Best Kept Secret 2016: line-up · 89 acts, 64 with a score

2026 · 1 acts without data

• Friday (81): Jack White (A), De La Soul (A), Pommelien Thijs (B), Model/Actriz (B), MEROL (B), Blood Incantation (B), Curtis Harding (B), Militarie Gun (B), Sudan Archives (C), YĪN YĪN (C), Shady Nasty (C), Kaat Van Stralen (C), Ata Kak (C), Tramhaus (D), Elmer (D), supermodel* (D), Croíthe (D), Ão (D), MAVI (D), Pacifica (D), Swordes (D), Pitou (D), NewDad (D)
• Saturday (92): Hayley Williams (A), Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (A), Wolf Alice (A), Nation of Language (B), Etta Marcus (C), Radio Free Alice (C), KUMO 99 (C), Dame Area (C), Grote Geelstaart (C), The Zawose Queens (C), Maddie Ashman (C), Any Young Mechanic (C), Mark William Lewis (C), Aldous Harding (C), Naïka (C), Madra Salach (C), Job Jobse (C), Bruno Berle (C), Sorry (C), Tropical Fuck Storm (C), Midrift (D), Crows (D), BCUC (D), Tramhaus (D), Hiqpy (D), Weval (D), GHOSTWOMAN (D), Sef (D)
• Sunday (116): Gorillaz (A), Ethel Cain (A), Mac DeMarco (A), Sylvie Kreusch (B), Getdown Services (B), Joey Valence & Brae (B), Sammy Virji (B), Yard Act (B), Skullcrusher (B), Sophie Straat (B), Parker Fans (C), C'est Qui? (C), Good Flying Birds (C), Genesis Owusu (C), Gelli Haha (C), Lime Garden (C), Don West (C), Another Country $$$$ (C), Mên An Tol (C), Marie Davidson (C), DYGL (C), Jungle by Night (C), Suze Ijó (C), Dressed Like Boys (D), Apichat Pakwan (D), Stella (D), SeRvo (D), WIES (D)

2025 · 18 acts without data

• Friday (98): Nilüfer Yanya (B), Horsegirl (B), Das Pop (B), Eefje de Visser (B), Glass Beams (B), Daniela Pes (C), Long Fling (C), L’Impératrice (C), Kin'Gongolo Kiniata (C), Jazz Dalia (C), Erol Alkan (C), Charlie Avalon (C), DJ Storm (C), Cassandra Jenkins (C), WU LYF (C), Kaat Van Stralen (C), Orchestra Baobab (C), Sailor Honeymoon (C), Snapped Ankles (C), Droom Dit (C), Barry Can’t Swim (C), Divorce (C), The Dare (C), Frost Children (C), Nia Archives (C), MAHA (D), askmelater (D), Palmbomen II (D), The Vices (D), Antal (D), Kabeaushé (D), Brihang (D), Morpheus (D)
• Saturday (126): Amenra (A), The Streets (A), WITCH (B), King Hannah (B), Lucy Dacus (B), Remy van Kesteren (B), TV on the Radio (B), Kae Tempest (B), Soulwax (B), Spinvis (B), Caribou (B), Lael Neale (C), Lander & Adriaan (C), jasmine.4.t (C), Iris Jean (C), Ciska Ciska (C), Hiba Salameh (C), Cosmic Coco (C), Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (C), KNEECAP (C), Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs (C), Songhoy Blues (C), L.A. Sagne (C), Christian Lee Hutson (C), The Pill (C), TVOD (D), Cliffords (D), Paceshifters (D), Jacob Alon (D), Baby Berserk (D), Daufødt (D), Nonchelange (D), Thang (D), Khana Bierbood (D), Ugly (D)
• Sunday (122): Michael Kiwanuka (A), Wilco (A), Personal Trainer (A), Deftones (A), Waxahatchee (B), Magdalena Bay (B), Djo (B), This Is Lorelei (C), Katja Isabella (C), Split System (C), Fcukers (C), Merce Lemon (C), Brass Rave Unit (C), YĪN YĪN (C), They Are Gutting a Body of Water (C), Rats on Rafts (C), Gouge Away (C), Youth Lagoon (C), SPELLLING (C), Blanco White (C), Emma Hessels (C), Chibi Ichigo (C), Wine Lips (C), BIG SPECIAL (C), The Backseat Lovers (C), Maria Iskariot (C), VOLPEVOLPE (D), TJE (D), Elephant (D), Megra (D), Dummy (D), The Thing (D), Kléo (D)

