From genderbending fashion to pinkwashing cishet artists, let’s have a conversation on the (re)appropriation of queer aesthetics in mainstream music.

Noonah Eze aka DJ Black Mamba discusses with Marianne Cattoir aka Catwar, Ziggy Devriendt aka Nosedrip and Arne Huysmans from VOLTA how the sector can strive towards a more equitable, inclusive, fair and sustainable collective ecosystem.

Kiosk Radio’s Jim Becker will lead experimental musician Valentino Mora (IDO) and psychologists and DJs Maurizio Ferrara (DJ Athome, Front de Cadeaux) and Zohra Lkasbi (DJ SAHЯA) into a conversation about the links between mental health and nightlife, especially in times of COVID.

A piece of food, a song that you hear on the radio, an item in your kitchen cupboard or the rug that lies across your living room floor, the legacy of colonialism is always there, sometimes in places you don’t expect.

MC/rapper and founder of theKEEPERS Akua Naru, fashion creative Jonathan ‘Jon The Gold’ Zegbe, PR and visual creative Selene Alexa, former fashion marketer Eric Cyuzuzo get together to discuss how elements of Black cultures have been (re)appropriated in fashion and nightlife.

The founders of Black Achievement Month Netherlands (John Leerdam) and Black History Month Belgium (Aminata Ndow and Mohamed Barrie) discuss the origins and idea behind their organizations and how they grew. 

Several collectives active in building community through nightlife come together to discuss and rethink the creation and maintenance of safer nightlife spaces.  

Three grandes dames of Brussels’ nightlife scene talk about being a mom and a DJ and how the two relate.

Nine tables with one expert and nine guests, one topic per table, two rounds and an intense debate on freedom of the press. w/ freiraumfestival.eu & Goethe-Institut Brüssel

An online summit of pre-recorded talks, live discussions and experimental performances will be streamed Europe-wide. What is the state of freedom today? w/ freiraumfestival.eu & Goethe-Institut Brüssel

Joana Tischkau will share some texts and images she used during the research for her piece Being Pink Ain’t Easy with the participants.

After a performance of Being Pink Ain’t Easy on Friday, Joana Tischkau will sit down with sociocultural programmer Eric Cyuzuzo to discuss the piece, as well as her past, current and future work

What does it mean to be a whole, present and aware man today? by Hugo Mega

Artist talk with Ogutu Muraya (via Skype) and Quinsy Gario, after Quinsy’s reading-performance of Ogutu’s 'On Thin Ice'.

Guy Woueté and psychologist Sorana Munsya enter into discussion about Guy’s creative process and the social topics that their work has in common. 

Flow back to beurs!

w/ Black History Month Belgium

Olave Nduwanje will use her particular societal experience as a Black non-binary Trans* Femme originating from a country historically colonized by Belgium, to lead a discussion during which she will elaborate and also engage with the audience on the impact of colonization on the social concept of gender, and how it interacts intersectionally with the social construct of race.

w/ Black History Month Belgium

On Afrofuturism and the Self-determination of the Black Diaspora.

Meet black therapists. w/ Black History Month Belgium

Cher·es lecteurs.ices, inclusive writing, where to begin?

After the performance on Saturday, we'll invite you to a conversation with Brussels-based South African-born dancer, choreographer and artist Moya Michael and her friend, peer and former schoolmate Mamela Nyamza. They will discuss their herstories, their practices, and how their experiences have been and are shaped by the intersections of their Womanhood and Blackness.