A few weeks ago, we invited our members to help us build the longlist of the artists for our next showcase event. Thank you for all the suggestions you sent us. Next week we’ll share the longlist with you, including some surprising acts we hadn’t even heard of! Now that the list is complete, it’s …
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Since the end of March, Hélène Spitaels is the network’s coordinator. From now on, she will answer your questions, write to you and make sure she is available for all your needs. Hélène has a background in communication and a specialisation in performing arts. She worked for 12 years in permanent education before turning to …
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The doors of Muziekpublique will remain locked for the time being, sadly, there is nothing we can do about that. But we do not like to be left behind. Fortunately, thanks to the hard work of numerous cultural partners, there are new virtual platforms, such as Podium 19, free on TV and online! Every day, …
The Belgian World Music Night (online version) took place on February 8 during Belgian Music Week. Relive the concerts of Las Lloronas, Ozferti, Refa (ex-Refugees for Refugees) recorded at Muziekpublique and Colonel Djafaar and the DJ sets of DJ Sahra and Cheb Runner from the Bruzz studio.
BWMN Showcase Night MEETS the Belgian Music Week The annual BWMN Night is taking place ONLINE on the 8th of February at 7.30PM and will be available for everyone from home ! Four bands & 2 Djs selected by a jury will play live for a streaming evening offering music from some of the best bands …
We had a dream … to meet again in a festive mood and through interesting discussions during our annual sector meeting in the Palace, combined with a few showcase concerts in the cosy AB Club. But reality got the better of us and the actual circumstances forced us to rethink the whole event. The past …
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On November 9the, 2020 we organize a full concert evening in the AB Club in Brussels as part of the Belgian World Music Network Meeting. During the day there are workshops and talks for professionals and semi-professionals from the folk and world music in Palace (across the AB), in the evening there is a concert …
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On 19 May 2020 the annual meeting of the Belgian World Music Network will take place online! Out of concern for those most vulnerable to the coronavirus and everyone in the healthcare sector, we have decided to move the meeting of 19 May online and to postpone the real-life meeting until 9 November 2020, still …
In late 2019 we asked our members to select the names of 5 contemporary artists or groups to make up a longlist from which an external jury would make a smaller selection. Below you will find the full list of all the projects from the preselection. The jury will ultimately reduce the selection to a …
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Bénédicte Linard, the Minister for Culture of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (French-speaking Community), decided in early 2020 to recognize 18 new professional federations in different artistic and creative disciplines … We are delighted to announce that the Belgian World Music Network was among them and can therefore represent the folk and world music sector. We are …
