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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 KANAL-Centre Pompidou from 29 November to 1 December 2024.
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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.
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A MetX Project by Laurent Blondiau, Bodé Owa & Joachim Noël
BAKANAÏ
24/06/2022
22/07/2022
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24/6, rue Michel Zwaabstraat, 19:00
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22/7, rue Picardstraat, 17:00
A mutant from the HaFaBra family? A hip hop crew popping up without warning? Or a sound painting event? Bakanaï is a colourful collectif ft. brass, percussion and choreography, directed by Laurent Blondiau, Bodé Owa and Joachim Noël.
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Music as a Space of Conquest & Domination
The Politics of Music
14/05/2022
15/05/2022
This two-day public discursive programme looks at how political dynamics permeate through and affect music and the spaces which it creates.
The opening day is devoted to discussions of music as a form of conquest. Speakers explore the role music plays in the formation of national identity, music as an instrument of torture, and the relationship between domination and appropriation in the practice of sampling.The day closes with a performative reading of Maan Abu Taleb’s The Congress, reimagining the first Congress of Arab Music, in Cairo in 1932.
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Café Congo
Congo, Mama Na Ngai !
30/06/2022 — 01/07/2022
Café Congo, an artistic, feminist, ‘decolonial’ and queer third place, will be hosting a folk/political festival in Brussels as only this place knows how around the anniversary of the independence of the Congo. Tucked away in Anderlecht in a former factory, Café Congo welcomes and honours the creations, reflections and resistance of Afro-descendants. It is headed by Gia Abrassart, an independent Congolese journalist and activist and is aimed at achieving a truly deconstructed culture.
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Exclusive visits
Heritage days at KANAL
18/09/2021 — 19/09/2021
19/09/2021 — 20/09/2021
A marked-out circuit in the heart of the building site. All along the route, the KANAL staff and the mediation team will give explanations and answers to your questions. Musical animation by Fanfakids.
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Finissage - Gates (Might) Open Soon
17/07/2021 — 18/07/2021
Gates (might) open soon explores the socio-cultural phenomenon of the festival and its various manifestations. Traditionally understood as celebrations that include rituals and ceremonies, festivals also question social hierarchies and produce ephemeral communities based on sharing. Offering both escapism and liberation, festivals open the gates to a flow of emotions, revealing the sensual, spontaneous, and even darker sides of human nature.