Graspop Metal Meeting
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Graspop Metal Meeting | |
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Dates | Usually last weekend in June, since 2015 second last weekend in June |
Location(s) | Dessel, Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium |
Years active | 1996–2019, 2022–present |
Founded by | Peter Van Geel |
Attendance | 220,000[1] |
Capacity | 55,000[2] |
Website | www |
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Graspop Metal Meeting is a Belgian heavy metal festival held in Dessel each year since 1996, excluding 2020 and 2021 due to covid restrictions. Despite the small size of the festival grounds (upholding a perimeter of only ~4 km) the festival draws a large number of spectators from around the world, with a total of 220,000 visitors in 2022 and 2023,[1][3] up from 200,000 visitors over the course of the 2019 edition,[4] and 152,000 in 2015.[5]