Vacuum toilets look like a normal toilet, complete with porcelain bowl. In 2016, Rihanna was planned to headline the event, but a shortage of police forces on the planned day because of the Belgian national holiday led to the 2016 event being cancelled, with Rihanna rescheduled to appear a month later at Pukkelpop. Much of the backstage activities now rely on green energy from the first day of assembly. It can host 88,000 guests daily, of which 67,500 combine all four days, to add up to a total maximum of 149,500 different attendees.[1]. This allows us to use green energy on the mains network. Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals setlist, photos and more from July 2, 2006 at Rock Werchter, Werchter, Belgium. Day 3: Day 2: Day 1: Underworld, Radiohead, Björk Rock Werchter is an annual music festival held in the village of Werchter, near Leuven, Belgium, since 1976 and is a large sized rock music festival. In 2015, Robbie Williams headlined with his Let Me Entertain You Tour, and in 2016 Bruce Springsteen returned to the stage. TW Classic ('TW', as in Torhout-Werchter, is the traditional abbreviation of the festival) is a one day/one stage festival held one week after the main event. But now we have fewer than ever before. Rock Werchter 2020 takes place from July 2nd-5th, 2020 at the Festivalpark in Werchter (Belgium). The waste water from the kitchens and showers backstage and The Hive are collected in the holding basins and treated organically on site. We do our level best in the areas of water treatment, waste recycling and mobility. Yes. About Rock Werchter. A camping festival was held the night before the festival itself. Our approach is paying off. We share a vision, in which our management of waste means more than just collecting and disposing of the festival's refuse. A few seconds later the stage was transformed in a place best described as a mud fight arena. In 2014, The Rolling Stones headlined TW Classic as one of their few festival concerts of 2014. The central tenet of the circular model is that waste be re-designated as a secondary raw material. Day 3: Sam Smith --> The Tallest Man on Earth In 2019 a.o. We are looking into it. First time in Werchter only. Read the Live Nation Sustainability Charter here. This edition the line-up is looking smashing… Find out more at www.rockwerchter.be From 1 July until 4 July 2021 at the Festivalpark in Werchter (Belgium) One of Europe's best and finest music festivals. The septic material from the - (still) chemical - toilets at The Hive is also taken to Aquafin. The vacuum toilets consume less than a litre of water per flush. Rock Werchter works in collaboration with Inter, an organization aiming for an optimal accessibility to events for people with a disability. Our eco team helps keeping the Festivalpark clean. During Werchter Boutique and TW Classic, festival goers can make use of public transport for a small additional charge. Since 2008, the organizers created a small version of Rock Werchter on the central square of Arras, in northern France. Another one of our smart solutions is the park & bike scheme operated at car parks within cycling distance of Werchter. It is held on the same dates as Rock Werchter, with a similar line-up - which is an advantage for organisers as they can offer artists two shows instead of one. Tents are something of a sore point. See you next year: 2-5 July 2020! We are working hard to rid our festivals of plastics. They use (their own) bikes to complete the final leg of the trip to Werchter. Main Stage: Radiohead, Sigur Rós, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Kings of Leon, Editors, The Hives, Gossip, The Whigs Yes, those are plastics and no, this is not in itself a 'poor' solution. We always choose the sustainable option. They lay on hybrid buses and buses with diesel filters. Tickets available now. It's the club house for those who have been there, it will be a revelation to those who haven't seen the holy grass yet. Sckaro France. Pyramid Marquee: Hurts, Beady Eye, Eels, James Blake, Aloe Blacc, TV On The Radio and Warpaint 294K likes. Day 4: JD McPherson --> The Van Jets We have also been looking at our purchasing policy. In 2018, across all of our festivals, we collected a total of 6 tons of plastic film, 25 tons of beer cups, 16 tons of PMD (mostly PET bottles) and 26 tons of paper and cardboard. With the creation of the park, the Festivalpark recently acquired a power transformer. It is because we are so big on collection and recycling. Festivalgoers are asked to sort cups, bottles and landfill in the right bin. