Appelpop is a two-day pop festival in the Dutch town of Tiel

Tiel

' is a municipality and a town in the middle of the Netherlands.The town is enclosed by the Waal river and the Linge river on the south and the north side, and the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal on the east side. The city was founded in the 5th century AD....

 that always takes place in the second weekend of September, in the same weekend as the Fruitcorso takes place.
The festival was first held in 1991 in the town centre with a few hundred visitors, but it soon became bigger and moved to a parking place adjacent to the river Waal. With 180.000 visitors in 2008, it's the biggest free festival in the Netherlands that lasts for more than one day.

During the years, many bands (mostly Dutch bands) have played on this festival. Anouk

Anouk

Anouk Teeuwe , professionally known by the mononym Anouk, is a Dutch singer.After being discovered by Golden Earring frontman Barry Hay, Anouk had her breakthrough in the Netherlands in 1997 with the single "Nobody's Wife"...

, Bløf

Bløf

BLØF is an award-winning four-piece Dutch rock band from Vlissingen, Zeeland, the Netherlands, which has become popular regionally and internationally for its music, its frequent collaborations with bands from other parts of the world, willingness to incorporate other genres into their "sound", and...

, Krezip

Krezip

Krezip was a Dutch band from Tilburg, formed in 1997. It is notable for the band member's young ages during their original breakthrough. Since then, the band has had several successful albums and singles in the Benelux countries...

 and Within Temptation

Within Temptation

Within Temptation is a Dutch symphonic gothic metal/rock band founded in 1996 by vocalist Sharon den Adel and guitarist Robert Westerholt. Their music is described as symphonic metal, although their earlier material, such as Enter, was gothic metal. In an interview, Den Adel said they fell into a...

have all played more than once on Appelpop.