Wintercircus Ghent

Yeah, we know: you don’t want a lot for Christmas. 🎄 There are just four things you need. And guess what? They’re all taking place at Wintercircus this week! 🎪🎡 1. Biezebaaze is playing a holly jolly Christmas show with original and ‘classic’ Christmas songs. 🎅 2. Bar Bougie is serving polar drinks and ho-ho-hors d’oeuvres on Christmas Eve. 🍸 3. Nut-crackered pianist Mattias Devriendt is playing not one or two but three magical lie-down concerts inside the Arena. (sold out) 🎹 4. The kids go in a frolicking mood with the Peace of Cake rave – a kids’ disco that will have them dancing and prancing. (sold out) 🪩 Visit www.wintercircus.be/agenda for more holiday fun! This week’s Arena opening hours: • Mon 9am – 8pm • Tue 9am - 3pm • Wed closed (Christmas) • Thu 9am - 6pm • Fri 9am - 5pm • Sat 9am - midnight • Sun 9am – 8pm

This fall, Wintercircus showcased some stunning generative art by Polyhop (aka Simon Alexander-Adams). 🤹♀️ On January 9, the American TouchDesigner wizard gives a free talk on generative art – from code to canvas – and the work he created for our generative piano project Murmuration. 📟🎨 Register now via bit.ly/from-code-to-canvas!

Before you set your out-of-office, start unwrapping your Christmas presents, and party like it’s 1999, have a look at the first Collective events of the new year. 🎄 Jingle bells! 🤶

It’s Winter(circus)! 🎪 Join us end of the month for loads of seasonal fun! 🤶🎄 Dec 22 De Warmste Lach #DWW24 Dec 23 Biezebaaze Kerstshow Dec 24 X-Mas Apero at Bar Bougie Dec 26-27 Lie-Down Concerts Dec 28-29 Kids Disco: Peace of Cake Get your tickets via wintercircus.be/agenda

The first lie-down concert sold out in two seconds.The second one in three. 🎶 And so we added a third lie-down concert by renowned pianist Mattias Devriendt inside the Wintercircus Arena on Friday, December 27! 🎹 Tickets are on sale via bit.ly/lie-down-friday-2. For about four seconds. 🎫

The end (of the year) is near. But we still have two more exciting weeks to go! Head to Wintercircus this week to: 1. Laugh and raise money for De Warmste Week with Ghent laughter coach Geert Van De Vijver! 🤭 2. Swing your hips to Bluai and Porcelain id! 🪩 3. Have breakfast with the Wintercircus Collective! (members only) 🥐 Visit www.wintercircus.be/agenda for more (holiday) events!  This week’s Arena opening hours: • Mon 9am – 8pm • Tue 9am - 8pm • Wed 9am – 8pm • Thu closed • Fri 9am - midnight • Sat 9am - midnight • Sun 9am – 6pm

It’s Black Cat Friday! 🐈⬛

The “Warmste Lach” (Warmest Laughter) in the Warmest Circus! Join Ghent laughing coach Geert Van De Vijver at Wintercircus on Sunday, December 22, to raise money for De Warmste Week! 🤭 Expect a sixty-minute Olympic laughter session (including warm-up and stretching of the laughing cords) + free pastries from Bakker Klaas! 🥐 All proceeds - adults pay €15, children €10 - go entirely to De Warmste Week's fight against loneliness. 🫂 Tickets available via bit.ly/dwl-wintercircus

Gotta catch ‘em young! On Saturday, December 28, and Sunday, December 29, let your offspring already kick off the new year (and get a taste of Ghent’s legendary nightlife) inside the Wintercircus Arena! 🪩 The Peace of Cake Rave is a kids’ party that puts I Love Techno to shame. The lineup may not include Richie Hawtin or Charlotte de Witte, but it does include infectious pop music, delicious rocktails, face paint guaranteed not to come off before 2025 and... cake! 🥮🍹 Kids pay 5 euros. Parents get in - we feel you - for free. Oh, and the target age is 5-10 years. 🎪 Tickets via • Saturday: bit.ly/kidsdisco-day1 • Sunday: bit.ly/kidsdisco-day2

‘Tis the season, tralalalala lala lala. 🎢 1. Art platform DEMAIN Art sells affordable work by over thirty up-and-coming artists to raise money for KickCancer + support pediatric cancer research. Discover all paintings and other artworks this week at Wintercircus Collective. 🖼️ 2. Chief People Officer Peter De Moor gives a masterclass on how the brand-new Ghent unicorn Lighthouse went from 10 to 700 workers. (Collective & Campus only) ✨ 3. The Bony King of Nowhere is playing not one but two sold-out gigs at Club Wintercircus. 🎸 4. Collective Chronicles – A Year in Review looks back on the first months of Wintercircus AND ahead to the next! (Collective & Campus only) 📖 Check www.wintercircus.be/agenda for more events! 🎪 This week’s Arena opening hours:  • Mon 9am – 8pm • Tue 9am - 8pm • Wed 9am – 8pm • Thu 9am – 6pm • Fri 9am - midnight (Bar Bougie terrace only) • Sat closed • Sun 9am – 6pm