Rotselaar The local festival of Rock Werchter changes of concept. It takes no more place in the summer at the festivals, but during a concert in march in the space of The Box in Haacht. 1,500 inhabitants of Rotselaar and Haacht is from next week online a free ticket requests.
The local festival of Rock Werchter, that since 2015 in the life was called, is this year in a new look. The organizing Altsien vzw gets the local party away from the busy festival summer and moved it to the spring.
“in Particular, for practical reasons,” explains William Exalt as a volunteer coordinator at Rock Werchter. “We want as many people as possible to achieve and that doesn’t always work in a summer where you must take into account holidays and exams.”
Therefore, it was chosen for a winter concert in hall The Box in Haacht. The brand-new location is suitable for 1.500 people, while in Rotselaar and Haacht together 30,000 people live. “We will be glad when it is full. At the voordeeltickets deliver to everyone. If it is an overwhelming success, we are going to the concept need to rethink it. At the local festival in 2017, we had close to 2,000 visitors, but there were a lot of children. The entrance is free and drinks will be sold at democratic prices.”
Rough start
The local festival of Rock Werchter had a turbulent start. It was in 2015 in the life called because the free of charge cards for a lot of people in the immediate vicinity of the festival, were abolished. Residents just outside the festivalperimeter fell, were displeased because they were not invited. That perimeter was in 2016 abolished, but when it fell local party literally in the water.
A year later, there were nothing but happy faces. Residents got a tour of the main stage and the backstage of the festival. But this year will be so different. On march 16, swing the doors of The Box in Haacht to 19 hours open to 1,500 inhabitants. That may, as from Monday 11 February to register online until Sunday 17 February. You can only order tickets for yourself or other members of the family. The tickets are not transferable and may not be resold.
On the program the boys of MIRRANDA. The Leuven-Antwerp-based duo brings a mix of vintage, pop, psychedelic and eighties synths and indie rock. With blackwave. there are still inhabitants of antwerp on the stage. They bring hip-hop laced with jazz and soul. Stubru-dj Christophe Lambrecht takes the honours after the concerts. The Rotselaarse dj-collective, The Zalmkes turns off the light.
