Events
Europalia. China, Madein -Seeing one's own eyes
Xu Zhen (1977, Shanghai) is one of the most influential conceptual artists in modern-day China. His work is theatrical and uses humour in conjunction with social criticism. Photographs, installations and videos provide an insight into the artist's train of thought when creating his work.
Date
04/12/2009 > 14/03/2010
Venue
S.M.A.K.
Citadelpark
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 240 76 01
F. +32 9 221 71 09
e-mail: museum.smak@gent.be
www.smak.be/index.php?la=en&id=&i=0&t=&tid=&y=&l=a&kunstenaar_id=&kunstwerk_id=
Info
Lecturer concerts
Together with De Bijloke Muziekcentrum Gent, the Royal Conservatory will be introducing its lecturing staff, who are often musicians of high repute in their own right. Duet Mythos (Evelyne Bohen and Mariano Ferrández) and jazz lecturers are looking forward to welcoming you to a series of three Sunday afternoon concerts in the Miry concert hall at the Royal Conservatory.
Date
25/10, 22/11/2009 en 14/03/2010
17.00 h
Venue
Hogeschool Gent Conservatorium
Hoogpoort 64
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 269 20 74
F. +32 9 269 20 08
e-mail: international.cons@hogent.be
www.hogent.be/cons (available in Dutch)
Info & tickets
€ 10,00 / € 5,00 (reduction)
T. +32 9 269 92 92
e-mail: tickets@debijloke.be
www.debijloke.be (available in Dutch)
Florian Heyerick, Nicolas Achten, Ex Tempore, Operastudio Vlaanderen
Can unknown cantatas by a forgotten composer really be worth sacrificing your Sunday morning for? You be the judge: Florian Heyerick plucked two gems from the teetering pile of 1418 church cantatas by Christoph Graupner, a celebrated contemporary of Bach. An enthusiastic mix of renowned musicians and young talent have a spirited go at doing it justice. Top it off with a delectable brunch at the Bijloke Bistro.
Date
14/03/2010
11 U
Venue
Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent
Jozef Kluyskensstraat 2
9000 Gent
Price
€ 15,00
€ 10,00 (reduction)
€ 5,00 (-19 years)
Info & tickets
Booking office Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent
Jozef Kluyskensstraat 2
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 269 92 92
e:mail: tickets@debijloke.be
www.debijloke.be/node/2093
Louis Sclavis Quintet - Lost on the way
Frenzied, zigzagging, hard-edged. Poetic and explosive. The music of Sclavis is not easy to define. Listeners who come to hear the man who is likely the most fascinating composer and musician currently working in contemporary jazz are in for a joyride through many musical worlds. Seatbelts optional.
Date
18/03/2010
20 h
Venue
Kunstencentrum Vooruit
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 23
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 267 28 20
F. +32 9 267 28 30
e-mail: info@vooruit.be
www.vooruit.be/en
Price
€14,00
€ 10,00 (advance sale)
Info & tickets
Booking office Vooruit
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 23
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 267 28 28
e-mail: tickets@vooruit.be
www.vooruit.be/en
Jaap Kruithof: Dealing with things
Besides being a committed philosopher, publicist and opinion maker, Jaap Kruithof (1929–2009) was also a passionate collector. For over twenty years, he collected objects that to him symbolised life. Enough to fill a museum, the Museum Primrose to be specific, that can be viewed as an expression of Kruithof's unrelenting crusade against western consumerism.
When the exhibition ends, the collection will be relocated to the MAS (Museum aan de Stroom) in Antwerp, its new permanent location.
Date
03/12/2009 > 21/3/2010
Venue
The House of Alijn
Kraanlei 65
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 269 23 50
F. +32 9 269 23 58
e-mail: info@huisvanalijn.be
www.huisvanalijn.be (available in Dutch)
Giselle
Meet the Willis, vengeful spirits of betrayed maidens who make men dance until they drop, dead. For many ballerinas, dancing Giselle is a quest, a goal in itself, because it demands the utmost of the dancer, both technically and artistically. Ballet and orchestra hail from Donetsk, Ukraine, and are conducted by Vasily Vasilenko.
