Brosella

Brosella unites people across cultures in inclusive and peaceful music celebrations. Every summer, the longest standing Brussels festival combines sparkling folk and jazz for connoisseurs and newbies with colorful animation for the kids. Other initiatives include Djangofolllies and Kristal Klaar student concerts, and our participation in #BelJazzFest. If we assume the fact that within music, tradition plays an important role, as it is something that lives and constantly changes, than it is also an essential condition for progress. Folk pre-eminently, but also other music genres such as Jazz, have very old traditions. By passing through the complete history, they grew up to contemporary versions. Brosella Folk & Jazz wants to honor the traditions as well as the contemporary interpretations of the artists of today. We want to share our happiness with an open-minded audience. From the very start, the organizers of Brosella have been searching for contemporary developments, versions and interpretations of various traditions in the Folk field. Later they also explored all possible expressions and improvisations in the Jazz. The aim is to work beyond the borders of each genre. Brosella Folk & Jazz wants to present music which is free of dogmatic restrictions and stereotypes. Brosella always was a pioneer in these matters and offered a platform to this type of concerts long before terms like Fusion, Cross-over, New Age or World Music came into fashion. Over the years the festival has built a reputation of quality, trust and confidence, acknowledged by the public, the politicians and the media.