Untold Festival

The festival gradually comes alive during the late afternoon as visitors arrive around Cluj Arena, collect wristbands, and begin exploring the park’s stages, interactive installations, and food areas. Early evening is ideal for discovering emerging artists and moving easily between different parts of the site before crowds become denser. As darkness falls, attention increasingly shifts toward the main stage, where internationally renowned DJs and performers deliver the festival’s biggest moments amid enormous screens, synchronized lighting, lasers, and pyrotechnics. Even after the headline performances finish, the grounds remain active as visitors continue exploring smaller stages before eventually drifting back toward central Cluj-Napoca.

Food at Untold is part of the long haul between late-afternoon arrival and late-night sets, so people tend to eat in rounds rather than sit down for one meal. Around the arena and park areas, the easy festival staples are Romanian fast bites and handheld street food that you can carry between stages, with cold beer and lemonade doing a lot of work once the evening crowds thicken.

Must Try:
• mici
• langoș
• kürtőskalács
• shawarma
• draft beer

UNTOLD is generally a moderate to premium festival. Accommodation prices rise significantly during festival week, while tickets, food, and drinks are comparable to other major European electronic music festivals. Booking hotels well in advance provides the best value.

Pick a meeting point before the headline set, especially if your group plans to split between the stadium and the park zones, because phone service and simple texting can get messy once the site is packed. If you care most about the Cluj Arena headliner, head in well before that set rather than trying to push over from the park at the last minute. Keep one payment backup in case a card or app fails, and carry water early in the day so you are not starting the night already drained. On the way out, give yourself a choice: either leave a little before the final rush or stay put for a while and let the taxi scramble thin out.

The festival is professionally managed, with the busiest areas being the main stage, entrance gates, food villages, and transport hubs after the headline performances. Stay hydrated, secure personal belongings in crowded areas, and allow additional time when leaving after the biggest evening performances.

UNTOLD has become Romania’s most internationally recognized music festival and has helped establish Cluj-Napoca as one of Europe’s leading festival cities. By attracting globally renowned artists alongside hundreds of thousands of visitors, it has transformed the city’s international profile while showcasing Romania as a major destination for contemporary music and cultural tourism.

UNTOLD combines one of Europe’s most spectacular electronic music productions with the energy of a vibrant university city. Between its massive stadium shows, immersive park experiences, and late-night atmosphere, it delivers a festival that feels every bit as ambitious as its name suggests.

Main festival day: August 9, 2026