Date
24/03/2010
19.30 h
Venue
Capitole Gent
Graaf Van Vlaanderenplein 5
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 233 29 99
F. +32 9 224 14 96
e-mail: info@capitolegent.be
www.capitolegent.be (available in Dutch)
Price
€ 34,00
€ 29,00
€ 24,00
€ 39,00
€ 69,00
Info & tickets
Booking office Capitole Gent
T. +32 900 69 900
www.capitolegent.be (available in Dutch)
Mid-Lent fun fair (Halfvastenfoor)
Mid-Lent fun fair In its former, familiar location, the classic of Ghent’s fairs will once again outdo itself. Young and old meet to enjoy the colourful whirlwind of fairground attractions: luna parks, roller coasters, merry-go-rounds and dodgems. How can you resist!
Date
06/03 > 28/03/2010
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 6-10 pm (children 4-8 pm)
Wednesday and Sunday: 2-10.30 pm (children till 8 pm)
Saturday: 2 pm-midnight (children till 8 pm)
Venue
Sint-Pietersplein
Jazz & Sounds
Beginning in 2010, Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent, Kunstencentrum Vooruit, the Gent Jazz Festival, Hogeschool Gent Conservatorium and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) will work together in a first annual initiative, the Jazz & Sounds Festival. This new festival focuses on the versatility of contemporary music. Improvisation and creation are important mainstays of the Jazz & Sounds Festival combining the interaction from and to jazz, contemporary, classical, alternative rock, electronic music, improvised music, non-western music and more. The festival offers not linear but an organic whole of concerts per day, where several concerts and performances can coincide. Visitors will have to make choices within the programme or will be guided by the surprise of the moment.
Date
22/03 > 28/03/2010
Venue
Kunstencentrum Vooruit
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 23
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 267 28 20
F. +32 9 267 28 30
e-mail: info@vooruit.be
www.vooruit.be/en
Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent
Jozef Kluyskensstraat 2
9000 Gent
Hogeschool Gent Conservatorium
Hoogpoort 64
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 269 20 74
F. +32 9 269 20 08
e-mail: international.cons@hogent.be
www.hogent.be/cons (available in Dutch)
Info & tickets
€ 20,00 (1 day)
€ 35,00 (2 days)
€ 60 (4 days)
www.jazzandsounds.com/ (available in Dutch)
La Bohème
One of the most frequently performed operas in the world, a true classic, in other words. The Puccini inimitably depicts the unfettered ways of the affluent yet emotionally impoverished protagonists in the Quartier Latin of early 20th century Paris. The Belarusian director Isaakin uses the work as a vehicle for subtle commentary on the contemporary consumer society.
Sung in Italian, with Dutch overhead titles.
Date
28/03/2010
14.30 H
Venue
Capitole Gent
Graaf Van Vlaanderenplein 5
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 233 29 99
F. +32 9 224 14 96
e-mail: info@capitolegent.be
www.capitolegent.be (available in Dutch)
Price
€ 34,00
€ 29,00
€ 24,00
€ 39,00
€ 69,00
Info & tickets
Booking office Capitole Gent
T. +32 900 69 900
www.capitolegent.be (available in Dutch)
Was will das Weib
Els Dottermans goes in search of archetypal women – girls, mothers, mistresses, career women, feminists, anti-feminists, artistes and… you – with a mix of well-known and lesser-known songs ranging from Maria Callas to Tina Turner and texts written by Dutch novelist Connie Palmen. Cheerful notes and critical comments in a refreshing, musical setting. What does a woman want?
Date
30/03/2010 > 02/04/2010
20.30 h
Venue
NTGent Schouwburg
Sint-Baafsplein 17
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 225 01 01
e-mail: info@ntgent.be
www.ntgent.be (available in Dutch)
Info & tickets
T. +32 9 225 01 01
www.ntgent.be (available in Dutch)
Arsis4, Ronald Brautigam (piano)
The piano quartet Opus 34 by Brahms is a “symphony in disguise”. The only piano quartet that Shostakovich ever wrote (commissioned by the Beethoven Quartett in 1940) instantly became his most successful composition at the time. Together, they form a perfect introduction to the mission of the brand-new ‘Arsis4’, the new guise of Bl!ndman [strings]: to illustrate the tremendous diversity of 20th and 21st century music.
