Best Kept Secret is een driedaags muziekfestival dat sinds 2013 jaarlijks in het Noord-Brabantse Hilvarenbeek op het terrein van de Beekse Bergen wordt gehouden.
Geschiedenis Het festival wordt georganiseerd door boekingskantoor Friendly Fire en richt zich uitsluitend op muziek. In juni 2013 vond de eerste driedaagse editie plaats bij het Safaripark Beekse Bergen, deze was met 15.000 bezoekers per dag uitverkocht.AD.nl - Uitverkocht Best Kept Secret kijkt uit naar eerste editie (23 december 2013) De programmering bestaat uit enkele grote namen en veel nieuwere acts, voornamelijk op het gebied van indie, pop, garagerock, rap en elektronische dansmuziek.Volkskrant.nl - Elbow en Pixies op festival Best Kept Secret Ook (post)punk, metal, alternatieve rock, jazz, folk, americana, electronische subgenres als dubstep en breakbeat en spannende namen uit Afrika en Azië zijn op Best Kept Secret te vinden.Follow the Beat - Best Kept Secretfestileaks.com - 7 opvallendheden aan de eerste namen van Best Kept Secret 2025 Het evenemententerrein Beekse Bergen waar Best Kept Secret plaatsvindt ligt aan het VictoriameerVVV Hilvarenbeek en bezoekers van het festival kunnen overnachten op de camping of in het naastgelegen bungalowpark van Beekse Bergen.
Het festival was genomineerd voor twee European Festival AwardsOmroep Brabant - Tweede editie Best Kept Secret Festival officieel bevestigd (23 december 2013) en werd door de Vereniging Nederlandse Poppodia en -Festivals uitgeroepen tot beste festival van 2013.Nieuwkomer Best Kept Secret beste festival, de Volkskrant, 18 januari 2014 Ook in 2023 won Best Kept Secret een European Festival Award.
Na de periode van de coronajaren, toen er geen festivals waren, werd onder leiding van de nieuwe festivaldirecteur Maurits Westerik het festival uitgebreid met The Lodge, een grote blokhut op het evenemententerrein, waar aan lange tafels door muzikale chefkoks maaltijden geserveerd worden. Nieuw is ook de samenwerking onder de naam MHSessions, waar de Muziekgieterij uit Maastricht en popmagazine Heaven optredens van beginnende bands gekoppeld aan een interview organiseren.
Line-ups 2026 (12, 13 en 14 juni) Gorillaz, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Jack White, De La Soul, Ethel Cain, Hayley Williams, Job Jobse, Mac DeMarco, Mula B, Sammy Virji, Sef, Wolf Alice, Aldous Harding, Amaarae, Blood Incantation, Curtis Harding, Don West, Hiqpy, Joey Valence & Brae, Jungle by Night, MEROL, Naïka, Nation of Language, NewDad, Sophie Straat, Sudan Archives, Sylvie Kreusch, Tramhaus, Weval (live), Wies, Yard Act, YĪN YĪN, Σtella, Another Country $$$$, Any Young Mechanic, Ão, Aba Shanti-I, Apichat Pakwan, Ata Kak, BCUC, Bruno Berle, C'est Qui?, Croíthe, Crows, Dame Area, Dressed Like Boys, DYGL, Elmer, Etta Marcus, Gelli Haha, Genesis Owusu, Getdown Services, GHOSTWOMAN, Good Flying Birds, Grote Geelstaart, Kumo 99, Leoniden, Lime Garden, Lucky Done Gone, Maddie Ashman, Madra Salach, mark william lewis, MAVI, Mên An Tol, Midrift, Militarie Gun, Model/Actriz, Pacifica, Parker Fans, Radio Free Alice, SERVO, Shady Nasty, Skullcrusher, Sorry, Supermodel*, Swordes, The Zawose Queens, Tropical Fuck Storm + dj's
