Terminal V has announced that this year’s April festival marks the final edition of the festival in Edinburgh and the closing of a defining almost decade chapter in the city. This difficult decision follows the evolving operational requirements and challenges of delivering the event at this scale in the city, with policing and associated deployment costs now representing a significant proportion of overall delivery costs at the site.
18th – 19th April 2026 will be the last edition to take place at The Royal Highland Centre. The festival will be delivered with the same award winning production and format audiences have come to expect and love. They are set to announce a new festival site location for 2027 alongside a global tour of international shows to celebrate a decade of Terminal V.
This is a significant moment for us. Edinburgh has been home to Terminal V since the beginning, and some of our biggest moments have happened here. We’re incredibly proud of what we’ve built in Edinburgh, the Festival City, over the past nine years, and grateful to The Royal Highland Centre and all of our partners who have supported the brand’s growth during this time – Derek Martin, Co-Founder of Terminal V
Since launching at the venue in 2017, Terminal V has grown into one of the UK’s largest electronic music festivals, ranking Number 1 in Scotland, Number 5 in the UK and Number 34 in the world (DJ Mag Awards). It has welcomed more than a quarter of a million fans from all over the UK and further afield to Edinburgh and hosting leading names across techno and house. It has become a key fixture in Scotland’s festival and electronic music calendar.
With six stages, a massive line-up of more than 100 artists (99999999, ANETHA, BEN HEMSLEY, BEN TECHY X LUCIID, CLOUDS X TOMMY HOLOHAN, DJ GIGOLA X ØTTA, EAST END DUBS, HATE MODELS, KLANGKUENSTLER, KLOFAMA, MALL GRAB, PATRICK TOPPING, PEGASSI, RESTRICTED, ROBERT HOOD, SARA LANDRY, SIM0NE X SPFDJ, WILL ATKINSON, YANAMASTE) every stage will be completely reimagined for this final edition. A collaboration with global audio leaders d&b audiotechnik, the festival will also introduce a fully bespoke site-wide sound re-design, delivering its most refined and powerful production to date across all six stages.
To deliver the level of event we’ve produced over the last nine years is becoming increasingly challenging in the current environment. We’re not prepared to compromise on quality. Making this move will now allow us to take the festival further and deliver even more ambitious electronic music experiences in the years ahead. While April 2026 will be the last edition in Edinburgh, we have some exciting plans ahead for the growth of Terminal V this year and beyond – Simon McGrath
Terminal V’s trajectory over the past decade has extended far beyond Edinburgh. Named Best UK Festival at the DJ Mag Awards in 2023, the brand now stages a Croatian festival edition each summer, recently made its London debut last year at the 15,000 capacity Drumsheds, and are set to announce a new festival site location for 2027 alongside a global tour of international shows to celebrate a decade of Terminal V.
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