Desertfest Belgium — festival guide

At a glance

Dates

1–2 Oct 2026 (2 days)

Location

OM, Antwerp, Belgium

Sound

Rock · Stoner Rock

Line-up announced

33 artists so far

The story

Desertfest Belgium is an annual festival that occurs in Antwerp, Belgium, celebrating the stoner rock genre. Established as part of a series of Desertfest events held across Europe, this festival showcases a range of artists in this music style. The festival will take place over three days, starting from October 16 to October 18, 2026.

Desertfest Belgium is a 2-day rock, stoner rock festival at OM in Antwerp, Belgium. The October 2026 edition runs 1–2 Oct 2026.

Announced so far: 1000mods, Ahab, Boris, Celestial Sanctuary, Daily Thompson, Deathchant, Dopelord and Duel and 25 more. Expect stages split between Rock and Stoner Rock. The line-up is spread across the 2 festival days, so a full-weekend ticket is the only way to catch every name.

Everything happens at OM, in Antwerp. Antwerp is the base for the trip: it is where the affordable beds, the late trains and the after-parties are, and where prices climb fastest as the dates approach.

Desertfest Belgium keeps the same calendar slot each year: October 2026 for this edition, opening on a Thursday and closing on a Friday. It falls in autumn, after the summer circuit closes, when flights and rooms come back down in price. That slot matters for the budget — flights and rooms in Antwerp are priced for the festival weekend, not the week around it, so shifting your arrival by a day often saves more than any ticket tier does.

• Takes place at OM in Liege, Belgium
• 18+ age restriction
• Annual festival showcasing stoner rock
• Multiple years running

What the trip costs from Paris

No ticket price is published for this edition yet, so the total below covers travel and a bed only. It updates automatically as soon as the organiser opens sales.

Planning the trip, step by step

1. 1Book the ticket first: tiers at Desertfest Belgium are sold in waves and the cheapest wave is gone long before the line-up is complete.
2. 2Then price the travel from Paris — Cinderella compares train, bus, car and flight for the same dates, and the cheapest option is not always the obvious one.
3. 3Reserve 3 nights rather than 2: the last night of a festival almost always ends after the last train home.
4. 4Follow Desertfest Belgium on Cinderella to be emailed when a ticket price drops or a new tier opens.

Line-up, day by day

• Day 1 — Thursday 1 October

  1000mods, Boris, Daily Thompson, Dopelord, Early Moods, Elephant9, Fangus, Hippie Death Cult, Khan, Kombynat Robotron, Mantar, Mondo Drag, Planning for Burial, Skraeckoedlan, The Hebridean Sheep, Wyatt E., Zahn

• Day 2 — Friday 2 October

  Ahab, Celestial Sanctuary, Deathchant, Duel, Earth Tongue, EYES, Greenleaf, Kanaan, Khemmis, Krallice, Meatdripper, Monolord, Skin Thief, Solstafir, Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Yawning Man

Full line-up

Ordered as the poster reads it — headliners first, then most booked to least. Each name opens that artist's festival dates.

Past editions

Dates are the event's recurring calendar slot, so treat them as approximate — the organiser keeps the official archive.

• 2025

  1–2 Oct 2025 (approx.)

  Regulars: 1000mods, Ahab, Boris

• 2024

  1–2 Oct 2024 (approx.)

  Regulars: Ahab, Boris, Celestial Sanctuary

• 2023

  1–2 Oct 2023 (approx.)

  Regulars: Boris, Celestial Sanctuary, Daily Thompson

Travel tips from Paris

• The site itself is OM, in Antwerp.
• Book a bed in Antwerp early — rooms around a festival sell out before the last ticket tier does.