BRAKROCK 2025

Written: Christina Peterfaj,

Dr. Slobodan Kotlayic – Buzda

The summer of 2025 will be very intersting because most of the European music festivals are already sold out. Today we recommend this text of one of the newer generation music festivals in Belgium, It’s about Brakrock 2025. There are many larger festivals in Belgium, but the cultural significance of the Brakrock since its founding before 13 years until today, growns from year to year. The capital of this festival is Duffel, a small town in central Belgium, in the province of Antwerp, which has 20,000 people. Special interesting at which this area is highly woolen cloths that were produced in this area at 11. centuries, which were mainly used to make blankets for the army, coats and one type of bags. The town covers a large number of cultural – historical monuments for Belgium, but also broader, in Flanders’ region, in the province of Antwerp, in aroundism Mechelen, which you are enough to come if you are traveling from another countries on Brakrock festival. Yes, Belgium is the land of phenomenal chocolates, great beers (more than 1000 different types of serving beers – every beer has its own glass), small blue creatures – Smurfs, the best waffles in the world (30 different versions in which texture, sweetness and size differ), delicious pomme-frites most commonly served with mayonnaise, and it’s the most common country of Europe and is really interesting to the fact that the constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government, but that they can live also without government. Last time, as many as 652 days, Belgium had no national government. In this country, many celebrities from the world of art, politics and science were born – from painter Ian Van Ajk and Rene Magrit to Gerhard Mercator’s cards. Adolf Sax is credited with the invention of Saxophone, according to which the instrument was named. Robber Kajo, who together with the English scientist invented the world network, also comes from Belgium. This is a country of comics and cartoon movies, but also significant historical monuments, exceptional sports individuals, and since such Belgium applies to one of the most stable countries in Europe, such is extremely suitable for various cultural facilities, as well as the highest quality and various music festivals in different types of music. Brakrock is a music festival dedicated to punkrock music, which has been held every first weekend of august since 2012. The festival is known for the unique ambience, because it takes place along the banks of the river and near the ruins of the castle in Park Terelst. The main stage, named Riverstage, while the other stages, like Woodstage and Ruinstage, are set in line with environment – Woodstage is traditionally made of woodworking reasons, and Ruinstage is located next to the ruins of the castle. Since 2018., the festival has expanded to two days and introduced a third stage, but mentioned Ruinstage. In 2019, Brakrock hosted famous bands such as Descendents, Propagandhi, The Toy Dolls, Less Than Jake and Good Riddance. Due to the Pandemic COVER-19, the edition of the Festival 2020. year, while 2021 was held entitled adapted to epidemiological measures, where visitors sat at the tables of up to eight people and carried masks during movement.

After two years without full edition, the festival returned 2022. with the addition of a fourth stage, Polderstage, which was 2023. year replaced by Acoustic Stage. Brakrock ecofest gained a reputation among punk rock music fans due to carefully selected line up (punkrock, hardcore and skate punks of ’90) and the unique atmosphere provided by the festival location. An apparent list of participants is still exceptional because Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls, Bane, CRO – Mags, The Real McKenzies, the Iron Roses, Battery, Sheer Terror, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Bodyjar, while 2. august perform Millencolin, Agnostic Front, Nerfherder, Codefendants, Save Ferris, The Anti – Queens, Makewar, Zeke, Urethane, Authority Zero, Gob, Down by Law,  Last Gang, Raised Fist,  Circle Jerks,, as well as many others…The first contingent of tickets at a price of 122.96 e for both days are sold out, currently the offer of tickets sets at a price of 135.6 e, the tickets for one Day – friday costs 72.08 e, the same price of the individual map is valid for saturday, a couple of months before the festival the 2 day tickets will costs 143.07 euros and at the entrance, when the festival starts 1. and 2. august the tickets will cost 159.00 e. Without a lot of wandering and additional ticket costs, you can find directly through their official site, and if you already have a ticket, and you are accidentally prevented from coming, it will be best to sell it in TicketsWap.com.

Exceptional landscape and beautiful environment makes this hidden gem – we note that the festival is held in a fairytale ecological environment that make up the ancient ruin castle, which is best seen from the park, bridge and a beautiful river Neta. This festival takes care of environmental protection from the beginning, plastic is not in use, with the striving for sustainable development. The festival camp is a few kilometers from the concert’s maintenance site (you should check what is situation with camp tickets) and you must thinking at the given topic of this year’s visit to this festival, as well as the offer of other accommodation in the form of hostels, hotels and private accommodation nearby, as well as transport by bus, rented by a bike or taxi to the place of the festival. All necessary information can be found on the festival website www.brakrock.com, and you should know that this year’s Brakrock with these announced bands will be something really special. Organisation by Skate On Track invites you also to the concert Teenage Bottlerocket on 22.4. in Dendemarde, and as well as at Reconstruction Festival on 22.5. in Antwepen with the bands: Pennywise, Propagandhi, Comeback Kid, The Iron Roses and Dead Pioneers, as a special event, but also as general announcement  for this year’s Brakrock 2025. See you in Belgium …