Accomodation
A campsite near to the festival site is accessible from Wednesday 9 July at 5pm until Monday 14 July at 12pm.
The price of the campsite is 15 € for the whole duration of the festival. For this price, you will have access on any day unless the campsite is full.
Numerous hotels and hostels for all budgets are also available in Liege and the rest of the region. Please visit the list of hotels and guest houses and youth hostels.
Your stay at the Ardentes may also provide the opportunity to discover or rediscover Liege and its surrounding areas. More information here.
Eating & Drinking
The Ardentes festival is organised so you are short of nothing onsite.
The Route des Saveurs (route of tastes) is situated between the two main stages, and consists of a host of stands offering a rich variety of quality foods and snacks of the world.
Various drinks, alcoholic and otherwise are available from our numerous bars.
Even so, you can bring a packed-lunch along with water in plastic bottles.
It is forbidden to bring onto the site :
- Alcoholic beverages, glass bottles and cans, mess-kits, flasks and opaque bottles.
- Freezer-boxes and other storage containers.
Security
For your own safety, the following are forbidden onsite :
- Weapons and inflammable, explosive or volatile substances.
- Dangerous objects, sharp or blunt, thus any object that could serve as a weapon/projectile.
- Animals (with the exception of guide-dogs for the blind).
Children
The Ardentes festival takes place in a convivial atmosphere and is open to all the family. The festival is free for all children under 12 years of age.
A supervised games area will be organised during the Sunday daytime.
Ardentes for Everyone
In collaboration with the Cabinet of the Minister of Health, Social Action and Equal Opportunities, Didier Donfut, the Ardentes festival is designed for ease of access for everyone: disabled, blind and deaf members of society.
Easily accessible specified car parks, access ramps, WCs and practical amenities with stage views will be installed in collaboration with the Plain-Pied ASBL.
Certain concerts will be translated into sign language in collaboration with the SISW (Wallonia Deaf Interpretation Service).
Schedules and practical information will be translated in collaboration with La Lumiere.
In collaboration with the ReadyToUse ASBL, Ardentesque will offer interviews and reports in sign language.
Green Ardentes
The Ardentes is a festival concerned with respect for the environment.
This year we are working in collaboration with FostPlus for the collection of rubbish: glass, cardboard, etc.
Around 60 people will be assigned to clean the site each morning, of course separating the rubbish they collect.
To make festival-goers aware of separation and environmental issues, the Ardentes will also increase on-site initiatives.
This year, a free drink will be offered to anyone who returns 50 empty plastic cups for recycling.
An information sheet will be available on the site to encourage festival-goers to separate the rubbish themselves in the several hundred designated bins around the festival site. 10 separation areas or "Eco zones" will be available on the festival site.
Bottle tops of drinks sold in our bars will be collected in collaboration with the «Débouchons pour les petits bouchons» ASBL. Bottle tops will then be recycled by a society in exchange for money, allowing the ASBL to finance projects aimed at handicapped children.
F.A.Q
If you have further questions concerning the Ardentes festival, please consult the F.A.Q.