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 2024
- Concerts per year
- 2026 0
- 2025 0
- 2024 0
- 2023 0
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 610 times in a collection
- 199 on a wishlist
- 4 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- Upchuck b/w In Your Mind 2021 · 110
- Sense Yourself 2022 · 97
- Bite The Hand That Feeds 2023 · 98
- I'm Nice Now 2025 · 305
Today
- Radio
- Since we track the station
BBC Radio 6 Music 96 0,9 per week since Nov 2024 KEXP 12 0,1 per week since Nov 2023 NPO 3FM 3 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 Willy 3 0,0 per week since Dec 2024 BBC Radio 1 2 0,0 per week since Nov 2023
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 2024 | – | C | 65 / 94 | 100 | – | – | – | search volume, setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2024 | Best Kept Secret 2024 (Festivaldag 1): Kleur bekennen | Dansende Beren | 08/06/2024 | 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
- ▲Friday, June 2024 · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Willy | Belgium | New Case 2 · Plastic 1 |
| KEXP | United States | Last Breath 2 · Plastic 2 · Fried 1 · Freaky 1 · Homenase 1 |