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25 / 27 + 28 June, Rebel Up events in Brussels

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Hey all, this last week of June plenty of Rebel Up events in Brussels…
These are our last ones before a little break of almost 3 weeks.
(we will be back on 19 july with a big Globaal Illegaal party!)

Starting with wednesday 25 June at Vaux Hall in Parc Royal,
our So Scherp event organised by the city of Brussels , by Rebel Up together with Drache MuMu.

A lineup with 2 live bands and DJ’s from 18h until 23h >>>>

Gaaci Fusion (Mauritania/Bxl)
afro funk & blues
Zinne Kabar (La Reunion / Bxl)
maloya & percussion
Rebel Up & Drache MuMu DJ’s
DJ Kym Mbembe

Free in!

All info here.

Friday 27 June, we have our Rebel Up & Friends evening at Leo Bar, LionCity Molenbeek.
with Rebel Up SebCat, Moon Yé and special guest Bob Le Voyageur.

expect lots of afro vibes and beats for the dancefloor 🙂
from 19h30 until 1am. Terrace open!

@ Leo bar, LionCity
Rue d Osseghem 53 (end of the hallway)
Molenbeek
More info here and here.

and our final event on Saturday 28 June at Sounds Jazz Club.

A special Colombian night with El Leon Pardo sexteto concert. Electro colombian band with ancestral sounds of the gaita (kiusi) flute, trumpets, percussion and electronics!
First ever show in Brussels.

Afterparty by Rebel Up with SebCat & DJ Soleil.
Buy your ticket here (more expensive at door)

Doors at 21h until 3am
concert at 21h30

@ Sounds Jazz Club
Rue de la Tulipe 28
Ixelles / Elsene


We hope to see you around!!!

Rebel Up events 14.06 + 18.06 > Bongo Joe x Rebel Up Maghreb global bass afterparty + Sahel evening with African concerts!

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Hey everyone,
Hope you are doing well in this interlude between spring to summer 🙂

Here 2 special events that we organise coming week >>>>>

On Saturday 14 June, we organise together with the amazing crew of Bongo Joe a global afterparty, to celebrate the 10 years of their label. On Friday + Saturday evening they host a Bongo Joe concert programme at the Ancienne Belgique club room (with The Space Lady, Lalalar, Cyril Cyril and more!)
Our afterparty follows after the AB on Satutday night at the mysterious Chez Jacques Music Club, a little know cave club on the canal side of Molenbeek.

A great global clubbing & bass lineup with Tunisian-Swiss producer Pekodjinn, Brussels Moroccon producer Cheb Runner, the Bongo Joe dj crew (1000balles & Injuste) and the Rebel Up crew (SebCat, Drache MuMu & Moon Yé).

Starting at 23h until 6am, or a bit more 😉

10€ in (please bring cash for door!)
Inside you can pay by card for your drinks
limited capacity, try to come early

See all info at FB event or on Instagram.

@ Chez Jacques Music Club
Haubrechtsstraat 8 Rue Haubrechts
1080 Molem

and our 2nd event is Wednesday 18 June, at Brasserie Illegaal. a Sahel musical evening organised by Rebel Up, 11 11 11 comité, Curieus and Bolingo Art.

With 2 concerts of special and deep moving music from the Sahel region by Kaito Winse (Burkina Faso / Brussels) and the desert blues/rock band TisDass from Niger.

Both artists are part of our Rebel Up label and they will have vinyls, cd’s and merchandise for sale during the evening. TisDass new album Houmaïssa will be released that same week as a limited edition vinyl on our Rebel Up label in collaboration with Bolingo Art.

DJ support by Rebel Up dj’s SebCat & Drache MuMu

Doors: 18h
Food available from 18h onwards (african dishes, veggie or chicken)

First concert at 20h30

10€ in (please bring cash)
inside you can pay by card for drinks

Info >> FB event / Illegaal website / Instagram

@ Brasserie Illegaal
300 Rue Bollinckx
1190 Forest

We hope yo see you there!!
Check our agenda for our other upcoming dates in June and July

new Radio shows online for March: Nightshop, Kiosk Radio, Bruzz

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hey everyone,

we have some new radio sessions online,

starting with our latest show of Rebel Up Nightshop for Radio Campus Bruxellles.
+3 hours of music and 5 albums from Brussels diverse outernational scene, plus albums from Turkey, Tunisia & Morocco, Kazakhstan, Cabo Verde, Venezuela, La Reunion and further…
Check it here below >>>

and our latest Rebel Up & Friends session at Kiosk Radio, a B2B between SebCat & Gajoy in pure dancehall, shatta, afrohouse, bouyon, soca and bass vibes.

