| 10 Days Off | |
|---|---|
 Gui Boratto 2008 | |
| Genre | Electronic dance music |
| Location(s) | Ghent, Belgium Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Years active | 1995–2014 [1] |
| Founded by | Rudy Ackaert + Eric Smout + Philip De Liser |
10 Days Off was an electronic music festival held in Ghent, Belgium. It began in 1995 as a 10-day-long Belgian celebration of techno music and grew to be a yearly club event until 2014. In 2001, the Amsterdam-based spin-off music and arts festival called 05 Days Off had its inaugural edition. [2]
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