Like every year, the festival’s weekends will be animated by parties aimed at bringing people together around a unique nightlife programme. For this edition, we are shaking things up a little bit. First, we will kick things off with a soft launch, and then each nightlife party will feature live music, courtesy of artists of different genres: Sara Dziri, Porcelain ID, Floèmee, Bart Kobain, Nancy Khadra, Raivy and many more. Moreover, we will be taking over several locations, besides the Festival Centre (i.e. Les Brigittines). First, our opening and closing parties will be organised at Théâtre National to ensure that as many people can gather for our bigger celebrations. Then, our annual Pride After-Party will be spread over two locations simultaneously: Les Brigittines with Propaganda, and Le Reservoir Bar in collaboration with Bozar’s Afropolitan. Among this year’s other music & nightlife collaborators will be Nyege Nyege’s Anti-Mass Collective, Pages Magazine, and different actors from our Festival Centre’s neighbourhood. The DJs who will take you on a genre-bending world tour of sounds include local powerhitters such as Soumaya Phéline and Nina Champs, besides international guest stars such as Cheetah and DIDI.

11.05 – Take(-it-)off Thursday 
Les Brigittines

LINE-UP

22:30, Nika B2B JuliEn

12.05 – Opening Party
Théâtre National

LINE-UP

• 23:00, Auncle Mymy
• 00:00, Blacksapho
• 01:00, Prince Kongo (LIVE)
• 01:30, ARAKAZA

ANTI-MASS:

• 02:30, Turkana
• 03:30, Nsasi Ug
• 04:30, Authentically Plastic
• 05:30, end

13.05 – Soundgasm Saturday
Les Brigittines

LINE-UP

• 22:45, Bushra C’toù
• 00:00, Sara Dziri & Valentina Bellanova (LIVE)
• 01:00, Soumaya Phéline
• 03:00, end

19.05 — The True Colors and Body Language of Soft Bwois
Les Brigittines

LINE-UP

• 22:30, Porcelain Id (LIVE)
• 23:00, Caesarr
• 00:00, DIDI
• 01:00, end

The night’s title, curation and line-up are inspired by the short films Soft Bwoi (2023) by Danny Bailey, Body Language (2022) by Odu Adamu, and True Colors (2022) by David J. Amado.

20.05 – DYSTOPIA, a Pride After-Party curated by PROPAGANDA
Les Brigittines

LINE-UP

Krasna, Belligerency, King Kovaci + guests Major Mathilde & Nina Champs

20.05 – Pride After-Party curated by Shoga Shoga
Kunstenfestivaldesarts x Afropolitan
Le Réservoir Bar

LINE-UP

• 22:00, AFRODESIA
• 23:00, STANLEY
• 00:00, Kali Kalité
• 01:00, Lola OndiKwa
• 02:00, Cheetah
• 03:00, Missy Da Kunt
• 04:00, Jonas Alexander
• 05:00, end

26.05 – Frenzy Friday
Les Brigittines

LINE-UP

• 22:30, Floèmee (LIVE)
• 23:00, Gem & I
• 00:00, Pode
• 01:00, end

27.05 – Saucy Saturday
Les Brigittines

LINE-UP

• 22:30, Bart Kobain (LIVE)
• 23:00, MAHINA (LIVE)
• 23:30, BadLilBitty (LIVE)
• 00:00, KARL
• 01:00, K4
• 03:00, end

02.06 – Freak 'em Friday
Les Brigittines

LINE-UP

• 22:30, Nancy Khadra (LIVE)
• 23:15, Raivy (LIVE) + The Girl FJ
• 00:00, renoiterrible
• 01:00, end

03.06 — Closing Night
Théâtre National

LINE-UP

• 23:00, Brahim Tall
• 00:30, Talia Goddess (LIVE)
• 01:00, IMSOBABY
• 02:00, Esengo
• 03:15, Hirma
• 04:30, Chinnamasta
• 05:30, end