Teatro L’Occitane
An open-air theatre in the middle of the forest, minutes from the Quadrado. It was one of the stages of recent editions and it is the least likely address for an electronic party in Brazil.
S.O.M.FestivalTrancoso
The other Carnival. Five days of electronic music, art and sea in southern Bahia, for those who would rather watch the sunrise over the Quadrado than spend the night on the avenue.
5 to 9 February2027 edition
1,200 guestsCapped attendance
Over 20 countriesWhere the crowd comes from
TrancosoPorto Seguro, Bahia
The house reading
State of Mind is more than the festival’s name. It is the idea: to slow down during the one holiday when the whole country speeds up.
S.O.M. is small by design. Attendance is capped at around 1,200, and close to a third of the crowd flies in from abroad. The nights belong to electronic music with international names; the afternoons, to yoga and wellness on a deck at the Fasano facing the sea.
Each edition has its own theme and staging, and the last was Terra Nova. What never changes is Trancoso at Carnival: a full village, houses in demand, and Quadrado tables decided the day before. That is where we come in.
Date
5 to 9 February 2027
Where
Trancoso, Bahia
Access
Passes, house and table
In numbers
Music in southern Bahia.
Trancosothe Quadrado and the beaches
5days of festival
Sunsetthe late-afternoon sets
Summerthe peak of the season
Where to stay
In Trancoso, close to the Quadrado.
- UXUA Casa HotelOn the Quadrado, houses restored by Wilbert Das.
- Fasano TrancosoOn Fazenda Itapororoca, with golf and beach.
- Etnia PousadaSteps from the Quadrado, among gardens.
- Villas de TrancosoOn Praia dos Nativos, facing the sea.
- Club Med TrancosoOn the clifftop, for families.
How the five days usually run.
The shape of recent editions. The 2027 programme will follow closer to the date, and the festival changes its staging every year.
First dayOpening
- Ceremony and dinner
The festival usually opens at the table, with Bahian cooking and work by artists from the region.
AfternoonsSea
- Wellness at the Fasano
- Beach club
Yoga and wellness on a deck at the Fasano Trancoso facing the sea, and beach afternoons before the nights.
NightsRituals
- Night Rituals
Open-bar parties with new staging each edition, running until sunrise. In 2026 the line-up included WhoMadeWho, Adam Ten, Carlita, Luciano and Vintage Culture.
Last dayClosing
- Farewell lunch
In recent editions, the week closed with a feijoada.
2027 dates as published on the festival’s official profile. Line-up and programme not yet announced.
Where it happens
Three addresses inside the village.
The festival has no fixed home. It takes over different spaces in Trancoso each night, and that is part of the design.
Vale do Sol
The open ground used for the bigger nights, with a set built from scratch every year. The theme changes and the place changes with it.
The Fasano deck
The wellness afternoons happen on a deck facing the sea, at the Fasano Trancoso beach club.
What we say upfront
S.O.M. Festival is organised and sold by third parties, and the 2027 programme has not been announced. House, table and transport are ours to arrange; for the pass, we confirm in writing what is secured before any payment.
What we arrange
The festival handles the nights. The rest is ours.
The pass covers the parties. A week in Trancoso at Carnival asks for more than that, and it is the part that decides whether the trip goes well.
The right pass
The festival sells a Party Pass, for the parties alone, and a Full Pass, which adds the dining experiences. For anyone staying the whole week, the full one almost always makes sense.
Sales: through the festival’s official channels.
A house on the Quadrado or by the beach
At Carnival, Trancoso fills up. The houses worth having are few, and the difference between walking to the Quadrado and twenty minutes on a dirt road sets the rhythm of all five days.
Stay: a whole house with staff, or a hotel.
A table on the free nights
Between parties, the Quadrado’s restaurants are the village’s social life. A table at the right hour, with the house told who is coming.
Reservations: made before you travel.
The way there
A flight to Porto Seguro, then around an hour to Trancoso by ferry or by road. Transfers both ways, and a driver between house, beach and parties through the week.
Logistics: flights, transfers and driver.
What we say upfront
S.O.M. Festival is organised and sold by third parties, and the 2027 programme has not been announced. House, table and transport are ours to arrange; for the pass, we confirm in writing what is secured before any payment.
Images
Music in the village, with the beach ten minutes away.
Photographs from the WAYFARER archive and from free-licence sources, credited on the credits page.
Some spend Carnival on the avenue. Others would rather watch the sun rise over Trancoso.
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