After 30,000 fans turned out for its U.S. debut in May, CORE heads back to the park next October with Tomorrowland and Insomniac. The presale opens November 12.
Written by Eric B. Thornton
When CORE made its U.S. debut back in May, I wrote that Tomorrowland had planted its flag in Chinatown. Six months later, it’s official: the flag is staying.
Tomorrowland and Insomniac announced on Monday, November 9, that CORE returns to L.A. State Historic Park on October 2 and 3, 2027. The format stays the same: two days of daytime shows that run from the afternoon sun until after dark. The calendar doesn’t. The debut took the first weekend of May, and the second edition moves to the first weekend of October.
The first edition set a high bar. Some 30,000 fans came through across three stages, with Four Tet, Eric Prydz and Nina Kraviz at the top of the bill and Prydz closing out the whole weekend on Sunday night. Belgian acts Oscar and the Wolf and Samm brought a little of CORE’s home country to Chinatown, while next-generation names like Malugi, Emilija and Mall Grab filled out the weekend.
The setting is what sold it. The park gave CORE 32 acres of grass between Chinatown and the LA River, with the downtown skyline right there. At the center sat the CORE stage, two giant stone faces with an LED screen between them, built to blend into its surroundings, while the crossed forearms of the Mano stage and the harder, faster sets at Origo did the rest.
There’s no lineup yet. The organizers say more announcements are coming at core.world.
Los Angeles is one stop on a much bigger map. CORE began life as a stage hidden in the woods at Tomorrowland in Boom, Belgium, and it has since run editions in Medellín and Tulum and at Tomorrowland Brasil, Thailand and Winter. On November 28, it lands in Melbourne for the first time, and that debut is already sold out.
Here’s how to get in. Pre-registration is open now at core.world. The presale starts Thursday, November 12, at 12 p.m. PST for everyone who pre-registered, plus Tomorrowland account holders and Insomniac Passport holders. General sale follows on Friday, November 20, at 12 p.m. PST, while passes last. Two-day GA passes start at $159.99 and two-day VIP passes at $309.99, fees included, across four price tiers for each ticket type, and any two-day pass can go on layaway with a $9.99 deposit. If the weekend doesn’t sell out first, single-day tickets will follow later.
Back in May, I signed off with “see you next year under the faces.” Make that October.
Tomorrowland and Insomniac present CORE Los Angeles, Saturday, October 2, and Sunday, October 3, 2027, L.A. State Historic Park, Los Angeles. Pre-register and find tickets at core.world.