Build Your Own Pukkelpop 2026 Hitster Pack with Hitify

In just a few weeks, tens of thousands of music lovers will descend on Hasselt, Belgium for Pukkelpop 2026. Running for four days in mid-August, Pukkelpop is one of Europe's most beloved and eclectic music festivals. Since 1985, it has brought together artists spanning rock, pop, hip-hop, electronic, and everything in between, making it a true celebration of musical diversity.

Whether you are heading to Hasselt or celebrating from home, there is no better time to build a Pukkelpop-inspired Hitster pack. With Hitify, you can identify every anthem that has rocked the Pukkelpop stages over the decades and turn them into your own custom card game.

What is Pukkelpop?

Pukkelpop started in 1985 as a small youth festival in Hasselt, Belgium. Over four decades it has grown into one of Europe's defining summer events, drawing over 60,000 visitors per day across multiple stages. The festival is famous for its incredibly varied lineup, mixing international superstars with rising indie acts, Belgian artists, and underground electronic music.

Pukkelpop has hosted legendary performances from Green Day, Foo Fighters, Twenty One Pilots, Billie Eilish, Stromae, Arctic Monkeys, The Prodigy, and countless others. The festival prides itself on showcasing the full spectrum of contemporary music, from thundering rock anthems to intimate acoustic sets and pounding electronic beats.

Pukkelpop 2026 takes place across four days in mid-August in Hasselt, Belgium, once again uniting music fans from across Europe and beyond.

What is Hitster?

Hitster is the card game where you guess the release year of songs. Each card carries a QR code that plays the real track through your phone. You listen, then try to place the card in the correct spot on your growing timeline. Get the year right and you keep the card. The player with the most cards wins.

A Pukkelpop-themed pack is ideal for Hitster because the festival spans four decades of music history, from 1980s new wave to 2020s pop. Some tracks will feel instantly obvious. Others will surprise even the most seasoned music fans. That is exactly the kind of challenge that makes Hitster so much fun. With Hitify, building the pack takes minutes, not hours.

Build Your Pukkelpop Hitster Pack

Here are 12 essential tracks that capture the spirit of Pukkelpop across four decades of music:

• "Blue Monday" - New Order (1983) - the electronic classic that defined a generation, still an unstoppable crowd mover at any festival
• "Losing My Religion" - R.E.M. (1991) - the alternative rock masterpiece that launched R.E.M. into the mainstream and became a festival staple worldwide
• "Basket Case" - Green Day (1994) - Green Day have headlined Pukkelpop multiple times, and this punk rock anthem always brings the crowd to its feet
• "Common People" - Pulp (1995) - Britpop at its absolute peak, a track that feels tailor-made for singing along with thousands of strangers
• "Alors on Danse" - Stromae (2010) - Belgian pride at its finest; Stromae is a Pukkelpop icon and this track electrifies any room it enters
• "Do I Wanna Know?" - Arctic Monkeys (2013) - hypnotic, brooding, and instantly recognisable, a modern classic for the festival generation
• "Stressed Out" - Twenty One Pilots (2015) - one of the most played songs of the 2010s and a fan favourite when Twenty One Pilots headline Pukkelpop
• "Rockstar" - Post Malone ft. 21 Savage (2017) - the track that took Post Malone from rising star to global phenomenon and dominated every playlist for years
• "Bad Guy" - Billie Eilish (2019) - Billie Eilish headlined Pukkelpop and this hit brought the crowd together in an unforgettable moment
• "Heat Waves" - Glass Animals (2020) - slow-burn indie pop that crept up on everyone and became one of the most streamed songs of the early 2020s
• "Flowers" - Miley Cyrus (2023) - a triumphant pop reinvention that took over every stage and playlist it touched
• "Espresso" - Sabrina Carpenter (2024) - the song that defined summer 2024, perfect for closing out your Hitster timeline with a modern banger

These tracks span 1983 to 2024. Some will be easy. Some will fool even dedicated music fans. That mix of obvious and surprising is exactly what makes a great Hitster pack.

How to Build It with Hitify

Open Hitify on your phone and let it listen to music around you. It identifies the track in seconds, including the exact release year. Add each song to your custom Hitster list, print the cards, and you are ready to play.

Head to hitify.app and start building your Pukkelpop 2026 Hitster pack today.