Leuven festival moves up performances for Belgium's World Cup match

The city festival Beleuvenissen in Leuven is adjusting its schedule on the first Friday to accommodate the highly anticipated World Cup quarter-final match between Belgium and Spain. To ensure attendees can enjoy both music and football, two performances have been moved to earlier times.

Emmy d'Arc will now kick off the festival on the Oude Markt at 6:30 PM. Jasper Steverlinck is also set to perform before the match, starting at 7:45 PM instead of the originally planned 9:30 PM. The performance by Hooverphonic remains scheduled for 11:15 PM, but may be delayed if the Belgium-Spain game goes into extra time.

A large screen will be set up on the Grote Markt, in addition to screens on most terraces on the Oude Markt, to allow visitors to spread out. DJ Bobby Ewing will warm up the crowd starting at 7:30 PM. "Friday, King Football is thus a co-headliner," said Alderman of Events Bert Cornillie. "It will be a unique opportunity to first enjoy the music, then cheer on our Red Devils, and then continue the evening musically. Those who want to miss nothing should come on time."

The programming on the Vismarkt and Hogeschoolplein will remain unchanged.

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Vrijdag is koning voetbal dus mee de headliner. Het wordt een unieke gelegenheid om eerst te genieten van de muziek, daarna onze Rode Duivels aan te moedigen en de wedstrijd vervolgens muzikaal voort te zetten. Wie niets wil missen, komt best op tijd.