List of music festivals in the Netherlands

This is a list of music festivals in the Netherlands. It includes current and past notable festivals. In 2022, there were 10% more festivals and 4% more visitors than in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic started. A total of 19.2 million visitors in 2022.^[1] Because of the pandemic, the number of festivals fell from over 1,100 in 2019 to 155 in 2020 and rose to 343 in 2021. The festival sector dropped back to 1985 levels in 2020. With 1.4 million visits, 2020 is the worst festival year since measurements began.^[2]


Festival name	Location	Year of first edition	Notes
Afrika Festival Hertme	Hertme	1989
Appelpop	Tiel	1992
Awakenings (festival)	Spaarnwoude, Hilvarenbeek	2001	Two festivals annually: during easter and summer
Best Kept Secret (festival)	Hilvarenbeek	2013
Bospop	Weert	1981
Castlefest	Lisse	2005
Concert at SEA	Brouwersdam	2006
Dance Valley	Spaarnwoude	1995
Defqon.1	Biddinghuizen	2003
Down the Rabbit Hole (festival)	Ewijk	2014
Dutch Harp Festival	Utrecht	2010
European World of Bluegrass	Voorthuizen	1998
Into The Great Wide Open	Vlieland	2009
Into the Grave (festival)	Oldehoofsterkerkhof	2011
Liquicity Festival	Noord-Scharwoude	2015
Lowlands (festival)	Biddinghuizen	1993
Mysteryland	Vijfhuizen	1993
North Sea Jazz Festival	Rotterdam	1976
Pinkpop Festival	Landgraaf	1970
Qlimax	Arnhem	2000
Rotterdam Rave Festival	Rotterdam	2016
Valkhof Festival (formerly known as "de-Affaire")	Nijmegen	1994
Zwarte Cross	Oost Gelre	1997

^ "Record festivals en concerten in 2022" (in Dutch). January 20, 202.
^ "Festivals en Concerten grote corona verliezers" (in Dutch). May 24, 2022.

Notes

External links

[1] "Record festivals en concerten in 2022" (in Dutch). January 20, 202.

[2] "Festivals en Concerten grote corona verliezers" (in Dutch). May 24, 2022.

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