A Long Weekend

Rodos Tango Festival

The Rodos Tango Festival runs from 23 to 26 May. Venues across the city come alive to the sultry sounds and sexy moves of the Argentine Tango, with performances and classes by maestros Jose Almar & Juliana Aparicio, Marco Palladino & Sabrina Garcia and Greece’s own Vaggelis Chatzopoulos & Marianna Koutandou, Konstantinos Chalntoupis & Effie Zarogianni. Plus… DJs, workshops and a Tango pool party.

Find out more about the full programme, and book online at www.rodostangofestival.com

Posted 5 days ago

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The energetic, annual All American Music Festival runs over the long weekend, from Friday 18 to Monday 20 May.

Sneaky Pete - Stacie Collins - Gospel Church - Helt Oncale & the Louisiana Band - Golden Voices of Gospel - Street Rats - Lata Gouveia & Band - Doc Houlind All Stars - Jim Everett Band - Midnight Special -Reunion.

All concerts free and outdoors on the main square, Place Guillaume II. Hope for sunshine! And there’ll be lots more going on in the city that weekend too.

Posted 1 week ago

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Belgian Pride 2013! Fabulously flamboyant fun event on Saturday 18 May. Over 70,000 people join LBGTs in a celebration of diversity, freedom and family. Concerts, exhibitions and obviously, a parade, starting at 14:00. Events last all day in the heart of Brussels.

Annual Paradisi Strawberry Festival on Sunday 12 May. Tastings, dancing, and traditional celebrations of Paradisi’s strawberries at this all day festival in the courtyard of the monastery of Agia Marina.

Annual Fête de l’Europe celebrating the European Union, with events from 11:00 to 18:00. Open Day at the Kirschberg Court of Justice, and performances and shows by many of the city’s diverse national groups (Irish dancing, Spanish dancing, Latvian folkloric dancing, belly dancing and so on!).

Free shuttle bus connects the various venues.

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Greek Easter

This is the most celebrated festival in the Greek calendar. Preparations will reach a zenith this weekend, with solemn parades on Friday 3 May and the celebratory midnight mass on Saturday 4, which ends with cries of “Christos anesti”. Family and feasting, all day Sunday.

And Rhodes Old Town is dressed for the occasion - enjoy!

May’s Iris Festival - Fete de l’Iris - Irisfeest - in Brussels this weekend, 4 & 5 May. Free concerts, exhibitions, parade of giants, kids’ village and much more at parks and venues across the city.

Marina and the Diamonds next Wednesday night at Den Atelier, Rue du Hollerich.

Posted 1 month ago

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The beautiful Royal Greenhouses of Laeken are open to the public Tuesday to Sunday from Friday 19 April to Sunday 12 May. This is a once a year event and not to be missed by keen gardeners, plant lovers or enthusiastic amateur architects - the greenhouses are spectacular.

Open Monday to Thursday 9:30 to 16:00, Friday 13:00 to 16:00 and over the weekends, 9:30 to 16:00 and 20:00 to 22:00. Entrance on thé Avenue du Parc du Royale, in Laeken, north of the city.

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT

Posted 1 month ago

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Best of Belgian Wine

Belgian beer, Belgian chocolate, Belgian frites… these are fine things you’re sure to have tried and tasted. But Belgian wine? This has less of a ring to it. And so the winemakers of Belgium are working to change that with the Belgovino Fair at the Tram Museum from late April.

And! You can find out more in a typically Belgian food affair, the Dinner of Belgian Winemakers (Act 2). On Saturday April 20 you can come along to a guided wine tasting followed by a gastronomic 3-course seasonal menu (with the local wines). Booking essential, big groups welcome. Starting 18:30 in The Riverside room at The Egg, a gorgeous, contemporary event venue. Reserve your place with the Tourist Office.

Posted 1 month ago

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