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A unique location, with a line-up to die for! The 19th edition of Les Nuits takes places this year from the 10th to the 21st of May.

A festival that makes discovering and reinforcing musical careers its top priority. Want proof? Take a look at the eclectic line-up, open to all the new trends with quality!

On stage

Amadou & Mariam, Anaïs, Baxter Dury, Camille, Chapelier Fou, Chilly Gonzales, C2C, Daniel Darc, Esmerine, Ewert & The Two Dragons, Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains, Friends, General Elektriks, Ghostpoet, Goose, Great Mountain Fire, Grimes, Housse de Racket, King Krule, La Femme, La Grande Sophie, Laura Gibson, Maggie Björklund, Maïa Vidal, Mariee Sioux, Milagres, Mouse On Mars, Oxmo Puccino Trio, Perfume Genius, Piers Faccini, Prinzhorn Dance School, Revolver, Rover, Staff Benda Bilili, The Experimental Tropic Blues Band, The Rapture, Sandro Perri, Siskiyou, Woodkid, Yacht, 1995…

Where? Botanique – Rue Royale 236 – 1210 Brussels

When? From 12th to 21st May 2012

Internet? http://www.botanique.be/en/les-nuits

Tickets: check the prices on the website

How to get there from hotel BLOOM? The Botanique is situated next to hotel BLOOM!

From 9 till 13 May Europe’s best gymnasts gather in Brussels for the European Championships Women & Artistic Gymnastics. There are about 250 gymnasts from 40 countries expected.

These competitions run during one week in the halls of Brussels Expo, at the Atomium. The program includes the qualifiers and finals, both individually and in team as juniors and seniors.
The European Championship in Brussels is a team competition. The six Belgian gymnasts will fight for a place among the eight best teams to qualify for the team final. Individually we see the eight best gymnasts per apparatus in the apparatus finals: vault, uneven bars, beam and floor.

The European Championships are an important event in view of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. We can expect an exciting competition between European top gymnasts, for this match is the last major preparation for the Games. For the Belgian junior and senior teams it is nothing less than an ideal opportunity to match themselves against Europe’s finest gymnasts.

Where? Brussels Expo, Hall 11 at Heysel (Belgiëplein 1, 1020 Brussels)

When? From 9 to 13 May 2012

Internet? http://www.brusselsgymnastics2012.be

Tickets: check the prices on the website

How to get there from hotel BLOOM?

• From “la gare du Midi” station, take the direct metro line 6 direction Roi Baudouin.
  Get off at Heysel. This will take about 15 minutes.
• Take metro line 5, bound for Erasme. At Beekkant, take line 6 bound for Roi Baudouin. Get off at Heysel. This will take about 20 minutes.
• You can also take line 1 at Brussels Central Station, bound for gare de L’Ouest. At Beekkant, take line 6, bound for Roi Baudouin. Get off at Heysel. This will take about 20 minutes.

In the framework of the Belgian Development Cooperation Days, Light for the World presents, from the 27th April to the 9th May in the Botanique, a photo exhibition by Dieter Telemans on blindness and its consequences in Africa.

Dieter Telemans is a renowned Belgian photographer who has received De Spiegel price in 2009. The photographs were taken in Eye hospitals and in Blind Institutes where LIGHT FOR THE WOLRD fights against avoidable blindness and promotes the inclusion of persons with a visual impairment.

The exhibition is accessible to blind and visually impaired persons thanks to audiodescription. Adapted visits for a school public will also be organized.

Where? Botanique – Rue Royale 236 – 1210 Brussels

When? From April 27th to May 9th 2012

Internet? www.lumierepourlemonde.be

How to get there from hotel BLOOM? The Botanique is situated next to hotel BLOOM!

Often created in situ, Brett Bailey’s provocative shows question the power relationships governing our post-colonial world. Premiering in May in Brussels, the second part of his project entitled Exhibit is certain to make headlines. Exhibit B is an exhibition of human beings, in the image of the ethnographic dioramas and “human zoos” of the colonial era. In Gesù church – whose convent has been occupied for several years by the homeless – visitors are invited to discover a series of silent “tableaux vivants” retracing how the representation of the “black man” has evolved, from the noble savage of the Belgian Congo to today’s asylum seeker… Bailey calls on performers of African origin living in Belgium, exhibiting them accompanied by texts to create an incisive and moving journey through the history of stereotypes. According to him, we like differences to come to us wrapped up in familiar packaging. Exhibit B asks us to look at the other person before us.

Where? Gesùkerk/Église Gesù – Koningsstraat 165 rue Royale, 1210 Brussels

When? 7 to 9 May – 7 PM  + 7:45 PM + 9:15 PM + 10 PM

How much? 16 euro (45 minutes)

Internet? http://www.thirdworldbunfight.co.za/

How to get there from hotel BLOOM?

The Gesùkerk/Église Gesù is situated just 100 metres across the street of hotel BLOOM!

The Tête-à-Tijd festival is a small & original music festival that takes place in St Josse, the neighbourhood around hotel BLOOM!

There will be concerts on locations like hairdressers, bus stops, laundry’s: places where a lot of people wait and can be entertained. The organizers try to bring a refreshing breeze to the neighbourhood  & to put forward new, authentic & hidden places in St Josse.

This 5^th of May it’s the 2^nd edition of the festival.

The performances take place between 13 pm & 19 pm on different locations. Check out the programme on http://www.festivaltat.be/

There will also be performances in hotel BLOOM!:

• 15 pm – 15.20 pm: Séraphine cello player (room 701)
• 15.20 pm – 15.30 pm: Lucien & François singers (elevator)
• 15.30 pm – 15.50 pm: Hoochen Breakdancing Crew (lobby)
• 15.50 pm -16.10 pm: Séraphine cello player (room 701)
• 16.10 pm – 16.20 pm: Lucien & François singers (elevator)
• 16.20 pm – 16.40 pm: Hoochen Breakdancing Crew (lobby)

Practical information

• When? Saturday 5 May 2012
• Where? St Josse & hotel BLOOM! All the performances are within walking distance of the hotel.
• Internet? http://www.festivaltat.be/
• Cost? Festival = free. Afterparty GetLate = €8