TL;DR. All Points East resale tickets do not appear on a schedule, but they do have a shape. A trickle from the moment a day sells out, a clear spike in the final fortnight, and the heaviest supply in the last two or three days before each date. The two-weekend split means that pattern runs twice. The last week is the point where most people give up and the point where most tickets appear.
When do All Points East resale tickets appear?
In a slow trickle from the moment a day sells out, then a pronounced spike in the final fortnight. The busiest single stretch is the last two or three days before a given date, when everyone who has been hesitating finally has to decide.
The reason is mundane. A festival ticket bought in winter is an intention, not a plan. It becomes a plan when the date is close enough to book travel, square it with work and find out whether the other three people are still coming. That is when the ones who cannot make it discover it, and that is when the ticket goes back on sale.
Does All Points East running over two weekends change anything?
Yes, and in your favour. The festival runs 21 to 23 August and 28 to 30 August, so the returns window effectively opens twice. Somebody who booked days on both weekends and then found their August did not stretch to both is a very common source of a returned ticket.
It is worth being deliberate about which day you actually want, because watching all six at once means being slow at all of them.
Which All Points East days are hardest to get?
As of 2 August 2026, Lorde on Saturday 22 August is the only day sold out on the festival's own site, and it has a waitlist running. Twenty One Pilots on Sunday 30 August had general admission left but flagged as running low, with primary entry and VIP already gone. The remaining four days - Jorja Smith and Tems, the Deftones Outbreak takeover and both Tyler, The Creator nights - still had tickets on general sale.
If your day is one of those four, buy from AXS. It is cheaper than any resale and there is no reason to wait. Availability moves, so check before you assume either way.
Should I keep watching in the last week before the festival?
Especially then. The last week feels like the point to give up and it is the point of peak supply, because deadlines force decisions. People stop looking exactly when the tickets start appearing, which is the single most useful thing to know about festival resale.
The timing, in four lines
- Now to two weeks out: a trickle. Worth watching, not worth refreshing.
- Final fortnight: the volume arrives. This is the window that matters.
- Last two or three days: the peak, as deadlines force decisions.
- Gate day: still happening, and almost nobody is looking.
Where the listings appear
For All Points East the channel we watch is Twickets, where fans list spare tickets capped at face value plus fee. The festival's own sanctioned channel is AXS Resale through the official app, and APE's terms say tickets resold elsewhere can be voided - worth weighing before you buy anywhere. We explain the platform side in is Twickets official resale safe.
How we help
Watching for a window that opens at random, twice, over ten days is not something a person can do by hand. Alertix watches the listings around the clock and pings you the moment one appears, with the link. Set up All Points East alerts, or read how to get Lorde tickets now they are sold out if that is the day you are after.