Following a triumphant edition of Horst Arts and Music festival in May and the closing of the Summer Expo ‘There will come soft rains’, community based arts and music collective Horst unveils the third Season of its 24hr events series, Horst Club.
Taking place across 5 weekends in October, November, January, February, and March, the Club inhabits three unique dancefloors and numerous spaces to explore across the nucleus of the Asiat Park site, 20 minutes from downtown Brussels. While the location may be familiar to past festival and Club attendees, the new season comes with a reimagining of the space, inviting visitors to slow down, wander freely, and rethink the club experience.
“Horst has never been about chasing climaxes,” says Co-founder and Head of Architecture, Mattias Staelens. “We’re interested in what happens just before and after, in the build-up as well as the comedown, the blur, the almost. This season is about the pleasure of edging, of soft transformation, of not arriving too quickly.”
New spaces to explore and details to get lost in
Central to this concept are new design elements throughout the space, starting with a complete redesign of the main room, which takes over from the much loved ‘Swirl’. Continuing Horst’s exploration of how conceptual architecture can enhance the club experience, the new design has been realized by architect Laura Muyldermans and stage designer Sofia Holst, in collaboration with audiovisual artist Ofer Smilansky. Instead of treating structure and light as separate elements, the trio took an integrated approach, reusing industrial materials from previous iterations to build a more fluid and open spatial experience that lets shadow, texture, and reflection lead the way.
The infamous Rain Room, designed in 2023 by Spanish collective BURR Studio, is here to stay, as is the heady hideaway known as the Garage; an intimate space for lovers of the low end, whose minimal lighting and maximal sound is a celebration of ‘sweatbox’ clubbing.
Elsewhere, throughout the club’s multiple spaces, new layers emerge, with more attention going to resting, wandering, and softening the experience without dulling the energy. Tangled foam roots in playful colours wind their way out of shady corners, conjuring the backrooms of the internet, while a redesigned playroom allows for consensual connections. A cosy update to the ‘tropical’ food and bar area is also on the cards.
A 24hr opening that sets the bar for the season
The new season of Horst Club will open on the 4th & 5th October, with a lineup of artists who innately understand the importance of the build up as well as the drop, and whose attention to detail and sensitivity to place and setting, scene and sound is unmatched. Simon Nowak, Head of Music Programming explains: “For the upcoming season there will be a noticeable change. Creating space to dive deeper into genres with extended sets and skilled DJs, exceptional local talent, and prolific music connoisseurs. The club will become much more than just a high energy dancefloor: multiple rooms means catering to a multitude of vibes and states-of-minds. The club will become a meeting spot for communities, friends and strangers, creating untold possibilities across each 24hrs”
- brehme – Ampe – Basic Chanel – Dyed Soundorom – Kn1ps – LEGRAM VG – LNR – Malo Z – Mandana – ojoo & NVST – Pjay – Ploy – Riet – Sherelle – shoplifter – Sunday Slowdown w/ Jan Maria G – Thojo
This season’s approach to performance shifts further into softness and subtlety. Sundays open up space for slower energies, with workshops, gentle interventions, and low-key happenings that invite rest, reflection, or quiet play. The art programme for the opening weekend has also been announced:
Daisy Ray – Isabel Brems – Laura Muyldermans & Sophia Holst – Monica Kamara – Ofer Smilansky – Osamu Shikichi – Art Against Apartheid w/ Palettes of Palestine
Later in the season, Horst Club welcomes APOLEMIA as performance-collective in residence, whose interventions will explore the intersection of clubbing, performance, and installation. The Brussels-based collective will create a three-part performative journey: activating Club Weekend #2 and Club Weekend #5 before culminating in a final piece at the Horst Arts & Music Festival in May. With multiple Club weekends to explore and test ideas in dialogue with the space and its audience, APOLEMIA’s residency embraces process, transformation, and the fluid edges where disciplines meet.
As in previous seasons, each 24hr cycle also features food from local suppliers, art interventions, and an expanded off-space programme to explore the edges of the club format. While the core rhythm remains, Horst Club 3.0 is a continuation in tension with possibility. A season that holds back, stretches out, and lingers in the in-between.
Dates & Collaborations
4 & 5 October: Opening Weekend
22 & 23 November: Horst Club #2
31 December & 1 January: NYE at Horst Club
14 & 15 February: Horst Club w/ Gay Haze
14 & 15 March: Closing Weekend w/ Kiosk Radio
