Legendary producer Aphex Twin will wrap up Dour Festival on Sunday 16 July 2023 on the main stage for his only appearance in Belgium. The braindance and mental electronic pioneer, legendary producer and icon of the legendary Warp label, Aphex Twin will make his big return to Dour Festival this summer, 14 years after his unique and last visit to the festival (in 2009).
amso, the number 1 in French-speaking rap, is pleased to announce that he will be playing at Dour Festival on Saturday, July 13, 2019. He will present us his magnificent new live show during a exclusive concert in Belgium for the year 2019!
After exploding the scene with Batterie Faible and then Ipséité, our fellow Belgian, Damso set the tone again with a third album called Lithopédion, a new concentration...
As we have already announced, Dour Festival will be celebrating our close neighbour’s year as the European Capital of Culture by adding a special fifth day to the festival. Together, Dour Festival and Mons2015 will be putting on a huge celebration of Culture, Youth and Europe for you. Be there on the 15th July from 6pm onwards. 2manydjs (dj set), SBTRKT, Jungle and La Smala confirmed for Wednesday...
Since its coronation as the European Capital of Culture in 2013, there has been an emboldened cultural energy in Marseille. So, similar to our collaboration with Caen's Nördik Impakt festival, we've asked our friends from the Marsatac festival to devise a line-up that would show off the best of the city. On Friday night, the Laboratory will be infused with the flavour of Pastis for one night only as we...
Detroit Love: Carl Craig is bringing Motor City to Dour with Model 500 'live', 'Mad' Mike Banks, Agoria and Fabrice Lig.
We have been wanting to put on a true 'Made in Detroit' techno night at Dour for a very long time now. So when Carl Craig, a true master of the genre, came to us at the end of last year to suggest putting together an intelligent and coherent...
The story of Modeselektor and Dour Festival has been long and varied. They have performed live, done DJ sets, collaborated with Moderat, and even played with their label 50 Weapons, and now the duo of Berlin producers are back, and being given free reign over the line-up for one special night. This project has neither been conceived as a group performance or as a festival, but will take place in...
Before we launch a barrage of names on you, we are overjoyed to be able first to announce that of one of the pioneers of Afrobeat, and perhaps the greatest drummer of all time, Tony Allen, will appear at the festival. He will be joined on stage for the occasion by Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz, Mali Music) and the French rapper Oxmo Puccino. This extraordinary event will be one of...
The fated day is fast approaching...In a few days we will be starting to transform the Plaine de la Machine à Feu site into an entire village to accommodate tens of thousands of new residents.
Line-up changes: Gramatik, Cid Rim, Skindred and The Catharsis have joined the line-up. Ta-Ku, Thick As Blood and Death Angel have cancelled their tours.
Surprise! Soulfly have joined the line-up, and the cannibal stage will be open for all 4 days of the festival! There aren't many festivals who would put a true metal/trash/hardcore/punk/rock'n'roll stage in amongst its reggae, hip-hop and electro stages.
But new for this year, the Cannibal Stage will be open for all 4 days of the festival! To celebrate, we are pleased to announce the return of Max Cavalera and...
After 8 months of intense work, 60,000 km of travel, hundreds of concerts, around 10,000 emails, and 230 confirmations, the entire Dour team is pleased to announce that the line-up for the 26th edition of the festival is now complete!
The names completing this characterful line-up are typically spectacular. Once again, Dour festival is bringing you a varied, powerful, alternative line-up filled with both legendary names and diverse discoveries. This...