2025 Michael Kiwanuka, Soulwax, Eefje de Visser, Deftones, TV on the Radio, Wilco, Barry Can't Swim, Kneecap, Jacob Alon, Youth Lagoon, Kaat Van Stralen, Kae Tempest, Amenra, Nia Archives, Elephant, Djo, Magdalena Bay, Maria Iskariot, Waxahatchee, L.A. Sagne, Lucy Dacus, Orchestra Baobab, Frost Children, Daniela Pes, The Dare, Fcukers, Blanco White, Caribou, Glass Beams, L'Impératrice, Nilüfer Yanya, Songhoy Blues, The Backseat Lovers, The Streets, Antal, Baby Berserk, Big Special, Brass Rave Unit, Brihang, Cassandra Jenkins, Christian Lee Hutson, Cliffords, Danilo Plessow (MCDE), Das Pop, Daufødt, Divorce, DJ Storm, Droom Dit, Dummy, Ellis•D, Erol Alkan (dj), Gouge Away, Horsegirl, Jasmine.4.T, Kabeaushé, Khana Bierbood, King Hannah, Kin'gongolo Kiniata, Lander & Adriaan, Long Fling, Paceshifters, Personal Trainer, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Rats on Rafts, Remy van Kesteren, Sailor Honeymoon, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Snapped Ankles, Spellling, Split System, The Pill, The Thing, The Vices, they are gutting a body of water, This Is Lorelei, TVOD, Ugly, Wine Lips, WITCH, WU LYF, Yīn Yīn, Merce Lemon, Iris Jean, Lael Neale, Morpheus, TJE, Emma Hessels, Ciska Ciska + dj's
2024 Justice, PJ Harvey, Paolo Nutini, Disclosure, Slowdive, St. Vincent, Tramhaus, Jockstrap, Mula B, Mannequin Pussy, Gurriers, Royel Otis, Osees, BADBADNOTGOOD, Mildlife, Amyl and the Sniffers, Porcelain ID, néomí, Baxter Dury, Merol, The Haunted Youth, Parker Fans, Upchuck, Viagra Boys, The Mary Wallopers, Minyo Crusaders, Floating Points, De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig, Vince Staples, Parcels, Libianca, Fatoumata Diawara, Tamino, Ki/Ki, Altın Gün, Omar Apollo, La Femme, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Warhaus, billy woods, Water from Your Eyes, Dorian Electra, Alice Phoebe Lou, Etran De L'Aïr, Sprints, English Teacher, Snõõper, Katy Kirby, The Armed, Chastity Belt, Library Card, Sofia Kourtesis (live), The Mysterines, Grace Cummings, Ratboys, Faux Real, The Amazons, Cashu, Slow Pulp, Cherry Glazerr, Texoprint, Deijuvhs, Pip Blom, Blck Mamba, Tjade, Droom Dit, Black Rave Culture, Bambii, The Indien, YHWH Nailgun, Ada Oda, Ali, CMAT, Coloray, Hiqpy, Winter, Iconic (Queer Pop), Infinity Song, Lambrini Girls, Paris Paloma, Thandii, Vals Alarm, Affaire, Ise, Lézard + dj's
2023
Aphex Twin, The Chemical Brothers, Oscar and the Wolf, Young Fathers, Caroline Polachek, The Mars Volta, Young Marco, The 1975, Nation of Language, Pitou, Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul, Black Country, New Road, De Staat, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Kevin Morby, Alvvays, Joey Valence & Brae, Christine and the Queens, Lambrini Girls, Crack Cloud w/choir, Cola, Cumgirl8, Sudan Archives, Personal Trainer, Julia Jacklin, Interpol, Japanese Breakfast, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Two