Following a long-standing tradition, OdeGand takes place on the first Saturday of Flanders Festival Ghent. This year, the city will come alive with music on Saturday, September 12. The full OdeGand program will be announced on May 28, together with the full program of Flanders Festival Ghent.

We'dd already like to share a small preview. De Opstand van de Gevels: De Karavaan is part of the broader Ghent Festival program, and for this, we need you. Read more about De Karavaan and join the walk during OdeGand!

Belgian artist Thomas Verstraeten is no stranger to large-scale artistic interventions in public spaces. For his latest project, he is asking the residents of Ghent to take part in a great, big ritual switch. A façade on the Vrijdagmarkt and a façade in the Brugse Poort neighbourhood will be meticulously recreated and placed in front of their original counterparts.

During the Odegand music festival, the façades will break away from the row of houses. Accompanied by local residents and musicians, they will meet each other in a procession. Ultimately, the façade from the Vrijdagmarkt ends up in the Brugse Poort and vice versa, surrounded by the celebrating crowd. With this reversal, Verstraeten exposes the tension and connection between the historic centre and the city’s outskirts, demonstrating that façades are like masks of the city, behind which there is much to discover. Everyone is welcome to experience this together.

De opstand van de gevels: De Karavaan is a coproduction of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Gent Festival van Vlaanderen, VIERNULVIER, NTGent, CAMPO and Kopergietery.​

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