concert listings2026–2027
Gwen Cresens & Philippe Thuriot
Sint-Pieterskerk, Langdorp, 8 pm
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12Nov
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14Nov
Two accordions, one breath
Gwen Cresens & Philippe Thuriot
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Gwen Cresens and Philippe Thuriot show the accordion’s versatility in all its colours. Their programme ranges from classical repertoire to their own arrangements and new compositions. As a duo, they create an intense interplay. A concert in which the instrument truly comes to life.
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26Nov
Lenny & de Wespen
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Lenny & de Wespen present their new album Noem het dan maar dromen, a collection of songs where folk, pop, Americana and Dutch-language songwriting meet. The music is restrained and melodic, often built around fingerpicked guitar and strong, poetic lyrics, breathing both light and melancholy. With a warm, acoustic approach, the trio creates an intimate atmosphere.
With Lennaert Maes (vocals, guitar), Andries Boone (mandolin, guitar) and Bert Huysentruyt (drums, bass)
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27Nov
Between East and West
Aram: Shahab Azinmehr, Derya Türkan & Robbe Kieckens
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This project brings together Middle Eastern and European sounds. With kemençe, voice, other string instruments and percussion, a layered dialogue unfolds between tradition and free interpretation. The musicians look for common threads in their musical backgrounds. A concert that builds bridges between different worlds.
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3Dec
Guitars from here to there
Sam Grassie, Dylan Fowler & Haroun Iqbal (sco-wal-bel)
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Sam Grassie is a young Scottish guitarist and singer-songwriter making waves in the contemporary Anglo-Saxon folk scene. Welshman Dylan Fowler is an internationally renowned master of acoustic and classical guitar. Haroun Iqbal, one of Klara radio's "Twintigers" talents, is a composer and multi-instrumentalist with influences from jazz, Indian and West African music. Together they create an exceptional guitar concert.
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5Dec
Guitars from here to there
Sam Grassie, Dylan Fowler & Haroun Iqbal (sco-wal-bel)
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Sam Grassie is a young Scottish guitarist and singer-songwriter making waves on the contemporary British and American folk scene. Welshman Dylan Fowler is an internationally renowned grandmaster of acoustic and classical guitar. Klara 'twintiger' Haroun Iqbal is a composer and multi-instrumentalist with influences from jazz and Indian and West African music. Together they create an exceptional guitar concert, presenting their compositions, shaped by traditional influences and improvisation, both solo and together.
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11Dec
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11Dec
Double concert: three generations of folk and a Christmas tale
Griff Trio: Echo + En waar de ster bleef stille staan
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A double concert. Echo brings together three generations of folk: pioneers of the Belgian folk revival, Griff Trio who sought them out, and twenty-somethings from today's folk scene. Documentary and live music flow into each other. Afterwards, Reineke Van Hooreweghe and Toon Van Mierlo and a 15-piece orchestra present their musical tale based on Felix Timmermans.
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12Dec
A Christmas tale after Felix Timmermans
En waar de ster bleef stille staan
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A story by Felix Timmermans, told by Reineke Van Hooreweghe, with a 15-piece orchestra conducted by Toon Van Mierlo. Three tramps dressed as the Three Kings go from door to door through the wintry Kempen landscape: a musical tale of poverty, guilt and grace, simple and acoustic.
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13Dec
Laura Cortese & Bert Ruymbeek
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In their music, Laura Cortese and Bert Ruymbeek seek out the atmosphere of meaningful moments and turn it into sound and stories. Sometimes they sing, sometimes they play instrumental pieces, always in a direct interplay between fiddle and accordion. Their repertoire grows out of a shared interest in melody, rhythm and the places and people who shape them.
With Laura Cortese (vocals, fiddle, foot percussion) and Bert Ruymbeek (accordion)
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18Dec
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18Dec
A Christmas tale after Felix Timmermans
En waar de ster bleef stille staan
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A story by Felix Timmermans, told by Reineke Van Hooreweghe, with a 15-piece orchestra conducted by Toon Van Mierlo. Three tramps dressed as the Three Kings go from door to door through the wintry Kempen landscape: a musical tale of poverty, guilt and grace, simple and acoustic.