2024 · 5 acts without data

• Friday (114): Disclosure (A), St. Vincent (A), Viagra Boys (A), Libianca (B), La Femme (B), BADBADNOTGOOD (B), St. Paul & The Broken Bones (B), Alice Phoebe Lou (B), Baxter Dury (B), Sofia Kourtesis (C), Omar Apollo (C), Black Rave Culture (C), Mannequin Pussy (C), English Teacher (C), Minyo Crusaders (C), Katy Kirby (C), Chastity Belt (C), Sammy Virji (C), Nadiem Shah (C), Snõõper (C), Upchuck (C), VALS ALARM (C), The Armed (C), SENNES (D), KI/KI (D), Joost Oomen (D), Texoprint (D), Droom Dit (D), ISE (D)
• Saturday (115): Blck Mamba (A), Paolo Nutini (A), The Mary Wallopers (B), Altın Gün (B), Fatoumata Diawara (B), Parcels (B), Slowdive (B), Vince Staples (B), Osees (B), MEROL (B), Ratboys (C), Faux Real (C), The Amazons (C), Grace Cummings (C), Library Card (C), Infinity Song (C), Cherry Glazerr (C), Coco Bryce (C), YHWH Nailgun (C), CMAT (C), Etran de L’Aïr (C), Mildlife (C), Royel Otis (C), Lézard (D), VIIZERO7 (D), Tjade (D), Lambrini Girls (D), Tramhaus (D), Loradeniz (D), Porcelain id (D), MALOU (D)
• Sunday (99): Tamino (A), PJ Harvey (A), Amyl and the Sniffers (B), Water From Your Eyes (B), Slow Pulp (B), De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig (B), Warhaus (B), Justice (B), Ada Oda (C), The Mysterines (C), Dorian Electra (C), Gurriers (C), Pip Blom (C), SPRINTS (C), Floating Points (C), Paris Paloma (C), Jockstrap (C), The Indien (C), billy woods (C), The Haunted Youth (C), Pelanoir (D), Coloray (D), Hiqpy (D), néomí (D), Teqmun (D), Thandii (D), Affaire (D)

2023 · 4 acts without data

• Friday (74): The 1975 (A), The Chemical Brothers (A), De Staat (B), Hermanos Gutiérrez (B), Caroline Polachek (B), Sylvie Kreusch (B), Sudan Archives (C), Unknown Mortal Orchestra (C), Billy Nomates (C), Silvana Estrada (C), cumgirl8 (C), The Voidz (C), Glass Beams (D), Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul (D), Shimza (D), Frankie Stew and Harvey Gunn (D), Personal Trainer (D), Wodan Boys (D), Erika de Casier (D), Philou Louzolo (D), Joey Valence & Brae (D), M(h)aol (D), Gretel (D), Job & Fred Band (D)
• Saturday (104): Interpol (A), Black Country, New Road (A), Goldband (B), Psychedelic Porn Crumpets (B), Tinariwen (B), Kevin Morby (B), De Staat (B), Alex G (B), Young Fathers (B), Lankum (C), Peach Pit (C), Sir Chloe (C), HAAi (C), Dope Lemon (C), Two Door Cinema Club (C), Gaye Su Akyol (C), Big Joanie (C), Sophie Straat (C), Young Marco (C), Pitou (D), Tereza (D), STONE (D), The Cool Greenhouse (D), Terzij de Horde (D), Coloray (D), Hammok (D), Ineffekt (D), Oscar and the Wolf (D), Marathon (D), De Toegift (D), CLT DRP (D)
• Sunday (100): Röyksopp (A), Christine and the Queens (A), The Mars Volta (B), Japanese Breakfast (B), Arlo Parks (B), De Staat (B), Kurt Vile & the Violators (B), The Comet Is Coming (B), Aphex Twin (B), Lime Garden (B), Cola (C), Pongo (C), Crack Cloud (C), Sorry (C), Oumou Sangaré (C), Alvvays (C), Julia Jacklin (C), Surf Curse (C), Sarah Neutkens (D), Yot Club (D), Somebody's Child (D), Jarreau Vandal (D), Nation of Language (D), Lucas Benjamin (D), MICH (D), Bumble B. Boy (D)

2022 · 1 acts without data

• Friday (87): alt‐J (A), Leon Bridges (A), MEROL (B), Mavis Staples (B), Jamie xx (B), Jessie Ware (B), Altın Gün (B), Giant Rooks (B), Sigrid (B), Iceage (C), Yasmin Williams (C), Genesis Owusu (C), Talk Show (C), DIIV (C), John Talabot (C), 4B2M (D), Sad Night Dynamite (D), Gustaf (D), Elias Mazian (D), WIES (D), Tramhaus (D), EMY (D)
• Saturday (93): dEUS (A), Beach House (A), The Strokes (A), Big Thief (A), Fontaines D.C. (A), Metronomy (B), Froukje (B), Sophie Straat (C), Porridge Radio (C), Pip Blom (C), Talk Show (C), boy pablo (C), Kikagaku Moyo (C), Beach Bunny (C), L’Rain (C), Sef (D), The Goa Express (D), YĪN YĪN (D), Walt Disco (D), The Vices (D), Future Husband (D), Unschooling (D)
• Sunday (77): Novastar (A), Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (A), Amenra (B), Wolf Alice (B), black midi (B), King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (B), Porridge Radio (C), Mura Masa (C), Sky Ferreira (C), Cassandra Jenkins (C), Jehnny Beth (C), 2manydjs (C), Nilüfer Yanya (C), The Haunted Youth (C), Sampa the Great (C), Meskerem Mees (C), Regressive Left (D), Nagasaki Swim (D), Rats on Rafts (D)

