Four bars and 3,000 m² of open-air terrace at the heart of the festival. Belgian craft beers, cocktails, mocktails and fresh juices: something to go with a plate, or simply a reason to sit down.
Eating is only half the festival. The other half happens at the counter, glass in hand, while your friends are still queueing next door.
Four bars are dotted around the site across the three days, with the big open-air terrace as the meeting point. Belgian craft beers, wines, sparkling and cocktails: something to go with just about any plate at the festival, Mexican to Japanese.
Anyone not drinking is not palmed off with a bottle of water. Mocktails and juices pressed on site get the same care as the rest of the list — that is a criterion, not a courtesy.
And nothing obliges you to order food. You can sit down, have a drink, listen to the din and head off.
Two of the four bars are run by Move & Drink, a Belgian team who have made mobile bars their trade: tiny house, VW T3 van, caravan, trailer. Each turns up fully equipped, bartenders included.
What won us over is how they build a list. Belgian products first: craft beers, gins from distilleries down the road, cocktails built on spirits made in Belgium. The same instinct as ours, applied to the glass.
