September 26, 2016 · Team HG
Last weekend, the fifth edition of the pop festival ‘Kadepop’ took place on the former SuikerUnie site in Groningen. The two-day festival, which had been held on the EMG Faktors grounds for the past four editions, took place on a new and much larger site this year, posing a challenge for both the organization and its visitors.
The varied line-up, featuring bands such as De Staat, Haevn, Dewolff, and Delikt, resulted in a mixed program on the stages and attracted an equally diverse crowd. The programming this year was occasionally somewhat peculiar; for instance, the closing Saturday night performance by ‘De Staat’ on the main stage (indoor stage) paled in comparison to the party the men of Delikt threw with the crowd on the Hooghoudt stage (outdoor stage). With Typhoon’s spectacular closing performance at Kadepop 2015 still fresh in mind, it was particularly striking that a larger site and larger stages do not specifically lead to an enhancement of the festival atmosphere. Additionally, the band sound in the main stage hall (concrete factory hall) was difficult to control, and it was scorching hot.
About all zag het festivalterrein er een stuk ‘gelikter’ uit dan de voorgaande edities. Voldoende drink- en eetgelegenheden en veel zitjes door het grotere festival oppervlak. Toch waren ook daar wat problemen met, stroom, crowdmanagment en de magere toiletvoorzieningen voor zo’n groot evenement. De ruim 6000 bezoekers van deze lustrum editie konden zich mede dankzij het mooie weer op zaterdag en zondag vermaken met een dagprogramma van 14:00 uur tot en met de afsluitende afterparty tot 02:00 met DJ ‘De Rooie Jager’. De festivalzondag begon om 13:00 uur en Kadepop 2016 werd zondagavond afgesloten met slotact ‘My Baby’.
More info: www.kadepop.nl
