Around the 15th of August, Marktrock is a popular crowd-puller music festival in the heart of the university town of Leuven.

The name Marktrock comes from the Dutch word, markt, meaning square and it's held on 4 squares in the historical city center of Leuven: Oude Markt, Vismarkt, M. De Layensplein and Hogeschoolplein. It's a three day festival whose last day is always August 15, Assumption day.

In 2004, the 22snd eddition of the Marktrock festival was held in Leuven and it has grown into one of Europe's biggest urban music festivals with over 350,000 visitors each year.

There is also a smaller Marktrock festival in Poperinge which is held the last Saturday of August.

Marktrock 2003

Lineup in 2003: 5 Days Off, Admiral Freebee, Aldona, Anouk, Aptijt, Babyjohn, Ballroom Quartet, Bende Gek, BJ Scott, Boogie Wonderband, Boudewijn de Groot, Brainpower, Camden Does Police, Charlie 54, Creams & Spices, Daan, Dave Edmunds, De Mens, Disco Nouveau Band, Discobar Galaxie, Elysian, Foger-T, Gabriel Rios, Hale-Bopp, Heather Nova, Indigo Ratz, JMX ft. Tikiman, Kasper van Kooten, Ketnet Band, Krewcial, Krezip, K's Choice, Lemon, Luc Van Acker, Lunascape, Magical Flying Thunderbirds, Mama's Day Off, Mama's Jasje, Mauro Pawlovski & The Grooms, Mo'Jones, Moloko, Monsoon, Myslovitz, Old Bastards, Orquesta Vibes, Ozark Henry, Plane Vanilla, Postmen, Pyriet, Queensize Quagmire, Raffaele, Relax, Ronny Mosuse, Satellite City, Sananda Maitreya, Sergio & The Big Bang, Sioen, Soulbob, Spark, Speedball Jr., 't Hof Van Commerce, The Cardigans, The Crox, The Pretenders, The Snevo's, Triggerfinger, Tumblin' Dice, Tydal, Ultrasonic + live guests, Urban Trad, Vankatoen, Vive La Fête, W817 Band, Yasmine en Zuco 103.

External links

Official website of Marktrock (http://www.marktrock.be/) (Dutch)