The main stage of Tomorrowland, the world’s most famous electronic music festival, was destroyed by a fire that broke out on Wednesday (16/7), just two days before the scheduled start of the event on Friday. The festival, taking place this year in the city of Boom, Belgium, is expected to attract around 100,000 attendees, many of whom had planned to camp at the venue. Fire services arrived immediately at the scene, but the flames unfortunately completely destroyed the main stage.
Chaos at Tomorrowland: Festival’s main stage engulfed in flames
As shown in images circulated by local media and social networks, flames and thick black smoke engulfed the main stage, spreading to nearby forested areas. Organizers announced that there were no injuries from the fire and assured that the festival will proceed normally for the next two weekends, while they are already working to find solutions.
#breaking!! #tomorrowland is on #fire right now pic.twitter.com/iWO0QAHNqt
— Javier Churich (@JaviChurich) July 16, 2025
Tommorowland a massive, world-renowned electronic dance music festival held annually in Boom, Belgium. Mainstage engulfed in flames one day before opening. pic.twitter.com/nJNcFoRFZh
— Pete Santilli 🇮🇹 (@petersantilli) July 16, 2025
The DreamVille camping area will open as scheduled today, Thursday. The lineup for the first weekend features prominent names like David Guetta, Lost Frequencies, Armin Van Buuren, and Charlotte de Witte. Two-thirds of the events will be split between the destroyed main stage and the Freedom stage.
🚨BREAKING: Massive blaze engulfed the main stage at Tomorrowland festival in Belgium, set to begin this Friday. pic.twitter.com/TWgMXUi02x
— World Source News 24/7 (@Worldsource24) July 16, 2025
Wow, @tomorrowland main stage is absolutely gone.. fire has gone down dramatically but honestly what are they going to do now?#tml #tomorrowland
(not my video saw it on discord) pic.twitter.com/GbQtdFEZzz— Andrew (@Andrew18AL) July 16, 2025
This is what the #Tomorrowland stage looks right now according to Belgian news outlets VRT NWS & HLN pic.twitter.com/CaGY1PFY3b
— Roan Luimstra (@roanluimstra1) July 16, 2025
Close doors and windows
Authorities issued an appeal to local residents to keep their doors and windows closed due to the fire that broke out at Tomorrowland’s main stage. Although there were no visitors at the venue, several staff members were on site for festival setup, which begins on Friday (18/7). Tomorrowland has been running since 2005 and attracted 400,000 people last year.
