Country Profile: Belgium

Belgium may never be Europe’s biggest live music market, but it remains one of the continent’s most important – and most fiercely contested

Belgium may never be Europe’s biggest live music market, but it remains one of the continent’s most important – and most fiercely contested.

Sitting at the crossroads of France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, the country combines an extraordinary appetite for live entertainment with a creative and unusually diverse promoter ecosystem. Live Nation Belgium controls or operates a significant share of the country’s touring infrastructure, including the be•at group of venues and many major festivals.

“It’s been…