Tomorrowland eyes third festival weekend for 2022
The extra weekend would "cushion the financial hangover" of six cancelled festival weekends across 2020 and 2021, say organisers
News By IQ | 5 October 2021
The organisers of marquee Belgian festival Tomorrowland have officially submitted an application for a third festival weekend in 2022 “out of economic necessity”.
According to organisers, the third weekend would help compensate for six cancelled festival weekends, including four in Belgium (Tomorrowland 2020 and 2021) and two in France (Tomorrowland Winter 2020 and 2021).
According to Het Laatste Nieuws, the two consecutive cancellations of the Belgian festival alone caused a financial blow of “no less than €25 million”.
“We really have to do this to cushion the financial hangover,” Tomorrowland spokesperson Debby Wilmsen told the Belgian newspaper. “Before Covid, there were no plans to start organising three weekends.”
In order for the one-off extra weekend to go ahead, permission is required from the Antwerp region, as well as the municipalities of Boom…
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