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The 71st Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Burgas, Bulgaria, on 11, 13 and 15 May 2027 — two semi-finals and the final. It is the first time Bulgaria has hosted since 2007, and the host city FAQ is already live.
01 · Event details
Timing: Semi-finals 11 and 13 May 2027 · final 15 May 2027 · Burgas, Bulgaria
Venue or host area: Burgas, on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, with the contest venue and the surrounding Eurovision Village announced separately by the host broadcaster. The marker shows the city, not the arena.
Access: Entry is by ticket for the semi-finals and final, sold through the official ticketing arrangements announced by the host broadcaster. No 2027 price, sale date or inventory was verified at review; fan-club pre-sales are separate from the general sale.
02 · Plan the visit
Burgas is served by its own airport and by Varna further up the coast, with coach and rail links from Sofia. The host city FAQ sets out the venue and ticket arrangements as they are confirmed, and Eurovision tickets are typically released in waves with a fan-club pre-sale rather than a single on-sale date. Hotel capacity in a Black Sea resort town in mid-May is workable but tightens as the final approaches.
03 · Location
A Black Sea port city in eastern Bulgaria, with a long seafront park, a compact centre and an airport on the edge of town.
The airports serving Burgas and its region:
Connections, terminals and transfer arrangements change — confirm them with the airline and the organiser rather than planning around a fixed transfer time.
Burgas, on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, with the contest venue and the surrounding Eurovision Village announced separately by the host broadcaster. The marker shows the city, not the arena.
The catalogue marker shows Burgas, Bulgaria · 2027 host at city or region level only — it is not an entrance, a gate, a course or a transfer route. For the event’s position among its category peers, open the Music overview and map.
04 · Overview
An annual televised song competition between member broadcasters of the European Broadcasting Union, with two semi-finals and a final, each country submitting one song. The 2027 contest is the 71st, held in Burgas, Bulgaria, on 11, 13 and 15 May, with the semi-finals reducing the field to the final alongside the automatically qualified countries.
Eurovision is the most watched non-sporting broadcast in the world, with audiences in the hundreds of millions across participating countries, and it is a cultural institution with its own rules — language, staging limits, voting by jury and public televote — that countries build national selections around. Winning it hands a small city a hosting obligation for the following year, which is why the contest moves to a different country almost every edition.
The first contest was held in 1956 in Lugano, Switzerland, with seven countries and two songs each. It has run every year since, expanded far beyond Europe to include Australia and Israel, introduced semi-finals in 2004 as the field grew, and been cancelled only once, in 2020. The 2027 edition in Burgas is Bulgaria's first time hosting.
| First held | 1956, Lugano |
|---|---|
| 2027 | 71st edition, Burgas, Bulgaria |
| Dates | Semi-finals 11 and 13 May; final 15 May |
| Organiser | EBU and the host broadcaster |
| Format | Two semi-finals plus a final |
05 · Research & credits
Evidence and event information reviewed 2026-10-31. Published edition facts are separated from typical timing and historical context.
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