ECCR-2019 rocks @ Werchter
Of course...
"ECCR-2019 rocks @ Werchter"
is not chosen without some reason!
Werchter, not even a city but a small village, is known for its annual rock festival.
It goes back to 1974 with the first edition. At least 7 editions of this festival received the Arthur Award for the best festival in the world at the International Live Music Conference (ILMC)!
Werchter and many surrounding townships turn into a huge camping place during these happenings, to host the 77.000 visitors who combine all four days of the event. So it’s obvious where we found more than 3 ha (18.000 m² camping place + separate 15.000 m² recreational area) to host the ECCR 2019.
From all over the world, but mainly Dutch, French, German, British and Scandinavian, visitors come to “Rock Werchter” which nowadays is a 4-day festival.
And so our ECCR will be.We will try to bring as much music as possible...
To serve you a one of kind 4 days ECCR experience we tend to bring you a nice mix of activities, at a cosy camping place along a fish pond, under the trees, away from the recreation area...
(for those who are too tired of the day before and want to take a nap).
What’s on?
- Various food trucks on site which are open each day
- Drinks will be available in the recreational area (party tent) all week
- Various bands will be performing (more info on the music pages!)
- City visits (guided tours possible!) to interesting neighbourhood towns/ attractions
(detailed information can be found on the linked pages...) - Mechelen (one of Flanders' prominent cities of historical art)
- Planckendael, the zoo nearby Mechelen
- Leuven (hometown of the largest and oldest university of the Low Countries and the oldest Catholic university still in existence. The related university hospital of UZ Leuven is one of the largest hospitals in Europe. The city is also known for being the headquarters of Anheuser-Busch InBev)
- The Father Damian memorial in Tremelo
Damian has a statue in Leuven, Tremelo and Scherpenheuvel and is still the only non-American with a statue in the Capitol in Washington D.C. - ...
- On Thursday evening everyone is invited at the reception for a welcome drink where we explain the course of the weekend.
- Retro Music Party and Dance Initiation: Friday evening everyone is expected to wear retro clothing for our '50 & '60 music party. Beat your legs under the expert guidance of our dance teacher ...
(more info and a few pictures of such a past BOCC evening on the music pages!)
- Special beer tasting of 8 local draught beers on Friday evening
for those that are too tired of dancing.
Organised and competently commented by members of the OBAD - Objective Beer Academy Diest... - “If you can lend us a frigo for the evening, we can also bring our own "The Ten Commandments of O.B.A.D." in bottles. That is a one-off beer, and will therefore be exclusively available for you at the ECCR.”
What do you guys think? Shall we?
- On Saturday morning we will have a Frühschoppen Breakfast with bacon & eggs served, accompanied by the “Royal Wind Orchestra Saint Cecilia”
- The traditional flea market on Saturday afternoon, where caravan items are for sale.
Visitors will be invited to our “open door“: public is also invited to look around the caravans - The apotheosis on Saturday evening
- starting with traditional Belgian food, served from several food trucks
- followed by a special Belgian desert caravan presenting the finest stuff to “fill the holes”
- a coffee caravan organised by a local Belgian coffee roaster
- a gin truck specialised in Belgian gin varieties
- ...
- and our coverband “Frituur Paula” performing live all night, so bring along your dancing shoes!
(more info on the music pages!)
Don’t miss it. Be there!
30/05 - 02/06
Registrations?
Registrations are only possible "on-line" and until 15/05/2019.
You can register via the application pages of the BOCC: attention ... you must first request a login and therefore register in advance on our app site, also as a guest of the BOCC! All this has to do with our utmost concern regarding the privacy of your personal data ...
Those who are not yet registered on the BOCC app site (like all non-members or non-guests of the BOCC) will find a link to the REGISTRATION FORM here ...
You will be asked to enter your personal details on this registration form. The data goes directly into our databases, naturally with all due respect for your personal data security / the GDPR - legislation (see our data management pages). No one but yourself handles this data. The BOCC employees never have access to this themselves.
After registering you will receive a registration number (via confirmation by email) and you will be asked on the next screen to enter a password that corresponds to your registration number (registration number = login). With that login + password you can safely visit our application pages. There you will find the ECCR registration form under the “Events” tab.
You will receive a concise confirmation by email from that registration.
(The detailed explanation of the various steps can be found in this document: ECCR_Website_Register_Data.pdf ...)
Do you want to change something? Via the same form on the app pages you can always verify and / or update your registration / your personal details if you wish.
When do we, as an organizer, use eg. your e-mail adress? For example, to be able to easily retrieve incomplete or unclear data or to inform you of unexpected changes. Your personal information will never be used for purposes other than this ECCR.
In addition, the respective club managers will be notified of each member's registration and will be able to get progress reports on line.
If you want to add the event information to your digital calendar, click the button below!
Finances?
As discussed during the previous ECCR in Germany (2018), the presidents decided that as from this ECCR edtition 2019 onwards, an advance payment would be requested to all participants. Each year we await people that unfortunately never show up...
We will, after we get your registration, ask you to pay the advance amount of € 50,- on the bank account of your own LOCAL CLUB. This to avoid individual international bank transfers. Your final registration will only be confirmed after your LOCAL CLUB has received the advance payment
This year, the fee per team will depend on the total number of participating teams.
The more teams enroll, the lower the total cost per team will drop, and so will drop the total fee per team as well!
We set the maximum tariff for the ECCR at € 140 per unit of 2 participants (1 participant / unit = € 105 ; each supplementary adult = € 30; each supplementary minor = € 20).
With the accommodation fully booked, the final price per unit of 2 participants may ultimately drop to € 110 (1 participant / unit = € 80 ; each supplementary adult = € 25; each supplementary minor = € 15).
Depending of the final total number of participants, the actual price will be somewhere in between the above figures.
For children, the age is set between 5 - 15 years. Under 5 years old is free of charge.
Before and after the event (electricity is available from 28/05 till 03/06 in the morning) you can stay at € 15 per night.
After the closing of the registrations, the reduced amount will be announced. The balance due (after deducting the advance payment) is payable upon arrival.
We think this a fair approach, to assure you we want to keep the cost for all teams as low as possible...
The place to be?
Klokkeberg, Grotestraat 120, B-3118 Werchter
(not on the campground itself, but the areas north-east and south-west of the fish pond, see map below)
For those who prefer GPS coordinates...
50.9781432,4.7225676
N 50 58.689, E 4 43.354
N 50 58 41.3, E 4 43 21.2
Anyone who wants to see how the route to Werchter looks like can use the map below.
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