- Edition
- 71st Eurovision Song Contest
- Host city
- Burgas, Bulgaria — first time
- Venue
- Arena Burgas, opened May 2023
- Live shows
- 11, 13 and 15 May 2027, 21:00 CEST
- Public rehearsals
- Six, between 10 and 15 May
- Broadcasters
- 36 — 31 in the semi-finals, 5 pre-qualified
- Tickets
- On sale “early 2027”; no date, no prices
- Currency
- Euro (Bulgaria joined on 1 January 2026)
Burgas won the hosting rights for the 71st Eurovision Song Contest, and the city on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast will stage the event at Arena Burgas, a 2023 venue a short drive from the seafront. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has confirmed the venue, the dates and the number of shows. It has not yet confirmed what the tickets will cost, how many will be released, or when they go on sale.
What follows is what is known, separated from what is still speculation — because the two are easy to confuse in a contest where the official sale has historically sold out in minutes.
What is confirmed — and what is not
Confirmed: the host city, the venue, the dates, nine shows (three live, six rehearsals), 36 participating broadcasters — 31 of them in the semi-finals and five pre-qualified (Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom) — the requirement of a free Eurofan account to buy, and the semi-final allocation draw, which takes place in Burgas in January 2027.
Not confirmed as of 1 November 2026: the date of the ticket sale, the ticket categories, the prices, the seating plan, the arena’s capacity in Eurovision configuration, the presenters, the interval acts, the slogan, and the programme for the Eurovision Village and EuroClub. The EBU’s own wording is that tickets go on sale “early 2027”.
The nine shows
Eurovision is not one concert. It is three live broadcasts, each preceded by a full technical rehearsal performed in front of an audience, plus an afternoon rehearsal on the day of each live show. That is how nine ticketed events are built from three broadcasts.
| Date | Show | Type | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 10 May | Jury rehearsal — semi-final 1 | Rehearsal | Evening |
| Tue 11 May | Afternoon rehearsal — semi-final 1 | Rehearsal | TBC |
| Tue 11 May | Semi-final 1 | Live | 21:00 CEST |
| Wed 12 May | Jury rehearsal — semi-final 2 | Rehearsal | Evening |
| Thu 13 May | Afternoon rehearsal — semi-final 2 | Rehearsal | TBC |
| Thu 13 May | Semi-final 2 | Live | 21:00 CEST |
| Fri 14 May | Jury rehearsal — final | Rehearsal | Evening |
| Sat 15 May | Afternoon rehearsal — final | Rehearsal | TBC |
| Sat 15 May | Grand final | Live | 21:00 CEST |
Nine shows in total: three live broadcasts and six rehearsals open to the public. Rehearsal times have not been published; the EBU has confirmed the six public rehearsals but not their start times.
The jury rehearsals are the shows where national juries watch and vote in full production conditions, the night before each live broadcast. The afternoon rehearsals are shorter run-throughs, usually with a family audience, and are the cheapest way to see the production. None of the six rehearsal times has been published.
How the ticket sale will work
The EBU has said that buying a ticket requires a free Eurofan account, the contest’s official fan platform. In 2026, the sale ran through a queue system, limited each order to four tickets, and offered an official resale at face value through fanSALE — a rule designed to stop the secondary market from setting the price.
The precedent is not reassuring for anyone who waits. For Vienna 2026, 95,000 tickets were sold across nine shows, 42% of buyers came from outside the host country, and 75 nationalities were represented. The final sold out in 14 minutes; the semi-finals went in about 20 minutes; the whole inventory was gone within an hour.
For Burgas, the Bulgarian tourism research institute expects more than 80,000 visitors in the city and the region. Arena Burgas holds 4,100 people in its sports configuration, 6,100 with the telescopic stands extended, and up to 15,000 for a concert. The Eurovision capacity will be lower than the concert figure — the stage, the production desk, the cameras and the backstage areas take part of the floor — and the EBU has not published it.
