Years active 2013 - onwards Dates 16 Jun – 18 Jun 2017 | Location Hilvarenbeek | |
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The Best Kept Secret festival is a three-day music festival held inside the Safaripark Beekse Bergen, within the village of Hilvarenbeek in the south of the Netherlands, since 2013.
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Best Kept Secret is a music festival with a line-up in which big names are alternated with new discoveries from indie, folk, hip-hop, rock, electronics or a mixture of styles. The festival’s centerpiece is a lake at the back of Beekse Bergen safari park. The festival’s founder described his vision as aiming to create “something that we’d like to go to ourselves”.
Best Kept Secret festival has one open air stage (ONE), three tent stages (TWO, THREE and FIVE) and one dance floor stage: FOUR.
History
The festival is organized by Dutch booking agency Friendly Fire.
In June 2013 the first edition was held, and sold-out each day with 15,000 visitors.
The festival has been nominated twice at the European Festival Awards:
In 2013 the festival won the 'Best Festival Award' at the 'IJzeren Podiumdieren' award show at Eurosonic Noorderslag. The 'IJzeren Podiumdieren' award show is an initiative by the Vereniging Nederlandse Poppodia- en Festivals (Dutch venues and festivals association).
Best Kept Secret festival introduced 'the food line-up' for their first edition. The festival organization strives for diverse and sustainable food options, including vegetarian meals, soup and juices.
2016
In total, around 100 artists, bands and DJ’s performed at Best Kept Secret festival 2016.
2015
In total, around 95 artists, bands and DJ’s performed at Best Kept Secret festival 2015.