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Baroeg Open Air 2026: Two Days of Punk, Metal and Rave in Rotterdam

Crowd at Baroeg Open Air 2017

Baroeg Open Air returns to Rotterdam's Zuiderpark on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 September 2026 — and for the first time in its history, the festival spans a full weekend. The 16th edition packs around forty acts onto multiple stages, mixing punk, metal, post-punk, gothic, breakcore and rave into one sprawling celebration of hard and alternative music, organised by the legendary Rotterdam poppodium Baroeg.

Lowlands 2026: The Year the Ticket War Didn't Happen

Lowlands ticket stub from 1993

Lowlands — A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise — returned to the fields of Biddinghuizen from August 21 to 23, 2026, and something unusual happened: the festival did not sell out. For the first time in years, there was no frantic online scramble, no crashed servers, and no "sold out" sign within minutes. Instead, roughly 60,000 visitors found noticeably more breathing room between the twelve stages — and most of them seemed to love it.