KRAAKFEST25 SPECIAL SLETTER
Everything you wanted/needed/hoped for regarding this year's feestje
WOOF it’s almost time! Just a few more sleeps and we’ll be back by the Schelde doing our favorite thing at Het Bos ~ KRAAK Fest 2025 blasts off in full spring mode, hopefully with the promised good-ass weather, and here’s a special extra newsletter to recap all the good, the practical and the bonus of what’s in store on Saturday, even for those who can’t make it 🐟 HERE GOES:
PRACTICAL INFO
INCLUDING ADDRESS & TIMETABLE, can be found on our website.
Full-day tickets will only be available online, you can nab the last ones here.
The Night Lifer ticket has also been activated, for those of you who can’t make it before 10 and still want to catch some of the action ~ with three acts + DJ left on the bill, it’s not too bad for a tenner! These will also be sold at the door, if you have problems committing beforehand 😌
ARTIST HIGHLIGHTINGS
As per tradition, we’ve been doing (multiple) daily artist highlights to better acquaint you with all the folks on this year’s program ~ archival photos & footage from The Shadow Ring, a tale of two heads by De Vlaamse Primitieven, sonic-spatial awareness from Muon S, anti/pro-machine manifesto from Statoil, mixing notes from DJ Hyppocampo and much more on our NEWS segment, with a couple more content morsels still to come.
SPECIAL SOMETHINGS
We’re super stoked about these rusty logo t-shirts & totes from Brussels’ prime bleach boi Ateliers Dénudés ~ limited edition available Saturday on our murch stand!
For the third year in a row we’re in cahoots with Brasserie Sans Tête for a special festival beer ~ introducing Petit Grisou, a dry pale ale that feels as wild and sprightly as them two greyhounds gracing our comms
And once again, Bos Kitchens will be cooking up a mafé storm for artists and audience alike, so nobody ever has to leave the premises ~ beware the hot sauce 😈
For those who sadly can’t make the fest, the wonderful folks from Radio Centraal will be doing a livestream which, if it’s anything like last year, will feature a good chunk of the live sets as well as some artist interviews in between. Feed will be listenable over on their website here (i think)
Last but not least: this year’s DJ/host/master of ceremony will be the deep dub groovester MC MC, runner of EAR soirées and the Private Stress label and sometimes known as Weird Dust, Jahb Less or Chill Mike to the inner circle ~ premiering his soundsystem soulmate at Bosbar to run di place all over di place!
RADIO ROUNDUP
All our KRAAK fest specials in one place, each with their different sauces:::
On LYL, our bi-monthly show SOUNDS ALL CAPS was straight mix of all the artists playing the fest, mucking about before we even knew the running order ourselves!
On Radio Scorpio, GG joined the Sterrenplaten boys in total pro mode (except when asking for a beer on the air) to dissect a selection of artists = reading their bios from her phone
On Radio Panik, GG & DB giddily reunite on De Neus Van God for a full two-hour deep dive into the trials and speculative tribulations surrounding this year’s line-up formation ~ too candid for some perhaps, but a good glimpse of what the twisted contemporary kraak dynamics are like 👯♀️
And TONIGHT we’ll be doing the yearly warm-up on WAV in situ at Bosbar with Edgar Wappenhalter + Bob & Sheree DJs from Oei! Free show so come by if you’re in town, otherwise tune in from 20:00 to 23:00 on the WAVwaves, more info here!