2019 · 4 acts without data

• Saturday (98): Mac DeMarco (A), Kraftwerk (A), Cigarettes After Sex (A), SOPHIE (B), Death Grips (B), Guided by Voices (C), The Beths (C), Wallows (C), Ex Hex (C), Snail Mail (C), Wooden Shjips (C), Aldous Harding (C), Toro y Moi (C), Yves Tumor (C), Fat White Family (C), Hop Along (C), Lucy Dacus (C), Viagra Boys (C), LIFE (D), Borokov Borokov (D), Ron Gallo (D), Sports Team (D), The Nude Party (D), TootArd (D), Helena Deland (D), Giant Swan (D), Fornet (D), DJ Bountyhunter (D), Puce Mary (D), Niels Broos (D), David Vunk (D), Asa Moto (D), Feng Suave (D), Mildlife (D), Phosphorescent (D)
• Sunday (83): Christine and the Queens (A), Interpol (A), Carly Rae Jepsen (A), Lizzo (B), Princess Nokia (B), Julia Holter (B), The Raconteurs (B), Kurt Vile & the Violators (B), Liz Phair (C), Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks (C), Romperayo (C), Big Thief (C), Caroline Rose (C), The Visual (D), Cautious Clay (D), Indian Askin (D), Torus (D), Lewsberg (D), Whispering Sons (D), AliA (D), Kate NV (D)

2018 · 1 acts without data

• Friday (76): Arctic Monkeys (A), Tyler, The Creator (A), CHVRCHES (B), All Them Witches (B), Future Islands (B), The Districts (C), Deerhunter (C), The Comet Is Coming (C), …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (C), Naaz (C), Palm (C), Rex Orange County (C), Los Pirañas (D), Tom Grennan (D), Sudan Archives (D), Blu Samu (D), Pender Street Steppers (D), Mozes and the Firstborn (D), Jay Som (D), FLOHIO (D), Bedouine (D), Altın Gün (D), Häxxan (D), Job Jobse (D), The Shacks (D), Pietju Bell (D), Crows (D), Ray Fuego (D), Carista (D)
• Saturday (113): Angus & Julia Stone (A), The Kills (A), The National (A), Warpaint (A), JOHAN (B), Slowdive (B), Wolf Alice (B), Vince Staples (B), Four Tet (B), The Internet (C), Pale Waves (C), Dune Rats (C), Bully (C), Alex Cameron (C), Lido Pimienta (C), Wavves (C), Downtown Boys (C), Isaac Gracie (D), Nadah El Shazly (D), Omni (D), Nilüfer Yanya (D), SYML (D), Shanti Celeste (D), Nana Adjoa (D), Michael Midnight (D), Umfang (D), Cocaine Piss (D), Pip Blom (D), Container (D), Thys (D), Jlin (D), Arp Frique (D), Braz (D), Mattiel (D), Big Ups (D), Drahla (D)
• Sunday (95): Mogwai (A), Father John Misty (A), LCD Soundsystem (A), Rodriguez (B), Unknown Mortal Orchestra (B), Joep Beving (B), Ty Segall (B), Spoon (B), Superorganism (C), Gang of Youths (C), Let’s Eat Grandma (C), Rostam (C), Hinds (C), Waxahatchee (C), Khruangbin (C), Preoccupations (C), John Maus (C), Dermot Kennedy (C), Gus Dapperton (D), Pitou (D), Moaning (D), Yellow Days (D), Vagabon (D)

