Abunai! 2027 dates, tickets, hotel and venue in Veldhoven

What is Abunai!?

Abunai! is a three-day convention for Japanese pop culture and traditional Japanese culture: cosplay, games, contests, music, an art and merchandise market and a matsuri. It is run by Stichting Abunai!, a foundation of volunteers whose mission is to bring Japanese culture to a wide audience in the Netherlands and the rest of Europe, and it has been held since 2003.

Abunai! began as a small event of a student club at the University of Twente in Enschede, moved to Zwolle in 2008 and has been held at NH Koningshof in Veldhoven since 2010.

When is Abunai! 2027?

Abunai! 2027: Izakaya Nights is on Friday 6, Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 August 2027. It is the 23rd edition.

The organisers tried to get another date, but NH Koningshof is fully booked in August, so they kept 6 to 8 August rather than leave the hotel.

The 2027 opening hours have not been set. In 2026 the convention was open on Friday from 14:00 to 03:00, on Saturday from 10:00 to 03:00 and on Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00, with check-in closing at 22:00 on Friday and Saturday.

Where is it and how do you get there?

Abunai! takes place in and around NH Koningshof, Locht 117 in Veldhoven. The Abunai! entrance is not the hotel reception: you check in at the Abunai! entrance, get a wristband, and then go in through that entrance or through the hotel. In the evening some walking routes and exits are closed, and you check in at the evening entrance.

By public transport, take bus 19 or 319 from Eindhoven Centraal to the stop Veldhoven, Koningshof. By car, NH Koningshof has paid parking: the first three hours are free, each extra hour costs €1.50, 24 hours €5 (€3.50 at the reception desk) and a 72-hour weekend pass €10 at the reception desk. Prices can change, and you pay at the hotel reception or the parking machine.

Tickets

Tickets for 2027 are not on sale yet. They are sold only through the Abunai! webshop, so the organisers recommend following their social media for the start of the sale. The shop has entry tickets, junior entry tickets and event tickets for events that charge an extra fee; payment is by iDEAL, Bancontact or PayPal.

A ticket does not have to be used as a group: one order gives one e-ticket that everybody in the order can use, and everyone shows the same e-ticket and their own ID at check-in. Event tickets can sell out online, and a sold-out event ticket online is also sold out at the convention.

Hotel rooms

Hotel rooms at NH Koningshof are booked directly with the hotel, not through Abunai!. In 2026 this went through a special booking website with a queue that opened on 11 May at 20:00, with a minimum stay of two nights and non-refundable rooms. A standard single room cost €124.05 per night including breakfast and a standard double or twin room €143.10, excluding tourist tax.

The organisers have not announced the booking date for 2027 yet.