Date
02/04/2010
20.00 U
Venue
Hogeschool Gent Conservatorium
Hoogpoort 64
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 269 20 74
F. +32 9 269 20 08
e-mail: international.cons@hogent.be
www.hogent.be/cons (available in Dutch)
Price
€ 18,00
€ 15,00 (reduction)
€ 5 (-19 years)
Info & tickets
Booking office Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent
Jozef Kluyskensstraat 2
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 269 92 92
e:mail: tickets@debijloke.be
www.debijloke.be/node/2093
Juvgeni Onegin
The Flemish Opera transports you to 19th century Russia. The intelligent, but emotionally ill-adjusted Onegin inflames the heart of the dreamy Tatiana only to then shatter it. Like no other, Tchaikovsky is able to translate the constantly shifting moods of Pushkin’s intimate opera, performed here conducted by the young Russian Dmitri Jurowski.
Date
23/03/2010, 20.00 .00 U
26/03/2010, 20.00 U
28/03/2010, 15.00 U
31/03/2010, 20.00 U
03/04/2010, 20.00 U
Lieu
Vlaamse Opera Ghent
Schouwburgstraat 3
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 268 10 11
F. +32 9 223 97 26
e-mail: info@vlaamseopera.be
www.vlaamseopera.be (available in Dutch)
Info & tickets
Vlaamse Opera Ghent
T. +32 70 22 02 02
www.vlaamseopera.be (available in Dutch)
Swan Lake (Het Zwanenmeer)
The visual story that is told is one of ill-fated love: Prince Siegfried loves Princess Odette who has been transformed into a swan by a magic spell. The Prince can break the spell by pledging an oath of pure and eternal love. However, this is thwarted by the sorcerer, who changes his own daughter Odile – a perfect likeness of Odette– into a black swan.
Date
12/04/2010
14U30 & 19U30
Venue
Capitole Gent
Graaf Van Vlaanderenplein 5
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 233 29 99
F. +32 9 224 14 96
e-mail: info@capitolegent.be
www.capitolegent.be (available in Dutch)
Prijs
€ 34,00 / € 29,00 / € 24,00 / € 39,00 / € 69,00
Info & tickets
Booking office Capitole Gent
T. +32 900 69 900
www.capitolegent.be (available in Dutch)
Les Ballets C de la B: Out of Context
Director Alain Platel strips dance back to the basics. Putting his dancers to work without scenery, costumes or even music. The human body is an emotional tool, a vessel of memory and a naked point of departure for an unforgettable living performance that is sustained by passion and talent alone.
Date
15/04 > 17/04/2010
20.30 U
Venue
NTGent Schouwburg
Sint-Baafsplein 17
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 225 01 01
e-mail: info@ntgent.be
www.ntgent.be (available in Dutch)
Info & tickets
NTGent Schouwburg
T. +32 9 225 01 01
www.ntgent.be (available in Dutch)
Gradus ad Parnassum
Master students, former students and ensembles at the Royal Conservatory will be giving a series of Sunday morning concerts. Young musicians get the opportunity to perform in front of audiences that, due to their extensive concert-going experience, have certain expectations and follow certain norms, yet are open to new and lively musical experiences.
Date
10, 17, 24 & 31/01/2010
07, 14, 21 & 28/02/2010
07, 14, 21 & 28/03/2010
18/04/2010
11.00 h
Venue
Hogeschool Gent Conservatorium
Hoogpoort 64
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 269 20 74
F. +32 9 269 20 08
e-mail: international.cons@hogent.be
www.hogent.be/cons (available in Dutch)
Price
€ 2,50
Info & tickets
Uitbureau Gent
Kammerstraat 19
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 233 77 88
e-mail: tickets@uitbureau.be
www.uitbureau.be (available in Dutch)
Fabrizio Cassol - Pitié
At the request of Alain Platel, the saxophonist Fabrizio Cassol (a.k.a. Moon) sunk his teeth into the Matthaus Passion, injecting it with jazz structures and even Latin influences. Now he demonstrates that the results hold up even without choreography, thanks to top musicians such as flautist Magic Malik and violinist Tcha Limberger, and the magical voices of Serge Kakudji and Christina Zavalloni. An emotional masterpiece.
