Long queue for Couleur Café campsite: “More than three hours of waiting”

Things don’t seem to be getting any better at the Café Couleur campsite, where people have to queue for hours to get in. “Some visitors have been waiting here for 3 hours and 40 minutes,” hears Thomas Goossens. Prominence.

But most festival-goers queuing don’t let that bother them. “Some brought camping chairs and sat down to relax. Overall, it’s not too bad,” Goossens says.

Denis Corbusier of Couleur Café is not aware of any major problems at the campsite. “It is unavoidable that people will sometimes have to wait. We also encountered some IT issues this morning, but they were resolved quickly.

According to Corbessiere, there were a lot of people lining up early, “many of whom were already at the entrance at 8 a.m., two hours before opening time.” We opened a little earlier, but with a large number of people at the same time, it naturally makes things run less smoothly.

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According to the spokesman, the camping site is also not suitable for smooth traffic flow. “Our campsite does not have a large meadow, it only has one narrow path. You will always have traffic jams there, it is inevitable. We have been asking for a larger campsite for a long time, for example in Laken Park. But we did not We have yet to receive approval for that.”

The entrance to the camp is located at Keizerin Charlottelaan opposite King Baudouin Stadium, and the festival itself takes place in Ossegem Park at the Atomium. Gates open there at 4pm. The 2024 edition will be launched at 5pm by Ninette on the Black Stage and Metta Frequency ft. Anthony John on the Dubbing Stage.

Couleur Cafe expects to welcome 70,000 visitors this year. The organization describes it as the most successful edition in a decade. Only the edition with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis in 2013 was better.