And our latest Rebel Up radio shows at BRUZZ ICE, check it out here >>>>>

Rebel Up weekender in Bxl > Fri 24.01 + Sat 25.01

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hey all,

big up thanks to you for coming out in loving force last saturday @ Illegaal, what an amazing night it was, full of great sets and vibes!!!!
Our next night in Illegaal is already on Friday 7 February, where we curate the afterparty for the yearly Chouette Festival. See event here.

This weekend 2 Rebel Up gigs in Brussels >>>>

On Friday 24.01, we do our first party in the new LEO bar in the LionCity project in northern Molenbeek.

Get ready for a vibrant Global Afro Electro Party with the iconic Rebel Up crew! Expect an eclectic mix of beats, rhythms, and vibes that will keep you moving all night, with SebCat, Drache MuMu and Laryssa Kim.

19h – 1am
@ Leo Bar
Rue Osseghem 53
(metro Osseghem or Beekkant)
FB event

and on Saturday 25.01, we do a Rebel Up takeover at Brasserie de la Mule in Schaarbeek, with a live concert by Bxl-Colombian group Tropicant, who bring their cumbia and merengue rockero sound! Global afterparty with Rebel Up dj’s SebCat & Moon Yé.

from 19h until 3am, prix libre / free donation

Brasserie de la Mule
95 Rue Rubens
Schaerbeek
FB event

See you around!

New Radio shows for May online > Nightshop, Kiosk Radio, Bruzz & Lusophonica

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Hey all,
here some new Rebel Up radio shows and mixes for this up & down springtime.

Starting with our Rebel Up Nightshop show or May, with albums by Glass Beams, Kolonel Djafaar, Les Belgicains via Covadia, spëcht, Skofja Loka, La Sonora Mazuren, Cyril Cyril, DJ Satelite, Chineur and more!

Here also the latest Rebel Up & Friends session for Kiosk Radio by SebCat > a session of traditional & futurist Maloya music from La Reunion. Check it here >>>

in mid May, Rebel Up SebCat was in Portugal where he did a 3 hour eclectic session at Lusophonica Radio in the bay of Lisbon. Listen here >>>

What more? New Rebel Up radio shows at Bruzz Ice radio; a special guest mix by Brussels-Burundi dj Gajoy in afrobeats & afrohouse vibes, and a recent live show with Susobrino, interview about his new EP’s. Listen here below >>>

and a live recorded B2B Maloya & Sega mix by SebCat & Drache MuMu at Muziekpublique on 16.05, before the concert of Maloya artist Danyel Waro, broadcasted on Radio Panik on the Drache Musicale show.

Rebel Up @ Kora Days clubbing night, Reset, Bxl

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This Friday evening & night 26 april, with Rebel Up we curate a clubbing night in Reset for Kora Days, a festival by Bozar & Muziekpublique.

Starting with a live concert by kora master Ballake Sissoko & electronic composer Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch. Also live electronic set by Malian-French duo Siraba, followed by DJ/percussion set by African duo Pili Piri Stylez and dj sets by SebCat & Drache Musicale.

12€ presale / 14€ at door
FB event
Info & Tickets

This is our last big Rebel Up party for the next while, as we organise no big Rebel Up events during May and early part of June.

Timetable >>>
21:00 Rebel Up SebCat & Fresh Nunas (foyer)
22:00 Ballaké Sissoko & Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch (auditorium)
23:00 Drache MuMu (club)
00:00 Siraba (live) club
02:00 Pili Piri Stylez (dj/live) club
04:00 Rebel Up SebCat & Drache MuMu
06:00 End

new Nightshop (April) and Kiosk Radio session online!

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Hey all!

Some new radio shows,

Here our latest Rebel Up Nightshop show for April, with albums by Auster Loo, Liam Bailey, Groundsound, Jembaa Groove, Sahra Halgan, female Gabon compilation on Secousse, Avalanche Kaito, Saad Tiouly & Prace, ShazaLaKazoo, ZA! y Perrate and DJ Kolt

and here is our latest Rebel Up session on Kiosk Radio from early april, by SebCat