Date
24/04/2010
20.00 U
Venue
Kunstencentrum Vooruit
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 23
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 267 28 20
F. +32 9 267 28 30
e-mail: info@vooruit.be
www.vooruit.be/en
Price
€ 22,00
€ 18,00 (advance sale)
Info & tickets
Booking office Vooruit
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 23
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 267 28 28
e-mail: tickets@vooruit.be
www.vooruit.be/en
Armand Heins, etcher, lithographer and printer. The technical world of an artist
Seventy years after his death, the MIAT is putting Armand Heins back in the spotlight. This artist was a tireless etcher, illustrator and publicist who helped shape early twentieth-century Ghent. Thousands of drawings, lithographs and etchings of countless corners of Ghent and Flanders provide a unique overview of a picturesque era.
Date
21/11/2009 > 25/04/2010
Venue
Museum of Industriual Archaeology and Textiles (MIAT)
Minnemeers 9
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 269 42 00
F. +32 9 233 07 39
museum.miat@gent.be
www.miat.gent.be/ (available in Dutch)
Floralies of Ghent
More than 300,000 visitors will be keen not to miss the 34th Ghent Floralies. This unique five-yearly flower and plant exhibition has been going for 200 years and this year it will be more impressive than ever. Ornamental gardeners, international florists, creative designers and landscape gardeners will show off their skills and transform flowers and plants into the ultimate expression of emotion. The highlights: an enormous birdhouse, a park with animal figures, a garden with bamboo that grows at a rate of 60 cm per day, an Atomium filled with azaleas, crocodile ponds… and so much more!
Date
17/04 > 25/04/2010
Venue
Flanders Expo
Maaltekouter 1
9051 Gent (Sint-Denijs-Westrem)
T. +32 9 241 92 11
F. +32 9 241 93 25
e-mail: info@flandersexpo.be
www.flexpo.be/en.home.orb
Info
Gentse Floraliën
Kortrijksesteenweg 1097 A - 9051 Gent
T. +32 9 241 50 90
F. +32 9 221 98 17
e-mail: info@floralien.be
www.floralien.be/gen.php?lang=FR&lang=EN
www.floralieningroep.be (available in Dutch)
Chinese seduction
Export art from the 16th to the 19th century
When travelling to China, people brought back thousands of wonderful artefacts in completely unknown materials: wafer-thin porcelain tea cups, fine fans, exquisite silk wallpaper sets, ivory toys, ink pots, silverware and other showpieces which illustrate the enormous commercial and cultural impact of trade with China from the 16th to the 19th century.
Date
20/11/2009 > 25/04/2010
Venue
Kunsthal Sint-Pietersabdij
Sint-Pietersplein 9
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 243 97 30
F. +32 9 243 97 34
e-mail: drr.sintpietersabdij@gent.be
www.gent.be/spa
Picture
© Ph. Debeerst
Concert Series 'Producties'
The best students from the Conservatories of Ghent, Tilburg and Maastricht will be joining forces to form one large symphony orchestra. They will be performing Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz under the direction of renowned conductor Arjan Tien. Ensembles from the Royal Conservatory will also be putting on a musical programme for the opening of the academic year at University College Ghent and the end-of-year concerts for the Ghent University Association.
Date
11, 22-28/03/2010
1, 25 & 29/04/2010
20.00 h
Venue
Hogeschool Gent Conservatorium
Hoogpoort 64
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 269 20 74
F. +32 9 269 20 08
e-mail: international.cons@hogent.be
www.hogent.be/cons ()
Price
€ 5,00
Info & tickets
Uitbureau Gent
Kammerstraat 19
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 233 77 88
e-mail: tickets@uitbureau.be
www.uitbureau.be (available in Dutch)
Out of mind. About knowing and forgetting
Our memory has a mind of its own: want we want to remember is often forgotten, but what we want to forget lingers in our mind. This exhibition – combining science, arts and the history of civilisation – focuses on the wonderful way in which the human mind works. In collaboration with Ziekenzorg CM.
