Festival Hub: Best Kept Secret

The Scene: One of the highlights of the Dutch festival season, the Best Kept Secret Festival brings a world-class lineup to the south of the Netherlands. The beautiful location boasts an incredible lake, plenty of camping options, and multiple stages to complete the weekend.

Best Kept Secret Festival 2024: June 7-9, 2024
  • DISCLOSURE
  • JUSTICE
  • PJ HARVEY
  • AMYL & THE SNIFFERS
  • BADBADNOTGOOD
  • BAXTER DURY
  • BEELDJUTTERS
  • BERKAN V8
  • CHASTITY BELT
  • CHEW CHEW
  • DE JEUGD VAN TEGENWOORDIG
  • DJ TRACKSUIT
  • DOKTER MOON B2B DOCHTER MOON
  • DORIAN ELECTRA
  • ELSEMARIJN BRUYS
  • ENGLISH TEACHER
  • ETRAN DE L’AÏR
  • FATOUMATA DIAWARA
  • FLOATING POINTS
  • FRENCH II
  • GERT WESSELS
  • HAUPTGAST
  • JOIAH
  • JOP VISSERS VORSTENBOSCH
  • JULIE BYRNE
  • KALAALLIT NUNAAT
  • KARTJE KILO
  • KATY KIRBY
  • LA FEMME
  • LIBIANCA
  • LIBRARY CARD
  • LIBRARY CARD
  • LOLA EDO
  • MANNEQUIN PUSSY
  • MILDLIFE
  • MILITARIE GUN
  • MINYO CRUSADERS
  • MULA B
  • NADIEM SHAH
  • OSEES
  • PARCELS
  • PASSION DEEZ
  • PHILLIPI
  • RAPAPAWN
  • SECRET ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
  • SHUG LA SHEEDAH
  • SLOW PULP
  • SLOWDIVE
  • SNÕÕPER
  • ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES
  • ST. PAUL
  • TAMINO
  • THE ARMED
  • THE GLIMMERS
  • THE HAUNTED YOUTH
  • THE INDIEN
  • THE MYSTERINES
  • TRAMHAUS
  • UNRULY PHOENIX
  • VIAGRA BOYS
  • WARHAUS
  • WATER FROM YOUR EYES
  • YHWH NAILGUN
Best Kept Secret Festival 2023: June 9-11, 2023
  • APHEX TWIN
  • THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS
  • OSCAR AND THE WOLF
  • THE 1975
  • ALEX G
  • ALVVAYS
  • ARLO PARKS
  • BEELDJUTTERS
  • BIG JOANIE
  • BILLY NOMATES
  • BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD
  • BOSCH PARADE
  • BUMBLE B. BOY
  • CAROLINE POLACHEK
  • CHARLOTTE ADIGÉRY & BOLIS PUPUL
  • CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS
  • CLT DRP
  • (CLUB) KILO KILO PLAYGROUND LOVE
  • THE COMET IS COMING
  • COLA
  • CRACK CLOUD
  • THE COOL GREENHOUSE
  • CUMGIRL8
  • DE PONT MUSEUM
  • DOPE LEMON
  • ERIKA DE CASIER
  • FRANKIE STEW & HARVEY GUNN
  • GAYE SU AKYOL
  • GERT WESSELS
  • GLASS BEAMS
  • GOLDBAND
  • GRETEL HÄNLYN
  • HAAI
  • HERMANOS GUTIÉRREZ
  • INEFFEKT
  • INTERPOL
  • JAPANESE BREAKFAST
  • JOCKSTRAP
  • JOEY VALENCE & BRAE
  • JOP VISSERS VORSTENBOSCH
  • JULIA JACKLIN
  • KARTJE KILO
  • KEVIN MORBY
  • KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS
  • LANKUM
  • LIME GARDEN
  • M(H)AOL
  • THE MARS VOLTA
  • MICH
  • MUZIEKGIETERIJ
  • NATION OF LANGUAGE
  • OUMOU SANGARÉ
  • PEACH PIT
  • PERSONAL TRAINER
  • PHILOU LOUZOLO
  • PITOU
  • PONGO
  • PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS
  • RÖYKSOPP
  • SARAH NEUTKENS X KAMERATA ZUID
  • SECRET ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
  • SHIMZA
  • SIR CHLOE
  • SOMEBODY’S CHILD
  • SOPHIE STRAAT
  • SORRY
  • STONE
  • SUDAN ARCHIVES
  • SURF CURSE
  • SYLVIE KREUSCH
  • TERZIJ DE HORDE
  • THE LODGE RESTOBAR
  • TINARIWEN
  • TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB
  • UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA
  • THE VOIDZ
  • WODAN BOYS
  • WILDER LAND THEE
Best Kept Secret Festival 2022: June 10-12, 2022
  • 4B2M
  • alt‐J
  • Altin Gün
  • Amenra
  • Automatic
  • Beach Bunny
  • Beach House
  • Big Thief
  • Black Midi
  • Boy Pablo
  • Cassandra Jenkins
  • dEUS
  • DIIV
  • DJ St. Paul
  • Elias Mazian
  • Faye Webster
  • Fontaines D.C.
