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What's on this week: 15-22 April

16:35 15/04/2016
A US blues legend, comedy mash-ups, pop-up dining and a weekend of Brontë celebrations

Veteran American bluesman Corey Harris comes to Brussels for a show-and-tell of trans-Atlantic proportions. This blues programme kicks off on Friday with a screening of Martin Scorsese’s 2003 documentary The Blues: Feel Like Going Home, in which the award-winning director follows Harris (pictured) to the Mississippi delta and West Africa in search of the music’s roots. The film features music from and interviews with seminal players like Leadbelly and Muddy Waters. Next, on Monday, Harris demonstrates the emotive power of the blues with an acoustic performance blending contemporary blues and its traditional African precursors. Congratulations to Caroline Costello and Andrew Burgess who each win a pair of tickets to the gig.
15 & 18 April, 20.00 at Molière, Brussels

"Spinal Tap meets Morecambe and Wise", Rayguns Look Real Enough are the self-proclaimed "world's greatest stadium rock band" combining character comedy with high-energy musical mash-ups, and a tiger costume. With support from Canadian comedian Dylan Gott, who is visiting Brussels for the first time.
19 April, 20.00, The Black Sheep, Chausée de Boondael 8, Ixelles

A group of roving Canadian pop-up chefs, Stovetrotter, serve up a gastronomic Belgian-inspired menu at a unique dining experience under the rotunda of the Galerie Ravenstein in central Brussels on Saturday evening from 20.00. All the ingredients are sourced from local producers and 20% of proceeds will be donated to Eatmosphere, which helps recover surplus food and raise awareness of food waste. Tickets for the four-course gourmet menu are €45.
Galerie Ravenstein, 16 April, 20.00. Advance reservations essential

Expolaroid is an international festival of instant photography, and Saint-Gilles takes part this year with a show featuring works by several local artists, an opening event and a guided walk.
21 April to 15 May, Maison Pelgrims, Rue de Parme 69, Saint-Gilles

Showing in the white-painted, skylight-lit space of Kusseneers Gallery, is a new exhibition of paintings entitled The Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating#2. In a feast of colour and abstraction, the works show a range of talent by Jus Juchtmans, Cindy Wright, Oscar van der Put, Nicolas Kozakis, Julien Daffe, Vincent de Roder, Samuel Vanderveken, Oliver Durcan, Katrin Bremermann, Bram Demunter, Vadim Vosters. The renovated industrial building in Molenbeek’s canal quarter specialises in multimedia art by emerging and mid-career artists.
Until 21 May at Kusseneers Gallery, 10 Rue de Menin, Brussels

The Brussels Brontë Group has a weekend of events celebrating the 200th birthday of British novelist Charlotte Brontë, who lived for a time in Brussels between 1842 and 1844. Featuring talks, readings and a guided walk showcasing the places she frequented.
16-17 April, across Brussels

Listen! A Brussels Future Music Festival is a brand-new electronic music festival featuring concerts and DJs, with an emphasis on future-orientated dance music, plus record fair, exhibitions, lectures and workshops with a variety of artists.
14-16 April, across Brussels

The municipality of Forest in Brussels hosts a series of events each spring to promote ecological practices. The Sustainable Spring Family Festival includes workshops on bread baking, vegetarian and wild food, building an insect hotel and making your own eco-friendly cleaning products. Plus children’s activities, info stands, prize raffles and more.
16 April, 13.00-18.00, Forest Abbey, Chaussée de Bruxelles 59

Written by Georgio Valentino, Diana Goodwin, Paul McNally, Sarah Crew