Points show how well known and in demand an act is today in Belgium and the Netherlands, based on public figures such as listeners and hits. They say nothing about the quality of a show. The letter is the level by the festival's own scale. How the points work ›
Chances for 2027
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Career
- Line-ups
- Best Kept Secret 2025
- Active since
- 2008
- Albums
- Out-and-Outer 2024
- Brand New Plan 2021
- Waiting to Derail 2017
- Breach 2014
- Home 2012
- Concerts per year
- 2026 23
- 2025 11
- 2024 10
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 331 times in a collection
- 30 on a wishlist
- 6 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Home 2012 · 47
- Breach 2014 · 113
- Waiting To Derail 2017 · 15
- Live In Concert 17’ 2018 · 46
- Out And Outer 2024 · 95
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
KINK 2 0,5 per week Since we track the stationKINK 279 1,8 per week since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 - Home act
- 95% of worldwide search volume comes from Belgium and the Netherlands (typically a few percent)
Records
Studio albums, the highest position in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) with the number of weeks, gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI), and how many Discogs members own the record. Data provided by Discogs.
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum | Discogs collections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Out-and-Outer | 2024 | – | – | – | 95 |
| Brand New Plan | 2021 | – | – | – | – |
| Waiting to Derail | 2017 | – | – | – | 15 |
| Breach | 2014 | – | – | – | 113 |
| Home | 2012 | – | – | – | 47 |
| One for the Road | 2010 | – | – | – | – |
Discogs: 331 times in a collection. 30 times on a wishlist.
Best-known songs (Deezer)
Per edition, historical
Score measured in the twelve months before each edition, place = rank in that line-up. The letter differs per festival: an A at Best Kept Secret can be a C at Rock Werchter.
| Edition | Score | Level | Rank | Exceptional | Belgium | Netherlands | World | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2025 | – | – | – | – | – | – | setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2025 | Best Kept Secret 2025 (Festivaldag 2): Gezien en gezien worden | Dansende Beren | 15/06/2025 | dagverslag |
Over the years
◆ purple = album, ▲ red = festival in Belgium, ▲ green = festival in the Netherlands, ● grey = own concert. Click the legend to switch them on or off.
Festivals and own concerts
- ▲June 2025 · Best Kept Secret
Studio Brussel since August 2023, NPO 3FM and KINK since 2020, the other stations since late October 2026. "Compare countries" shows the average per station.