Graspop Metal Meeting
| Graspop Metal Meeting | |
|---|---|
In Flames performing at Graspop 2008 | |
| Genre | Performing arts festival |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Locations | Dessel, Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium |
| Coordinates | 51°13′48.15″N 5°05′2.36″E / 51.2300417°N 5.0839889°E |
| Years active | 1996–2019, 2022–present |
| Inaugurated | 30 July 1996 |
| Founder | Peter Van Geel |
| Participants | See lineups |
| Attendance | 95,000 |
| Capacity | 55,000 (45,000 weekend tickets + 10,000 day tickets) |
| Area | Festivalterrein Stenehei |
| Website | www |
Graspop Metal Meeting is a Belgian heavy metal festival held in Dessel each year since 1996, excluding 2020 and 2021 due to covid restrictions. Despite the small size of the festival grounds (upholding a perimeter of only ~4 km) the festival draws a large number of spectators from around the world, many sources overestimate the total number of attendees each year. For 2024, GMM had a capacity of 45,000 weekend tickets plus an additional 10,000 day tickets over the 4 days making a total attendance of 95,000 individual visitors.
A total of 220,000 visitors in 2022 and 2023, up from 200,000 visitors over the course of the 2019 edition, and 152,000 in 2015.