At OdeGand Village on the Sint-Baafsplein, everyone is welcome at any time for surprising music and fun activities delivered by our partners! Be enchanted by the chamber music of the Aglica Trio, dance along to the unique sounds of Balkankoor De Centrale, or let the Koninklijk Fanfareorkest Volksopbeuring blow your socks off. In the mood for even more music? Come and listen to the one and only Symphonic Mob beneath the City Pavilion. An unmissable intermezzo during your OdeGand route, or during your walk through the party buzz in the city!

Welcome between 1 pm and 6.30 pm on the Sint-Baafsplein for our free programme!

Aglica Trio
1:30 pm – 2 pm & 4:15 pm – 4:45 pm

Flute, harp and violin: the new holy trinity, according to Aglica Trio! Carys Gittins, Agnieszka Żyniewicz and Lise Vandersmissen let you dream away to music from Debussy and Ibert, among others! Enjoy their hypnotic interplay at OdeGand Village.

 

Balkankoor De Centrale, conducted by Galina Velikova
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

A home-grown Balkan choir, that’s what Balkan Choir De Centrale is. Founded in 2021, the choir is a warm home for anyone interested in music from Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary and Romania, among others, regardless of experience. Come and listen to this special choir that will surprise you with beautiful world music and unique sounds!

 

Koninklijk Fanfareorkest Volksopbeuring
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm & 5:15 pm – 5:45 pm

The Koninklijk Fanfareorkest Volksopbeuring will blow your socks off at OdeGand Village! The orchestra, which has existed for more than 90 years, is one of Flanders’ leading brass band orchestras, and has already won several awards at both national and international competitions. Allow yourself to be carried away to the tones of the musicians of the iconic Volksopbeuring!

 

Symphonic Mob
4:45 pm – 5:30 pm, Ghent City Pavilion

Want to see OdeGand's largest symphonic orchestra at work? Be our guest! Professional musicians of The Flanders Symphony Orchestra gather with hundreds of amateur musicians from Ghent and far beyond beneath the Stadshal for a true Symphonic Mob. Come and watch, but above all listen to the fabulous repertoire that this unexpected group will be performing for you. Big, bigger, biggest: this is what you can expect from the Symphonic Mob during OdeGand!