Market report: Belgium

Belgium punches above its weight with a music market that’s as heady as its beer. As IQ discovers, it’s not about how big you are, but where you’re located…

The 15,000-cap. Last Arena at Dour Festival

As it is with property, so it is With smallish European countries: it’s all about location, location, location. Belgium is the 34th biggest (or 16th smallest) nation in Europe by area – it would fit into France 18 times.

But it might just be the best-positioned country on the continental mainland, with French, German, Dutch and Luxembourgian borders, and just two hours by train from London.

“We are the best-situated country in Europe,” concurs Pascal Van De Velde of Ghent-based promoter/agency…

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