2026-10-26 — 2026-11-01

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Karen Claessens using hand gestures to direct a Soundpainting ensemble.

MusicMon 26 OCT · 20:00–23:00

Soundpainting jam

Rataplan · Borgerhout

Voluntary contribution

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The cast of FC Bergman’s Guernica Guernica in a monumental black-and-white stage landscape.

PerformanceTue 27 OCT · 20:00

FC Bergman: Guernica Guernica

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A soft lavender and violet gradient derived from the SLARG Research Week key visual after removing its promotional lettering.

TalkWed 28 OCT · 17:00 · guided tour 18:00

SLARG Research Week: opening and researcher encounters

Free

MusicWed 28 OCT · 20:00

Borzo Swing

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MusicWed 28 OCT · 20:00

Cat Power: 20 Years The Greatest

Het Bos · Bosbar · Antwerpen

€45–47Waiting list

MusicWed 28 OCT · 20:00 · GAIN 21:00

ÉCHAFAUDAGES olé + GAIN

Free

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PerformanceWed 28 OCT · 20:00

FC Bergman: Guernica Guernica

DE SINGEL · Rode Zaal · Antwerpen-Zuid

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Forced Entertainment performers gathered around a table of bottles and chairs in Everything Must Go.

Wed 28 OCT · 20:00

Forced Entertainment: Everything Must Go

€10–35

MusicThu 29 OCT · 18:30–21:30

Rune De Groote Quartet

KMSKA · De Keyserzaal · Antwerpen-Zuid

Free

Talk · PerformanceThu 29 OCT · 19:00–20:30

FRONT ROW: Nadia Markiewicz

M HKA · Auditorium level +3 · Antwerpen-Zuid

Free

TalkThu 29 OCT · 19:00–20:00

Guy Vandenbranden: catalogue launch and conversation

KMSKA · Rubenszaal · Antwerpen-Zuid

Included with museum ticket

Fat Dog posing together on a bed in a room with floral wallpaper.

MusicThu 29 OCT · 20:00 · Fat Dog 20:50 · doors 19:15

Fat Dog + SILVERWINGKILLER

€25–27

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PerformanceThu 29 OCT · 20:00

FC Bergman: Guernica Guernica

DE SINGEL · Rode Zaal · Antwerpen-Zuid

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Thu 29 OCT · 20:00

Forced Entertainment: Everything Must Go

€10–35

MusicThu 29 OCT · 20:00

Gebakken Lucht

Het Bos Club · Antwerpen

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MusicThu 29 OCT · 20:00 Liam Grant · 21:00 Glenn Jones · doors 19:30

Glenn Jones & Liam Grant

AB Salon · Brussels

€13

Thu 29 OCT · 20:00

it doesn’t go without saying (& other gossips)

Kaaistudios · Brussels

€14–26

MusicThu 29 OCT · 20:00

Members of SWELL

Djingel Djangel · Eilandje

€15

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Music · PerformanceThu 29 OCT · 20:00

P. Glass — Les Enfants Terribles

Studio Troubleyn · Borgerhout

€20

MusicThu 29 OCT · 20:00–21:00

Shostakovich, Prokofiev & Fauré × Zadkine

KMSKA · Room 2.14 · Antwerpen-Zuid

Included with museum ticket

MusicThu 29 OCT · 20:30–22:00

Nicolas Mortelmans + JAWARI

Blikfabriek · Cantin · Hoboken

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Thu 29 OCT · 20:30

Scarlet Tummers: Het jaar van het magisch denken

Monty · Antwerpen-Zuid

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MusicThu 29 OCT · 21:00–23:00

Chantal Acda & The Whale: One Last Time

Café des Arts · Berchem

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The Yummy Mouths performing under stage lights.

MusicThu 29 OCT · 21:00 · The Yummy Mouths 22:00

New Trash + The Yummy Mouths

Cabron · Historic Centre

Free

MusicFri 30 OCT · 10:00–12:00

Kitchen Broadcast: Re:Sol (Part II)

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TalkFri 30 OCT · 14:00–17:30

SLARG: research presentations

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TalkFri 30 OCT · 18:00–19:30

Adania Shibli: Language as an Impasse

Out of Sight · Antwerpen-Centraal

FreeRegistration required

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Blue-toned river stones and sediment arranged in layered horizontal bands.