  • Froukje
  • Genesis Owusu
  • Giant Rooks
  • Gustaf
  • Holly Humberstone
  • Iceage
  • Jamie xx
  • Jehnny Beth
  • Jensen McRae
  • Jessie Ware
  • John Talabot
  • Just Mustard
  • KeiyaA
  • Kikagaku Moyo
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
  • Leon Bridges
  • Luz
  • Mavis Staples
  • Metronomy
  • Mura Masa
  • Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
  • Porridge Radio
  • Sad Night Dynamite
  • Sampa the Great
  • Sef & Het EL Salvador Ensemble
  • Sigrid
  • Sky Ferreira
  • Soulwax
  • Spellling
  • The Strokes
  • Wies
  • Wolf Alice
  • Yasmin Williams
  • YĪN YĪN
Best Kept Secret Festival 2019: May 31-June 2, 2019
  • Aldous Harding
  • Amy Root
  • Angie McMahon
  • BbyMutha
  • BCUC
  • Big Thief
  • Blossoms
  • Blue Lab Beats
  • Bon Iver
  • Borokov Borokov
  • Bountyhunter
  • Broeder Dieleman
  • Carly Rae Jepsen
  • Caroline Rose
  • Cate Le Bon
  • Catnapp
  • Cautious Clay
  • Charlotte Gainsbourg
  • Christine And The Queens
  • Cigarettes After Sex
  • Crack Cloud
  • David Vunk
  • Death Grips
  • Denzel Himself
  • Ditz
  • DJ Koze
  • DJ St. Paul
  • DRKNGHTS Collective
  • Efrim Manuel Menuck
  • Ex Hex
  • Fat White Family
  • Faye Webster
  • Feng Suave
  • Fenna Fiction
  • Fornet
  • Georgia Anne Muldrow
  • Giant Swan
  • Gotu Jim
  • Guided By Voices
  • Haron
  • Helena Deland
  • Hop Along
  • Indian Askin
  • Interpol
  • Jambinai
  • John Grant
  • Julia Holter
  • Julien Baker
  • Kate NV
  • Kate Tempest
  • Kelman Duran
  • Kraftwerk 3D
  • Krystal Klear
  • Kurt Vile and The Violators
  • Lewsberg
  • Life
  • Liz Phair
  • Lizzo
  • LSDXOXO
  • Lucy Dacus
  • Mac DeMarco
  • Mad Miran
  • Mike Rogers [DJ set]
  • Mildlife
  • Mildlife
  • Miya Folick
  • Niels Broos
  • Paula Tape
  • Personal Trainer
  • Phosphorescent
  • Priests
  • Primal Scream
  • Princess Nokia
  • Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
  • Puce Mary
  • Rizan Said
  • Romperayo
  • Ron Gallo
  • Selma Judith
  • Shame
  • SHHT
  • Snail Mail
  • SOPHIE
  • Spiritualized
  • Sports Team
  • Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
  • Stereolab
  • Tala Drum Corps
  • The Beths
  • The Nude Party
  • The Raconteurs
  • Toro Y Moi
  • Torus
  • Varg [live]
  • Viagra Boys
  • Wallows
  • Whispering Sons
  • Wooden Shjips
  • Yves Tumor [full band]
Best Kept Secret Festival 2018: June 8-10, 2018
  • Arctic Monkeys
  • LCD Soundsystem
  • The National
  • ANGUS & JULIA STONE
  • CHVRCHES
  • FOUR TET (LIVE)
  • Deerhunter
  • Father John Misty
  • Future Islands
  • JOB JOBSE
  • JOHAN
  • KHRUANGBIN
  • Mogwai
  • RODRIGUEZ
  • SLOWDIVE
