Festivals 2027 in Belgium and the Netherlands
ActRanker lines up Rock Werchter, Pukkelpop, Best Kept Secret and Pinkpop with public figures: how big every act is today, how the line-up compares to earlier years and which acts may still come. For everyone who loves live music, free and without rumours.
Latest update on the afternoon of 5 November 2026.
Points show how well known and in demand an act is today in Belgium and the Netherlands, based on public figures such as listeners and hits. They say nothing about the quality of a show. The letter is the level by the festival's own scale. How the points work ›
Belgium
Rock Werchter
1 to 4 July · Werchter- Tame Impala100 A
- Muse92 A
- Angèle88 A
Pukkelpop
19 to 22 August · Hasselt- Fontaines D.C.very likely
- Phoebe Bridgersvery likely
- Junglepossible
Netherlands
Best Kept Secret
11 to 13 June · Hilvarenbeek- Fontaines D.C.88 A
- Phoebe Bridgers80 A
- Jungle57 A
Pinkpop
18 to 20 June · LandgraafLatest announced
The most recent confirmations at level A or B, across the four festivals. Points: how big the act is today in Belgium and the Netherlands.
On the radio
Which festival acts these stations played most in the last 30 days.
Festivals on the radio in the last 30 days
Per festival the three Belgian or Dutch stations that played the confirmed acts most often, with the three most played acts per station.
- Studio Brussel
Angèle 118, Tame Impala 103, Sam Fender 93582 - NPO 3FM
sombr 145, Nothing But Thieves 135, Tame Impala 90495 - KINK
Muse 122, Nothing But Thieves 104, Sam Fender 77366
- Studio Brussel
Fontaines D.C. 157, Phoebe Bridgers 94, IJsland 76428 - NPO 3FM
Fontaines D.C. 135, Bente 68, IJsland 22284 - VRT Radio 1
Fontaines D.C. 63, Phoebe Bridgers 36, Jungle 21151
- NPO 3FM
Nothing But Thieves 135, Raye 84, Froukje 63580 - Studio Brussel
Raye 86, Froukje 85, Royal Blood 81517 - KINK
Nothing But Thieves 104, Royal Blood 76, Mumford & Sons 49384
Latest announcements
- Rock Werchter 04/11/2026
The Neighbourhood - Best Kept Secret 30/10/2026
Fontaines D.C., Phoebe Bridgers, Jungle, Bonobo, Wallows and 34 more - Pinkpop 29/10/2026
Wolf Alice
Per festival the latest announcement, acts from big to small. Date = announcement date on the official website, otherwise the day the act first appeared on festivalinfo.nl.
Did you know
- Nothing But Thieves has played Rock Werchter, Pukkelpop, Best Kept Secret or Pinkpop 12 times since 2016, more than any other big act.
- Nothing But Thieves has played Rock Werchter 5 times since 2016: 2017, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025.
- Charlotte de Witte has played Pukkelpop 4 times since 2016: 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024.
- Wolf Alice has played Best Kept Secret 3 times since 2016: 2018, 2022, 2026.
- Nothing But Thieves has played Pinkpop 4 times since 2016: 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024.
- The longest-running act on the 2027 line-ups so far is Lee Fields, active since 1979.
- 4 acts are already booked for two or more of the four festivals in 2027, including Nothing But Thieves (Rock Werchter, Pinkpop).
- Since 2016, 2.622 different acts have played the four festivals. Per festival: Rock Werchter 663, Pukkelpop 1.400, Best Kept Secret 883, Pinkpop 490. An act that played several festivals counts once in the total.
- In the last 30 days Studio Brussel played no festival act more often than Fontaines D.C.: 157 times.
More festivals
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