If Thursday is still just Happy Camper Day to you, you're doing Pukkelpop wrong. And if you think the party starts on Friday, you're already 29 artists behind. This year, the Backyard stage joins the action from Thursday onwards. 

Here we go!

Soooooo, no introduction needed for dEUS. Just a friendly reminder why they've been at the top of their game for decades. Isaac Roux proves you don't need fireworks to leave a crowd speechless, while MEAU turns pop into poetry and poetry right back into pop.

Alice Mae isn't chasing perfection and never takes herself too seriously. If her guitar slips out of tune, she simply calls it punk rock. Exactly how we like it. Across the border, Antoon has long outgrown the hype. His remarkable story is matched only by an equally impressive run of hits. Andromedik brings his breathtaking audiovisual live show Ascension to Kiewit and makes the move from Sunday to Thursday, where it's bound to hit even harder. And with his pounding tech house and speed garage, Arter turns every dancefloor into a full-blown rave. 

Clémentine Caron sounds like an outrageously expensive designer handbag and Sven van Alboom looks like he just stepped off the runway. Together they are BOY&GIRL, proving a packed dancefloor never goes out of style. Fashion meets music once again with BRUX. What began as a Brussels clothing label has grown into a creative collective where music, film and fashion naturally collide. Discohans is a Hasselt favourite, effortlessly weaving disco, funk, boogie and old-school house into every set. Flavour Drop keeps things moving with high energy DnB. Looking for a breather? Better save it for later. Flo Windey & Laurens Luyten will be in full swing and Hakimm is always ready to crank things up another notch.

Hindu Radio DJs have never cared much for labels. If it feels right, they'll play it. Hoge Druk channels deep grooves, hard house and happy trance. JEKKAMAÏ throws techno, ghettotech and bass into the blender with a dash of world. KABOUTERTJE PUTLUCHT stitches together rave, punk, gabber, disco and schlager without blinking an eye.

Lennert Coorevits of Compact Disk Dummies opens an exciting new chapter as Lenny Lenny. Maraschino serves crushing breaks, deep bass and uncompromising techno while pushing for a more inclusive music scene. (T)rapper Mula may have dropped the B, but his impressive catalogue and collaborations with the Dutch hip-hop elite are coming along for the ride.

Nona Van Braeckel swaps the Studio Brussel microphone for the DJ booth, mixing alternative dance, bouncy beats and contemporary pop like she's never done anything else. ROW1 follows his own path instead of the latest trends. Susobrino brings Bolivia and Brussels together in a vibrant fusion of Latin American rhythms, electronic music and folk. Unregular moves seamlessly between hard dance, UK garage, trance, R&B and hip-hop, while Waltur signs off with gabber, neo-rave, hardcore classics and filthy terror kicks.

Backyard baby! 

Bloody Bloody Kempen are a glorious gang of misfits, cramming 50 years of punk into one unapologetically loud wall of noise. Gull House from Diest deal in garage, hardcore and post-punk: shorter, faster, louder. And Crackups will make sure their chapter ends on the loudest possible note.

More reveals, more surprises and a whole lot more Pukkelpop are coming soon.