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The Netherlands’ most famous open-air festival and Europe’s longest-running uninterrupted outdoor pop festival PINKPOP will take place for the 41st time in the city of Landgraaf, at the beautiful festival site MEGALAND, 134 miles south of Amsterdam. There are 4 large campsites, providing space for 50.000 campers.
In 40 years the festival has sold out 20 times, with a capacity of 60.000 attendees per day. Since 1970 more than 1,8 million people have visited the festival and more than 500 acts have performed on stage. See the History section and the BAND ABC for more Pinkpop facts.
This year’s program will be just as sensational as in previous years. On Friday the 28th of May, Saturday the 29th of May and Sunday the 30th of May PINKPOP will proudly present 39 bands on its three stages.
The 41th edition will be shown live on Dutch National radio and television and through 3voor12.vpro.nl.
Weekend ticket price: € 140,00 (excl. service costs). 3 days of festival including access to campsite, tents only!
Day ticket price: € 75,00 (excl. service costs) – Friday / Saturday / Sunday
No access to campsite with (any combination of) day tickets. Please check tourist information for camping alternatives: www.vvvzuidlimburg.nl or call +31-43 609 85 00.
Pre-sale started Saturday the 12th of December 2009 at 10 a.m local time. Tickets are available through www.ticketservice.nl. Please note that within the Netherlands this is the ONLY official online Pinkpop ticket shop! Please be careful when buying your tickets online from any other website, they will almost certainly be overpriced and might be fake, which means no entrance!
Buy tickets online at Ticketservice
Don’t buy your tickets before the official start and don’t buy them at an unofficial ticket shop! If you are unsure about a ticket shop or have a question send us an e-mail: info@pinkpop.nl
In the Netherlands you can also buy your tickets at official local ticket shops and at the larger post-offices. Click here for all the addresses.
In Germany, tickets are available at BONNTICKET, telephone: +49 (0) 180-5001812 or online at: www.bonnticket.de
In Belgium, tickets are available at Giga Swing shop, Hasselt: telephone: +32 (0)11-22 25 08 and FNAC, check the FNAC website for details: www.fnac.be
Our advice: ONLY BUY YOUR TICKET(S) AT ONE OF THE OFFICIAL TICKET SHOPS!
See for more information about the blackmarket and secundairy ticketing the special site of Mojo Concerts: www.ticketsenconcertkaarten.nl/en/
There are 4 campsites near the festival site. All sites include hot showers and running water, supermarkets, free toilets, an Information desk, a camping store, a First Aid stand, token registers and several food & drink stands. There is no electricity. Campers and mobile homes are not permitted.
The camping sites are accessible from noon on Friday the 28th of May until noon on Monday the 31st of May. The campsites are free with your Weekend ticket (3-day ticket). Show your ticket at the entrance to receive a wrist-band. Admission to the festival can only be gained in combination with your ticket and wrist-band, so don’t lose your ticket! If you don’t want to use the festival campsites check the tourist information on www.vvvzuidlimburg.nl or call +31-43 609 85 00.
The best camping option for physically disabled people is Campsite A, which is more accessible and has more facilities for disabled people. For more information write to info@pinkpop.nl or call +31-46 475 67 17.
No advance reservations possible. Tents only, bring your own! Cars, motorbikes and caravans/mobile homes are not allowed on the campsites. Campers agree to accept the conditions, directions and limitations of the campsites. Glass, cans, generators, campfires, dogs, sound systems and trade in any merchandise are strictly forbidden. The organisers accept no liability.
Travel to NS train station LANDGRAAF. From here, shuttle buses will take you to the festival site or festival camp sites. You can also walk to the sites (app. 10 minutes on foot). See the NS (Dutch Railroad Company) site for more information: www.ns.nl A special Pinkpop return train ticket will be available from the 15th of May, please check the desk at your departure station.
Want to visit the Pinkpop festival, but want to see more of the Netherlands or even entire Europe as well? Make your holiday out of it and travel with InterRail!
Drive to Landgraaf (the south of The Netherlands, near the city of Heerlen) and follow the signs 'Park Gravenrode'. After that, follow the signs which say 'PARKEREN PINKPOP'. From there, you will be instantly directed to a suitable parking space. Don't leave your vehicle anywhere else; it will be towed away! The address of the festival site is: MEGALAND, Hofstraat 13-15, 6372 XC Landgraaf.
The nearest airport is Maastricht Aachen Airport in Maastricht. From there you can take a taxi to Landgraaf or first travel to the city of Maastricht (Central Station) and take a train to Landgraaf. The Netherlands’ main airport is Schiphol, Amsterdam, from here you can take a train to Landgraaf (2,5 hours). Alternative airports nearby are: Weeze, Dusseldorf and Cologne (Koln) in Germany and Brussels Airport in Belgium.
From the UK:
"Big Green Coach offers direct coach travel from the UK to Pink Pop. Sit back, relax, have a snooze and wake up at Europe's most exciting festival - Pink Pop. Enjoy the weekend to its fullest and then jump on the coach back to the UK. Stress free.
