Festival organizer Wasdag bankrupt | Antwerp
AntwerpThe Antwerp company court opened the bankruptcy of event organizer Laundry Day NV on Wednesday. The notice is to give creditors the opportunity to file a claim. Lawyers Greeve and Debaene have been appointed as trustees.
Laundry Day originated as a street party and dance festival in Antwerp’s Kammenstraat, the center of the fashion district. There was a strong focus on Belgian DJs from the start.
“In 2017 and 2018 we have not yet tried to resuscitate the festival, but we have not succeeded. The festival was already in a downward spiral,” says organizer Wim Van der Borght, who also organizes festivals such as We Can Dance on the coast.
The last edition of Laundry Day took place in 2018. “We have now had to take our responsibility by putting the books down,” Van der Borght reports.
As late as 2018, Laundry Day changed into the Fire Is Gold festival, for which a separate facility was set up (Fire Is Gold BV). That festival focuses more on urban & hip-hop music and will take place in September this year.
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