There’s only 38 days left until the 21st Dour Festival, and we’ve got a feeling i twill be a good one!

Those who miss it may very well regret it!

NEW NAMES CONFIRMED

The line-up is now full but we still have a few surprises in store for you. We’re happy to confirm the participation of a few more bands at the festival this summer:

EPMD

One of the most important East Coast rap band will be at Dour this year.
Since the late 80s Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith have been defining the underground hip hop sound in New York, gaining a few gold records on the way. They brought funk and rock influences to their heavy beats and coupled it with a straight and direct flow. After a 9-year break EPMD are back with a new album « We Mean Business » EPMD’s rap holds no prisoners, it’s New York itself in rhymes and beats…It’s the real deal!

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Friendly Fires

Friendly Fires mix dance and pop with a knack for addictive melodies. They also add touches of shoegazing and funk to their music to get us all on the dance floors.

After a string of successful singles like ‘On Board’, ‘Paris’ or more recently ‘Skeleton Boy’ the threesome released their awaited first album in 2008
You can expect a live set full of energy and don’t forget your dancing shoes!

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You can be the star at Dour with Ullmann kararocke !

Have you ever dreamt of being a rock star and sing in front of thousands of fans with a real live band 
There is always hope and at Dour Festival your dream will come true br />

Following the Air Guitar Belgium final, the party will go full blaze with YOU behind the microphone with Ullmann Kararocké as your backing band. This will tunrn into a huge Karaoke night in the Plaine De La Machine A Feu

Can you imagine it? Clips of you on Youtube and Facebook, singing Cypress Hill or RATM on the Dour Stage. Massive Kudos [or not] to you for months !

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Matzak live

Nicolas Matuszczak’s day job is to be a pharmacist but at night he becomes an electronica artist under the name Matzak. His star is shining high and he has become a reference in the minimalist techno world. His first album was released in March and has got the critics salivating, calling his effort ‘ unapologetically minimal with sophisticated melodies, progressive layers of sound and jubilant beats’
His music has already been remixed a few times and a new EP will be out in July with another album for the end of the year.

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9 NEW BELGIAN BANDS FOR YOU TO DISCOVER

Bony King Of Nowhere // Magnus dj set // Kaizer Place // Mashed Paper Klub // Airport City Express // Lefto vs Kwistax // Ramon Zarate // aMute // Balkan Party with dj Merdan Taplak

More info on the bands here : www.dourfestival.be