🇳🇱 Best Kept Secret 2026

Latest edition12-14 Jun 2026

LocationHilvarenbeek, Netherlands

Real-Time Online Performance (1st Showday to 5 days after last showday)

37 postsi29.1k engagementsi2.0% Real-Time ERi694.0k video viewsi28.6k likesi304 commentsi99 sharesi97 savesiSentiment: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥i

GenresIndie · Alternative

Daily capacity25,000

OwnershipCompany: Friendly Fire / Group: CTS Eventim

LinksWebsite · Instagram (71.0k followers) · TikTok (2.0k followers)

FESTIVAL ENGAGEMENT INDEX SCORE

43.2

2026

FEI

🌎 Ranked: #145 Worldwide

🇳🇱 Ranked: #10 in Netherlands

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For Real-Time Posting Volume (37)

🌎 Ranked: #176 in the World

🇳🇱 Ranked: #11 in Netherlands

For Real-Time Posting Volume (37)

🌎 Ranked: #176 in the World

🇳🇱 Ranked: #11 in Netherlands

For # Total Engagements (29.1k)

🌎 Ranked: #184 in the World

🇳🇱 Ranked: #12 in Netherlands

For Real-Time Engagement Rate (2.0%)

🌎 Ranked: #171 in the World

🇳🇱 Ranked: #13 in Netherlands

For Sentiment Rating (🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥)

🌎 Ranked: #18 in the World

🇳🇱 Ranked: #2 in Netherlands

What's shaping this score?

What's Working

Read the comments and it is overwhelmingly people who had a good time, a warmer response than three quarters of festivals worldwide get

One of the three warmest comment sections in the Netherlands

One of the three warmest comment sections of any Alternative festival

One of the three warmest comment sections of any CTS Eventim festival

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Most engaging posts, this edition

1Insta ReelView post ↗
With only four hours to prepare and her bag already packed for a full BKS camping experience, Pommelien Thijs
4.8k engagements · Engagement Rate 243.6% · Sentiment: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
2Insta CarouselView post ↗
Gorillaz! Ending Best Kept Secret this way certainly feels good. 💚 Best Kept Secret returns on 11, 12 & 13 Ju
3.0k engagements · Engagement Rate 151.3% · Sentiment: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
3Insta Post (static)View post ↗
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds delivered once again on our ONE, following their magnificent 2022 performance here,
2.2k engagements · Engagement Rate 113.5% · Sentiment: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
4Insta ReelView post ↗
Best Kept Secret 2026 – Connected Through Music It all started just a week ago, thank you for an unforgettab
1.9k engagements · Engagement Rate 97.9% · Sentiment: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
5Insta ReelView post ↗
While most people are packing up their tents and heading home again, we take one more moment to look back on a
1.6k engagements · Engagement Rate 78.8%