Eurovision 2027 will not be held in Sofia. Organizers have chosen Burgas as the host city for the 71st edition of the festival, ending the competition among four Bulgarian cities and formally confirming the main schedule for the show nights.
Burgas to host the festival
According to the announcement by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Bulgarian National Television (BNT), Eurovision 2027 will be held in the coastal city of Burgas in May 2027.
The contest will take place at Arena Burgas, a sports and entertainment venue that opened in 2023 and will now be tested by one of Europe’s biggest television events.
When the semi-finals and final will be held
The three main nights have been set for May 11, 13 and 15, 2027. The semi-finals will take place on the first two nights, while the grand final will be held on May 15.
In addition to the main broadcasts, six preview shows are planned from May 10 to 15, extending the program across the entire festival week.
How Sofia and the other cities were left behind
Burgas was chosen after a competitive process that also included Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna. A working group with representatives from BNT and the EBU, as well as experts involved in organizing Eurovision, reviewed the bids and visited the proposed venues.
According to the organizers’ account, infrastructure, technical capacity, accommodation, transport, international connections and support from local authorities carried weight in the decision.
Bulgaria to host Eurovision for the first time
This will be the first edition of Eurovision to be held in Bulgaria, following the victory of Bulgarian artist DARA in 2026 in Vienna with the song “Bangaranga.”
Organizers are presenting the event as a broader project than simply local hosting, with accompanying activities also planned in Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna during festival week.
Tickets and parallel events
People seeking to buy tickets must first register with Eurofan, Eurovision’s official free fan club. Ticket sales will open later, with no date announced so far.
Dedicated spaces such as Eurovision Village and EuroClub are also expected to be organized in the city, while the full cultural program has yet to be published.
Burgas, Bulgaria’s fourth-largest city, thus moves to the center of the Eurovision map for 2027, while attention now shifts to logistical preparations and how the city will handle the flow of the festival.
For now, the only settled point is that the race for the host city is over: not Sofia, but Burgas will be the stage for the grand final on May 15, 2027.