  • Spoon
  • THE INTERNET
  • The Kills
  • TY SEGALL & THE FREEDOM BAND
  • TYLER, THE CREATOR
  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra
  • Vince Staples
  • Warpaint
  • Wolf Alice
  • … AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD
  • ALEX CAMERON
  • ALL THEM WITCHES
  • ALTIN GÜN
  • BEDOUINE
  • BLU SAMU
  • BULLY
  • COCAINE PISS
  • CONTAINER
  • DERMOT KENNEDY
  • DOWNTOWN BOYS
  • FLOHIO
  • GANG OF YOUTHS
  • GUS DAPPERTON
  • HINDS
  • ISAAC GRACIE
  • JAY SOM
  • JLIN
  • JOHN MAUS
  • LET’S EAT GRANDMA
  • LOS PIRAÑAS
  • LIDO PIMIENTA
  • LIDO PIMIENTA
  • MATTIEL
  • MOANING
  • NAAZ
  • NADAH EL SHAZLY
  • NANA ADJOA
  • NILÜFER YANYA
  • PALE WAVES
  • PALM
  • PENDER STREET STEPPERS
  • PREOCCUPATIONS
  • PIP BLOM
  • PIETJU BELL
  • PITOU
  • OMNI
  • OPTIMO
  • RAY FUEGO
  • REX ORANGE COUNTY
  • ROSTAM
  • SHANTI CELESTE
  • SUDAN ARCHIVES
  • SUPERORGANISM
  • SUSANNE SUNDFØR
  • SYML
  • THE COMET IS COMING
  • TOM GRENNAN
  • THE DISTRICTS
  • VAGABON
  • VENZ
  • UMFANG
  • Wavves
  • Waxahatchee
  • YELLOW DAYS
Best Kept Secret Festival 2017: June 16-18, 2017
  • Arcade Fire
  • Radiohead
  • Run The Jewels
  • Agnes Obel
  • Aurora
  • Floating Points
  • George Ezra
  • James Blake
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
  • Metronomy
  • Soulwax
  • The Boxer Rebellion
  • Wild Beasts
  • American Football
  • Arab Strap
  • Cass McCombs
  • Circa Waves
  • Jenny Hval
  • Joy Orbison
  • Junun featuring Shye Ben Tzur & The Rajahstan Express
  • Kaleo
  • Real Estate
  • RY X
  • Strand of Oaks
  • The Thurston Moore Group
  • Thomas Dybdahl
  • Thundercat
  • Weval (live)
  • Whitney
  • Andy Shauf
  • Chris Cohen
  • Cigarettes After Sex
  • Denis Sulta
  • Fil Bo Riva
  • Girl Band
  • HER
  • Honeyblood
  • Joey Purp
  • Kadhja Bonet
  • Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
  • Kikaguka Moyo
  • Kim Janssen
  • Kornél Kovács
  • Laurel Halo (dj set)
  • Mannequin Pussy
  • Marlon Williams
  • Mitski
  • Show Me The Body
  • Sløtface
  • STUFF.
  • Sundara Karma
  • Tall Heights
  • The Amazons
  • The Courtneys
  • The Parrots
  • The Wytches
  • Tommy Cash
  • Vatican Shadow (live)
  • Yung Internet
  • Yussef Kamaal
  • Zeal & Ardor
  • Toxe
Best Kept Secret Festival 2016: June 17-19, 2016
  • Air
  • Antal
  • Ásgeir
  • Audacity
  • BADBADNOTGOOD
  • Band of Horses
  • Beach House
  • Beach Slang
  • Beaty Heart
  • Beck
  • bewilder
  • Black Box Revelation
  • Bloc Party
  • Blossoms
  • Bob Moses
  • Bombino
  • C Duncan
  • Caribou
  • Christine and the Queens
  • Danny L Harle
  • Destroyer
  • Dinosaur Jr.