Big Green Coach is committed to reducing the carbon footprint of festivals. As well as coach travel being the greenest way to get to the festival, Big Green Coach have committed to planting a tree for each coach it takes to music festivals in 2010."
for information see: http://www.biggreencoach.co.uk/
Within the Netherlands:
Event Travel is offering visitors within the Netherlands busses from 150 locations to the festival, for information see: www.eventtravel.nl.
PINKPOP, the Netherland’s oldest and best-known pop music festival, was organised for the first time in 1970, on Pentecost (called ‘Pinksteren’ in Dutch) Monday, the 18th of May, in Geleen. PINKPOP actually stands for “Pop at Pinksteren” and, with the exception of 2008, has always taken place during Pentecost. Initially, the festival was a one-day festival, but it gradually grew to a multi-day event in the city of Geleen. So-called “sleep-ins” were first set up for people staying overnight, but in 1976 the first festival campsite was taken into use. After being sold out for six years running, selling 50,000 tickets, pop music festivals on the whole began to experience serious competition from stadium concerts in 1982 and, like others, PINKPOP had several difficult years, with 1985 as the low point. All this changed when the organisers entered into a collaboration with Mojo Concerts, the Netherlands’ leading concert organiser, in 1986. Production remained under the control of Buro Pinkpop, and the 1986 festival was completely sold out again. Due to renovations at the Geleen location, PINKPOP was forced to move to Baarlo for the 1987 festival, where it had its 18th edition under terrible weather conditions. However, the festival did not return to Geleen but established itself in the new county of Landgraaf, at the former racetrack, between Heerlen and Kerkrade and 230 kilometres from Amsterdam. The new location turned out to be a godsend, as the festival grew year after year, both in visitor numbers and in quality. In 1990 the festival was included in the famous Guinness Record Book as the oldest and only uninterrupted yearly open-air pop festival of the Netherlands, if not the world (as some experts say). In 1994 Pinkpop’s 25th anniversary was celebrated in style. The festival was completely sold out, with over 70,000 visitors, including over 25,000 campers. The 25th anniversary was a phenomenal success, although the organisers did instate a visitor limit of 60,000 to ease the burden on the festival’s resources and improve comfort. In 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002 the 30th, 31st, 32nd and 33rd editions were completely sold out. Meanwhile, the number of visitors camping rose to 47,500. In 2003, 2004 and 2005 Pinkpop had a few more difficult years in terms of visitor numbers, with a low point in 2005. The weak line-up drew no more than 20,000 enthusiasts. However, PINKPOP returned to form in 2006 and, with 68,000 visitors, was sold out again, as it was in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Last year the 40th anniversary edition had a notable headliner in Bruce Springsteen & The E-street Band, doing his first headline show on a European festival ever.
Over the course of 40 uninterrupted years of the festival more than 1.8 million (unique) paying visitors have passed the gates and the festival has been sold out 20 times! The very first PINKPOP had a budget of almost 10,000 Guilders, a ticket price of 2.50 Guilders (slightly over 1 Euro!) and a line-up consisting mainly of national pop groups, with GOLDEN EARRING as headliners. Until 1993 there had been a maximum line-up of ten bands on the Pentecost Monday, while in Landgraaf the festival campsites were already being warmed up by, among other things, a pop line-up called “Rocking Kolonia”. In 1994, during its 25th anniversary, the festival underwent a true transformation. There were two outside stages and a stage in a big tent. From this point the full line-up consisted of a minimum of 30 groups and/or artists. In all these years, countless famous names graced the stages, from FLEETWOOD MAC to DIRE STRAITS and from PEARL JAM to RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS. For many groups PINKPOP was a stepping stone to greater fame, both for national and international artists. In 1995 the location, the fantastic 27-hectare event grounds, was renamed MEGALAND. Various campsites around the festival grounds now offer space to up to 50,000 people. The festival also includes a festival market.
Since 1973 PINKPOP has been sponsored by various well-known brands. The first was jeans brand LOIS. Important sponsors in recent years have been BRAND BIER, COCA COLA, POSTBANK and ESSENT. The official festival newspaper is made by the monthly magazine LIVEXS, as well as the newspaper METRO, which has been involved for several years. For years, the festival has also worked together with two important charities, namely OXFAM NOVIB and AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. In 2008 Pinkpop was awarded the GREEN & CLEAN AWARD for its work in implementing positive environmental measures.
The festival has been covered on radio and tv by public broadcasting organisations for over 34 years now. Since the 25th edition the festival has been broadcast live for many hours each Pentecost Monday on Nederland 3, by the broadcasting organisations NPS, VARA and VPRO, while radio 3FM has live broadcasts from the festival grounds on all three days. The festival has also been broadcast on 3voor12 Internet tv for several years. The Pinkpop website is visited by more than 2.3 million unique visitors every year. The “Golden Tip” campaign drew 18,578 voters this year.
In 2010 the 41th edition will take place on Friday May 28th, Saturday May 29th and Sunday May 30th . The fourth edition of PINKPOP CLASSIC is planned for Saturday the 14th of August.
The organisers: Festivals Limburg BV in cooperation with Mojo Concerts BV. Production Buro Pinkpop. Information daily during office hours e-mail: info@pinkpop.nl or by telephone: +31(0)46-475 25 00
Festival market: send a email requesting for more information about our festival market (NON FOOD) to: info@pinkpop.nl
