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
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Figures
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Career
- Line-ups
- Best Kept Secret 2023
- Active since
- 2012
- Albums
- Magic Hour 2022
- Heaven Surrounds You 2019
- Nothing Yet 2017
- Buds 2013
- Concerts per year
- 2026 0
- 2025 0
- 2023 36
- 2022 52
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 1,149 times in a collection
- 1,811 on a wishlist
- 7 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Buds 2013 · 217
- Buds // Sad Boys 2013 · 73
- Nothing Yet 2017 · 180
- Heaven Surrounds You 2019 · 522
- Magic Hour 2022 · 82
Today
- Radio
- Last 30 days
Studio Brussel 3 0,7 per week egoFM 2 0,5 per week Willy 2 0,5 per week Since we track the stationStudio Brussel 406 2,6 per week since Nov 2023 Willy 68 0,7 per week since Dec 2024 KINK 11 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 KEXP 5 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 egoFM 2 0,4 per week since Oct 2026 NPO 3FM 2 0,0 per week since Nov 2023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magic Hour | 2022 | – | – | – | 82 |
| Heaven Surrounds You | 2019 | – | – | – | 522 |
| Nothing Yet | 2017 | – | – | – | 180 |
| Buds | 2013 | – | – | – | 217 |
Discogs: 1,149 times in a collection. 1,811 times on a wishlist.
How popular is Surf Curse compared with other countries?
Based on search volume and listeners from the various sources. Each country compared with the worldwide figure.
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 2023 | 12 | C | 24 / 50 | 100 | 12 | – | 13 | Wikipedia, charts, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2023 | Best Kept Secret 2023 (Festivaldag 3): Tot het einde goed | Dansende Beren | 12/06/2023 | 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 2023 · Best Kept Secret
Place among all acts on this site: 80 = viewed or searched more than 80% of the other acts that month. The thick line is the average.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Freaks 68 · Disco 31 |
| Willy | Belgium | Disco 51 |
| KEXP | United States | Disco 2 · Freaks 1 |
| egoFM | Germany | Sugar 1 |