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OPEN MIC by Raïssa Yowali
30/11/2025
OPEN MIC carves out a special little place at the heart of the Brussels Ass Book Fair, where you can share your texts, animate your words and let your voice be heard. The event invites you to explore the themes of tenderness and connection: take to the stage and transport your audience by reading, performing or singing your poetry, lyrics or words (all creative expressions are welcome). Author and poet Raïssa Yowali is on hand to guide this “tender session.”
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Brussels Ass Book Fair
28/11/2025
29/11/2025
30/11/2025
The Brussels Ass Book Fair returns for a second edition. Following the overwhelming response to the first edition, the second edition of the queer art book fair will take place at K1 from 28 to 30 november 2025.
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Writing the script for Kanal’s film club
22/05/2025
22/05/2025
Are you an artist working in moving image or a filmmaker interested in visual arts? A film student or young person curious about artist films and programming? Or a local resident who wants to be part of an art-focused film community? Join us in imagining what a film club might look like at Kanal!
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Tattoo studio
Flash Days by bubble brussels
30/11/2024 — 01/12/2024
Book an appointment or just drop in for a new tattoo by one of the bubble brussels tattoo artists: Jules, Julien, Mélodie, Sarah, Gaia, and Paule. All proceeds go to the Trans* Solidarity Fund Belgium!
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Poetry Reading: Tarek Lakhrissi
30/11/2024
After his commission to dress the future museum’s facade earlier this year, Tarek Lakhrissi returns to KANAL for a reading from his poetry collections "Fantaisie Finale" and "Blood".
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A taste of Molenbeek for Brussels 2030
MolenFest
12/09/2024 — 22/09/2024
Dance, circus acts, music, theatre, debate, film and plenty of festivities: between 12 and 22 September, every park, square and stage will positively breathe MolenFest.
From Cinemaximiliaan to the Kaaitheater, from Recyclart and the Ecole de Cirque de Bruxelles to Charleroi Danse, from the Vaartkapoen and Decoratelier to UP – Circus & Performing Arts and Ultima Vez: they will all be there (with bells on), rubbing shoulders with the many well- and lesser-known artists and organisations from Molenbeek.
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Brussels Ass Book Fair
29/11/2024 — 01/12/2024
The first edition of the Brussels Ass Book Fair will take place at K1 from 29 November to 1 December 2024. This art book fair is a free event that is dedicated to independent art publishing and gives prominent space to LGBTQIA+ participants and projects.
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discussion day
Exil.s et création.s
28/11/2023
What narratives are by and for undocumented immigrants? What perspectives serve their struggle? What are the limits of testimony, and what fictions are possible? What else can be said about migratory phenomena and their consequences in terms of aesthetics, production, and distribution processes? These are just a few of the questions that will be looked at through an anti-racist, anti-sexist and anti-classist prism.
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Museum Night Fever
Leaving Living Dakota
22/10/2022 — 23/10/2022
On the occasion of Museum Night Fever, Brussels collective Leaving Living Dakota takes over K1 for a festive night of art and music by DJs Gomar, Renoi Terrible, Golce, and Cõvco. The collective, comprising Wutangu and Golce Dabbana (among others), offers, a space and an experience where queer and POC artists can express themselves freely.
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OpenStreets 22
24/06/2022 — 18/09/2022
How to imagine alternative uses for our streets and public space? This summer, OpenStreets will bring free concerts, dance performances and workshops to the quartier Maritime in Molenbeek. Together with many cultural and local partners, KANAL has developed an outdoor programme for six summer streets with performances by Seppe Baeyens and Ultima Vez a.o. but also alternative photobooths, textile and future workshops.