Below you can find the EuroSonic Noorderslag 2009 conference program. For an overview per day or location, you can check out the timetable.
Belgium has a rich 'live-performance' history and its huge variety of clubs, venues and festivals is a testimony to it. Year-round, the concert-goer can make a daily selection from either alternative acts or big international crowd pleasers. In Flanders there is a booming club scene and Wallonia is in the process of developing its own. During the summer months Belgium transforms into the ultimate festival country. How do all these festivals survive? Which club or festival caters to the likes of your act? Which kind of support do these clubs get? Are (inter)national collaborations possible? And how do so many top venues compete in such a small country?
In collaboration with Flanders Music Centre and Wallonie Bruxelles Musiques.
Moderator: Sophie Chevalier (Pure FM / Freelance, BE)
I'm freelance and work as a DJ with PureFm. I have 13 years experience in the music industry in Belgium and UK especially in the Live side of business. I still consult with Festivals and promoters.
Peter Daeninck (Lokerse Feesten, BE)
David Dehard (Club Plasma / Zebra Bookings, BE)
I work for an association called Court-Circuit wich offers some helps to musicians and promoters. I am also freelance as music consultant for the Theater of Namur and booker for some belgian and international artists such as Uzi&Ari (USA), Elvis'Ghettoblaster (Be), Chapter (Ch), Cafénéon (Be), Centenaire (F), Frank Shinobi (Be), The Dust Dive (USA)
Kurt Overbergh (Ancienne Belgique, BE)
Stijn Roggeman (De Kreun, BE)
As manager of music club De Kreun in Kortrijk, I'm member of the Clubcircuit and participant in the strategic planning process of Flanders Music Centre. Since De Kreun is located next to the border with France, we've got the long-term international partnership '4x4 music', with 3 other clubs. This ambitious project is co financed by the European InterReg IV program.
Marc Steens (Clubcircuit, BE)
Na een tocht die hem via RifRaf en Lowlands Festival naar Freeze magazine en Dour Festival voerde, nam hij in 2004 de functie op van coördinator binnen de vzw Clubcircuit.coördinator binnen de vzw Clubcircuit tevens is hij sinds ’98 pers- en promotieverantwoordelijke voor Vlaanderen en Nederland bij Dour
Paul Henri Wauters (La Botanique / Festival Les Nuits Botanique, BE)
