25 years of Fanfakids: big party with Brussels kets

Event

Legendary Brussels youth percussion group Fanfakids has been around for 25 years! We celebrate that milestone on October 25 with a big party at AB. For the occasion, Fanfakids and their production company MetX invite six other musical youth groups from Brussels too. These young people all play percussion in their own way and from their own background and drive: on the street, at schools, in concert venues, or during celebrations within their own communities.

During this unique happening, around 100 young people will first perform their own group’s repertoire: a sampling of what is happening among percussion and dance groups in Brussels. Followed by a collective performance with a guest drummer Simon De Roover (former member of the Fanfakids and drummer with Lizzy Baker), inspired by the 25 year Fanfakids repertoire, and accompanied by Jo Zanders – founder of percussion band DROM and (in 2000) also one of the founders of Fanfakids during the first Zinneke Parade.

Line-up

Drum Ensemble Hoofdstedelijke Kunstacademie (jazz/improv)
Afro Fanfare (percussion and brass)
Inyangé (Rwandese traditional dance and rhythms)
Brussels Young Philharmonic (neoclassical)
Karkaba (Moroccan gnawa rhythms, dance and song)
Kids Percu (Brazilian grooves)
Fanfakids together with Tarmacadam from Antwerp (cosmopolitan percussion and brass)
Guest drummer: Simon De Roover (ex-fanfakid and drummer from Lizzy Baker)

A co-production involving MetX and AB, with the support of the National Lottery, Flanders, VGC, Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles and the City of Brussels.