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Afro-Latino Festival

25th-anniversary edition of Belgium's leading Afro, Latin and reggae world-music festival at Thor Park in Genk.

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Leverage a milestone 25th-anniversary music festival to drive ticket sales, sponsorships, and experiential brand activations targeting diverse, culturally-engaged audiences.

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  • Celebrate 25 years of Afro-Latin-reggae culture at Belgium's premier world-music festival
  • Partner with emerging artists and cultural brands to reach music-loving millennials and Gen-Z
  • Create festival-exclusive merchandise and VIP experiences to drive premium ticket tiers
  • Highlight the festival's role in amplifying underrepresented music genres and communities

Programme

Afro-Latino Festival in Thor Park, Genk (Belgium) is a music festival with the best artists and bands from Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and Southern Europe. Since 1999 it presents the best artists from Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean islands and Southern Europe. The Thor Park, the former coal mine of Waterschei, was restored in recent years into a beautiful heritage site in a high-quality park for renewable energy and technology and has been the new home of the Afro-Latino Festival since 2022. Alongside concerts, the event highlights salsa and Latin dance, workshops, food stalls, and cultural experiences that create a vibrant community atmosphere.

Line-up
JOVANOTTIDYSTINCTFRENNAZAP MAMA & K.ZIABELLE PEREZLIA KALIFRESHLYGROUNDQUEROLT LAHOZTROMBORANGABOMBINOFREDDY MOREIRATEAM RUSH HOURNEMSDANY NEVILLELAS MINAS SOCIAL CLUBSINDICATO SONICOPOW POW MOVEMENTCONGO COWBOYSFriday 17 July 2026
  • Italian superstar JOVANOTTI will headline Saturday 18 July 2026
  • Line-up includes DYSTINCT, FRENNA, ZAP MAMA & K.ZIA, BELLE PEREZ, LIA KALI, FRESHLYGROUND, QUEROLT LAHOZ, TROMBORANGA, BOMBINO, FREDDY MOREIRA, TEAM RUSH HOUR, NEMS, DANY NEVILLE, LAS MINAS SOCIAL CLUB, SINDICATO SONICO, POW POW MOVEMENT, CONGO COWBOYS & many more
  • Performances take place on 3 stages, each in large luxury tents with perfect dance floors
  • Extensive world cuisine, world cultures market, multiple cocktail and wine bars, dance workshops, street animation, children's arts village, camping in green surroundings
  • Camping offers views of the coal mine terrils and National Park Hoge Kempen—promised as the most beautiful festival camping in the Benelux
  • All facilities on the festival site are accessible for people with physical disabilities