Opening – Parade Poétik @ Marconi → Marais

The summer starts colourfully!

On Friday 13 June, we will joyfully take over the streets of Forest and Saint-Gilles. Together with local schoolchildren, we will announce the end of the school year and the start of a poetic summer. Expect a big party: a parade full of Brussels madness, dancing around the maypole and colourful characters, true poetik bastards. A real Brussels mix!

Wait for us, look for us, join us, follow us to the Marais Wiels, where greenery will welcome us. Let the magic of Park Poetik start! Parade with us, come and celebrate summer!

Artist Précy Numbi, the Cycl.one collective, live musicians, the NinetySix DJ collective, La Tata, the MIRO community centre, the MUS-E arts organisation and several local schools in Saint-Gilles and Forest are joining us. Are you in?? 

Poétik je mee?

Yes, I want to participate!

→ Just come and let us know via Facebook
→ Invite your friends and family to join the parade!

Yes, I want to walk and I also want to take part in the batard·e·s dance!

→ Contact us via email lisa@parkpoetik.be

Practical Information

• Everyone is welcome... lets' come together!
• Meet at 1:30 p.m. at Marconi Park
• Wear good walking shoes
• there is no dress code, just be yourself
• Park Poétik will provide supervision and police support
• Important: children are welcome accompanied by their parent(s) or a group leader!

Programme

13:30    meet at Parc Marconi (Forest)
14:00    parade departs from Parc Marconi (Forest)
14:45    Batard·e·s dance at Parvis St. Gilles (Sint-Gillis)
15:45    batard·e·s dance at Parvis St. Antoine (Forest)
16:00    parade arrive at Marais WIELS – DJ set by the 96 collective
18:00    end

You can join at any time! along the parcours !

The artists

creates an ecological and poetic world in which recycling and resistance go hand in hand. is a visual artist, sculptor and performer from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Through striking performances and costumes made from used materials, he creates an ecological and poetic universe where recycling rhymes with resistance.

CYCL.ONE (@collectif_cycl.one) is a collective that brings together Brussels-based creators and artists to explore public space as a huge playground. With its expertise in textiles and craft techniques, the collective works with flexible and reusable materials. The result is monumental, colourful and original creations.

96 – Ninety Six (@96movement_) is a young DJ collective that experiments far beyond the boundaries of music! For this parade, they are creating their own sound, which will be broadcast by the Cuistax-à-gogo. Showcasing new talent is the goal of 96!

Bastard·e·s of Park Poétik is a new and evolving ritual based on the multiplicity of voices and the ‘clash of journeys’. Throughout the city, the totem appears and is constantly adopted and set in motion by local communities in ‘their’ ecosystem. Project created in collaboration with Zinneke.

In addition, there will be live music, five local schools will participate in the parade, and participants will be decorated with flower crowns made by the MIRO community centre. MIRO. Will we see you there?