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2019 CD release of "Rock Werchter" on Discogs. Signage has been improved. See the full lineup and get ticket info here. You Rocked Werchter! The bands presented at Rock Werchter are traditionally a balanced mix of well known artists, popular crowd-pleasing acts and local Belgian acts. Babyshambles canceled and were replaced by Air Traffic. Kiedis shouted at the crowd: "If you love us, throw more mud!" And that means lower fuel consumption. Absolutely. Since 2003 Werchter has been a 4-day festival, as it was sold by owner Herman Schueremans to American organizers Live Nation. Festivals take their toll on the environment. The Kooks, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Elbow, Mogwai, Radio Soulwax presents: Vitalic, Soulwax Nite Versions, Tiga, 2 Many DJs Arras was chosen as a location because of its large historic central square and because of the lack of big rock festivals in France. Greener enterprise is a must. Festival goers can take the train to Leuven or Aarschot station. It has slowly but surely become one of the biggest festivals in Europe and across the world. In the run-up to the festivals, a series of short videos provides tips for a greener Werchter. Day 2: Massive Attack, Moby, Ozark Henry, The Roots, Feeder, Morgan Heritage, The Polyphonic Spree Main Stage: Moby, Neil Young, The Verve, Jay-Z, Babyshambles, Slayer, Monza, The Black Box Revelation Pyramid Marquee: Lady Gaga, Arsenal, Jason Mraz, The Streets, M.Ward, Priscilla Ahn, Henry Rollins - Spoken Word, Day 3: Every year this Belgian festival manages to catch the most-wanted touring names within the rock and pop scene. This year, we are paying special attention to awareness-raising. Backstage and in our hospitality areas the drinks are served in glass. Rock Werchter, one of Belgium’s biggest and most important music festivals, will take another year off this summer, organisers have announced. In 2012, it was headlined by metal band Metallica, supported by various heavy metal and rock bands like Gojira, Mastodon and Soundgarden. The remainder was used to fuel (waste burning) power stations, which deliver electricity to many households. Only 2 more sleeps until my fave Belgian festival kicks off again! Along with our waste management partner and drinks suppliers we are setting a benchmark for sustainability and responsibility. For many years now we have made efforts to run our Werchter festivals with greater sustainability in mind. The 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012 and 2014 festivals received the Arthur award for best festival in the world at the International Live Music Conference (ILMC). #RW18” Rock Werchter Music Festival is an annual festival that was first held in 1967 in Werchter, Belgium. A study has shown that, on average, comparable European festivals consume 0.38 litres per festivalgoer per day. Our partners De Lijn are even going a step further in aid of the green cause. The local water treatment plant, which came into service in 2014, built in collaboration with Waterleau, continues to operate. Festival goers could take positive action here and reduce their ecological footprint by taking their tents home and reusing them. 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NMBS provides night trains to ensure people get home once the one-day festivals have ended, and after each festival day of Rock Werchter. In 2010 Prince made one of his only 3 stops in Europe as the headliner. I have been a Rock Werchter frequenter from the age of 14 and obviously I couldn’t miss this year’s edition. Festival goers can use these car parks for free. Day 2: The Who, Muse, Skin, Kanye West, Editors, Live, Anouk. Day 3: Rammstein, Nine Inch Nails, Audioslave, The Game, 't Hof van Commerce, Daan, Pennywise, Therapy? Belgian band Deus in 2008 was the first local band to close the Main Stage on the last day for several years. The festival started off as a one-day event, then named "Torhout-Werchter" festival, becoming a two-day festival in 1996, a 3-day festival in 2000, and a 4-day festival named "Rock Werchter" since 2003. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2014 CD release of "Rock Werchter 40 1975-2014" on Discogs. Day 4: Absynthe Minded, Eels, Starsailor, Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Hooverphonic, Depeche Mode, Collective Soul, Bettye LaVette, An Pierlé & White Velvet, Laurent Garnier & Bugge Wesseltoft featuring Philippe Nadaud, Superdiscount, Hard-Fi, Day 1: We are coming back in 2021. See the Rock Werchter 2019 lineup. Rock Werchter se trata de uno de los mejores festivales dentro de Europa, que se celebra desde 1987 en la localidad de Werchter en Bélgica.. Tras la cancelación de su última edición por la crisis sanitaria del Coronavirus, el Rock Werchter 2021 no dispone todavía de fechas oficiales.. Aquí, todos los grupos que formarán parte del cartel: On arrival, campers are given one bag for refuse and one for PMD. We use 0.26 litres of diesel per festivalgoer per day. We aim to reduce the mountain of refuse and dispose of it efficiently. David Bowie was meant to headline the festival but had to cancel. Day 4: R.E.M., Coldplay, Counting Crows, Cypress Hill, The Cardigans, Supergrass, Stereophonics, De la Soul, Das Pop. Since 1995 the Main stage was accompanied by a second stage. First of all, the festival is brilliantly organised. From 1 July until 4 July 2021 at the Festivalpark in Werchter (Belgium) One of Europe's best and finest music festivals. Check out the post here. And we’re smarter about how we