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Doel Festival 2023

Last weekend the sun was indeed present. And with that, it's the return of the summer season and its share of events that keep us coming out of our den to wiggle our hips to good sound. 

Among the festivals not to be missed, I would like to introduce you to the Doel Festival - an event that has the merit of taking place in an unusual place. After all, it was after redevelopment works to expand the port of Antwerp that the inhabitants of the village of Doel were forced to vacate the building a few years ago. Except some recalcitrants were against it and the place was ultimately not razed to the ground. However, Doel remained a ghost town. And it is in this extraordinary setting that the new edition of the Doel Festival 2023 will take place next September.

The last edition of 2022 was dedicated to the DJ sets and life of Dj Gigola, Luigi Tozzi, Hector Oaks, Phara, Ceephax Acid Crew or even Pattrn who we recently interviewed and whose interview is available on our website.

Here's a snippet of Dj Gigola setting fire to a legendary piece by Lexy & K-Paul - The Greatest Dj, a hit song released in 1999 that got me dancing as a teenager.


To discover more about this fantastic place in pictures, France 3 has made a mini-documentary about the village of Doel - enough to take in the place completely. 


More info on the website of the Doel Festival.

Nicko Moyano - Dancing On The Dark Side (Awen Records)