It is still unclear in what form the Belgian festival Tomorrowland can proceed now that the main stage has burned down. The organization announced on Wednesday evening that the dance festival will start on Friday without a main stage.
“Emotionally, it would be a disaster if it couldn’t go ahead, but we’re not giving up hope,” Tomorrowland spokesperson Debby Wilmsen said on Thursday morning in the NPO Radio 1 program De Ochtend. “The only thing we are sure of is the opening of DreamVille (the official campsite, ed.) and the reception of foreign festival-goers in Brussels.”
“Very soon, our production and creation team will examine, in close consultation with experts and government services, what we can safely allow to proceed,” said Wilmsen. According to her, it is “still a bit too early” to say exactly what can be done on the De Schorre event site, where Tomorrowland takes place. “We will have to be creative.”
According to Wilmsen, the fire department and the police have the final say. “We always listen to that.” On Thursday morning, the fire department released the festival site. The site is therefore safe “for work”, but that does not mean that the burned-down stage is stable enough to leave standing among the festival-goers.
The Tomorrowland organization and the fire department are currently consulting. In the coming hours, it must be determined what is still possible on the festival site. “A lot of festival-goers are already in the country, so we want to give them a festival. We’re going to take a look at what’s possible first and not give up hope yet.”