Cultural events in Belgium (September-October)

  • On 07 September take a journey to Ruhnu island with Songs of Ruhnu performing at Marsinne Folk festivalil. See the whole program: https://www.folkfestivalmarsinne.be/
  • Vox Clamatis sings Arvo Pärt, Cyrillius Kreek and Mart Saar at Church Carmelite Monastery in Ghent on 13 September. The concert is part of one of the oldest classical music festivals of Flanders. More information and tickets: Arvo Pärt and his Baltic friends (gentfestival.be)
  • Estonian mezzo soprano Kadi Jürgens at festival Whispering leaves in Ghent on 15 SeptemberMore information and tickets: Kadi Jürgens & Hein Boterberg – Whispering Leaves
  • 26-28 September is time for poetry in Brussels city space. Poetry festival Transpoesie is organised by EUNIC Brussels in partnership with a number of Representations of European countries. The sub-theme this year is surrealism and Jaan Malin a.k.a Luulur is representing Estonia. Luulur brings along his musical ensemble Rooluulend. More information available: http://transpoesie.eu/ On 28 September, last night of the Transpoesi Festival, Rooluulend performs at the Hungarian Cultural Center Liszt Institute. Event is free, but reservation required: http://transpoesie.eu/
  • Kristiina Poska and the Flanders Symphony Orchestra on tour in Flanders on 10-13 October. Get wrapped up in Sibelius’ finest: https://www.symfonieorkest.be/en
  • Alexandra Pärna’s film “What makes you happy” at Filemon, one of Europe’s largest children’s and youth film festivals in Brussels and Ghent. Filemon takes place from 23 October to 06 November. You can meet the author of “What makes you happy”  on 24 October in Ghent and on 25 October at Cinema Galeries. Tickets and all the program: Program — Filem’On (filemon.be)
  • Installation of Estonian and Spanish artist duo Varvara & Mar “Needle in a Haystack” is positioned at the centre of a haystack at Namur train station. Installation is a starting point of artistic trail during KIKK festival in Namur. There is 60 art works to discover along a trail for professionals and families from 24 October until 27 October. The  KIKK festival also includes more than 40 talks about creative coding, data visualization, artificial intelligence etc. The exhibition at the Le Pavillion (https://www.le-pavillon.be/en/exhibitions/stellar-scape) about space exploration is open until the end of January.

 

Everyone knows that finding a needle in a haystack is an impossible task.
But what about a robot?
Robot’s sole mission is to locate a needle hidden in the hay.
It will signal
its triumph by ringing a bell if it succeeds.
Varvara & Mar“Needle in a Haystack” is a provocative exploration of technology’s limits
when faced with tasks deemed impossible for humans.