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Living Room Music Festival - Garden Edition

On Sunday 13/06, ten locals will open their garden gates to host a concert of traditional world music and make the neighbourhood come alive. For one afternoon, come and discover musicians from different horizons and meet your neighbours, the spectators, and the volunteers at the festival.

Bao Sissoko (kora, Senegal) - LiveStream

Muziekpublique hoped to be able to organise live concerts with an audience again in April, but unfortunately the circumstances do not allow this. In order to support the music sector nevertheless and bring music to the audience, we came up with the following idea: the solo challenge.  Until the end of April, we give artists the stage for 30-minute solo performances that you can watch via a live stream.

Tareq Alsayed Yahya (ud, Syria) - LiveStream

Muziekpublique hoped to be able to organise live concerts with an audience again in April, but unfortunately the circumstances do not allow this. In order to support the music sector nevertheless and bring music to the audience, we came up with the following idea: the solo challenge. Until the end of April, we give artists the stage for 30-minute solo performances that you can watch via a live stream.

“In music we are trying to reverse what’s going on in the world. Maybe music will give the solution not to be enemies.” (Tarek)

Shahab Azinmehr (tar & setar, Iran) - LiveStream

Muziekpublique hoped to be able to organise live concerts with an audience again in April, but unfortunately the circumstances do not allow this. In order to support the music sector nevertheless and bring music to the audience, we came up with the following idea: the solo challenge. Until the end of April, we give artists the stage for 30-minute solo performances that you can watch via a live stream.

Toasaves - LiveStream

In the spirit of the singer-artist Wannes van de Velde, the troubadours of “Toasaves” invite the listener to take a trip along various European world harbours and the sounds from across the sea. Of course there is the cosmopolitan port of Antwerp, where Wannes as a youngster quickly came into contact with all kinds of cultures that through their language, history and music left their mark on his ideas and musical quest, but there is also the symbolic port of Brussels where people from all corners of the world come to visit.

Sick of swiping? Three ways to up your dating game, even from home

If you are going through the corona crisis single, then you’re not alone in thinking that it’s time to find a partner. If this year has taught us anything, it’s that we value human connection above all else.

Lucky for you, Belgium is about to open up again, and people are keener than ever to get back to socialising. The good news is that we’ve got proof. A recent survey by dating app Inner Circle found just this. Single people, it’s time to date!

What’s on this week: 16-22 April

The diverse and lively Balkan Trafik! festival must go digital this year, which it does online but also via its own app. The app even comes with extras, like a documentary series and news feeds from Balkan states. Livestreamed concerts figure heavily in Balkan Trafik! , but there are also...

New Anderlecht-Uccle bus 74 launches on Monday

Brussels’ new bus line 74, which connects Anderlecht and Uccle, via Forest, will launch on Monday. The bus will be in service seven days a week. Line 74 will run between the new Clémence Everard stop on Boulevard Henri Simonet, around the corner from Erasme Hospital, to the Stalle train station in...

Genius and genocide: Biggest show ever dedicated to Napoleon opens in Liège

Growing up in the United States, I – like every other kid – knew exactly who Napoleon was. I knew what he looked like, the shape of the hat he wore, where he placed his hand, that he was short, that his wife’s name was Josephine. He was depicted in cartoons on TV as being childish, throwing...
A beer glass sits at a deserted table in a Brussels bar (BELGA PHOTO)

Reporters find freedom and defiance alive in 'illegal' Brussels bar scene

The catering industry remains closed until at least 8 May, but a pub in the centre of Brussels opens its doors every weekend. Drinkers are welcome, provided they know the password. The operators believe they are not doing anything illegal. "If the police come in, we'll call in our lawyer."...

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