Brace yourself, straighten your head, clear your throat. Because it’s time. Time for a festive revolution, time for FEST!

Almost a hundred years ago, Spanish teacher José Antonio Emmanuel published the manifesto ‘Anarchy Explained to Children’. He wrote: “Life must be what it must be: a free expression of capacities, spontaneity of actions, an ultimate freedom that breaks down the causes that hinder this society, based on the greatest freedom and the most absolute independence.” And that is exactly what singer Junior Akwety, sound artist Jochem Baelus and clarinetist Lotte Vanhamel do: they place their fate in the hands of the young audience and call for revolution.

FEST will be a bomb of musical anarchy. The musicians transform from ritual percussion to enchanting voices and vice versa. Distorted sounds become sonic explosions. They are inspired by songs from Junior’s native Congo and let hints of rumba, banto electronics, deep house, hip hop and rap be heard. Together with the audience they create a new world: uninhibited, free and spontaneous.

Get ready for a musical party and a revolution for children: a revolution that radiates positive energy. FEST appeals to contemporary dance culture: a gathering that may contain something illegal somewhere, but above all leaves a lasting impression on everyone who was there. Including you. Brace yourself for this ode to the experiment, this courageous fist against the current.

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“Let it all out!” the DJ shouts through the microphone. Children’s sweat fills the smallest nightclub in the country. Hoarse voices cheer to the music. “Parents not allowed!” says a bouncer at the door. Adults simply don’t fit in with their large bodies.

The pounding beats carry all the way outside. The roof comes off. The little ravers break free from parental control during their first rave.

Welcome to Bonkers Kidsrave, a club for partygoers aged 5 and up, run by Nikolas Lestaeghe, Jonathan Cant, and Casimir Franken. The beats of Belgian Eurodance, gabber, and techno blast through the speakers, and the smoke machines run at full speed.

While adults watch from the sidelines with open mouths, this theatrical experience challenges children to let loose completely. Inside the club, actors, interactive elements, and age-appropriate DJ sets ensure children find their groove at this fun rave. The little ravers leave with a new perspective on (their) freedom, and then take adults along for the ride.

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Who is Kate Bush? Tough question: a pop icon, an outsider, a musical sorceress.

With her intriguing voice, elusive style, and dreamy music videos, Kate Bush has been an enigma for generations of listeners for decades. In Cloudbusting, singer and performer Aline Goffin takes young people on a journey through Bush’s inimitable universe. Not with a classical concert, but with a particularly intimate moment where music, movement, and image converge. Video artist Nele Fack previously shone with her animations in Zonzo Compagnie’s THELONIOUS. In Cloudbusting, she once again lets her visual imagination speak with magical holograms.

You’ll hear familiar songs like “Running Up That Hill”—which became all the rage again thanks to the Netflix series “Stranger Things”—but also surprising gems you might not (yet) know. Aline’s voice has often been compared to Kate Bush’s, but with Cloudbusting, she makes it her own. Armed only with a voice, a mini guitar, and a few sticks, Aline proves that Kate Bush’s songwriting skills remain intact even in this minimal setting.

It becomes an intimate encounter between singer and muse, between then and now.

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