What a ticket has cost
In 2026, official tickets ranged from about €10 to €363 depending on the show and the category, according to Eurovisionworld’s tracker; ORF, the Austrian host broadcaster, quoted €15 to €360. On the secondary market, a semi-final seat was listed at €295 standing, €1,147 for a Golden Circle place and up to €2,758 for a category A seat.
No price for 2027 has been announced. Anyone quoting a Burgas price today is quoting an estimate, not an official figure. Bulgaria’s adoption of the euro on 1 January 2026 does at least remove the currency guesswork: prices will be published in euros.
Getting to Burgas
Burgas airport (BOJ) handled 1.8 million passengers in 2025, with 51 airlines flying to 67 destinations, according to Fraport Bulgaria. It is a seasonal airport, and the contest falls in May, just before the summer peak. The EBU names Sofia, Varna, Plovdiv and Istanbul as the four gateway airports for visitors who cannot reach Burgas directly.
From those gateways, the transfer is by road: Sofia to Burgas is roughly a five-hour drive, Varna about two hours, Plovdiv around three. Istanbul is the closest large international hub outside Bulgaria, and the drive from the Bosphorus to Burgas takes about four hours depending on the border crossing.
Where to stay
Burgas has around 12,300 beds in roughly 1,300 establishments inside the city, and the pressure is already visible. In September 2026, 98% of the beds listed for the 11–16 May window were already unavailable, according to Stay Burgas; a press report put the figure at 99%. Room rates for the contest week have been quoted at three to seven times their normal level, with one report citing more than €4,000 a night.
The practical consequence: accommodation, not the ticket, is the scarce resource. Neighbouring resorts along the coast — Pomorie, Nessebar, Sunny Beach — have stock, but they add a daily transfer to the arena.
Burgas in pictures
Between the shows, the contest happens in a city that arranges itself around the sea. These are the places most visitors end up in during the hours the arena is dark.
What happens next
- Now – December 2026: no sale date. Eurofan pre-registration is the expected next step, by analogy with Vienna 2026, but it has not been announced.
- January 2027: the semi-final allocation draw takes place in Burgas.
- Early 2027: the official ticket sale opens. The EBU has not given a date.
- 10–15 May 2027: six public rehearsals and three live shows at Arena Burgas.
Five questions
When exactly is Eurovision 2027?
The contest runs from 10 to 15 May 2027. The three live shows are the first semi-final on Tuesday 11 May, the second semi-final on Thursday 13 May, and the grand final on Saturday 15 May, all at 21:00 CEST.
Where is it held?
Arena Burgas, in Burgas, Bulgaria. The venue opened on 18 May 2023 and is the largest indoor arena in the city.
Are tickets on sale?
Not yet. The EBU says tickets will go on sale “early 2027”. No date, category or price has been published.
How much will a ticket cost?
Not announced. The official range in 2026 was roughly €10 to €363; the 2027 range may differ.
How do I get to Burgas?
Fly to Burgas (BOJ) if your airline serves it, or to Sofia, Varna, Plovdiv or Istanbul and continue by road. The EBU lists those four as the gateway airports.
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Every figure carries a date and a named source. Anything the EBU has not published is labelled unconfirmed rather than estimated: there is no 2027 price, no sale date and no seating plan in this guide because none has been announced.
This is an independent editorial guide, not affiliated with the EBU, BNT, the City of Burgas or Arena Burgas. Photographs are from the Burgas 2027 picture desk.
Sources. EBU, “Burgas to host Eurovision Song Contest 2027”; EBU, “Burgas 2027”; EBU, FAQ Burgas 2027; EBU, “36 broadcasters to compete at the 71st Eurovision Song Contest in Burgas”; Eurovisionworld, “Eurovision 2026 tickets”; ORF, ticket information for 2026; Wien.info, recap of the 70th contest; Burgasmedia, hotel rates during Eurovision; Stay Burgas, visitor guide (September 2026); Novinite, hotel prices; Fraport Bulgaria, 2025 traffic; Wikipedia, “Arena Burgas”; European Commission, Bulgaria’s adoption of the euro. Figures dated 1 November 2026.