If you like alternative music, pop, rock, dance, hip hop, stand-up comedy, theatre, street theatre, movies, and the Netherlands too, then you’ll probably enjoy Lowlands 2009 in Holland, also charmingly known as A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise.
Described as “Glastonbury meets Goa”, this year Lowlands takes place over 21-23 August at Biddinghuizen, right next to the Walabi World amusement park (now there’s a novelty). This year there is a line up to die for, with Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs, Kasabian, Little Boots, The Maccabees, Maximo Park, The Prodigy, Dizzee Rascal, Razorlight, Reverend and the Makers, Vampire Weekend, Eagles of Death Metal, Enter Shikari, Bloc Party, and the stunning Grace Jones. But there are even more bands and acts than this.
Tickets come in at 150 euros, which includes camping and a shuttle bus from the railway station. If camping is roughing it a little bit for you then, then you could always go up market and rent a PodPad. And if that still seems a bit too rough, you could always look for some budget accommodation nearby.
As well as the music there is the theatre, movies both indoor and outdoor, comedy in both English and Dutch, visual arts type of stuff, and even literature events. The whole thing promises to be a real feast for the senses, and there is even a 24 hour pub.
Biddinghuizen is a town in the Dutch province of Flevoland, and Lowlands has grown to be one of the biggest and most popular music festivals in the Netherlands, attracting about 60,000 festival goers each year, to see over 200 acts on more than ten stages. The festival is sponsored by Grolsch, which is nice to know, because I am not averse to a bottle or two of their beer.
If you are worried about rain you might be pleased to hear that most of the stages are inside large tents, with the largest one covering an area the size of a football pitch.
So if you want to combine a trip to one of the coolest festivals on the planet with a trip to one of the coolest countries, Lowlands it is.
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