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19Dec
A Christmas tale after Felix Timmermans
En waar de ster bleef stille staan
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A story by Felix Timmermans, told by Reineke Van Hooreweghe, with a 15-piece orchestra conducted by Toon Van Mierlo. Three tramps dressed as the Three Kings go from door to door through the wintry Kempen landscape: a musical tale of poverty, guilt and grace, simple and acoustic.
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20Dec
A Christmas tale after Felix Timmermans
En waar de ster bleef stille staan
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A story by Felix Timmermans, told by Reineke Van Hooreweghe, with a 15-piece orchestra conducted by Toon Van Mierlo. Three tramps dressed as the Three Kings go from door to door through the wintry Kempen landscape: a musical tale of poverty, guilt and grace, simple and acoustic.
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9Jan 2027
Between East and West
Aram: Shahab Azinmehr, Derya Türkan & Robbe Kieckens
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This project brings together Middle Eastern and European sounds. With kemençe, voice, other string instruments and percussion, a layered dialogue unfolds between tradition and free interpretation. The musicians look for common threads in their musical backgrounds. A concert that builds bridges between different worlds.
€ 22Tickets -
12–14Jan 2027
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14Jan 2027
Robb Johnson
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Robb Johnson is a British singer-songwriter known for his folk and his sharp, often politically charged lyrics. For more than forty years, solo and with others, he has been performing songs that combine satire, social themes and personal stories. With guitar and voice he delivers songs that are direct, narrative and to the point.
With Robb Johnson (vocals, guitar)
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15Jan 2027
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24Jan 2027
Bao Sissoko & Haroun Iqbal
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Bao Sissoko is a Senegalese griot, musician and storyteller who passes on the history and traditions of his community through song and kora. Haroun Iqbal is a Belgian guitarist and one of Klara’s Twintigers, working between jazz and world music. Kora and guitar enter into conversation, with room for rhythm and improvisation.
With Bao Sissoko (kora, vocals) and Haroun Iqbal (guitar)
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28Jan 2027
Between County Kerry and Yorkshire
The Weaving (irl-eng)
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The young and talented trio The Weaving proves that Irish and English folk is still very much alive. Méabh Begley (accordion, vocals), Owen Spafford (fiddle) and Cait Ni Riain (piano, vocals) play music rooted in Kerry, Tipperary and Yorkshire. They perform dance tunes and songs approached from their own backgrounds, with room for interplay and harmony singing.
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30Jan 2027
Between County Kerry and Yorkshire
The Weaving (irl-eng)
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The young and talented trio The Weaving proves that Irish and English folk is still very much alive. Méabh Begley (accordion, vocals), Owen Spafford (fiddle) and Cait Ni Riain (piano, vocals) play music rooted in Kerry, Tipperary and Yorkshire. They perform dance tunes and songs approached from their own backgrounds, with room for interplay and harmony singing.
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19Feb 2027
A storm of voices from the south of France
La Mal Coiffée (fr)
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La Mal Coiffée is a vocal quartet from the South of France devoted to Occitan polyphony. The group combines part-singing with percussion and works with texts from the regional tradition. Their repertoire links historical sources with new compositions. Live, the emphasis is on rhythm, language and collective singing.
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20Feb 2027
A storm of voices from the south of France
La Mal Coiffée (fr)
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La Mal Coiffée is a vocal quartet from the South of France devoted to Occitan polyphony. The group combines part-singing with percussion and works with texts from the regional tradition. Their repertoire links historical sources with new compositions. Live, the emphasis is on rhythm, language and collective singing.
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3Mar 2027
From Trah Njim to Vinistan
Troissoeur
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Troissoeur is the band of brothers Rein, Edwin and Joris Vanvinckenroye together with guitarist Pieter Thys. Since the late 1990s they have developed their own electro-acoustic style in which folk, chamber music and experiment come together. After a long break and various side projects, they picked up the thread again. This concert ties in with their recent work and the programme Vinistan, their musical universe with a language of its own.
