 2026, the Waldbühne programmes trance and hardstyle, and the Zombie Stage remains home to the hardest sounds, hardstyle, hard techno and hardcore, to the point of touring clubs since 2025 as Zombie on Tour.
The bill mixes global stars and the German scene. In 2022 deadmau5, David Guetta and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike shared the weekend with Sven Väth and Angerfist; in 2023 Marshmello, Peggy Gou and Boris Brejcha; in 2025 Tiësto and Fisher. The 2026 line-up brought DJ Snake, Eric Prydz, Alok, James Hype, Robin Schulz and Lilly Palmer, with Bebe Rexha on the pop side and Haftbefehl on the rap side. For 2027 the website announces more than 150 artists on more than 13 stages; no names are out yet.
The personalised ticket includes an RMV-KombiTicket: free buses, trams, S-Bahn and regional trains across the whole Rhine-Main network. From the main station, take the S8 or S9 to « Stadion » (about 6 minutes), then walk 10 to 15 minutes; tram 21 also serves the stadium. The festival recommends cycling; drivers must book a parking ticket in the ticket shop.
The official WCD Camping is right next to the site: tents only, no cars or campervans, no generators, fires or barbecues, free drinking water, and access for over-18s only. Campers are the only visitors allowed to leave and come back on the same day. The festival also lists partner hotels in town.
Named tickets are sold through the official shop (Paylogic) and Eventim, and exchanged once for a wristband. In October 2026 the 2027 3-day pass is listed at €129, day tickets from €69 (Friday) and the Next Gen pass at €89 for 16 to 19-year-olds; in 2026 the 3-day pass cost €199. Resale only goes through the Paylogic exchange or Eventim's fanSALE.
Minimum age 16, with no parental consent needed, and under-16s are turned away even with their parents. VIP areas, after-shows and the campsite are 18+; official photo ID is required at the gate, a student card is not enough.
The festival is cashless: you pay with the chip built into your wristband, on site and at the campsite, and it can be topped up in advance on the Event Portal. Cards are accepted and any remaining balance is refundable after the festival.
No re-entry on the same day, except for campers. Bags up to A4 size; food, drinks, sprays, large power banks and professional camera gear stay outside. An Awareness Team in pink vests patrols the site for anyone who feels unwell or discriminated against.
From Friday 4 to Sunday 6 June 2027 at Frankfurt's Deutsche Bank Park, according to the official website.
In October 2026 the official shop lists the 3-day pass at €129, day tickets from €69 (Friday) and the 3-day Next Gen pass at €89 for 16 to 19-year-olds. In 2026 the 3-day pass cost €199.
16, with no parental consent needed. VIP areas, after-shows and the campsite are 18+.
Your ticket includes RMV public transport. From the main station, take the S8 or S9 to « Stadion » (about 6 minutes), then walk 10 to 15 minutes.
Yes, at the official WCD Camping, tents only and 18+. Campers are the only visitors allowed to leave and re-enter the grounds on the same day.
No. The festival is cashless: you pay with the chip in your wristband, which can be topped up in advance, or by card, and any remaining balance is refundable afterwards.
Not yet: as of 17 October 2026 the line-up page is empty. The website announces more than 150 artists on more than 13 stages and the return of the UNREAL stage across all three days.
World Club Dome GmbH, created in 2024 when Lafayette Mittelstand Capital took over BigCityBeats' assets; in 2026 it is run by David Wyrich and Philipp Maier.
