Recon's Daytime Bar & Food

Entering Darklands through Recon's Daytime Bar

Now in its third year, the Daytime Bar continues to serve as a vibrant and welcoming gathering place for festival-goers and visitors alike. Conveniently located in front of the festival grounds, it offers a relaxed atmosphere perfect for socializing, soaking up the festive atmosphere, or simply taking a break between activities. The best part? This vibrant hub is open to everyone, free of charge, making it accessible to all, whether you have a festival ticket or not. Stop by, soak up the energy, and be part of the barrier-free experience!  This year the bar will be hosted by Recon.

The Daytime Bar by Recon: bar & food

Recon’s Daytime Bar is located in a spacious tent at the festival entrance and offers a comfortable and lively place to relax and enjoy a drink.

The bar is open on Wednesday from 2 pm to 10 pm and from Thursday to Sunday from 10 am to 10 pm. To ensure a quiet night for our neighbors, last drinks are served at 9:30 pm, as we close promptly at 10 pm.

Recon’s Food Take-Out is open from noon to 8 p.m. (Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.) and offers a wide variety of delicious snacks and full meals, all expertly prepared by our catering team. Check out what’s on the menu this year.

The complex will also house the Kink Responsibly Exhibition, the Darkbands pick-up point, cash top up station and lockers.

The perfect place to hang out!

Early Darkband collection

You can exchange several tickets for your Darkband in advance at the check-in desk. This way  you won’t need to queue at the venue during peak hours. Learn more about the Darkbands here.

Tickets that can be exchanged for a Darkband:

  • Alpha Madness,
  • Madness,
  • Daytime Festival, 
  • all single party tickets

To avoid long lines on Saturday, you can also exchange your Horse Fair (Mare) or Horse Fair (Stallion) ticket for a regular wristband. 

For the events below you simply bring your ticket to those events directly. No need to exchange them for a Darkband:

  • Dinners,
  • City Walk,
  • Ivana’s Crazy City Bus Tour,
  • Beyond Classic Concert,
  • Masterclasses,
  • Showtunes,
  • Flinta Ropjeam,
  • SportsCamp,
  • Flinta Frenzy Party @ Fetish Café

EXCHANGE HOURS:

WED 26 FEBRUARY2 – 10 pm
THU 27 FEBRUARY10 am – 3 am
FRI 28 FEBRUARY10 am – 6 am
SAT 1 MARCH10 am – 6 am
SUN 2 MARCH10 am – 1 am

The Recon’s Daytime Bar closes at 10 pm. The Darkbands pick-up desk will be open until 1am. Afer 1am you can still pick up your tickets at the Merchandise Shop. The Merchandise Shop and locker area remains accessible during the entire festival opening hours.

MSC Belgium Social

MSC Belgium is Belgium’s largest men’s fetish club with over 200 members. This club is a loyal partner of Darklands.

Every few weeks they organize a fetish social in Antwerp, Brussels or Liege. verybody can join and meet the members and find out more about the club. You can find out more about their activities at www.mscbelgium.be.

This Fetish United Social will take place on Wednesday 26 February at 7 pm in Recon’s Daytime Bar.

Darklands Drink-In-Kink

Join us on Thursday 27 February at 7 pm for the Drink-in-Kink @ Recon’s Daytime Bar for a toast to the event that brings our community together like no other. 

Whether you’re a longtime Darklands devotee or curious to explore, grab a drink, meet like-minded guys, and get ready for another epic edition. See you there!

Lockers

The lockers are conveniently located in the entrance area and accesible during the opening hours from Wednesday till Sunday

Impressions

Partner

Opening hours

RECON’S DAY TIME BAR

WED 26 FEB2  – 10 pm*
THU 27 FEB10 am – 10 pm*
FRI 28 FEB10 am – 10 pm*
SAT 1 MARCH10 am – 10 pm*
SUN 2 MARCH10 am – 10 pm*

* Last drinks at 9:30pm

RECON’S FOOD TAKE-OUT

WED 26 FEB4  – 8 pm
THU 27 FEB12 – 8 pm
FRI 28 FEB12 – 8 pm
SAT 1 MARCH12 – 8 pm
SUN 2 MARCH12 – 8 pm

Address

Waagnatie
Rijnkaai 150, 2000 Antwerpen