Music Festivals in Belgium - Jazz Festivals in Belgium, Rock Festivals in Belgium, Pukkelpop, Graspop Metal Meeting, Rock Werchter, Marktrock (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Jazz festivals in Belgium, Rock festivals in Belgium, Pukkelpop, Graspop Metal Meeting, Rock Werchter, Marktrock, Dour Festival, Groezrock, Reggae Geel, 0110, Sfinks Festival, Metal Female Voices Fest, Folk Dranouter, Ieperfest, Rhaaa Lovely Festival, Gentse Feesten, Festival of Flanders, Na fir bolg, Skanifest, Django Reinhardt Jazz Festival, Laus Polyphoniae, Jazz Middelheim, Blue Note Festival, Ars Musica, Golden River City Jazz Festival, Pestpop, Sjock Festival. Excerpt: Pukkelpop is an annual music festival which takes place near the city of Hasselt, Belgium in mid-to-late August. It is held within a large enclosure of fields and woodland-between a dual carriageway called Kempische Steenweg-in the village of Kiewit, approximately 7 km north of Hasselt. It is the second largest music festival in the country after Rock Werchter, with an attendance rate of 180,000 over the course of the event in 2009. The programme is noted for its wide variety of alternative music, spanning styles such as rock, pop, electronic, dance, hip-hop, punk and heavy metal. The event's organisers aim the festival to be a "progressive and contemporary" musical event. Notable acts that have performed at previous editions include Sonic Youth, The Mission, Ramones, Nirvana, The Sisters of Mercy, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young, The Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Metallica, Green Day, Guns N' Roses, Pixies, Daft Punk, The Prodigy, Nine Inch Nails and Iron Maiden. The term "pukkel" is the Dutch word for "pimple." The festival will return in 2011, with Foo Fighters, Eminem and The Offspring among the headlining acts. The festival was founded in 1985 by youth organisation Humanistic Youth Leopoldsburg (Dutch: Humanistische Jongeren van Leopoldsburg, or "Hujo"). It originated as a single day event, held on July 21-a national holiday in Belgium-in...