2024six days
The first festival · July 23–28
Announced for July 24–28, then extended by a day. Three music stages, more than 50 000 attendees and about 150 artists from 10 countries. Program hours per the poster: 18:00–23:30, ages 12+.
The Sea Breeze Resort's Open-Air Stage
DreamArena
The open-air concert venue of the Sea Breeze resort on the Caspian shore. Since 2024 it has hosted the international Dream Fest music festival: a stage with big screens, a field for the audience, tables, lounges and food courts. A separate project for a large 40–50 thousand-seat arena has been announced but not yet built.
NowDream Fest 2027 — July 22–25 per the festival's official website (as of 17.09.2026). Lineup not yet announced.
In short
What This Place Is
The venue runs in the warm season and comes alive in late July, when Dream Fest arrives.
40–50 thousand
seats at the future arenaplanned; sources give two different figures
4 days
festival length2025 and 2026; 2024 ran six days
50 000+
attendance at Dream Fest 2024official resort report
3 stages
in use in 2024official resort report
Vertical Lineup
Who Played in 2026
Four evenings in a row, per the festival's official artist list. In large type: the acts the festival site listed first each day.
July 23Day 1 · Dream Fest 2026
- Cheb Khaled
- Busta Rhymes
- Emin
- Ani Lorak
- Stas Mikhailov
- Egor Kreed
- Alsou
- Roza Zergerli
- Brandon Stone
- Tomas Nevergreen
- Andru Donalds
- Zulfiyya Xanbabayeva
- Barbara Berta
- Rozovie rozi
- Golden voice of Enigma
July 24Day 2 · Dream Fest 2026
- Zeynep Bastık
- Edis
- Emre Altuğ
- Emin
- Ani Lorak
- Stas Mikhailov
- Egor Kreed
- Nigar Jamal
- Faiq Ağayev
- Tünzalə
- Dilara Kazimova
- Jamal Gasimov
- Murad Baykaev
- Sevanna
- Elnur Hüseynov
July 25Day 3 · Dream Fest 2026
- Ty Dolla $ign
- Jah Khalib
- Lvbel C5
- Andro
- Misha Miller
- Orxan Zeynallı
- Aysel
- Sabi
- Jaman t
- Merab Amzoevi
- Megi Gogitidze
July 26Day 4 · Dream Fest 2026
- John Newman
- Jony
- Alessandro Safina
- Emin
- Ani Lorak
- Stas Mikhailov
- Artik & Asti
- Lusia Chebotina
- Aygün Kazımova
- Brandon Stone
- Ellai
- Stas Piekha
- Jony & Natia Rigvava
The festival's official website, artists-by-day section (checked 17.09.2026). The resort's official report names the same headliners but without a day-by-day breakdown. The order within each day follows the festival site, which doesn't say who played last.
Years
The Festival Year by Year
What changed from season to season, per the resort's official reports and the festival website.
2025four days
Drone show and a memorial evening · July 23–26
260 tons of stage design. Azerbaijan's first drone show, with 500 drones. A memorial evening for Muslim Magomayev. The program was revised after a Ministry of Culture directive at the end of June.
2026four days
The biggest production yet · July 23–26 (the festival site says July 22–25)
More than 50 artists from Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey, the CIS, Europe, the UK and Canada. 5 547 people worked on the production. Over 200 tons of steel structures, 1 200 lighting fixtures, 470 m² of LED screens. Across the evenings: 400 pyrotechnic charges, 36 minutes of fireworks, fire shows, smoke and confetti. A 500 m² wave-shaped red carpet in the colors of the Caspian. More than 100 outlets covered the festival.
2027four days
Next up
Only the dates are announced · July 22–25
The dates are on the festival's official website (as of 17.09.2026). Lineup, prices and ticket sales haven't been announced.
Layout
How the Venue Is Laid Out
A stage by the sea, with the dance floor and audience field in front, tables along the sides, and the food court and entrance beyond.
The layout is our reconstruction from photos and official descriptions. The organizers haven't published an official zone plan, so proportions and positions are approximate.
- Tap a zone in the list to highlight it on the layout.
Not Just the Festival
What Else Happens Here
The resort's summer concerts, match screenings and sports tournaments.
August 2, 2024
Ricky Martin
The artist's first concert in Baku, with more than 10 000 attendees.
Source: seabreeze.az
since 2024
The Sea Breeze Summer Live season
The resort's summer music program: Macan, INNA, Mahmut Orhan, Miri Yusif and others.
Source: seabreeze.az
August 22, 2026
Closing of the music season
The headliner was DJ and producer Francis Mercier, with Aryme, Ciza and Nicolas Mun playing before him.
Source: seabreeze.az (23.08.2026)
Disputed
Where the Sources Disagree
We don't pick the “right” version; we show both.
Does Dream Arena already exist, or is it a project?
The infrastructure section of the resort's website describes the venue as operating, while the investment section and a news item on the BEMA award describe it as a future project. Meanwhile the festival really does take place at an open-air venue by the sea.
Sources: seabreeze.az, infrastructure and investment sections; news on the BEMA award (19.02.2026)
How many seats will the arena have?
40 000+ per the Azerbaijani President's press service (18.04.2025); 50 000 per the BEMA award news (19.02.2026) and Trend (04.06.2026). Emin Agalarov spoke of a 50 000-seat arena on 21.05.2025, with a timeline of “within two years.”
Sources: president.az (18.04.2025); seabreeze.az (19.02.2026); trend.az (04.06.2026); xalqqazeti.az (21.05.2025)
Dream Fest 2026 dates
The resort's official report says July 23–26. The festival website shows July 22–25. We give both.
Sources: seabreeze.az (27.07.2026); dreammusicfest.com
Are Dream Arena and the main summer stage (Main Stage) the same thing?
Yes, based on indirect evidence this is one venue, though the resort has never given an official explanation. In this page's opening shot, taken from above, a "SEA BREEZE SUMMER LIVE" banner is visible on the stage roof — meaning it's a shot of the summer stage, not a separate site. The stage's construction (a gabled roof on trusses, side towers) matches the photos of the Summer Live 2024 opening and the Ricky Martin concert. The announcement of the "Qarabağ" — "Ferencvárosi" match screening (17.08.2025) names the venue directly as "Main Stage, Sea Breeze" and lists the organizer as Dream Group International — the same company behind Dream Fest.
Sources: frame d1 of this page; seabreeze.az, the news of the Summer Live opening, 08.06.2024; the announcement of the Ricky Martin concert, 01.08.2024; the announcement of the match screening, 17.08.2025