Festival No. 0000113 · Est. 2004
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Somewhere in Bruges
Where it happens
The details
- Venue
- Minnewaterpark
- Address
- 8000
- City
- Bruges, Belgium
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Where to stay
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For the record
About the artists
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Absynthe Minded formed in Ghent, Belgium, in 1999. Plays jazz, rock. -
Blonde Redhead formed in New York, United States, in 1993. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, rock. -
C.W. Stoneking was born in Katherine, Australia, in March 1974. Plays acoustic blues, blues, boogaloo, singer-songwriter. -
Chris Cornell was born in Seattle, United States, on 20 July 1964, and died on 17 May 2017, aged 52. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, electropop, pop, pop rock, post-grunge, rock, singer-songwriter. -
Daniel Lanois was born in Hull, Canada, on 19 September 1951. Plays alternative rock, ambient, ambient pop, breakcore, rock, singer-songwriter. -
Emiliana Torrini was born on 16 May 1977. Plays alternative dance, alternative rock, downtempo, dream pop, electronic, folk pop, indie pop, indie rock. -
Grant Lee Buffalo formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1991, and split up in 1998, after 7 years. Plays pop rock. -
John Hiatt was born in Indianapolis, United States, on 20 August 1952. Plays blues, blues rock, folk. -
Kurt Vile was born in Lansdowne, United States, on 3 January 1980. Plays indie folk, indie rock, lo-fi, rock. -
Low formed in Duluth, United States, in 1993, and split up in June 2023, after 30 years. Plays alternative rock, ambient pop, experimental, glitch, indie rock, post-industrial, post-rock, slowcore. -
Paolo Nutini was born in Paisley, United Kingdom, on 9 January 1987. Plays alternative rock, blues, folk rock, indie rock, pop, rock. -
Razorlight formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2002. Plays alternative rock, indie rock, rock. -
Shantel was born in Mannheim, Germany, on 2 March 1968. Plays club, electronic, electronica, electropop, folk pop, gypsy jazz, pop, trip hop. -
Sx formed in Kortrijk, Belgium, in 2009, and split up in August 2022, after 13 years. -
The Black Box Revelation formed in Dilbeek, Belgium, in 2005. Plays blues rock, garage rock. -
The Kills formed in London, United Kingdom, in 2000. Plays garage punk, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, rock. -
Vintage Trouble formed in Hollywood, United States, in 2010. Plays blues, blues rock, funk, hard rock, pop, rock and roll, soul. -
Wovenhand formed in Denver, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative folk, experimental rock, indie rock, progressive folk. -
Yeasayer formed in Brooklyn, United States, in 2006, and split up on 19 December 2019, after 13 years. Plays alternative rock, electropop, experimental rock, indie rock, indietronica, lo-fi, neo-psychedelia, post-rock. -
Zita Swoon Group formed in Antwerp, Belgium, in March 1997, and split up in April 2017, after 20 years. Plays chamber pop, indie pop.



