2017 · 6 acts without data

• Friday (70): Agnes Obel (A), Run the Jewels (B), Real Estate (B), Spinvis (B), Millionaire (B), Metronomy (B), Hundred Waters (C), Jenny Hval (C), Mannequin Pussy (C), King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard (C), Sundara Karma (C), Show Me the Body (D), Sløtface (D), Kornél Kovács (D), The Parrots (D), Amber Arcades (D), Jo Goes Hunting (D), Denis Sulta (D), Yung Internet (D), Joey Purp (D), Leif Vollebekk (D), The Mystery Lights (D), Kelly Lee Owens (D), The Japanese House (D), Weval (D), Section Boyz (D)
• Saturday (86): Arcade Fire (A), George Ezra (B), The Boxer Rebellion (B), Thomas Azier (B), Circa Waves (C), Floating Points (C), Wild Beasts (C), Joy Orbison (C), Thomas Dybdahl (C), Andy Shauf (C), Honeyblood (C), Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith (C), Cloud Nothings (C), Chris Cohen (C), Cigarettes After Sex (C), Whitney (C), Mitski (C), Vatican Shadow (C), The Wytches (C), The Amazons (C), Laurel Halo (C), Kim Janssen (D), STUFF. (D), Willie Wartaal (D), Froth (D), Her (D), The Courtneys (D), WILDES (D)
• Sunday (81): James Blake (A), Radiohead (A), Soulwax (A), RY X (B), AURORA (B), Kaleo (B), Thundercat (B), Cass McCombs (C), Kikagaku Moyo (C), Strand of Oaks (C), American Football (C), Arab Strap (C), Tall Heights (C), Canshaker Pi (D), Marlon Williams (D), Iguana Death Cult (D), Zeal & Ardor (D), Nuno Dos Santos (D), Kadhja Bonet (D), The Homesick (D), Fil Bo Riva (D), Eppo Janssen (D)

2016 · 5 acts without data

• Friday (85): Beck (A), Beach House (A), Christine and the Queens (A), Bombino (A), Mount Kimbie (B), I Am Oak (B), The Heavy (B), Preoccupations (C), Beach Slang (C), DIIV (C), Minor Victories (C), Mystery Jets (C), Wolf Parade (C), HONNE (D), Palmbomen II (D), Moon Duo (D), Danny L Harle (D), Empress Of (D), Beaty Heart (D), The Slow Show (D), Nozinja (D), Slow Magic (D)
• Saturday (125): Low (A), Editors (A), Caribou (A), Dinosaur Jr. (A), Bloc Party (A), Destroyer (B), zZz (B), Air (B), Sevn Alias (B), Sleaford Mods (B), Black Box Revelation (B), Glass Animals (B), Bob Moses (C), Daphni (C), Blossoms (C), Rat Boy (C), Joost van Bellen (C), Wild Nothing (C), Alice on the Roof (D), Jameszoo (D), Audacity (D), Ho99o9 (D), Julien Baker (D), Weaves (D), Roman Flügel (D), Pional (D), Sevdaliza (D), Jonna Fraser (D), Bewilder (D), Koreless (D), Ulrika Spacek (D), Kelvin Jones (D), Samm Henshaw (D)
• Sunday (104): Unknown Mortal Orchestra (A), Explosions in the Sky (A), Half Moon Run (A), Jamie xx (A), Wilco (A), Band of Horses (B), Yelawolf (B), Yeasayer (B), Two Door Cinema Club (B), Ásgeir (B), Israel Nash (C), Ryley Walker (C), Ezra Furman (C), Fat White Family (C), Oneohtrix Point Never (C), BADBADNOTGOOD (C), VANT (D), Dazzled Sticks (D), Psychic Ills (D), BEAK> (D), Indian Askin (D), Woodie Smalls (D)

rock (10): Beck, Black Box Revelation, Dinosaur Jr., Fat White Family, Honne, Indian Askin, Koreless, Moon Duo, Psychic Ills, Ulrika Spacek

indie (30): Band Of Horses, Beach House, Beak>, Beaty Heart, Bewilder, Bloc Party, Blossoms, C Duncan, DIIV, Destroyer, Editors, Explosions in the Sky, Ezra Furman, Half Moon Run, Jameszoo, Julien Baker, Low, Minor Victories, Mystery Jets, Preoccupations, Sleaford Mods, The Japanese House, The Slow Show, Two Door Cinema Club, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Vant, Weaves, Wild Nothing, Wolf Parade, Yeasayer

pop (6): Christine And The Queens, Empress Of, Jonna Fraser, Petite Meller, Samm Henshaw, Sevdaliza

Hip-hop & R&B (5): Dazzled Sticks, Ho99o9, Sevn Alias, Woodie Smalls, Yelawolf

electronic (18): Air, Antal, Bob Moses, Caribou, DJ Prime, Danny L Harle, Daphni, Glass Animals, Jamie XX, Mount Kimbie, Nozinja, ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER, Palmbomen II, Pional, Roman Flügel, Sjamsoedin, Slow Magic, zZz

metal, punk & hardcore (3): Audacity, Beach Slang, Rat Boy

Soul, funk & jazz (3): Badbadnotgood, DJ St. Paul, The Heavy

Folk & singer-songwriter (8): Alice On The Roof, Bombino, I Am Oak, Israel Nash, Kelvin Jones, Ryley Walker, Wilco, Ásgeir

Other / unknown (6): Ben Penn, DJ Jasper Vee, Der Wolfshund, Joost van Bellen, Kurt Overbergh, Too Slow To Disco