Events

More than 40 renowned international artists will trace a trail of art and creativity through Ghent, seeking inspiration in the city itself. This is the perfect time to discover Ghent or to explore the city in an entirely different light!

Through this initiative, your visit to Ghent will get an extra dimension: historical buildings and modern art will go hand in hand, parks and squares will stand out thanks to original artworks, and unique locations will be opened to the public for the occasion.

The following artists are definitely taking part: Johanna Billing (Sweden), Michaël Borremans (Belgium), Elmgreen & Dragset (Norway & Denemark), Peter Fischli & David Weiss (Switzerland), Tercerunquinto (Mexico), Erik Van Lieshout (the Netherlands), Mircea Cantor (Romania), Teresa Margolles (Mexico), Ahmet Ögüt (Turkey), Katerina Seda (Czech Republic), Massimo Bartolini (Italy), Tadashi Kawamata (Japan), Lawrence Weiner (USA), Emilio López-Menchero (Belgium), Pilvi Takala (Finland)

TRACK pays special attention to the interaction with the inhabitants of these neighbourhoods and some of the artists are even asking them to take part in the development and realisation of their project. The artists are set to work in the following neighbourhoods:

• CITADEL: from the Gent Sint-Pieters train station to the Citadelpark.
• BLANDIJN: from St Peter’s Abbey across the Blandijnberg to Arts Centre Vooruit.
• MACHARIUS: from the Dampoort train station to St Bavo’s Abbey and the Astridpark.
• CENTRE: the historical city centre.
• TOLHUIS: from the Fratersplein to The World of Kina: the Garden and the Maria Goretti church.
• GASMETER: from Rabot to the Gasmeter site.

Visitors enjoy a discount if they present their exhibition ticket when visiting the city museums (MSK, St. Peter’s Abbey, MIAT and Design museum Ghent).

The guides’ associations of Ghent have developed a series of tours specifically TRACK. All information can be found on their websites:
Gandante
Gentse Gidsen
Ghent Authentic
Vizit

Remember the guide

From 13 May TRACK will be launching the ‘Remember the guide’ format.

Every day of the week (except Monday), at about noon, your guide will be waiting for you in another cluster of the city to guide you around TRACK. At the end of the tour you can reward your TRACK guide for his enthusiasm with a contribution as you see fit.

Reservations can be made from now on via Gentinfo, telephone number  09 210 10 10 (Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 7pm).

Date

12/05 > 16/09/2012

Venue

Various locations

Organisation

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
http://www.smak.be/

Info

www.trackandstay.be sleeping during TRACK
www.track.be
www.track.be/trade

More information? Tourist professionals can download the brochure here.

Côté Jardin is a musical pick-nick in the gardens of  De Bijloke. You can visit all the rooms of the Music Centre, be among the first to book tickets for the new season and enjoy a taste of what’s to come outside in the garden.

Date

27/05/2012
11 am - 8 pm

Venue

Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent
Jozef Kluyskensstraat 2
9000 Gent

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

Picture

Copyright: Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

More than sixty years on, Glenn Miller’s music is still popular. The Glenn Miller Orchestra takes you back in time, not only with music by Glenn Miller, but also by other masters of swing, such as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Billy May and Doris Day. To top it off, a few famous songs from films.

Date

27/05/2012
3 pm – 5.30 pm

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)

Info & tickets

Booking office Capitole Gent
T. +32 900 69 900
www.capitolegent.be (available in Dutch)

Tickets

€ 25.00

Le Duc d’Albe takes place at the start of the rebellion against Spanish rule. The Spanish dominate public life in Brussels and the Duke of Alba has just had the Count of Egmont executed. His daughter, Hélène wants to avenge him and joins the rebellion receiving the support of her lover, the young Henri de Bruges. But he unwittingly turns out to be Alva’s son...

French. Dutch subtitles.

Date

25, 27, 29 & 31/05 & 02/06/2012
7.30 pm (27/05: 3 pm)

Venue

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)

Tickets

€ 10.00 > € 95.00

Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893) is sometimes considered the most eccentric English Pre-Raphaelite. He was one of the main representatives of the British movement, which combined a socially committed modernism with an interest in medieval art and religious traditions. Brown painted phenomenal landscapes, lively portraits and vivid historical scenes, which surprise the onlooker with their originality. The exhibition in Ghent showcases not only his works, but also those of his Belgian contemporaries.

Date

25/02/2012 > 03/06/2012

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

Bulgarian artist Nedko Solakov has been formulating smart and ironic criticism on society and the art world for thirty years through complex stories and concise, revealing drawings and texts. This retrospective exhibition shows one work from every year between 1981 and 2011.

Date

25/02 > 03/06/2012

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

Dirk Wynants is the founder, senior designer and big boss of Extremis, a company which markets contemporary outdoor furniture. His starting point is “tools for togetherness”. His first design, Gargantua, a round table with integrated benches, was an immediate hit. BeHive, Yeeha, DoNut and Kosmos all invite people to drink and eat together in a surprising and unconventional manner.

Date

31/03 > 03/06/2012

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

Picture

copyright: Extremis

Barbara Nanning shows 200 shapes and installations. The objects resemble porcelain and are made of white opaque or gilt glass. They were hand-blown and hand-shaped. The refined floral shapes are inspired by 18th-century Meissen porcelain and the large, bouquet-shaped table centrepieces of the 1920s, manufactured by Venini in Murano.

Date

31/03 > 03/06/2012

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

Picture

copyright: Barbara Nanning

Running event in the pedestrianised city centre.

