When is Kala Festival 2027?
Kala Festival 2027 runs from 2 June to 9 June 2027 in Dhërmi, according to the festival's official website. It is a week, not a weekend: the festival names 2 June to 4 June 2027 as its official arrival days and 7 June to 9 June 2027 as its departure days.
Kala says it has been running in Dhërmi for 7 years, and Albania's National Tourism Agency lists it among the country's international festivals, with editions since 2019.
| When | What happens |
|---|---|
| 2 June–4 June 2027 | Official arrival days, with the festival's own transfers |
| Friday to Monday of festival week | Daytime parties at Gjipe beach |
| 7 June–9 June 2027 | Official departure days |
What is Kala Festival like?
It is a small beach festival: Kala describes itself as 'a small and intimate music festival' with 6 open-air beach stages, mixing all-night dancing with time to rest and daytime activities.
On the Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday of the festival week it adds daytime parties at Gjipe, the cliff-lined bay near Dhërmi. When we checked, the official site had not published a 2027 line-up, so we name no artists.
The festival site is cashless: you top up an RFID wristband by card. Outside it, the festival notes that local shops and restaurants usually prefer cash, in euros or lek.
Is accommodation included in a Kala ticket?
Yes: Kala says all its tickets include accommodation as well as the festival pass, and that most hotels are within walking distance of the stages.
Shorter stays have minimums: 5 nights at the festival-site hotels and on Dhërmi Beach, 3 nights in Perivolos and Drymades. A paid shuttle runs 24 hours a day between Dhërmi, Perivolos and Drymades.
Residents of Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia can buy discounted wristband-only tickets without accommodation; one answer in the festival's FAQ also lists Montenegro. The details on the booking have to match the photo ID you bring.
How do you get to Kala Festival?
Fly into Tirana or Corfu: those are the nearest airports the festival names. On the arrival and departure days it runs its own transfers, and the table gives the journey times it publishes.
If you drive yourself, the last stretch either crosses the mountains of Llogara or runs through the tunnel underneath: Dhërmi and the Llogara Pass explains the two ways.
| Transfer | From | Days | Journey time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | Tirana airport | Arrival and departure days | 3 h 15 min |
| Minibus | Tirana airport | Arrival and departure days | 2 h 45 min |
| Ferry and coach | Corfu port | Arrival and departure days | 3 h 15 min |
| Taxi | Tirana airport | Any day | 2 h 30 min |
Which other Albanian festivals have 2027 dates?
Of the two big beach festivals with their own websites, only Kala had fixed its 2027 dates when we checked in November 2026.
UNUM is the other one. Albania's National Tourism Agency describes it as an international electronic music festival on Rana e Hedhun beach, at Shëngjin in Lezhë, on the Adriatic; its 2023 edition ran from 1 June to 6 June 2023, six days and nights. We could not confirm any 2027 dates on its official channels, so we give none.
The agency's list of international festivals also includes events such as the Himara International Music Festival and Turtle Fest, without 2027 dates. We add each one here once its organiser publishes them.
How far is Kala from Sarandë and Ksamil?
A long way by road: the National Tourism Agency puts Dhërmi 72 km from Sarandë. Kala is a trip of its own, early in June, while the clubs we list are further south, in Sarandë and Ksamil.
Their summer is published night by night: the June page and the full calendar show the dates as the venues announce them, and the 2027 season gathers what is already known.
