During the entire summer (between 21/06/2013 and 06/09/2013) the Abbey of Forest becomes THE place to be every Friday afternoon and evening during the project ‘Plaiziers du Park’. You are welcome to step by, chill a bit, enjoy the sun and… make music! There is an interesting program with percussion, vocals, melodic instruments (brass + others) and also construction of instruments. These will be coordinated by a fine series of artistst that will also perform a concert of a group/project of his own (Marockin’ Brass, VoiXlà, Mâäk, VelotroniX, Jomion et les Uklos, …).

This year the European Saxophone Ensemble is once again the ' Cultural Ambassador of the European Union'. The project for this year is having a very good start with a series of European composers and a tight team of young and talented saxophonists with Guillaume Orti as artistic coordinator.

Last Saturday the tour of Brassafrik and the Ghanaian guest musicians ended with a spectacular concert at the Music Meeting festival in Nijmegen. The entire tour was a great success, despite the absence of Babs Jobo, percussionist and fellow-composer of Brassafrik.

While King Ayisoba will make Europe unsafe for a few more weeks with a tour of his own Joseph and Moses are heading back to their homeland. The inclement Belgian weather is the only thing that they are not going to miss.

MiXiT, the new series of events organised by MET-X and Mâäk, is the place to be to discover new musical projects, participate yourself, or just step by for some chilling atmosphere and meet new people. The next MiXiT coincides with the Jazz Marathon and has been taken into its program so... more than worth the effort to plan your musical route this way! Between 14h and 17h there will be a workshop of hip hop dance and improvisation with Yiphun Chiem and Sarah Ludi followed by a barbeque. After that , there will be two concerts of 3Bs (19.30h) and Mâäk Electro (20.30h).

The kick-off concert of Brassafrik- The Ghana Connections tour is approaching! On the 5th of May this Afro-Belgian band will start their tour by giving a first concert at Jazz Sous Les Pommiers. Brassafrik will be assisted during their concert series by three Ghanaian guests: King Ayisoba, Joseph Darko and Moses Batintora (Wind Afrique). Throughout the month of may they will be performing a series of concerts in Belgium and abroad. Don’t miss these concerts! Here are the dates:
05/05: Festival Jazz Sous Les Pommiers (FR)
10/05: Muziekpublique (Brussels)
11/05: Aalbeke feest! (Aalbeke)