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Little Waves Festival 2019 - review

Little Waves Festival 2019 - review

Indeed, it was upon us again in this corner of the world: Little Waves Festival in the beautiful buildings of the C-Mine in Genk, Belgium. In December, the first acts were announced and it bode well to get tickets. This is a smallish indoor festival taking place in early April and it is always sold out quite early. You can rummage through reviews of earlier editions of Little Waves festival here and here. En route to the festival, there were a few bummers. First of all, I was eagerly awaiting

· Alice Peters-Burns · 6 min Little Waves Festival C-Mine
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Little Waves @ C-Mine, Genk, 2018 - a feast of a festival

Much looked forward to, our annual family outing to one of the finest festivals I know is already over and done with again. Last Saturday saw us driving excitedly to the C-Mine in Genk, Belgium, a former mine building, now converted to part museum, part art exhibition centre and part very fine venues to enjoy this year’s Little Waves @ C-Mine, Genk, 2018 – a feast of a festival. The fun starts when you arrive: Plenty of free parking, a short stroll to the building that houses the venues, a fri

· Alice Peters-Burns · 5 min Bed Rugs Blitzen Trapper
Little Waves Festival 2016, Genk

Little Waves Festival 2016, Genk

Genk, a town in Belgian Limburg, near the border to the Netherlands, might live in the shadow of neighbour Hasselt sometimes a little. Hasselt is known to many music lovers as host to the huge alternative Pukkelpop Festival. Genk was one of the centres for coal mining in Belgium…sadly the last mine was closed, so was a big branch of a car manufacturer. But Genk has loads to offer: Friendly people, a national park, a lovely city centre, interesting former mining sites, an open air museum, parks

· Alice Peters-Burns · 2 min Astronaute C-Mine