What's on this week: 20-27 May

Win tickets: The Live Comedy Festival is back with an impressive range of international star stand-ups from now until mid-June, in Antwerp and Brussels. Performances this year include the UK's Jimmy Carr, the brilliant ventriloquist Nina Conti and American Reginald D Hunter.
24 May, 20.00 at CC Uccle

American author Chris Kraus comes to Brussels to discuss her 1997 quasi-fictional memoir I Love Dick. The book revolves around the author’s obsession with, and courtship of, hip British sociologist Dick Hebdige, who is also a friend of her husband, who is also her publisher. Hilarity ensues. Now, on the verge of its 20th anniversary, I Love Dick is more popular than ever. A new generation of feminist activists and artists raised on Kraus is finally coming into its own: The book has recently been touted by the likes of Lena Dunham and Emily Gould.
25 May, 20.00 at Passa Porta, Brussels

Created for Brussels European Capital of Culture in 2000, the Zinneke Parade has become a mainstay of the city's cultural landscape. Every two years two dozen Zinnodes - the groups taking part in the parade - rally around a theme (this year's theme is Fragility) and create an unforgettable, entrancing, striking and magical spectacle that combines elements of Belgium's very rich carnival folklore with a contemporary multicultural twist. The participants are of all ages, all ethnicities, and all walks of life. Find out more about the Zinneke Parade tradition here.
21 May 15.00, central Brussels

Brussels boasts some beautifully well-preserved Art Nouveau mansions, but most are difficult if not impossible to see from the inside. Here’s a chance to take a guided tour of one of Victor Horta’s spectacular private homes, with much of its original interior decor and furnishings. Check website for more tours.
21 May 10.00, Max Hallet House, Avenue Louise 346, Ixelles; €25

The Brussels Amber Festival is a music festival dedicated to artists from the East who are practiced in the rhythm of the darbuka, Mediterranean bass and drums, romantic dirges, raï, hip-hop and more, featuring Lebanese singer Najwa Karam, Moroccan musical prodigy Douzi and hip-hop dancer Spider Salah.
21 May 19.00, Palais 12, Avenue de Miramar, Brussels

The Brussels Jazz Marathon features more than 100 concerts spread over four outdoor stages and multiple clubs, theatres, cafés and hotels, featuring both established names and young talent.
20-22 May, across Brussels

Embassy of Uncertain Shores is a series of lecture-performances, debates and concerts by artists and researchers who meet to discuss borders and exclusions, and the pleasures of friendship and hospitality in and around Europe.
25 May to 26 October, Villa Empain, Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 67, Brussels