Date
10/10/2009> 02/05/2010
Venue
Museum Dr. Guislain
J. Guislainstraat 43
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 216 35 95
F. +32 9 216 35 35
info@museumdrguislain.be
www.museumdrguislain.be (available in Dutch)
Aïda
In ancient Egypt, love blossoms between the general Radames and the Ethiopian slave Aïda, but the Egyptian princess Amneris attempts to thwart them. Amonasro – the Ethiopian king and the father of Aïda– is taken prisoner after Egypt conquers Ethiopia. However, the love of the Egyptian Radames for the Ethiopian slave Aïda leads him to reveal the military strategy to her, for which he pays with his life. Aïda follows him in death and in this way, they die close to one another. For the opera Aïda, Verdi composed highly emotional and intimate music. The triumphal scene remains the immortal climax of this opera.
Date
02/05/2010
14.30 H
Venue
Capitole Gent
Graaf Van Vlaanderenplein 5
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 233 29 99
F. +32 9 224 14 96
e-mail: info@capitolegent.be
www.capitolegent.be (available in Dutch)
Price
€ 34,00 / € 29,00 / € 24,00 / € 39,00 / € 69,00
Info & tickets
Booking office Capitole Gent
T. +32 900 69 900
www.capitolegent.be (available in Dutch)
Giasone
Even for a hero of antiquity, a sharp woman can be a handful, and two, one too many. Giasone – Jason –, the leader of the Argonauts, who sailed for Kolchis to capture the Golden fleece, with its gift of absolute power and eternal life, finds solace in the arms of Medea. But not without ulterior motive: he is banking on the magical powers of this fascinating queen of Kolchis. As a gift in exchange for his promise to be faithful, Medea gives Giasone a magical ring with which he is able to kill the guardian of the Golden fleece, a terrible dragon.
Date
30/04; 02, 04 & 06/05/2010
19.30 H (02/05: 15.00 H)
Lieu
Vlaamse Opera Ghent
Schouwburgstraat 3
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 268 10 11
F. +32 9 223 97 26
e-mail: info@vlaamseopera.be
www.vlaamseopera.be (available in Dutch)
Info & tickets
Vlaamse Opera Ghent
T. +32 70 22 02 02
www.vlaamseopera.be (available in Dutch)
Stadsloop Gent
Five or ten kilometres at your own pace or against the clock, across the beautiful historic city centre! The "Stadsloop" race is the ideal event to test or show whether you’re in shape and to see Ghent from a new angle. An electronic chip measures the individual result of each of the 6,000 expected participants.
Date
13/05/2010
Programme
13.30 uur: Chiquita Kids Run 1 km
13.45 uur: Start to Run 5 km
15.00 uur: ING Stadsloop Gent 10 km
Venue
Start & finish: Sint-Pietersplein
Registration area: Sint-Pietersplein
Changing rooms & showers: Leopoldkazerne (400 m from Sint-Pietersplein)
Storage for sports bags: Sint-Pietersplein
Parking: under Sint-Pietersplein (700 spaces - € 2 for the whole day)
Info
www.runningtour.be (available in Dutch)
Ars Antiqua Austria, Marian Radu
Gunar Letzbor, the driving force behind Ars Antiqua Austria, discovered in Marian Radu one of the rare contemporary singers to have developed a completely natural soprano voice. Together with this ‘biological castrato’ the violinist brings Italian music from the early Baroque period uniquely to life. Sonatas by Antonio Bertali and – of course – Monteverdi.
Date
15/05/2010
20.00 H
Venue
Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent
Jozef Kluyskensstraat 2
9000 Gent
Price
€ 20,00 & € 24,00
€ 15,00 & € 18,00 (reduction)
€ 5,00 (-19 years)
Info & tickets
Booking office Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent
Jozef Kluyskensstraat 2
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 269 92 92
e:mail: tickets@debijloke.be
www.debijloke.be/node/2093
Les Goûts de Gand
On Saturday 15 May, Ghent will become a nerve centre for transformative world music. The fourth edition of this unique festival will build bridges between districts, neighbourhoods and residents, offering the chance to discover new music in unexpected locations. And strange as it may sound: cultural diversity brings people closer to one another.
Date
15/05/2010
Venue
De Centrale, Nemrod-zaal
Sint-Baafssite & Baudelopark
Info
De Centrale intercultureel centrum
Kraankindersstraat 2
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 266 13 20
T. +32 4 73 73 07 06
e-mail: jan.declerck@gent.be
www.decentrale.be (available in Dutch)
Richard Hutten. 18 years of play
The Dutchman Richard Hutten is one of the best-known and most unconventional designers working in the Netherlands, or outside of it for that matter! His work is always striking and also, above all: strikingly functional. For this exhibition, the Design museum Ghent gave Hutten free rein. Unbridled Hutten!
