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EKINOX

Reizend klassiek muziekfestival dat optredens spreidt over Mons, Charleroi, La Louviere en Tournai.

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Promote EKINOX as a destination-spanning classical music festival to drive ticket sales and regional tourism across Belgian cities.

Relevance 35medium intent
  • Multi-city classical music festival experience across Mons, Charleroi, La Louviere & Tournai
  • Attract music enthusiasts and cultural travelers with curated performances
  • Partner with local hospitality and tourism boards for cross-promotion
Programme

EKINOX (formerly Festival Musical du Hainaut) redraws its geography around two cities—Mons and Charleroi—and two partner venues: Mars/Arsonic and Palais des Beaux-Arts, with programming co-directed by Jean-Paul Dessy and Frédéric Delcroix. The name EKINOX, echoing the autumn equinox, announces the festival's ambition: seeking diversity in balance, creating dialogue between places, genres, generations, and audiences. EKINOX is structured around four urban centres: Mons, Charleroi, La Louvière and Tournai. Each year, the programming invites listeners to discover, from Renaissance polyphonic music to jazz and symphonic forms to romanticism, while giving prominent space to creation, including pluridisciplinary forms and contemporary works.

Line-up
- Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks (opening portrait/feature)"label": "Friday 2 October 2026","detail": "Festival opening in Mons with portrait of composer Pēteris Vasks"},"label": "2–22 October 2026","detail": "Festival runs across Mons, Charleroi, La Louvière, and Tournaiprogramming includes classical, Renaissance, jazz, and contemporary music events across venues"},"label": "Thursday 22 October 2026","detail": "Les Planètes: visions transatlantiques – concert at Palais des Beaux-Arts Charleroi, 20h (conductor/piano Nicolas Kruger)"
  • - Festival opens Friday 2 October in Mons with a portrait of Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks
  • - Programming spans Renaissance polyphonic music through jazz, symphonic forms to romanticism
  • - Events across four urban poles: Mons, Charleroi, La Louvière and Tournai
  • - Festival emphasises creation with pluridisciplinary forms, contemporary works, emerging ensembles and young musician generations
  • - Performances at prestigious venues including Mars/Arsonic and Palais des Beaux-Arts
  • - Part of broader 'Les Festivals de Wallonie' umbrella offering ~100 concerts, discoveries, young talents and family shows