  • Editors
  • Empress Of
  • Explosions In The Sky
  • Ezra Furman
  • Fat White Family
  • Glass Animals
  • Half Moon Run
  • Ho99o9
  • Israel Nash
  • Jameszoo (dj set)
  • Jamie xx
  • Julien Baker
  • Kelvin Jones
  • Koreless
  • Low
  • Minor Victories
  • Moon Duo
  • Mount Kimbie (dj set)
  • Mystery Jets
  • Nozinja
  • Oneohtrix Point Never
  • Palmbomen II (live)
  • Petite Meller
  • Pional (live)
  • Psychic Ills
  • Rat Boy
  • Roman Flügel
  • Ryley Walker
  • Sevdaliza
  • Sleaford Mods
  • Slow Magic
  • The Japanese House
  • The Slow Show
  • Two Door Cinema Club
  • Ulrika Spacek
  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra
  • Wilco
  • Wild Nothing
  • Wolf Parade
  • Woodie Smalls
  • Yeasayer
  • Yelawolf
Best Kept Secret Festival 2015: June 19-21, 2015
  • A$AP Rocky
  • ALT-J
  • ALVVAYS
  • ARIEL PINK
  • BADBADNOTGOOD
  • BASS DRUM OF DEATH
  • BINKBEATS
  • BLACK MOUNTAIN
  • Blanck Mass
  • Cairo Liberation Front
  • CHET FAKER
  • DAN DEACON
  • Daniel Norgren
  • DANIEL ROMANO
  • DANIEL WILSON
  • DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
  • EAGULLS
  • EARL SWEATSHIRT
  • Eskmo
  • EVIAN CHRIST
  • FICKLE FRIENDS
  • FIRST AID KIT
  • Föllakzoid
  • FUTURE BROWN
  • FUTURE ISLANDS
  • GENGAHR
  • Ghost Culture (live)
  • HINDS
  • HOOKWORMS
  • John Coffey
  • JONNY GREENWOOD & THE LONDON CONTEMPORARY ORCHESTRA
  • KATE TEMPEST
  • Kevin Morby
  • KIASMOS
  • KINDNESS
  • Kuenta i Tambu
  • LIIMA
  • LITTLE MAY
  • Marmozets
  • MATTHEW E. WHITE
  • METZ
  • MEW
  • Mourn
  • NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS
  • OF MONSTERS AND MEN
  • OFF!
  • OUTFIT
  • patten
  • PISSED JEANS
  • PRETTY VICIOUS
  • REIGNING SOUND
  • Ride
  • ROYAL BLOOD
  • SOHN
  • St. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES
  • STEVE GUNN
  • STRAND OF OAKS
  • Sue The Night
  • SUNSET SONS
  • Temples
  • The Coathangers
  • THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
  • THE LIBERTINES
  • The Pop Group
  • THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH
  • THE VACCINES
  • Tora
  • Vessels (live)
  • WAXAHATCHEE
  • WEVAL
  • WOLF ALICE
  • YAK
  • YUNG LEAN & SADBOYS
Best Kept Secret Festival 2014: June 20-22, 2014
  • Angus & Julia Stone
  • Archie Bronson Outfit
  • Babyshambles
  • Ballet School
  • Belle & Sebastian
  • Bombay Show Pig
  • Caribou
  • Cheatahs
  • Childhood
  • Chvrches
  • Circa Waves
  • Daryll-Ann
  • Elbow
  • Elephant Stone
  • Factory Floor
  • Fat White Family
  • Franz Ferdinand
  • Fucked Up
  • George Ezra
  • Girl Band
  • Interpol
  • Jaakko Eino Kalevi
  • Jessy Lanza
  • Larry Gus
  • Maydien
  • Metronomy
  • Miles Kane
  • Mogwai
  • Moss
  • Night Beats
  • Nils Frahm
  • Oddisee
  • Pink Mountaintops
  • Pional (live)
  • Pixies
  • Radkey
  • Roosevelt
  • Ry X
  • School Is Cool
  • September Girls
  • Slowdive
  • The Bots
  • The Horrors
  • The Wytches
  • To Kill A King
  • together PANGEA
  • TRAAMS
  • Warm Soda
  • Young Fathers
Best Kept Secret Festival 2013: June 21-23, 2013
  • Agnes ObelSAT
  • alt-JSAT
  • Arctic MonkeysFRI
  • BalthazarSAT
  • Belle & SebastianSUN
  • Black DiceFRI
  • Bloc PartyFRI
  • Cashmere CatSUN
  • Damien RiceSAT
  • Danny BrownFRI
  • EfterklangSAT
  • Everything EverythingSUN
  • French FilmsSAT
  • Fuck ButtonsFRI
  • IceageSAT
  • IndiansSAT
  • King KruleSAT
  • Local NativesSUN
  • Macklemore & Ryan LewisFRI
  • Mikhael PaskalevSUN
  • Modest MouseSUN
  • Mozes And The FirstbornSAT
  • No AgeSUN
  • OfeiFRI
  • PortisheadSUN
  • SavagesSAT
  • Sigur RósSUN
  • SKATERSSUN
  • SplashhFRI
  • SUUNSSUN
  • SwansSAT
  • Swim DeepFRI
  • TemplesSUN
  • The Black AngelsSUN
  • The History Of Apple PieSAT
  • The MaccabeesFRI
  • Thomas AzierSAT
  • Two Door Cinema ClubSAT
  • Tyler, the CreatorFRI
  • Wave Machines