In a market where brand activations at festivals increasingly revolve around solely visibility, fritz-kola is taking a different approach and launched a long-term cultural initiative to contribute to the guest experience. Under the name fritz-kolab, the brand aims to provide a space for artists to co-create meaningful experiences at festivals and events.

This is where we turn to you: fritz-kola and Listen Festival are looking to support your nightlife ideas! Together we’re launching an open-call initiative to support organisations and/or individuals to realise their own unique nightlife idea within Listen Festival. Sounds like a plan? Read all about it below.

For this unique event we’ve reserved the C11 room on Thursday 6th of November and are allocating a budget of 2500 euro (a part from a lot of other costs being covered by us). This call highlights Listen and Fritz-Kola’s dedication to creating opportunities for our nightlife scene in Brussels. 

Over the years Listen Festival has supported a great number of collectives and organisations within the context of the festival. Our continued aim is to provide Brussels with a space where its collectives can continue to shine and do their own thing for their respective communities, while in the meantime offering them exciting opportunities to work together with other partners and on a larger scale. While we welcome all ideas, we encourage all participants to think outside of the usual paths of a standard Club event. Spin-the-bottle B2B’s, Blind Open Decks,.. you name it: we’re open to all ideas as long as they are feasible within the space and proposed budget.

A professional jury composed of nightlife professionals and the fritz-kola and Listen Festival teams will choose the winning application.

What Listen Festival and fritz-kola will provide:

> A 2500 euro budget for your nightlife idea

> An extra 500 euro curation fee for you or your collective

> Rental of C11

> Bar staff to work your event

> Communication around the event + an article in the Our Scene Magazine

> Productional coordination & consultation from the Listen Festival Team

> Number of allocated guest places for your friends

Rules for applications:

> At least one of the applicants has to be based in Brussels

> You have not yet worked as a curator with Listen Festival for previous editions.

> This event will be free entrance (with a subscription system).

> Make sure you are available on the times proposed below.

Timing

> 22nd of August: Deadline for the applications

> 3rd September: Jury decision

> 1st week of September: Winning application is announced and first meeting with Listen Festival Team

> 3rd week of September: Communication around the event

> 6th of November: Event during Listen Festival

Sounds like a plan? Register here.