The Ghent Festivities (Gentse Feesten) attracted around 100,000 people on Sunday, the third day of the festivities. The annual music and theatre festival has been held for more than 50 years.
Attendance was a little less than last year but with more than half a million (510,000) admissions recorded over the first weekend, this figure is already well ahead of last year and 2019.
“Last year, at the same time of year, we counted around 440,000 spectators, and in 2019, only 330,000,” said Gentse Feesten alderman Bram Van Braeckevelt. “Sunday is a day of rest, a family day. The same was true of the Gentse Feesten. Visitors flocked to the many afternoon activities in a warm and lively atmosphere.”
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Ghent police reported six “minor” fights on Sunday. Officers issued 28 administrative fines to people urinating in public. Four vehicles had to be towed away.
The Red Cross, meanwhile, attended to 139 people. Ambulances were called out 16 times and 31 people went to the emergency room. Three of them were eventually hospitalised.
