Gigs 2008-2009
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2009
- Sun 01 Feb – VK Vaartkapoen, Sint Jans Molenbeek: Taraf de Haïdouks
2008
- Sat 05 Jul Main Square Festival – Grand Place, Arras: Chemical Brothers and Underworld
- Sat 05 Jul MeYouZik Festival, Luxembourg: Vieux Farka Touré feat. Toumani Diabaté and Bassekou Kouyaté, Ojos de Brujo
- Mon 07 Jul Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam: Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
- Wed 09 Jul Olt Rivierenhof, Antwerp: Branford Marsalis
- Thu 10 Jul Gent Jazz Festival: Herbie Hancock
- Fri 11 Jul Les Ardentes – Parc Astrid, Liège: Dave Clarke, Andy Weatherall, Dj Pierre
- Fri 11 Jul Cactus Festival, Bruges: Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Brooklyn Funk Essentials, B-52s
- Sat 12 Jul Rock Zottegem, Zottegem: Blondie
- Sat 12 Jul Cactus Festival, Bruges: Tinariwen
- Sun 13 Jul Cactus Festival, Bruges: Bootsy Collins & The Hardest Working Band (inc. The JBs and Fred Wesley), Youssou N’Dour
- Sun 13 Jul Brosella Festival, Brussels: Rabih Abou Khalil
- Fri 18 Jul Gent Jazz Festival: Roberto Fonseca, Omara Portuondo, Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club
- Sat 19 Jul Colora Festival, Louvain: La Kinky Beat
- Sat 26 Jul Sfinks Festival, Boechout: Nortec Collective, Garifuna Umalali
- Sun 27 Jul Sfinks Festival, Boechout: Lula Pena
- Wed 30 Jul Klinkers, Bruges: Melingo
- Fri 01 Aug Esperanzah!, Abbaye de Floreffe: Vieux Farka Touré feat. Toumani Diabaté and Bassekou Kouyaté
- Sat 02 Aug Klinkers, Bruges: Caravan Palace
- Sun 03 Aug Klinkers, Bruges: Roy Paci & Aretuska
- Fri 15 Aug Deerlycke Festival, Deerlijk: Salsa Celtica
- Sat 23 Aug Summer Festival, Place Rouppe, Brussels: Sergent Garcia
- Mon 25 Aug Summer Festival, Mont des Arts, Brussels: Buenas Ondas
- Sat 06 Sep Festival d’Île de France, Theâtre de Trianon, Paris: Eliades Ochoa
- Fri 19 Sep TriPostal, Lille: Carl Craig
- [26,27,28 Sep - Fiesta Mundial, Keiheuvel, Balen]
- Wed 01 Oct Ancienne Belgique, Brussels: Matthew Herbert
- Mon 06 Oct Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels: Mariza
- Sat 11 Oct Riffs N Bips, Mons: Front 242
- Mon 13 Oct Ancienne Belgique, Brussels: Calexico
- Sun 19 Oct L’Orangerie, Brussels: Amy Macdonald
- Sun 19 – Mon 20 Oct Forest National, Brussels: Leonard Cohen
- Wed 22 Oct Ancienne Belgique, Brussels: Arthur H
- Fri 24 Oct Ancienne Belgique, Brussels: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80
- Fri 24 Oct Aeronef, Lille: Arthur H
- Sat 25 Oct Aeronef, Lille: Suzanne Vega
- Sun 26 Oct Ancienne Belgique, Brussels: Lambchop
- Mon 27 Oct Cirque Royale, Brussels: Omara Portuondo
- Web 05 Nov Salle Reine Elisabeth, Antwerp: Herbie Hancock
- Thu 13 Nov Abbox, Brussels: Skatalites
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