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4Mar 2027
Vera Coomans & Thomas Devos
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Vera Coomans may well be the most seasoned voice in Flemish folk. In 2026 she received a Flanders Folk Award for her many years of contribution to folk in Flanders. She became known as the voice of Madou and has since built a rich career in folk and roots. Together with her son Thomas, she performs the repertoire of Madou.
With Vera Coomans (vocals) and Thomas Devos (guitar)
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5Mar 2027
John Blek (irl)
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John Blek is an Irish singer-songwriter from Cork. He writes poetic songs rooted in the Irish, English and American traditions, which he performs solo with his beautiful voice and virtuoso guitar playing. Fragile and understated, yet powerful and melodic.
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20Mar 2027
Folk in acoustic encounter
Laura Cortese’s Acoustic Evening IV, met Eliza Carthy, Jake Blount & Sarah Kate Morgan (usa-eng-uk)
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For this fourth edition of Acoustic Evening, Laura Cortese invites three distinctive voices from international folk: Eliza Carthy, Jake Blount and Sarah Kate Morgan. Together they present a programme alternating tradition and their own work, carried by voices and string instruments. The focus is on the song, harmony singing and the direct power of acoustic playing together. An evening where British and American folk meet in an intimate setting.
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16Apr 2027
From Italy to Greece
Livia Giaffreda & Nino Conte, Katerina Douka & Stamatis Pasopoulos (ita-gr)
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Livia Giaffreda is a singer and percussionist focusing on Italian and Mediterranean traditions, accompanied on accordion. Katerina Douka & Stamatis Pasopoulos present a programme of Greek repertoire for voice and accordion, centred on rebetiko: the urban folk music that emerged in the ports of the Greek peninsula.
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17Apr 2027
From Italy to Greece
Livia Giaffreda & Nino Conte, Katerina Douka & Stamatis Pasopoulos (ita-gr)
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Livia Giaffreda is a singer and percussionist focusing on Italian and Mediterranean traditions. She works with voice and frame drum, performing both traditional songs and her own interpretations. Her repertoire starts from oral traditions and is given a contemporary twist, supported by accordionist Simone Frezza.
Katerina Douka & Stamatis Pasopoulos present a programme of Greek repertoire for voice and accordion. At its heart is rebetiko, the urban folk music that emerged in the ports of the Greek peninsula. Themes such as migration, loss and longing resonate through this music. The duo approaches this repertoire with respect for tradition and with attention to lyrics, melody and interplay.
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25Apr 2027
In vino veritas
Liesbeth Devos & Gwen Cresens
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Soprano Liesbeth Devos and accordionist Gwen Cresens dive into the rich musical heritage from the Renaissance to the present day, in search of melodies in which the wine flows freely. From Monteverdi, Purcell, Eccles and Landi to Barbara and Luis Mariano – every glass of music tells its own story.
With Gwen Cresens (accordion) and Liesbeth Devos (vocals)
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5–9May 2027
The festival of our 500th performance
Merodefestival 2027
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Over the Ascension weekend, you walk with musicians through the most beautiful nature reserves of the Merode by day. In the evening, international folk plays at the Citadel of Diest. The opening concert on Wednesday 5 May is our 500th performance since 2012. The full programme follows in the spring.
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14May 2027
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19Jun 2027
New sound colours
Sara Salvérius & blazerskwartet: Adem
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With Adem, Sara Salvérius brings her accordion together with a wind quartet, each musician with their own background and sound world. The project starts from shared breathing as a source of sound and musical dialogue.
Together they explore the wind that rushes through their instruments, sometimes in the wistful tone of a whispered last word, sometimes with the exuberance of a brass band. Between composition and improvisation they celebrate life, farewell and death, in a search for the cadence that gives every life its rhythm. Because everything is breath.
€ 22Tickets -
4Jul 2027
Folk and world music in the Abdij van Park
PARK Festival 2027
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A day of folk and world music on three stages in and around Abdij van Park.
Ascension weekend · 5–9 May 2027
Merodefestival 2027
By day, you walk with musicians through the most beautiful nature reserves of the Merode. In the evening, international folk plays at the Citadel of Diest. And the opening concert on Wednesday 5 May is a celebration in its own right: our 500th performance since 2012. The programme follows in the spring.
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