Date
27/02 > 06/06/2010
Venue
Design museum Gent
Jan Breydelstraat 5
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 267 99 99
F. +32 9 224 45 22
e-mail: museum.design@gent.be
www.designmuseumgent.be/ENG/whats-new.php
Ed Templeton: The Cemetery of Reason
Ed Templeton is a product of his age. He started out skateboarding as a hobby, became a professional boarder, started his own company and created his first graphic designs. His work took off and was soon gracing not only skateboards, helmets and the soles of shoes (!), but also the covers of leading art magazines. The exhibition shows the fascinating trajectory of this 21st century man in photographs, sketches and paintings.
Date
03/04 > 13/06/2010
Venue
S.M.A.K.
Citadelpark
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 240 76 01
F. +32 9 221 71 09
e-mail: museum.smak@gent.be
www.smak.be
Electrified
For the second time, S.M.A.K. and Kunstencentrum Vooruit will be joining forces to explore the interface between visual arts and media-art. Twenty international artists will present work that intervenes in the public space – both real and virtual. They will ‘hack’ the stage or the gallery space and implicate the viewer, willingly or not, in their work and consequently: in their ideas.
Date
03/04 > 13/06/2010
Venue
S.M.A.K.
Citadelpark
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 240 76 01
F. +32 9 221 71 09
e-mail: museum.smak@gent.be
www.smak.be
Info & tickets
Booking office Vooruit
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 23
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 267 28 28
e-mail: tickets@vooruit.be
www.vooruit.be/en
Gustave Van de Woestyne
The long-awaited retrospective devoted to one of the most original and intriguing Belgian artists of the 20th century. The exhibition sheds light on the various periods in the artist’s development: the symbolism of the Latem and Leuven years, the work created in Wales and London during World War I, the expressionism of the 1920s-1930s, and the later work informed by the new realism.
Date
27/03 > 27/06/2010
Venue
Museum of Fine Arts (MSK - Museum voor Schone Kunsten)
Citadelpark
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 240 07 00
F. +32 9 240 07 90
e-mail: museum.msk@gent.be
www.mskgent.be
Price
€ 9,00
€ 6,50 (+55 j., groups)
€ 1,00 (19-25 years)
gratis (- 18 years)
Audioguide € 3 ,00 (NL, FR, EN)
Groups, guided visits and workshops:
BOEKjeBEZOEK
Zilverhof 2C
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 269 60 04
F. +32 9 269 60 09
e-mail: info@boekjebezoek.be
www.boekjebezoek.be/page6.html
Dat is boks!
As a sport, boxing holds a special fascination for many. Legendary boxing matches and life in and around the boxing ring have provided material for great classics in the history of cinema. Boxing has been an Olympic discipline since 1904, and in 1913 the Royal Belgian Boxing Federation was founded. Dat is boks! (that’s boxing!) invites visitors into the boxing ring of yesterday and today.
Date
02/04 > 04/07/2010
Venue
The House of Alijn
Kraanlei 65
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 269 23 50
F. +32 9 269 23 58
e-mail: info@huisvanalijn.be
www.huisvanalijn.be (available in Dutch)
Gent Jazz Festival
Every year in July jazz enthusiasts can have a great time during the Gent Jazz Festival. Renowned artists from Belgium and abroad make up the programme.
Date
08/07 > 18/07/2010
Venue
Bijlokesite
Bijlokekaai 7
9000 Gent
Info & tickets
Gentse Feesten
This feast for the people, and for the senses, sets the city afl ame for 10 long days. It opens with a parade and closes with the ‘day of the empty wallets’. What you will fi nd between the two includes 10 Days Off, the International Street-theatre Festival and Puppet Buskers Festival, free musical performances on various stages in the centre, more than 700 theatre performances, exhibitions, guided tours and fi reworks.
Date
17/07 > 26/07/2010
Venue
Various locations
Info
Dienst Feestelijkheden
Gasmeterlaan 107
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 269 46 00
F. +32 9 269 46 59
feestelijkheden@gent.be
www.gentsefeesten.be/ (available in Dutch)
Patersholfeesten
The oldest quarter of Ghent organises its own mini festivities, displaying maximal atmosphere and ambiance. For amateurs of more intimate events.