Date

30/06/2012
10 pm

Venue

Departure & arrival:

Topstporthal Vlaanderen
Watersportbaan

Info

www.gentloopt.be 

Tickets

Advance sale: € 20.00
On-site: € 22.00

The marriage ritual and photography are inseparable. Wedding photos record the most beautiful day ‘for ever’. They document a 'zeitgeist' and a society. This exhibition gives an overview of the evolution in twentieth-century wedding photography.

Date

01/04 > 01/07/2012

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)

Every second Sunday of the month, Ciné Palace treats you to a true film classic at the beautiful, small retro cinema of the MIAT. Enjoy 'For a few dollars more' in May, 'The Party' in June and 'Bullitt' in July. To view the programme for the year, go to www.miat.gent.be.

Date

13/05 > 08/07/2012

10.15 am & 2.30 pm (13/05, 10/06 and 08/07/2012)

Venue

MIAT (Museum of Industriual Archaeology and Textiles)
Minnemeers 9
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 269 42 00
F. +32 9 233 07 39
e-mail: publiekswerking.miat@gent.be
www.miat.gent.be/ (available in Dutch)

Tickets

€ 5.00

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.

This year: Igor Gehenot Trio - Miguel Zenón - Paco De Lucia - Ifa Y Xango - Gretchen Parlato - Brad Mehldau Trio - Jim Hall & Scot Colley Duo - Fabrice Alleman New QuarTeT “Obviously” - Dave Douglas and Joe Lovano Quintet: Sound Prints ft. Lawrence Fields, James - Genus &  Joey Baron - Wayne Shorter Quartet - Ninety Miles - Robin Verheyen New York Quartet - The Bad Plus feat. Joshua Redman - Melody Gardot - Liesa Van der Aa - Antony & the Johnsons and Metropole Orchestra - Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A. - D’Angelo. To view the programme, go to www.gentjazz.com.

Date

05/07 > 14/07/2012

Venue

Bijlokesite
Bijlokekaai 7
9000 Gent

Info

www.gentjazz.com & Fnac shops

During the Ghent Festivities De Bijloke Gent music centre and the department of festivities of the City of Ghent will be organising a unique series of concerts in the historic refectory of St Bavo’s Abbey. A ‘master’ will share the stage with a young talent in which he or she has faith. The program is a sample of the Bijloke season.

Date

15/07 > 19/07/2012
3 pm

Venue

St Bavo Abbey (Sint-Baafsabdij)
Voorhoutkaai 43
9000 Gent

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

Tickets

€ 5.00

Picture

© Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Gent

A sparkling cultural popular festival with numerous performances of various national and international artists: a unique event in Europe, thanks to the varied and free offer of (music) performances, (street)theatre, exhibitions, animation for children, fairs, parades and so much more!

Date

14/07 > 23/07/2012

Venue

Various locations

Info

Coordination
Dienst Feestelijkheden
Gasmeterlaan 107
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 269 46 00
F. +32 9 269 46 59
e-mail: feestelijkheden@gent.be
www.gentsefeesten.be

This year’s theme is 'Music, word and image' (‘Muziek, woord en beeld’)

Date

09/09/2012

Venue

Various locations

Info

http://www.openmonumenten.be/

Jazz in the Park (Jazz in ’t Park) presents Belgian contemporary jazz to a large audience by organising free concerts. Discover established names and local talent, bringing light-digestible jazz as well as the more complicated genre.

Date

06 > 09/09/2012

Venue

Koning Albert I-park

Info

Gentinfo
T. +32 9 210 10 10
www.gent.be/jazzintpark

Bieke Depoorter is a Ghent-based photographer who recently graduated from KASK in Ghent. In 2009 she won the Expression Award – New York. In the last few years she has travelled across Russia and the USA with an open mind staying with people along the way. She always had her camera at hand and the results can be seen in this photo exhibit.

Date

25/05 > 23/09/2012

Venue

Abbaye Saint-Pierre (Sint-Pietersabdij)
Sint-Pietersplein 9
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 243 97 30
F. +32 9 243 97 34
e-mail: sintpietersabdij@gent.be
www.gent.be/sintpietersabdij

Picture

copyright: Bieke Depoorter

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.

Date

15/09 > 29/09/2012

Venue

Various locations

Contact

Festival van Vlaanderen Gent
Kleine Gentstraat 46
9051 Gent
tel 09 243 94 94
e-mail: info@gentfestival.be
www.gentfestival.be

Info & tickets

Uitbureau Gent
Veldstraat 82B
9000 Gent
T. +32 9 233 77 88
e-mail: tickets@uitbureau.be 
www.uitbureau.be (available in Dutch)

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

09/10 > 20/10/2012

Venue

Various locations

Info & tickets

Filmfestival van Vlaanderen - Gent
Leeuwstraat 40b
9000 Gent
tel. +32 9 242 80 60
http://www.filmfestival.be/

In 1986 the Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art, now known as SMAK, organised the off-site exhibition Chambres d’Amis: 51 international artists displayed contemporary art in private residences in Ghent. Daniel Buren decorated Annick and Anton Herbert’s guest room with his legendary stripe pattern. A copy of the room was on display at the museum and has now been unearthed again.

Date

21/09/2011 > 04/11/2012

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

The oldest quarter of Ghent organises its own mini festivities, displaying maximal atmosphere and ambiance. For amateurs of more intimate events.

Date

10/08 > 12/08/2012

Venue

Patershol

Info

www.patershol.org

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

20 > 25/11/2012

Venue

't Kuipke
Citadelpark

Info

Golazo sports
Schoebroekstraat 8
3583 Beringen
T. +32 11 45 99 00
http://www.z6sdaagse.be/