Come celebrate the 🎉 cultural vibrancy and dynamism of the Matongé neighborhood, emblematic of the diversity of Ixelles!
The Look@Matonge festival offers you a rich program of activities, entirely free, starting from June 24th with the highlight being Saturday, June 29th. Enjoy 🎶 concerts, guided tours 🚶♂️, 🎥 films, 🖼️ exhibitions, children’s workshops 🎨, and debates for everyone! 🌟
See you on Saturday, June 29th, from 12 to 10 pm, in and around Chaussée de Wavre.
Program
Mozaïek @ Matonge
Get ready for a series of free workshops for children and youngsters (10+) entirely dedicated to art initiations!
(8/6), painting 
(15/6), and fashion & hairstyles 
(22/6).Target audience: Children 10+ (NL and FR)
Location: Mercelisstraat 19, Elsene Library
What & When:
- Sat 8 June from 12:00 – 16:00: Cinema workshop And… action! Together, we’ll create a short film with the Matongé neighborhood as our backdrop.
- Sat 15 June from 12:00 – 16:00: Painting workshop We’ll paint en plein air in Matongé and create artworks for our outdoor exhibition on 29 June.
- Sat 22 June from 12:00 – 16:00: Hairstyling & Fashion workshop Discover hair braiding and colorful fabrics with the best hairdresser and tailor in Matongé.
- Sat 29 June from 12:00 – 16:00: Expo at Rue Francart Featuring a painting workshop for children. Together, we’ll create a mural as part of our exhibition.
Kuumba: come and discover!
Target audience: everyone
Location: Saint Boniface Square
What & When:
- Sat 29/06 at 2PM: start of the first two guided tours for Dutch and French speaking people
- Sat 29/06 at 3.30PM: start of the second two guided tours for Dutch and English speaking people
- Sat 29/06 from 2PM until 5PM: African boardgames and percussion animations
Contrechamp – Viva Matonge !
Target audience: everyone
Location: Cinéma Vendôme
What & When:
- 27, 28 and 29/06: film festival
Porte de Namur, Porte de l’Amour, Matonge Eza Ya Biso
🎉 This project brings a festive and participatory tribute to the emblematic neighborhood painting by Congolese artist Cheri Samba, led by sapeurs and musicians 🎶, orchestrated by Freddy Mutombo. Let’s talk about the future of Matonge, with an exhibition 📸 by Marie Lhoir as the cherry on top 🍒.
Target audience: everyone
What, When & Where:
- 29/06 between 2pm and 4pm: Vernissage exhibition by Marie Lhoir @ Glidji’s, Elsensesteenweg 192
followed by the recreation of the mural @ Disco Mambo, Waversesteenweg 70 - 29/06 at 6pm: Sapeurs performance
Opéra Mohumbu
Target audience: everyone
Location: big stage @ Chaussée de Wavre
What & When:
- Sat 29/06 from 4PM until 5PM: Concert
Medexmuseum
For this project of the Look@Matonge festival, the stories of local merchants and residents are woven into textile artworks and displayed in local shops. This not only creates an exhibition but a true experience! 🎨🧵
Additionally, at 3 PM, you can join the parade through the neighborhood with the Zinnode walk 🥁🚶♂️ which ends in the Zinneke exhibition at the Medexmuseum 🏛️ and finally concludes at 7 PM on Tulip Street with an Indian concert. 🎶🌷
Target audience: everyone
What, When & Where:
- Sat 29/06: exhibition throughout the neighborhood in local shops
- Sat 29/06 at 3PM: participative parade through the neighborhood
- Sat 29/06 at 7PM: authentic indien concert @ Tulip Street
Musique magasin
📸 The photographer Marie Lhoir created duo portraits of merchants and musicians, in collaboration with Muziekpublique, which organizes acoustic concerts 🎶 in the participating shops 🏪.
The full program will be announced soon!
Target audience: everyone
What & When:
Public cible : tout le monde
Quoi & Quand & Où:
⭐ Gueladio @ Thiam Boutique – Chaussée de Wavre 133
⭐ Fredy Massamba @ Chez Chango – Chaussée de Wavre116
⭐ Marie Daulne @ Vendôme – Chaussée de Wavre18
⭐ Manou Gallo @ Chez Sabine – Galerie Matonge
⭐ Mansia Mbila @ Boutique couture Diaspora Africa – Rue Francart 22
⭐ Anne Niepold @ Maison Renardy – Chaussée de Wavre111b | concert à 10h30
⭐ Bao Sissoko @ Ô Sénégal VIP – Chaussée de Wavre114 | concert à 11h30
⭐ Emanuela Lodato & Vincent Noiret @ Festival Music – Galerie Porte de Namur | concert à 12h30
⭐ Hicham Bilali @ Le Laakam – Rue de Longue Vie 18 | concert à 13h30
⭐ Kaito Winse & Tim Winsey @ La Signare – Rue de la Paix 26 | concert à 14h30
Afro Music Show
🎤 The project showcases the best that the contemporary African and diaspora music scene 🌍 has to offer, featuring both promising local talent 🌟 and established names 🎶 with none other than Kinshasa headliner MPR!
Target audience: everyone
Location: Big stage @ Chaussée de Wavre
What & When: TBA
