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ROCKIN' SUMMER IN FLANDERS BELGIUM
Music Concerts Pound the Fields for 2010


Graspop Metal Meeting
Graspop Metal Concert imageEvery year more than 100,000 heavy metal fans occupy the small town of Dessel in Antwerp province for some serious metal
head banging. The major act line-up from June 25 through June 27 for 2010 includes Kiss and Motorhead. Take the free bus from the Mol train station direct to the festival arena. Graspop Metal

Rock Werchter
Big name rock bands perform alongside young comers and new faces. Top names in the line up for this year are Ramstein, Pearl Jam and Greenday. The beat goes on from July 1 through July 4. Check out the Youth Hostel Blauwput for comfortable cheap rooms, located just outside the train station of Leuven within walking distance from the shuttles to the festival grounds. Rock Werchter

Cactus Festival Bruges
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Quirky Bruges is now more famous than ever from the flick filmed there, but the alternative Cactus Festival has been rockin the place for a few years. Macy Gray, Tori Amos and Regina Spektor headline 2010's three day outdoor festival of Rock, Reggae, Rap, Roots, Rai and R&B July 9 through July 11 at the magical Lake of Love Park in Bruges. Looking for a fun and low cost accommodation? Check into the Bauhaus, a youth hostel in the center of Brugge complete with its own pub! Cactus Fesitval

Lokerse Feesten
Right near Ghent the town of Lokeren welcomes rock, pop, hip hop, techno and world music festival fans for a ten days from July 30 through August 8. Mötley Crüe, Alice Cooper & Papa Roach and are booked for the festival only a 5 minute walk from the train station. Catch the trains from Ghent every half hour. Lokerse Feesten

Pukkelpop
Finish the summer in August at the annual alternative music event held on the Kiewit Festival Grounds near the town of Hasselt, in its 24th year, August 19 through 21. Queens Of The Stone Age, Limp Bizkit, Iron Maidenare the headliners. Hasselt is an hour 20 minutes from Brussels with direct trains every half hour. Special tickets including train transportation withing Belgium to the festival are available. Pukkelpop

So get your rock on and hit Belgium for a summer of sweet sounds and heavy drinkin'. © Bargain Travel Europe

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