Best Kept Secret is a three-day music festival held in the Netherlands in a village called Hilvarenbeek.
Best Kept Secret is a music festival with a lineup in which big names are alternated with new discoveries from indie, folk, hip-hop, rock, electronics or a mixture of styles. The festival’s centerpiece is a lake at the back of Beekse Bergen safari park. The festival’s founder described his vision as aiming to create “something that we’d like to go to ourselves”.
Headliners
Festival lineup
- Agnes Obel
- American Football
- Andy Shauf
- Arab Trap
- Arcade Fire
- Aurora
- Cass McCombs
- Chris Cohen
- Circa Waves
- Floating Points
- George Ezra
- Girl Band
- James Blake
- Jenny Hval
- Joey Purp
- Joy Orbinson
- Junun featuring Shye Ben Tzur & The Rajasthan Express
- Kaleo
- King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
- Laurel Halo
- Marlon Williams
- Mitski
- Radiohead
- Real Estate
- Run the Jewels
- Ry X
- Show Me the Body
- Sløtface
- Soulwax
- Strand of Oaks
- The Boxer Rebellion
- The Courtneys
- The Thurston Moore Group
- The Wytches
- Thundercat
- Whitney
- Wild Beasts
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