use them. Our caterers have moved away from single-use plastics: the plates are cardboard, the forks wooden, we have a zero-tolerance of plastic straws. We save even more by fitting high output lighting. It usually programs veteran acts like Bruce Springsteen, Phil Collins, The Police, Depeche Mode or Simple Minds, supplemented with younger mainstream Belgian acts. Main Stage: Kings of Leon, Arsenal, Arctic Monkeys, The National, White Lies, Triggerfinger, My Chemical Romance and Mona From there, De Lijn takes them by shuttle bus to Werchter. Kylie - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head - Nanana - The Barn #RW19 Rock Werchter 2019 - Kylie Minogue. Pyramid Marquee: Underworld, Magnetic Man, Selah Sue, Bright Eyes, I Blame Coco, Jenny and Johnny, The Pretty Reckless and Evaline The ILMC (who gives the Arthur Awards) changed their restrictions, a festival which has won 2 years in a row can not enter the next year. Day 4: R.E.M., Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Soulwax, Keane, Feeder, Kane, Flogging Molly, Day 1: Matisyahu, Deftones, Manu Chao Radio Bemba Sound System, Kaizers Orchestra, Death Cab for Cutie, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Eyed Peas, Tool, Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, The Streets, Roger Sanchez The 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012 and 2014 festivals received the Arthur award for best festival in the world at the International Live Music Conference (ILMC). NEW SHOW!!! Welcome to the official Toch Werchter Merchandise webshop. We go all out for green energy, and we've reduced our dependence on fossil fuels year on year. Are we going for green, sustainable festivals? The ‘Go Green, Rock Werchter’ video gives a clear and quick overview of what we do and what we expect of our festival goers. All graphics of Rock Werchter, inclusive the posters, were designed by Tom Hautekiet, who died in April 2020.[6]. A fantastic result. Main Stage: Coldplay, Portishead, PJ Harvey, Elbow, Bruno Mars, The Gaslight Anthem and Rival Sons Elvis Costello is all by himself, yet he manages to overwhelm the crowd. Every year, hundreds are left behind. Rock Werchter determinedly programmes across all genres. We have invited the food banks to come in and set up collection points for leftover food in every comfort zone in The Hive. [7] The new tent – with a capacity of 10,000 – is meant for the more intimate concerts on Rock Werchter, like Beirut in 2012. Day 1: Basement Jaxx, The Cure, Pink, Sean Paul, Michael Franti & Spearhead NMBS provides night trains to ensure people get home once the one-day festivals have ended, and after each festival day of Rock Werchter. The full lineup for Rock Werchter 2018 . at the Disco, The John Butler Trio 35.6k Likes, 376 Comments - Mumford & Sons (@mumfordandsons) on Instagram: “Our cover of Hurt (Live from Rock Werchter, which features a sick solo from @winstonmarshall) is…” From paper and cups to plastic wrappers and food scraps, waste is collected selectively on the festival grounds. Rock Werchter gets a third stage: The Barn. Main Stage: Linkin Park, The Chemical Brothers, Queens Of The Stone Age, Anouk, The Hives, Seasick Steve and OFWGKTA 8,142 Followers, 406 Following, 1,719 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Festileaks (@festileaks) This new festival was created in 2008 and organised one week after the main festival. Rock Werchter 2022 takes place from 30 June to 3 July 2022 at the Festivalpark in Werchter. In the Festival Park, drinks are served in PP cups and PET bottles. When artists have special requests in their riders, we offer local and/or sustainable alternatives. During Werchter Boutique and TW Classic, festival goers can make use of public transport for a small additional charge. Until the 1990s, the festival attracted mostly Flemish festival goers, but in recent years it has become more and more international with an especially large influx of Dutch, French, Walloon and British visitors, with notable Australian, South African and other contingents. Pyramid Marquee: Tiga, Pendulum, Laurent Garnier, Fleet Foxes, Emiliana Torrini, Expatriate, Day 2: In 1999, the festival dropped the Torhout site and since then has taken place only in Werchter. First time ever Radiohead played. Our festivals must become more sustainable in (the near) future, and they will be. Main Stage: Coldplay, The Killers, Bloc Party, Elbow, Amy Macdonald, White Lies, Just Jack In 2012, a new third stage was added, called "The Barn" which is translated to "De Schuur" in Dutch, a reference to the nickname of organiser Herman Schueremans. It is just as important to sort it on the festival site prior to recycling. At the Festivalpark there are many sorting islands, with recycling and waste bins at the disposal of the festivalgoers. We are taking action. The main acts in 2008 were Tokio Hotel, Santana and Doe Maar. The energy story deserves special attention. The biggest international rock and pop artists: Rock Werchter 2021. The wastewater from the toilets is collected in buffer tanks and transported to Aquafin, where it is treated. Pyramid Marquee: Nightwish, Underworld, Justice, Grinderman, Mark Ronson, Hercules and Love Affair, Tim Vanhamel, DeVotchKa, Day 1: When full, these bags can be left at the waste collection points, either during or after the festival. The festival started in 1974 as a one-day event with performances from Banzai and Kandahar, but over the years it has evolved to become one of Belgium's largest music festivals. 