Top 10 Cool Facts about Lowlands Festival

Entrance of the Lowlands festival, the Netherlands Photo by Dan Kamminga Wikimedia

Top 10 Cool Facts about Lowlands Festival

This is an annual three-day music and performing arts and festivals. It is usually held in the Netherlands. The festival is held 68km east of Amsterdam in Biddinghuizen at Spijk en Bremerberg. This is adjacent to WalibI Holland.

The festival is staged around the Lake Veluwe, which was submerged under the sea until the Lowlands area was drained in the 1950s. People are encouraged to explore the natural landscape in-between catching some of the performers in the multi-disciplinary line-up.

Alongside the rock, hip-hop, pop, dance and alternative music acts, the scheduling includes street theatre, indoor and outdoor cinema screenings, cabaret, comedy, and ballet.

Here are Top 10 Cool Facts about Lowlands Festival

I. Visitors groovy at ArmadiLLo

The distinctive chimneys of Lowlands 2019 in the Cape Lowlands area that was accessible 24 hours a day during the festival weekend photo by Laurens van Heerde Wikimedia

It is a signposted by a host of gigantic , factory-like chimneys. The ” Armadillo ” structure has been the ideal place to relax after a day of stage-hopping.

The  legendary chimneys that peaked as an entrance above the festival site for years have been converted into an even more legendary 24-hour tent. It has been the lowlands new eye-catcher.

The converted chimneys peaking from the festival  and from campsite can be seen. These five chimneys were designed by Peter Te Bos. They were the entrance to the festival site from 2002-2016.

2. Get to relax in the Spa

The lowland festival is a hardwork. In case you sore muscle and have a debilitating hangover. One is recommended to visit a little spa that has been set up the lake. It is a cozy getaway area which has hot tubs, spas and masseuses. This is a pleasant sight.

3.The festival was a successor to one of the first Dutch pop festivals: A Flight to
Lowlands Paradise

Main stage of the Lowlands festival during the 2019 photo by Laurens van Heerde Wikimedia

Bunk Bessel, an artist and painter based in Utrecht, arranged A Flight to Lowlands Paradise in  1967. This festival was held in Jaarbeurs Utrecht’s Margriethal. It cost was 10 Dutch guilders (about €4.50) to enter, which also covered breakfast. Although there were no headliners at this 18-hour event, it did have experimental theatre, dancing, poetry, films, body painting, and massage.

In an effort to entice Jimi Hendrix to attend, this festival was organized again in 1968 but was moved from its original date of 23 November. Because of this, major performances by Jeff Beck and Jethro Tull were postponed. Pink Floyd, though, was still on the schedule. The event eventually sold out to its 18,000 visitor capacity, but many participants were turned away, causing protests and police intervention.

4. The event rapidly grew in the year 1995 20,000 people visit the festival

The difference that year was that it became a broader cultural festival. The three tent for music from the year before (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie) were back, with a new tent for theatre called Delta and the Echo for comedy. For the first time ever the festival was sold out. Because of electricity issues, The Prodigy’s  performance was delayed till later in the evening. Amsterdam hip hop group  Osdorp Posse  had their performance early Saturday evening in the Charlie tent.

5. Lowlands became a big  crossover festival, showcasing many different
types of genres in 1996

en Saybia at Lowlands (A Camping flight to Lowlands Paradise) 2007 photo by Erwin85 Wikimedia

It featured a variety of musical styles, including pop, rock, grunge, dance, house, hip hop, and many others. Additionally, the side programming, which includes cabaret and movies, grows. The festival attracted 31,000 people, and the cost of a ticket increased from 90 guilders to 140 guilders since 1993. (about 63,50 euros).

6. The festival  has been  staged around the Lake Veluwe, which was submerged under the sea

7. Lowland festival  has received 55000 visitor in the recent and features over 200 acts on more than 10stages

The Alpha tent on Lowlands festival. Photo by Timster Wikimedia

The festival has hosted over 200 performances on more than 10 stages annually, with the exception of the Heineken stage, which is named after the beer producer Heineken, the festival’s primary sponsor since 2015. In recent years, the festival has drawn about 55,000 visitors.

The bulk of the stages are enclosed in sizable tents to shield spectators from bad weather, with the biggest one being about the size of an actual football field.

8. Experience the weirdness in Helga’s House of Pain

Helga’s tent has been in Lowland’s most depraved corner. Fans queue for hours to get into the club themed attraction. This where where headbanging, pulsing lights, hungry crowds. And a good amount of kink combine to create an exciting, though sometimes frustrating, partying experience.

9.Get away from a horde of zombies in Lowland festival

Lowlands serve as the setting for a scientific investigation. The Lowlands Z app transforms the location into a virtual battleground between the clean survivors and the diseased zombies. The software uses GPS tracking to show you where the infected are and encourages you to maintain a safe distance. If you’re concerned, stay away from Alt-performances J’s in the future . The  venue was packed with them.

10. Experience some of the festival’s wackiest experiments

Main stage of the Lowlands festival during the 2019 photo by Laurens van Heerde Wikimedia

For some of their most important investigations. Scientists frequently turn to the festival to locate willing participants. One, for instance, is testing innovative software that only lets you type by sending brain signals to a wired-up cap.