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WERCHTER PARKLIFE After a successful month against all the odds, Werchter Parklife, the series of concerts held as a 2,500-capacity, COVID-secure alternative to Rock Werchter, TW Classic and Werchter Boutique, concluded at the beginning of August with Stageco among the key vendors.
Announced last May, after re-
Evidence of Stageco’s involve-
bined workforce dismantled all
strictions on mass gatherings in
ment was seen across the site.
structures and loaded out of the
Belgium led to the cancellation of
Along with the stage itself, multi-
site by the end of the first week of
Rock Werchter, Parklife required
ple crew chiefs and teams were
August.
the construction of a temporary,
assigned by Stageco’s project
socially-distanced, semi-circu-
manager Tom Bilsen to build the
Featuring diverse acts from
lar, open-air arena in Werchter’s
grandstands and structures for the
Belgium and the Netherlands,
Festivalpark, with the audience
entrance and publicity functions.
the festival series ran four days a
restricted to 625 four-person
week, from July 1st to August 1st,
‘bubbles’ consisting of a parquet
Starting on June 22nd, the build
welcoming 63,000 people to 28
square and a stand.
lasted nine days, using 14 trailer
shows with each day dedicated
loads of equipment. The com-
to a different musical genre.
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