Door Cinema Club, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Röyksopp, Sylvie Kreusch, Billy Nomates, Tinariwen, Dope Lemon, Big Joanie, Lankum, Alex G, Goldband, Oumou Sangaré, The Comet Is Coming, Sorry, The Voidz, Erika De Casier, Arlo Parks, Gaye Su Akyol, Pongo, Terzij de Horde, Surf Curse, HAAi, Hermanos Gutiérrez, CLT DRP, Yot Club, Frankie Stew & Harvey Gunn, Gretel Hänlyn, Hammok, Silvana Estrada, Wodan Boys, M(h)aol, Sarah Neutkens x Kamerata Zuid, Glass Beams, Somebody's Child, The Cool Greenhouse, Job & Fred Band, Marathon, Lime Garden, Sophie Straat, Sir Chloe, Stone, Bumble B. Boy, MICH, Peach Pit, De Toegift, Stoop Kid + dj's
2022
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Strokes, alt-J, Jamie xx, Fontaines D.C., Jessie Ware, Savages, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Tramhaus, Big Thief, Kikagaku Moyo, Porridge Radio, Genesis Owusu, Sampa The Great, Amenra, Metronomy, 2manydj's (live), Gustaf, Sigrid, DIIV, black midi, Froukje, St. Paul, Mura Masa, Wolf Alice, Sad Night Dynamite, Beach House, dEUS, L'Rain, Leon Bridges, Beach Bunny, Novastar, Pip Blom, 4B2M, Sky Ferreira, Automatic, Altın Gün, Nilüfer Yanya, Spellling, Jenny Beth, Future Husband, Merol, Just Mustard, Yin Yin, Meskerem Mees, Holly Humberstone, John Talabot, The Vices, Unschooling, Talk Show, Cero Ismael, Giant Rooks, Nagasaki Swim, Luz, Jensen Mcrae, Boy Pablo, Keiyaa, Sef & het El Salvador Ensemble, Wies, Sophie Straat, Mavis Staples, Elias Mazian, Faye Webster, Iceage, Yasmin Williams, Carista, Cassandra Jenkins + dj's
2019
Kraftwerk 3D, Bon Iver, Christine and the Queens, Lizzo, Big Thief, Sports Team, Kate Tempest, Crack Cloud, Fat White Family, BCUC, Carly Rae Jepsen, Whispering Sons, Giant Swan, Kurt Vile & the Violators, Guided by Voices, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Death Grips, Mac DeMarco, Stereolab, Shame, The Raconteurs, Lewsberg, Julia Holter, Princess Nokia, Personal Trainer, Cigarettes After Sex, Interpol, Spiritualized, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Cate Le Bon, Primal Scream, Aldous Harding, DJ Koze, Liz Phair, Sophie, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Indian Askin, John Grant, Julien Baker, Krystal Klear, Phosphorescent, Toro Y Moi, Wallows, Wooden Shjips, Yves Tumor (live band), The Beths, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Ex Hex, Snail Mail, Lucy Dacus, Charlotte Adigéry, Kate NV, Faye Webster, Blossoms, SHHT, Broeder Dieleman, Borokov Borokov, Amy Root, Angie Mcmahon, Bbymutha, Blue Lab Beats, Bountyhunter, Caroline Rose, Catnapp, Cautious Clay, David Vunk, Denzel Himself, DITZ, Drknghts Collective, Efrim Manuel Meuck, Elias Mazian, Feng Suave, Fenna Fiction, Fornet, Gotu Jim, Haron, Helena Deland, Hop Along, Jambinai, Kelman Duran, Life, LSDXOXO, Mad Miran, Mike Rogers (dj-set), Mildlife, Miya Folick, Niels Broos, The Nude Party, Paula Tape, Priests, Puce Mary, Rizan Said, Romperayo, Ron Gallo, Selma Judith, St. Paul, Tala Drum Corps, Torus, Varg (live), Viagra Boys.
