Midsummer Night Polyphony Festival
Un concert dans le noir. rien à voir!
On Friday 20 June, FLOW Festival opens with an absolute bang: the groundbreaking concert by Dionysos Now! and Maxime Denuc. In Ostend’s majestic Peter and Paul Church, Renaissance polyphony and pulsating techno-dub from a midi-controlled church organ fuse into a hypnotic high mass of sound.
But that’s not all. Those who want will be given an eye mask and experience the concert completely in the dark. No visual stimuli, no distractions. Just you and the music. Pure focus. Pure flow.
Don’t want to miss this unique concert dans le noir? Order your tickets now before your eyes close!
Accessibility
The venue is wheelchair accessible – please indicate the number of wheelchair users when making your reservation.
Additional assistance will be available on site – please let us know during the booking process if you would like to make use of this service.
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June 20, 21 and 22, 2025 at various locations in Ostend
Tenor Tore Tom Denys, founder and artistic director of Dionysos Now!, aims with this project to revive the moving music of Renaissance vocal polyphony.
On June 20, 21 and 22, 2025, Dionysos Now! will take center stage in Ostend for several days. Immerse yourself in a unique sound experience with concerts by Dionysos Now! & friends. Discover polyphonic music in a completely new way through debates and roundtable discussions featuring Tore Tom Denys and guests such as Karl Meesters.
friday 20th of june
Petrus en Pauluskerk
- 20u00: Concert – Polyphony meets midi-controlled organ
by Dionysos Now! & organist Maxime Denuc in cooperation with
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Saturday 21st of June
Kursaal Ostend / Entrance Hall
- 09:00 – Concert: Gregorian Chant from the Abbey of Notre-Dame du Vivier
by Dionysos Now! & Ensemble Psallentes – The Ladies of Marche-les-Dames - 10:30 – Lecture: Ostend in the Belle Époque – The Musical Life in the Kursaal
by Kurt Van Eeghem, with interludes by Iskander Moens
De Grote Post / Entrance Hall
- 12:00 – Bonus: Improvisations, Belgian Classics and Folk Music
by Dionysos Now!, Rutger Mathys, Wido Uvyn and Iskander Moens
De Grote Post / Panorama Room
- 16:00 – Public Debate: Polyphony, Philosophy and Democracy
with Prof. Dr. Luk Van Langenhove, Prof. Em. Jean-Claude Burgelman,
Mr. Christophe Busch, Dr. Petra De Sutter, Prof. Dr. Katia Segers and Anne Laure Léger - 17:30 – Festival Café on the Rooftop Terrace of the Panorama Room
- 18:30 – Tore Talks
Conversation with Tim Van Steenbergen, Paul Robbrecht, Stephan Vanfleteren, Louise Bergez and Karl Meesters
Conversation with Trio Mediæval and Catalina Vicens - 20:00 – Festival Café on the Rooftop Terrace of the Panorama Room
De Grote Post / Concert Hall
- 14:30 – Concert: Who’s Afraid of Polyphony
by Dionysos Now!
Capuchin Church
- 21:00 – Concert: Old Hall Ladymass
by Dionysos Now! & Trio Mediæval and Catalina Vicens
Sunday 22nd of june
Thermae Palace
- 11:00 – Concert: Apero poetry – Pure Polyphony Blended with Poetry and Prose
by Dionysos Now! & Louise Bergez in collaboration with De Auteurs
excerpt from Ode to Wonder by Caroline Pauwels
With live drawings by Gerda Dendooven - 13:00 – At the Table with Dionysos Now! & Willem Hiele
Flow Festival Lunch – book directly via degrotepost.be
