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Dour Festival
Dour, BelgiumPlaine de la Machine à Feu
50.407424,3.769766
type of festival
music
electronic, pop, rock, metal, indie & underground, edm / drum & bass / dubstep, techno / house / garage, hip-hop & rap, reggae & dub, r&b / soul / funk, acoustic & instrumental
other events
art: visual arts & installations; dance: dancing
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Dour Festival: 17hr Music X 5 DaysIt’s one of Europe’s greatest outdoor parties – a massive music festival that’s been celebrated since 1989, attracting the planet’s hottest rock, punk, pop, metal, alternative, hip-hop, R&B, reggae, dub and indie bands as well as techno, house, drum & bass DJs and electronic producers from around the world. Dour Festival pulsates day and night with 200 bands and DJs performing 17 hours a day during 5 days (from noon till 5am) on seven gigantic stages for 230,000 motley fans who seek booming beats - everything from Band of Skulls and Blood Red Shoes to Boys Noize, Bonobo and Addison Groove. Amidst sonic vibrations, there’s Belgian beer, global treats, a barbeque island, and camping at Plaine de la Machine à Feu near Dour in Hainaut Belgium. |
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It won the European best medium-sized festival award, but it’s scarcely a medium-sized party with 230,000 revellers at a gargantuan ex-industrial mining site. It’s one of the summer’s most musically diverse events with everything from metal to reggae, plus camping, beer and lots of tasty treats.
Dour Festival revolves around music, which explains why it has seven stages that play seventeen hours of music per day over five days. Last Arena has featured headliners like Mac Miller, Soulfly, Blood Red Shoes, Bonobo, Cypress Hill & Phoenix while the Dance Hall resonates with trip-hop, electro-funk & power pop with acts such as Chromeo and Little Dragon plus techno-house with greats like Theo Parrish. Jupiler Boombox booms with rap & hip-hop via Gentleman and The Evolution, L’Entourage, Tyler the Creator and Freddie Gibbs. La Petite Maison Dans La Prairie has featured some not very ‘petite’ performances by Mount Kimbie, Klaxons, Mogwai, Band Of Skulls and Maxïmo Park. Cannibal Stage has savage punk rock by groups like Punish Yourself and metal-thrash with Channel Zero, Kreator, Mad Caddies, Fuck Buttons, Trash Talk & Sick Of It All. De red Bull Elektropedia Balzaal hosts an encyclopaedia of electronic sounds from Moodymann & Tale of Us to Raving George & MC GQ. The Dub Corner of course has roots, ska and reggae with appearances by The Dukes Of SKAzzard and King Shiloh soundsystem.
Dour Festival is 17 hours of motley music on 7 stages at an ex-mine site in Belgium!
Festival de Dour, as they say in French, is a massive outdoor summer party with widely diverse music. Its amazing line-ups, unique location, excellent on-site amenities, and spacious camping facilities, have made it an award winning event.
Dour Music Festival is about music. And the variety of genres on 7 stages satisfies nearly every taste. The Dour Festival lineup includes industrial punk and metal bands, hard rock and pop-rock groups, dance beats by top DJs / producers as well as roots, ska and reggae sound systems. The Dour Festival programme is spread across five days with around two hundreds acts performing seventeen hours a day! (That’s why there are free earplugs on-site!)
Dour Plaine de la Machine à Feu is a singular spot, an old mine site in the Wallonia region, within the province of Hainaut, an area that was once part of Belgium’s industrial core. (BTW, Dour Belgium isn’t a city, just a small francophone community with about 16,000 inhabitants.)
Since Dour Fest has been held since 1989 (albeit for just one day and gradually increasing to four), the amenities at the site keep getting better and better. Today there are oodles of international food and drink stalls, free lockers, toilets, showers, places to charge mobile phones, cash machines, security, medical and places to chill out when you’re partied out!
Ticket flexibility allows you to choose to camp or not, to stay in the boutique camping zone at the Flexotel Village or in one of the Festihuts, or find something on your own. But all 5-day tickets come with free access to the official Dour Festival shuttle buses that pick-up at the nearby train station and go direct to the festival grounds.
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AccommodationDour Festival Camping
To camp onsite, you’ll have to buy a 5-day ticket that includes camping. If you don’t plan on camping on-site, then buy the day ticket that doesn’t include camping and make accommodation arrangements elsewhere. Remember: if you choose Festihuts or a a Festicabin you’ll need a 5-day ticket that includes camping. FesticabinDour offers a boutique accommodation option that’s not really camping, more like staying in a hotel. The units at Festicabin Village are mini pre-fabricated suites set up in the regular camping area but in a separate zone. Each Festicabin unit is designed for two people and come complete with a bed, storage, lighting, and a lock. Guest have access to toilets and showers. To book you’ll need Dour Festival tickets with camping. Dour FestihutsDour Festihuts are small wood houses equipped with two bunk beds, which means each hut can sleep up to 4 people. They’re pre-erected in a private area beside to the main campsite and have their own showers and special festihut toilets. There are only a few huts, so book your Festihut in Festivillage well in advance. To reserve a hut you must have Dour Festival tickets that include camping. No Caravans at DourCaravans, Campervans, RVs or live-in vehicles are not allowed on the Dour Festival site. The camping zone is strictly for tents and the boutique options mentioned above. |
AmenitiesEats & Drinks:
Bars, Food Stalls, Food BYO, BBQ, Water
Fresh & Clean:
Toilets, Shower
Cash & Shops:
Cash, Shops
Zone In & Out:
VIP Zone
Accessibility:
yes
Dour Fest Amenities
Food & DrinkThere’s lots of yummy food, snacks and drinks on-site but the currency is ‘tickets’. Buy Duor Festival food tickets in advance, and get a discount, or buy them on-site at regular price. |
Datesstart Wed, 13 July 2016end Sun, 17 July 2016 Dour Festival Camping Dates
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Season & WeatherSeason: Summer
Temperature: 13 to 24 °C
Weather in Dour in July can be very unpredictable. It could be hot & sunny or cloudy, humid and rainy. |
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Dour Festival: Rue des Canadiens, 100, Dour, Belgium.
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