Rockabilly Day originated in 2001, when James Laureyns decided to organize a small meeting featuring Rockabilly music, classic cars and bikes, together with Oemtata vzw. 

The basic and only idea was some kind of 'lazy sunday afternoon', where people could come and enjoy the sun, a beer, the bands and the cars... 

  

First year started off with 'the Wildcats' (local Belgian band) and 'the Seatsniffers' (Belgium's best rockabillyband ever) + a reasonable number of visitors, hence the decision to continue the event into 2002... 

 

Over the last 12 years, Rockabilly Day has been growing steadily (nearly 7 000 visitors last year), now featuring several (inter)national bands, a larger number of cars & bikes (some even from Sweden, Poland, Holland, Germany, France and the U.K.!), trophies, rockabilly-DJ's, Burlesque, a big but cosy marketplace with retro clothing and articles, vinyl & CD's... 

  

Gradually, Rockabilly Day has been growing from its humble beginnings to a big but very enjoyable weekender. A festival open to all kinds of visitors (even complete families) willing to take the time-machine back to the fifties for one weekend (although some of the die-hard fans never seem to have quit living in this particular time). 

  

Rockabilly Day is a roots-Rockabilly event, showing special interest in 50's lifestyle, clothing, hotrods & kustoms. The only intention of this being to provide an 'overdose' of Rockabilly lifestyle to the general public, featuring quiffs, black leather and roll-up jeans 'cats' and pony-tailed 'chicks'... Don't forget to throw in some leopard skin and flames and you should be able to get the general picture we aim at... 

 

Our philosophy is to stay true to the 'Rockabilly spirit', after all, this is currently the only festival of its kind in Belgium dedicated to the combination of Rockabilly music and classic cars, hotrods, kustoms, bikes, ... Rockabilly Day became the little brother of other festivals like 'Hemsby' or 'Rockabilly Rave' (UK) or 'Viva Las Vegas' (USA). 

  

If only we could bring the athmosphere of these bigger festivals at affordable prices to you for just one weekend each year, we would be more than happy... 

 

Rockabilly Day

 

So keep on ROCKIN'!