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8 June–10 July 2016 23 24 25 29 06/2016 30 Sa 22:00 PREOCCUPATIONS CA concert We 22:30 PNYC: Portishead Roseland New York flm formerly known as VIET CONG, Dick Carruthers, US, 1998, 74’ garage pop, indie rock Bristol Trip Hop pioneers’ live BE beursschouwburg 18 El Yunque performance in New York has noiserock 29 become a modern classic. DJ soFa BE dj set .be Th 22:30 Spice World: The Movie flm Bob Spiers, UK, 1997, 93’ We 20:00 VoetbalAn live The ultimate guilty pleasure of podcast 30 the Generation Y. 21:00 Sweden–Belgium football 22 BE Fr 19:00 Möbius apéro 23:00 The 90’s in 90 minutes: flm electronic beats concert free a compilation of music videos Directors Michel Gondry, Mark 1 22:00 HIELE BE concert Romanek, Chris Cunningham, deep electronic music Jonathan Glazer, Spike Jonze Team Panini BE and Anton Corbijn turning hip hop the 1990’s music video into art. Faisal BE dj set Th 22:30 Modulations: Cinema for the Ear flm Iara Lee, US, 1998, 74’ 22:00 Témé Tan BE concert A sensory documentary capturing Sa hip hop, soul, world music the electronic dance-music evening hosted by Témé Tan 23 explosion of the 90’s. Paul White 2 dj set Fr 16:00 Working Title Situations #05 We 20:00 VoetbalAn live festival for new art forms podcast BE 6- 19:00 Bcote apéro Th 21:00 Semi-fnals football 24 electronic beats concert 22:00 Dollkraut NL concert 7 wavepop Fr 22:00 I/O presents R&S Records concert Handless BE dj set 8 Sa 22:00 5 years 22Tracks party Sa 16:00 Working Title Situations #05 festival for new art forms 9 22:00 Dream Koala FR concert Su 20:00 VoetbalAn live 25 dreampop podcast 8 June–10 July 2016 DC Salas BE dj set 10 21:00 Finals football 06/2016 07/2016 Picnic, flms, (apéro) concerts and football on our rooftop terrace On Wednesday and Thursday eve- Sa 22:00 LAFAWNDAH FR concert Beursschouwburg loves a good nings (22:30) the rooftop terrace electronic pop, club music picnic! During Out Loud! our is transformed into an open-air Zora Jones AT rooftop terrace will become part of Film club music Picnic the public space. Everyone is cinema. With eight music documen- (sharing public space) 11 BE taries, full-length flms, videoclips Sky_h1 welcome here, to sunbath or eat a and concert recordings we’re plung- electronic picnic in the sun. ing into the nineties! This year, you can come to Beursschouwburg unprepared and Mo 20:00 VoetbalAn live without a picnic. We’re receiving Our apéro concerts (scheduled for podcast back-up from the Brussels 19:00) and concerts (22:00) on restaurant AUB-SVP. Coolness! Friday and Saturday will bring you 21:00 Belgium–Italy football AUB-SVP will be ofering the Con- 13 served by in the perfect summer mood! Come delicacies of dreams for an discover new bands or see your all- unforgettable picnic. You’ll fnd the certs time favourites live. Exact concert We 22:30 Hated: GG Allin and The Murder flm pop-up restaurant in the big hall, timings or line-ups will be confrmed Junkies easy access via rue du Pont de la on the day of the event. Be sure to Todd Philips, US, 1993, 90’ Carpe/Karperbrug. get in early enough, there’s limited 15 A scary shockumentary about Alstublieft! S’il vous plaît! capacity! controversial punk rock performer GG Allin. 22:30 1991: The Year Punk Broke flm Th 22:30 The Punk Singer flm Dave Markey, US, 1992, 99’ Sini Anderson, US, 2013, 81’ Sonic Youth and not yet known Fascinating look at feminist icon We Nirvana on a European tour, right 16 Kathleen Hanna, lead singer before “grunge” conquered of punk band Bikini Kill and 8 the world. voice of the riot grrrl movement. Th 20:30 FuckUp Night lecture Fr 9:00 Creative Mornings lecture 22:30 Pearl Jam Twenty flm 19:00 Samowar BE apéro We–Sa from 12:00 Picnic served by aub-svp 9 Cameron Crowe, US, 2011, 109’ 17 electro pop concert A tribute to the Seattle group that helped defne the 90’s. 22:00 Psychic Ills US concert We–Sa from 17:00 Apéro on our rooftop terrace psychedelic rock Pass by for your favorite apéro, White Hills US on Fridays with some live music! Fr 12:00 Concertini (w/ De Munt/La Monnaie) concert psychedelic trance NiXiE BE 19:00 Universe BE apéro dj set We–Th from 22:30 Music flms 10 electronic beats concert 22:00 Adomas/Ucture BE concert Sa 14:00 VoetbalAn live Fr–Sa from 22:00 Concerts dark, electronic cabaret podcast Sorok Rin 18 15:00 Belgium–Ireland football evening hosted by Adomas Nosedrip BE dj set 06/2016 06/2016 beursschouwburg .be.
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