Your EDC Las Vegas guide for 2027.
Pick a weekend, get to the Speedway and back, and dress for a desert night.

Check what’s on sale before you book flights. On September 28, 2026, Front Gate, the official ticket seller, listed EDC Dawn and both-weekend passes as sold out, though Hotel EDC packages still offered passes. The official tickets page has today’s status. Buy from Front Gate to avoid ticket fraud.

EDC camping in 2027: Camp EDC

For the first time, Camp EDC is open all 12 days, May 13–24. Cozy ShiftPods sleep up to four, Cozier ShiftPods up to two with bedding, and Bring Your Own RV plots up to eight. ShiftPods come with AC, toilets, and free showers, and the camp guidelines also list shade, free filtered water, and misters.

So is it worth it?

Yes, if the sunrise ride worries you or you want to rest partway through the night. Campers, in a ShiftPod or an RV plot, can go in and out during festival hours; festival-only guests can’t. A hotel suits you if you’d rather sleep in a room and can plan two rides a night. Current prices are on the Camp EDC and Hotel EDC pages. Through the official hotel block, free cancellation runs until 5 PM PT, April 13, 2027.

Shuttle passes are sold separately from festival passes, and the official page warned they’d most likely sell out, so buy yours when they go on sale. From the Strip, the official shuttle is the simplest way in. Want to catch Friday’s 5 PM opening? In 2026, standard buses started at 6:30 PM, but a Friday-only Opening Ceremony shuttle ran from The Rio. Festival-banned items are banned on the shuttles too, including food and drink, and private charter buses can’t reach the Speedway.

• 5 PM, Fridays only: Cosmic Meadow opens for the opening ceremony
• 5:30 PM: hotel shuttle lots open
• 6:30–11 PM: standard buses out
• 7 PM: the full grounds open, every night
• 11 PM–2 AM: no standard shuttles either way
• 2 AM: first standard return
• 4:30 AM: last entry
• 5:30 AM: close; the last standard return is an hour after the music ends

A 3-day pass scans once a day and there are no ins and outs, so whatever you walk in with, you carry all night.

Pacing three nights

• Water: the Health & Wellness page lists free refill stations and says alcohol won’t cool you off or rehydrate you.
• Breaks: you can’t sit in designated dance floor areas, so rest away from the stages.
• Phone: rented lockers have a universal phone charger inside.
• Help: medical teams are free and ask no questions. More in our rave festival safety tips.

Pacing six nights

A two-weekend pass means six nights with four weekdays in between (May 17–20). EDC Week plans for 2027 aren’t published; Dusk Till Dawn campers can stay on site all week.

• Kinetic Field
• Cosmic Meadow, home of the opening ceremony
• Circuit Grounds
• Neon Garden, deep house and techno by Factory 93
• Basspod, the Bassrush stage
• Wasteland, Basscon’s hard dance and hardstyle
• Quantum Valley, Dreamstate’s trance stage
• Stereo Bloom, curated by Insomniac Music Group
• Bionic Jungle, a small house stage

The same page lists roaming art cars and mobile sound systems, from glowing buggies to party ships. Full-size carnival rides run across the grounds, and VIP adds its own Ferris wheel plus fast-pass lanes for the GA rides. In 2026, the ground was concrete with some grass, and there was no transport between stages. Maps go up on the official site and the Insomniac app before the event, and set times follow in the days before. Once the map is out, pick your meeting point.

Pick a meeting point that stays put

EDC tells you to set meeting points but doesn’t name any. If you rent a locker, the tickets page suggests making it your meeting point; if not, pick a fixed place and time. Insomniac’s own magazine warned in 2015 against meeting at the Daisy because “it changes locations all night.” Pick a second spot by your entrance for after the music.

The full list is on the official Hours & Info page, and our EDC Las Vegas 2027 page has the bag policy too.

EDC packing list and checklist

• Photo ID: 18+ to enter, 21+ for alcohol and VIP
• A card or phone to pay: the festival is cashless
• Phone with the map and set times saved
• A clear bag or clutch within the limits, or an empty hydration pack
• An empty reusable water bottle
• At Camp EDC: sunscreen lotion, sunglasses, and a hat, which the camp list recommends
• Comfortable, broken-in sneakers
• A hood or light layer you keep on all night
• Glowsticks or light-up accessories, but no red light-up wands
• Your ride home: shuttle time, pickup lot or parking lot number

Three of those warm nights were still 94–96°F at 7 PM. The two that dropped to about 60°F had gusts of 43–48 knots (about 50–55 mph), and the area reported blowing dust. For the 2027 dates, NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals at Harry Reid Airport give highs of 88–91°F and lows of 66–68°F.

What that means for your outfit

The official Health & Wellness page says to dress for comfort: lightweight, breathable clothes and comfortable sneakers. With no re-entry and no blankets allowed, your windy-night layer has to stay on you all night. That’s the case for a hooded jersey: open at 7 PM, buttoned with the hood up when the gusts come.

What you can’t wear

• Anything that looks like a police, SWAT, fire, security, medical, or event-staff uniform, high-visibility vests included
• Gas masks, the only mask on the prohibited list
• Red light-up wands, batons, and lightsabers

Light-up outfits and jewelry are allowed. The official list doesn’t mention bandanas, dust masks, spikes or chains, so check it first. For full outfit ideas, see the guys’ rave outfit guide, the women’s guide, and our music festival outfits guide.

Three pieces for a desert night

Two hooded jerseys for the floor and a cloak for camp and the walk back, since with no re-entry you can’t drop it off. More in our hooded baseball jerseys and rave cloaks.

Dressing a crew

Matching crew jerseys make it easier to find each other in a crowd. Send us your idea, logo, or just the vibe through the custom jerseys page. Crew orders of 10 or more pieces get bulk pricing.

1. Buying from a stranger: if the seller’s pass has already been scanned, it won’t get you in.
2. New shoes, heels, or sandals: Insomniac’s 2016 rookie-mistakes piece says broken-in everyday shoes beat heels, and the Health & Wellness page warns sandals leave feet sore.
3. Walking to the Speedway along Las Vegas Blvd: it’s banned, and so are street pickups near the Speedway.