Rats on Rafts
The historical score shows how big an act was at the time of that edition, on a scale of 100 against the biggest acts of all editions. The letter is the level by the festival's own scale. How the points work ›
Chances for 2027
Probability estimates remain estimates and are not an official announcement.
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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Best Kept Secret 2022, Best Kept Secret 2025
- Active since
- 2015
- Concerts per year
- 2026 3
- 2025 19
- 2024 1
- 2022 17
- 2021 13
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 832 times in a collection
- 181 on a wishlist
- 8 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- The Moon Is Big 2011 · 147
- Powder Monkey 2014 · 79
- Last Day on Earth / Some Velvet Morning 2015 · 104
- Rats On Rafts / De Kift 2016 · 160
- Excerpts From Chapter 3: The Mind Runs A Net Of Rabbit Paths 2021 · 152
Today
- Radio
- Since we track the station
BBC Radio 6 Music 16 0,1 per week since Oct 2024 NPO 3FM 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 Willy 1 0,0 per week since Dec 2024 - Home act
- 65% of worldwide search volume comes from Belgium and the Netherlands (typically a few percent)
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 2022 | – | – | – | – | – | – | setlist.fm, stature | |
| Best Kept Secret 2025 | – | C | 80 / 85 | 22 | – | – | – | search volume, 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 3): Rood stof | Dansende Beren | 16/06/2025 | dagverslag |
| Best Kept Secret 2022 | Best Kept Secret (Festivaldag 3): En we leefden nog lang en gelukkig… | Dansende Beren | 13/06/2022 | 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
- ▲Sunday, June 2025 · Best Kept Secret
- ▲June 2022 · 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.
Songs per station, last 18 months
| Station | Country | Most played |
|---|---|---|
| Willy | Belgium | Painting Roses 1 |