Fire engulfs main stage of Belgium’s Tomorrowland music festival ahead of Friday start

A huge fire on Wednesday at Belgium’s Tomorrowland music festival site has “severely damaged” the main stage two days before the event was due to start, organizers said.

No one was injured in the incident.

Images shared on local news sites and social media showed flames and plumes of black smoke engulfing the stage and spreading to nearby woodland.

Smoke rises as a fire engulfs the main stage of Tomorrowland, an electronic music event, in Boom, Belgium, July 16, 2025 in this still image from social media video. Morgan Hermans via REUTERS
Smoke caused by a fire at the festival site of the Tomorrowland electronic music festival, Wednesday 16 July 2025, in Boom. Shutterstock
Smoke caused by a fire billows above the site of the Tomorrowland electronic music festival in Boom, northern Belgium on July 16, 2025. Belga/AFP via Getty Images

The annual festival in the town of Boom, north of Brussels, which is scheduled to start Friday, draws tens of thousands of visitors from around Europe.

‘’Due to a serious incident and fire on the Tomorrowland Mainstage, our beloved Mainstage has been severely damaged,’’ the organizers posted on the event’s website. ‘’We can confirm that no one was injured during the incident.’’

The statement said the focus is now on “finding solutions” for the festival weekend. The cause of the fire was not given.

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