2,283 Likes, 17 Comments - Rock Werchter (@rockwerchterfestival) on Instagram: “Day 3 and we had the pleasure to welcome another great Belgian band on the stage of our Rock…” Visited Rock Werchter 2019 with a group of friends travelling over from Ireland. The same happened in Werchter the next day, ending with bottles hitting people's heads and resulting in injuries. The 88,000-capacity festival, promoted by Herman Schueremans and Live Nation Belgium, will “be back in full swing in 2022, from 30 June to 3 July”, reads an announcement. In 2013, Pyramid Marquee was replaced by a new bigger tent, named "KluB C". The waste fractions we collect are high in purity. Rock Werchter, Werchter. On May 25, Rock Werchter X opens at the Amerstraat in Werchter. The festival is organized every first weekend of the summer vacation in Belgium (last weekend of June or the first of July). Tickets & info on www.rockwerchter.be! Before 1995, when the festival was still a double-festival, it had one stage with 8 or 9 bands performing twice, once in Torhout and once in Werchter. Crew, volunteers and artists have access to cool, fresh water on tap. We encourage festival goers, crew and volunteers to come to Werchter by bicycle. In recent years, there has been controversy about rising ticket prices. At €200 for four days (€18 extra to include camping or €25 for xl-camping) in 2012, it was still considered a relatively inexpensive music festival. Schueremans however remains the main organizer of the event. Day 3: In association with public transport companies SNCB and De Lijn, Rock Werchter offers a free train e-ticket for anyone who buys a ticket to the festival. Campers can collect an extra bag if they need one. Rock Werchter, Werchter. Belgium’s largest summer festival takes place from Thursday 27 June to Sunday 30 June 2019. Day 3: Lenny Kravitz, Muse, Moloko, Wu-Tang Clan, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, The Black Eyed Peas, Within Temptation, Heideroosjes, The Rasmus Main Stage: The Chemical Brothers, R.E.M., Lenny Kravitz, Mika, Counting Crows, Air Traffic Day 3: Metallica, Arno, Queens of the Stone Age, Anouk, Xzibit, Millionaire, Stone Sour, 't Hof van Commerce, Krezip Areas which are more difficult to reach and do not require permanent power are equipped with hybrid solutions. Sometimes groups that do well in Pyramid Marquee are expected to have a hard time taking the step to the Main stage, especially when they are seen as an act needing intimate, smaller venues. We encourage festival goers, crew and volunteers to come to Werchter by bicycle. First time as a two-day festival. It is possible to have good sanitary facilities in a festival environment. Day 2: BADBADNOTGOOD --> Funfanu, Day 2: Ben Howard --> Balthazar (moved from the Barn to Main stage) [5] Belgians alternatively go to the Pukkelpop and Dour festivals. Day 2: Metallica, KoЯn, The Darkness, Dropkick Murphys, Monster Magnet, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Lostprophets The diesel generators haven't gone away. 81k Followers, 32 Following, 923 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Rock Werchter (@rockwerchterfestival) European Festival Award for Best line-up, artist's favourite festival and best promoter, Third stage added, Arthur award for Best festival in the world, This page was last edited on 21 March 2021, at 21:23. 101.3k Posts - See Instagram photos and videos taken at ‘Rock Werchter’ Day 3: Wolfmother, Arsenal, Kelis, Kaiser Chiefs, Franz Ferdinand, Placebo, Deus, Donavon Frankenreiter, Arctic Monkeys, Goldfrapp, Sigur Rós dEUS and Tool performed on this stage. In 2011, for the first time, XL camping tickets are available, allowing festival goers to arrive and camp from 4pm on the Wednesday before the festival.[4]. Beautiful music makes beautiful memories, keep them close. Day 2: Faithless, Green Day, Velvet Revolver, Garbage, Within Temptation, Jimmy Eat World, KT Tunstall, Simple Plan It is no secret. The free drink voucher for every 15 cups or bottles is a low-threshold and extremely successful rule. In the 2006/2007 season, when Yourope, the association of European festivals, launched their Green & Clean guidelines for greener festivals, Rock Werchter was among the first to claim the label. A free return to the festival by train or bus. Line-up, line-up, line-up. Day 4: 294K likes. Festivalgoers are able to use the toilets in comfort. With a father who is a graphic designer and photographer, Sckaro has … Muse performed there during their 2013 Unsustainable Tour, with Belgian bands Balthazar and SX as support. 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