Projects
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2026 OngoingTRAM
With the European Interreg project TRAM, the municipality of Heuvelland, the municipality of Saint-Jans-Cappel, the Centre Culturel de Comines-Warneton, and ‘Nouter Club are joining forces for a special cross-border project. TRAM aims to stimulate cultural mobility and connect people across borders, both literally and figuratively. This is done through various initiatives, ranging from our own […]
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2023Little Bundles of Film (Bipolar Bows)
In Little Bundles of Film, silent films meet a vibrant folk sound. Bipolar Bows create a live soundtrack with violin and cello. An intimate encounter between image, tradition, and the moment.
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2024Modderland
Modderland is a musical cycling festival that gives a female voice to the landscape of the Great War. Along historical sites in Heuvelland, international female artists perform intimate concerts, interwoven with stories and heritage.
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2020Kersenpit Sessions
In the Kersenpit Sessions, music sounds as it was meant to: close and sincere. Five intimate concerts, recorded in the silence of our hall and shared with you at home. Warm folk sounds that connect, in a time of distance.
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2019Rooted: Manen Opzij
For Rooted: Manen Opzij, four musicians come together around an old legend from the Dranouter region. They play with the clichés of folk and traditional music, translating core themes such as the position of women and discrimination into a contemporary language.
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2015Only Remembered
Only Remembered brings 455 British soldiers behind ‘Nouter Club back into the light. Twelve international musicians translated their stories into new, personal songs. An intimate tribute where history and music meet.
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2014Parallel
Parallel weaves together the songs of Flemish, Northern French, and English workers. From lacemaking to farm life, from struggle to celebration: three countries sound as one. Centuries-old melodies reveal the surprising similarities of daily life across the border.
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2014War Windows
War Windows follows the turmoil of battle to the muddy plains of the Yser. Marc Hauman takes you through the First World War with poignant verses, images, and melodies, accompanied by a top ensemble of musicians and in the song tradition of Wannes Van de Velde.
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2013Southwards – Musique sans frontières
Flemish workers cross the border, French factories thrum and sigh. Southwards / Musique sans Frontières captures their sweat, their songs, and their homesickness in an explosion of Balkan, Klezmer, and poetry.
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2013Benauwd van den Bouwulf
Benauwd van den Bouwulf brings forgotten children’s songs back to life. A children’s choir and local musicians make them dance, ring out, and come alive in surprising ways. From old notes to living room sounds: Flemish tradition sounds playful and close to home.