A massive fire engulfed and completely destroyed the iconic main stage of the Tomorrowland music festival near Antwerp, Belgium, on Wednesday—just one day before thousands of festivalgoers were set to arrive. Fortunately, no injuries were reported.
Dramatic visuals showed flames and thick black smoke rising from the main stage, with the fire also spreading briefly to nearby woodland. Despite the damage, organisers confirmed that the festival will proceed over the next two weekends as scheduled.
The DreamVille campsite will open on Thursday, and performances by top DJs including David Guetta, Armin Van Buuren, Charlotte de Witte, and others will begin Friday. Events originally scheduled for the main stage will now be redistributed, mainly to the Freedom Stage.
Several hundred firefighters battled the blaze. Antwerp prosecutors have launched an investigation, though preliminary findings suggest the fire was accidental.
Founded two decades ago, Tomorrowland is one of the world’s biggest and most celebrated electronic music festivals, drawing over 100,000 attendees annually to the town of Boom.