Date
13/08 > 15/08/2010
Venue
Patershol
Info
www.patershol.org (available in Dutch)
Jazz in the Park
Established names and new talent, often from our own part of the world, alternate with open-air screenings of unique concert films. A treat for every jazz fan and what’s more it’s all free! Exclamation mark!
Date
27 > 29/08/2010
03 > 05/09/2010
Venue
Koning Albert I-park
Info
Gentinfo
T. +32 9 210 10 10
www.gent.be/jazzintpark (available in Dutch)
Flemish Heritage Day (Open Monumentendag)
This is the 22nd time that the Belgian Heritage Day will be organized; this year’s theme is "De Vier Elementen" or "The four elements".
Date
12/09/2010
Venue
Various locations
Info
www.openmonumenten.be (available in Dutch)
OdeGand
The International Flanders Festival Ghent opens with the festive OdeGand. The streets alongside Ghent’s waterways overfl ow with music, animation, art and spectacle. And to top it off: a sparkling fi rework display.
The perfect start!
Date
18/09/2010
Venue
City centre
Info & tickets
Uitbureau Gent vzw
Kammerstraat 19
T. +32 70 77 00 00
www.uitbureau.be/ (available in Dutch)
Info
Internationaal Festival van Vlaanderen Gent
Kleine Gentstraat 46
9051 Gent
tel 09 243 94 94
info@festival.be
www.festivalgent.be/Home/tabid/36/language/en/Default.aspx
International Flanders Festival Ghent
Ghent becomes a music-lover’s Mecca for three whole weeks. Hundreds of performers provide a varied mixture of classical, jazz and world music.
It opens with the festive OdeGand. The streets alongside Ghent’s waterways overfl ow with music, animation, art and spectacle. And to top it off: a sparkling fi rework display. The perfect start!
Date
18/09 > 10/10/2010
Venue
Various locations
Info
Internationaal Festival van Vlaanderen Gent
Kleine Gentstraat 46
9051 Gent
tel. +32 9 243 94 94
email: info@festival.be
www.festivalgent.be
Info & tickets
Uitbureau Gent vzw
Kammerstraat 19
9000 Gent
tel. +32 70 77 00 00
www.uitbureau.be (available in Dutch)
International Film Festival Ghent
The event developed into one of the most important festivals of Europe and the world. At least 200 films from every corner of the world struggle for your attention. It is here too that the prestigious World Soundtrack Awards are handed over every year.
Date
12/10 > 23/10/2010
Venue
Various locations
Info & tickets
Filmfestival van Vlaanderen - Gent
Leeuwstraat 40b
9000 Gent
tel. +32 9 242 80 60
www.filmfestival.be/?&lang=en
The six-days bicycle race
Every year, the very best track racing cyclists compete for the victory in the legendary 'Kuipke' cycling stadium. Every day you can watch the race for points, the team race, the elimination race, the time trial, the super sprint and the derny. Don’t miss this spectacle!
Date
23/11 > 28/11/2010
Venue
't Kuipke
Citadelpark
Info
Golazo sports
Schoebroekstraat 8
3583 Beringen
T. +32 11 45 99 00
www.z6sdaagse.be
Biodiversiteit
Long before mankind came along, the earth was home to a diversity of animals and plants. The ancestors of the modern-day species shared the world with the dinosaurs. This exhibition not only offers an overview of the development of plants, but also the ways in which plants can adapt to extremely diverse climatological circumstances. You will be introduced to inhabitants of parched deserts, rugged expanses of stone and humid rainforests. (the exhibition is in Dutch, guided tours available upon request in English and Spanish.)
Date
20/04 > 31/12/2010
Workdays: 9.00 - 16.30 u
Saturday, Sunday and bank holidays : 9.00-12.00 u.
Venue
Ghent University Botanical Garden (Victoria Galeries) (Plantentuin Universiteit Gent)K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35
9000 Gent
Info
Ghent University Botanical Garden (Plantentuin Universiteit Gent)
K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 264 50 73
F. +32 9 264 53 34
e-mail: chantal.dugardin@ugent.be
www.ugent.be/we/en
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