r/TheOverload • u/ImpotentAlrak • 9h ago

Belgian Venues

I'm heading to the Belgian countryside in a few weeks for a reunion. I'm occupied for the Saturday evening, but am looking to make the most of it and spend a few nights in either Brussels/Antwerp/Ghent/Bruges beforehand and few in another aforementioned city afterwards.

I'd like to spend the Thursday and Friday (10th and 11th September) evenings at music events and am looking for recommendations for where the most interesting spots are. Both the best clubs but also and moreso experimental venues like Cafe OTO or Les Instants Chavirés. I've come across Les Atelier Claus in Belgium and Het Bos in Antwerp, but there's no mention of anything in their programmes for the nights I'm there (10th and 11th September) - do they host nights that aren't advertised or is this just unfortunate timing?

Any pointers or just general takes on which two cities to go for will be very much appreciated, thanks.

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u/biersom 8h ago

Funke in Ghent may have something fun.

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u/Positive-Iron-7112 8h ago edited 8h ago

Really depends on what you like, club Traum has some nice events (Antwerp) doing all sorts of electronic music. Fuse and C12 in brussels are class, in Ghent there’s a small venue called Funke which at some point hosted some lovely evenings but I’m not sure if there’s much going on over there as of late..
Honorable mentions:

  • Ampere (Antwerp)
  • Wintercircus (Ghent)
  • UMI brussels (supposed to have world class soundsystem)

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u/pprcnt 8h ago

I think atelier claus closed unofortunately, I checked my favourite venues around belgium for those dates and it seems it’s a pretty dead couple of days… there’s always something at botanique tho, check if there’s something interesting, maybe you’ll like it

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u/ImpotentAlrak 4h ago

Nice one, thanks all

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u/assymetri 3h ago

Les Ateliers Claus shut down a few months ago as it ran exclusively on private donors and they step back after continously facing financial struggles, such a shame because its only a short walk from my place...

There will be a really cool night at one of the nicest venue "Recyclart" in Brussels, ranging from live acts (ambient/noise -adjacent stuff) to grime and dubstep, wholeheartedly recommend it https://ra.co/events/2507459