Herfstfest started in 2015 at the current Popradar in The Hague, as a derivative of ‘Winterfest.’ Drummer and initiator Koen Herfst had just returned from a world tour with Armin van Buuren and was asked to organize a festival that could be freely filled. Of course, that became a drum festival! After the tremendous success of the first edition at Popradar, it has been organized at PAARD in The Hague in the years following. Since 2022, there has been both a Dutch edition (PAARD, The Hague) and a Belgian edition (Kavka Zappa, Antwerp)!