18 Avenue De Maelbeek
1040 Bruxelles
Belgium

http://www.senghor.be

Espace Senghor/Centre Cuturel d'Etterbeek ASBL is a Cultural Center from the french speaking community situated in the European District of Brussels

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activities

• Institution
  • Cult.Inst.
• Promoter
  • Concert Promoter

visited events

• WOMEX 2001
• WOMEX 2002
• WOMEX 2003
• WOMEX 2004
• WOMEX 2005
• WOMEX 2006
• WOMEX 2007
• WOMEX 2008

company description

We have a beautiful hall from the early 20th century wIth a really nice accoustic. Its capacity is 250 seats.

Our program is mainly focused on intercultural activities held in various domains like theatre, dance performances, children programs and music of course.

Each year, we have about 15 World Music concerts in our hall and 4 Jazz concerts. We also set up programs dedicated to some particular cultures. During 3 or 4 days, we try to present different aspects of these cultures like music of course, but also fine arts, movies, or gastronomy... Some of the topic we had over the last years include Touaregs, Gipsies, Algeria, Brasil, Gnaouas, Madgascar...

Here are some of the most famous bands who played in our hall:

Susana Baca, Trilok Gurtu and the Frikyiwa Familiy, Savina Yannatou, Omar Sosa, Amadou & Mariam, KCP 5 feat. Charlie Mariano, Okay Temiz, Viriginia Rodrigues, Dhafer Youssef, Habib Koite, Taraf de Haïdouks, Cheikh Lô, David Krakauer's Klezmer Madness, Marcos Valle, Ensemble Al Kindi, Richard Galliano, Shivkumar Sharma...