What is this?
Ghent Events is a daily refreshed event aggregator of everything happening in Ghent. Concerts, theater, comedy, lectures, markets, workshops, exhibitions, sport, festivals, parties: if it's happening in the city, it's here.
We aggregate events from dozens of venues websites, Facebook groups, public calendars, and multiple other sources into one page.
Why?
The cultural offer in Ghent is enormous, but the information is scattered. Hundreds of websites, multiple social media platforms, a few newsletters, word of mouth. On any given Tuesday there are things happening that most people will never hear about. A lecture at the university. A jazz session in a hidden bar. A documentary screening you'd love but didn't know existed.
We collect it. Every day. Every source we can find. One page.
There's also a simpler motivation. It's become very easy to stay home. The phone is always there, delivery apps remove the last reason to go outside, and slowly the default shifts from going out to staying in. We wanted to make a small tool that pushes in the other direction. If knowing what's on makes one person leave the house who otherwise wouldn't have, that's good enough.
The drawings
The illustrations on the homepage are original work by local Ghent artists. We wanted the site to feel like it belongs to the city.
We rotate artists and plan to credit them on the site. If you're based in Ghent and want your work featured, reach out on Instagram.
Did we miss something?
Ghent is a busy city and we do our best to keep up. If you know of an event or venue we've overlooked, please let us know. We genuinely appreciate it.
Get in touch
Missing an event? Want to collaborate?