Hadra Trance Festival

Hadra Trance Festival: Four Days of Immersion in Psychedelic Culture

Hadra Trance Festival is a unique event in the French festival landscape. Born in 2005 in Chorges (Hautes-Alpes), it is the result of the commitment of the Hadra association, founded in Grenoble in 2001 by a group of electronic music enthusiasts, particularly psychedelic trance. The name "Hadra" refers to the collective trance ceremonies of Moroccan Sufis, evoking the spiritual and community dimension that characterizes the festival.

A Journey Between Mountains and Countryside

The festival has been held in several locations over the years. After its first editions in Chorges (Hautes-Alpes) from 2005 to 2007, it moved to Pontcharra (Isère) in 2008-2009, then to the Vercors massif from 2010 to 2014, near Lans-en-Vercors. Since 2016, Hadra Trance Festival has found its home at the Vieure lake, in the Bourbonnais countryside of the Allier region. This 25-hectare site, on the edge of a lake, offers an exceptional natural setting to welcome around 10,000 festival-goers.

Four Stages, 150 Artists, 72 Hours of Music

The programming of Hadra Trance Festival unfolds across four complementary stages, offering a complete panorama of psychedelic and electronic music:

• Main Stage: the main stage celebrates the entire spectrum of psytrance — progressive, dark-prog, full-on, forest, and many other sub-genres
• Paradoxe: an alternative stage mixing techno, drum'n'bass, hi-tech, dub, and world music
• La Bulle: a chill-out area offering downtempo, ambient, psybass, and psychill for moments of relaxation
• Cocoon: a stage dedicated to live electro-acoustic performances and experimental sounds

More than 150 international artists perform at each edition, for 72 hours of uninterrupted music.

An Associative and Committed Festival

Hadra Trance Festival stands out as one of the few major international psytrance festivals operating as a non-profit association. All festival revenues are reinvested in the projects of the Hadra association, which works throughout the year to promote psytrance culture through events, music productions, and cultural actions.

The festival upholds strong values of ecology and environmental responsibility. Concrete actions are implemented: waste management, dry toilets, eco-cups, public awareness, and preservation of the natural site. Hadra Trance Festival also promotes risk reduction related to festival practices, in partnership with specialized associations.

An International Community

Beyond the music, Hadra Trance Festival is a place for meeting and sharing. The associative village offers spaces for exchange, artistic workshops, conferences, screenings, and visual performances. Digital arts and visual installations play an important role in the festival's identity, transforming the site into an immersive work of art, particularly spectacular at night.

The festival attracts an international audience each year, from all over Europe and beyond, united by a common passion for psychedelic music and trance culture.