Fri 30 OCT · 18:00–19:30

Sounding Shores, Sounding Depths

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MusicFri 30 OCT · Doors 19:00

Elmer + Keenan Mundane

AB · Main Hall · Brussels

€23

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MusicFri 30 OCT · 20:00–22:00 · doors 17:30

Ahmed Hawwash

MerksemDok · Merksem

Concert €10 / €2 concession; meal + concert €15 / €6

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PerformanceFri 30 OCT · 20:00

FC Bergman: Guernica Guernica

DE SINGEL · Rode Zaal · Antwerpen-Zuid

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MusicFri 30 OCT · 20:00

Katia & Marielle Labèque: Wild is the Wind

€10–55Sold out

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Music · PerformanceFri 30 OCT · 20:00

P. Glass — Les Enfants Terribles

Studio Troubleyn · Borgerhout

€20

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A grand piano on a circular stage beneath translucent drapes and warm spotlights in the Boerentoren.

Fri 30 OCT · 20:00 · doors 19:00

Plural Aesthetic 161-001: Kim Mupangilaï × Raphael Becker

Boerentoren · Historic Centre

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The chapel at Kunsthal Extra City, set up for a reception.

PerformanceFri 30 OCT · 20:00–23:00

Zoals het woord, zoals het hoort

Kunsthal Extra City · Chapel · Antwerpen-Centraal

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MusicFri 30 OCT · 20:30

Echoes of Zoo: Collective Intelligence

Rataplan · Borgerhout

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Maxi in a colourful theatrical room filled with costumes, drawings and handmade objects.

MusicFri 30 OCT · 20:30

Maxi: ANALBUM

De Studio · Historic Centre

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Fri 30 OCT · 20:30

Scarlet Tummers: Het jaar van het magisch denken

Monty · Antwerpen-Zuid

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MusicFri 30 OCT · 21:00–23:00

Trio con Tigo

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Big Dave singing into a microphone during an earlier live performance.

MusicFri 30 OCT · 22:00–00:00

Big Dave’s Night

Café des Arts · Berchem

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Still from Corpus – A Quest for Eternity showing an anatomical figure with raised arms in front of a wooden cross.

TalkSat 31 OCT · 11:30 introduction · film 11:35 · conversation 12:45

Corpus + conversation

FRED&FERRY · Historic Centre

€5

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A detail from Hieronymus Bosch’s Ecce Homo, used for Toon Leën’s lecture performance.

Talk · PerformanceSat 31 OCT · 14:30 Dutch · 16:00 English

Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen

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PerformanceSat 31 OCT · 15:00 + 17:00

The Early Years of the Earldom of Watou

Kunsthal Extra City · Antwerpen-Centraal

€13 / €8 concessionRegistration required

PerformanceSat 31 OCT · 19:00 · doors 18:00

SPOKEN

Blikfabriek · Hoboken

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Black-and-white publicity photo of Diesel Dudes performing shirtless and masked among amplifiers and equipment.

MusicSat 31 OCT · 19:30 · doors

Diesel Dudes + Naäper + Tanning Club

Antwerp Music City · Antwerpen-Noord

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MusicSat 31 OCT · 20:00

Amenra (acoustic) + Innerwoud

€33–35

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PerformanceSat 31 OCT · 20:00

FC Bergman: Guernica Guernica

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MusicSat 31 OCT · 20:00

Jamz.Bond

DE SINGEL · Theaterstudio · Antwerpen-Zuid

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Susie Ibarra and an ensemble of percussion, strings and piano performing Sky Islands on a dark stage.

Music · PerformanceSat 31 OCT · 20:00

Susie Ibarra: Sky Islands

€10–25

MusicSat 31 OCT · 20:30

De Legende

Djingel Djangel · Eilandje

€15

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Official collage showing Glenn Jones and Liam Grant playing acoustic guitars.

MusicSat 31 OCT · 20:30 · doors 19:00

Glenn Jones + Liam Grant

Dropa House · Deurne

Pay what you can: €5 / €10 / €15

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MusicSun 1 NOV · 11:30 · doors 11:00

IJlland: Ode aan de Donkerte

Klappei · Antwerpen-Noord

€17–19

A double-exposure photograph of Bram Weijters playing keyboards.

MusicSun 1 NOV · 14:30 concert · optional lunch 13:00–14:00

Bram Weijters / Carlo Nardozza / Martijn Vanbuel

Concert free; optional lunch €15

Sun 1 NOV · 14:30

Hooray Party!

Rataplan · Zaal · Borgerhout

€14–16

MusicSun 1 NOV · 15:00

Toets de piano

Begraafplaats Sint-Fredegandus · Deurne

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Music · PerformanceSun 1 NOV · 17:00–18:00

Fenne Kuppens (solo) + De Eenzame Uitvaart

Free

Djingel Djangel’s entrance and street terrace in a venue archive photograph.

Sun 1 NOV · 17:30

Blues, Jazz & Roots Muzikantenjam

Djingel Djangel · Eilandje

Free

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MusicSun 1 NOV · 19:30

Pothamus + Midwife + Siem Reap