2018 Arctic Monkeys, LCD Soundsystem, The National, Downtown Boys, Alex Cameron, Vince Staples, Khruangbin, Chvrches, Ty Segall & The Freedom Band, Slowdive, Father John Misty, Wavves, Altın Gün, Los Pirañas, Optimo, Crows, Tyler, The Creator, Nana Adjoa, Superorganism, Pip Blom, Mogwai, Spoon, Four Tet (live), Lido Pimienta, John Maus, Deerhunter, Future Islands, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Angus & Julia Stone, Job Jobse, Johan, Rodriguez, The Internet, The Kills, Warpaint, Wolf Alice, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, All Them Witches, Cocaine Piss, Nilüfer Yanya, Omni, Hinds, Preoccupations, The Comet Is Coming, Waxahatchee, Arp Frique (dj-set), Azrael Sucks, Bedouine, Big Ups, Blu Samu, Braz, Bully, Candy Says, Carista, Container, De Rooie Jager, Dermot Kennedy, DJ Thelonious, Drahla, Dune Rats, Flohio, Gang of Youths, Gus Dapperton, Häxxan, Ionica Smeets, Isaac Gracie, Jay Som, Jlin (Live Av), Joep Beving, Kees Schaper (dj-set), Leroy Rey, Let's Eat Grandma, Mattiel, Michael Midnight, Moaning, Mozes and the Firstborn (dj-set), Naaz, Nadah El Shazly, Pale Waves, Palm, Pender Street Steppers, Pietju Bell, Pink Noise, Pitou, Ramses3000, Ray Fuego, Rex Orange County, Rostam, Shanti Celeste, Skatecafe (dj-set), St. Paul, Steve Davis & Kavus Torabi, Sudan Archives, Susanne Sundfør, SYML, Tala Drum Corps, The Districts, The Gospel sessions (dj-set), The Mauskovic Dance Band (dj-set), The Shacks, The Village (dj-set), THYS, Tom Grennan, Umfang, USA Nails, Vagabon, Venz, Volcano Boys, Yellow Days, Yous & Yay.
2017 RadioheadRadiohead sluit Best Kept Secret 2017 af, Het Parool, 28 oktober 2016, Arcade Fire08:34 Arcade Fire op Best Kept Secret, de Volkskrant, 11 november 2016, Run the Jewels, Soulwax, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Thomas Azier, Kamaal Williams, Jenny Hval, Joey Purp, Ry X, Junun feat. Shye Ben Tzur & The Rajahstan Express, Mitski, Metronomy, Cloud Nothings, Vatican Shadow (live), Canshaker Pi, The Courtneys, Millionaire, Kikagaku Moyo, Her, Yung Nnelg, Section Boyz, The Homesick, Kelly Lee Owens, Iguana Death Cult, Agnes Obel, AURORA, James Blake, George Ezra, Thundercat, Whitney, Floating Points (solo live), Kaleo, The Boxer Rebellion, Thundercat, Wild Beasts, American Football, Arab Strap, Cass McCombs, Circa Waves, Joy Orbison, Real Estate, Strand of Oaks, The Thurston Moore Group, Thomas Dybdahl, Weval (live), Chris Cohen, Cigarettes After Sex, Laurel Halo (dj-set), Mannequin Pussy, Marlon Williams, Amber Arcades, Andy Shauf, Bob Verhoeven, Denis Sulta, Eppo Janssen, DJ Prime, Fil Bo Riva, Froth, Honeyblood, Hundred Waters, Jo Goes Hunting, Kadhja Bonet, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Kim Janssen, Kornél Kovács, Kremlin Disko, Le Guess Who? dj crew, Leif Vollebekk, Lord Echo (dj-set), Michieltjee, Nuno Dos Santos (tropical dj-set), Piet Parra, Ramses3000, Rico (reggae dj-set), Show Me The Body, Sløtface, Spinvis (dj-set), St. Paul, STUFF., Sundara Karma, Tall Heights, The Amazons, The Japanese House, The Mystery Lights, The Parrots, The Wytches, Tommy Cash, Vessel, Yussef Dayes presents Black Focus, Zeal & Ardor.
2016