10-day festival of discovery in Bruges that combines music with poetry and performance arts.
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Belgium
Festival in Mechelen organised by art centre nona in November/December, usually themed around a certain country.
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Brussel,
Belgium
July
Cosy summer festival in a park in Brussels for 2 days in July, one day of jazz and one of folk music. Since 2023 also an indoor Spring Festival, focusing on Belgian jazz & urban ethno.
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Belgium
Yearly festival, organised by Flagey (venue in Brussels) in January, with both international and local artists.
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Belgium
Festival spread all over the city of Brussels in small and bigger venues, cafés, open air etc. in May.
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Ghent,
Belgium
May
June
Low-key outdoor festival that takes place in Citadelpark in Ghent in May/June.
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Dinant,
Belgium
Summer festival in the gardens of Leffe Abbey, in July. The 20th edition in 2021 with bassist Marcus Miller as godfather.
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Liberchies ,
Belgium
Gypsy jazz festival which takes place every year in May since 2003 in Liberchies in Belgium, birthplace of Django Reinhardt.
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multiple locations,
Belgium
January
Festival taking place in Brussels each January, focused on Django-style jazz (and beyond).
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Verviers ,
Belgium
September
October
Festival in September in Verviers but also in other cultural places in the region, thus remaining faithful to its concept of a travelling festival.
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Rossignol,
Belgium
August
In Gaume in August, about twenty bands alternate on the 5 stages for a multiplicity of styles: pure jazz and mixed jazzy music.
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Ghent,
Belgium
July
One of the biggest jazz festivals in Belgium, with a lot of international names as well as local talent, for 10 days in July.
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Gouvy,
Belgium
August
Festival in Gouvy in August, for 3 days: the first two days being reserved for jazz and the third for blues.
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Belgium
Small cozy garden festival in Ghent with mostly local, but also some international names, mostly for a full day of concerts in a tour.
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Liege,
Belgium
Festival in Eben-Emael in August, during three days, the festival offers a different theme every year.
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Brugge,
Belgium
Festival in Bruges Concert Hall organised by KAAP, every two years in autumn.
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Kortrijk ,
Belgium
Yearly one-day festival in March organised by Wilde Westen in Kortrijk (jazz & beyond).
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Brussels,
Belgium
More than 20 cafes in Brussels open their doors free of charge for an entire evening of jazz music.
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Harelbeke,
Belgium
Biennial festival organised by Cultural Centre Het Spoor (Harelbeke), combining local and international jazz acts.
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Leuven,
Belgium
March
Jazz Festival organised by 30CC in Leuven in March, in different locations all over the city.
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Bruxelles,
Belgium
In Brussels in September, the festival focuses on another instrument every year. True to tradition, the Marni Jazz Festival welcomes musicians of great stature as well as many young promising talents from the Belgian scene.
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Liège,
Belgium
Festival taking place in May in several halls throughout the city centre of Liège.
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Brussels,
Belgium
Festival in 3 Brussels venues in January: Jazz Station, Marni Theater and Senghor. A programme rich in influences and nationalities, children's concerts, exhibitions, itinerant River Jazz Night.
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Roeselare ,
Belgium
Yearly one-day festival in Roeselare focusing on Belgian jazz & beyond, but open to international bands too.
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Belgium
Indoor festival in Brussels in September, 35th edition in 2021. The festival regularly proposes new projects, encourages the mix of generations and explores the different currents of jazz.
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Antwerp,
Belgium
Sound in Motion promotes adventurous music from home and abroad, and does so through a nomadic concert series, residencies, its own label and an annual festival in collaboration with a growing group of partners such as AB, DE Studio, Het Bos, Trix, Ratapl
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La Hulpe,
Belgium
Every 2 years, in La Hulpe in September, a festival organised in honour of maestro Toots Thielemans.
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