On 14 and 15 September it will be busy in an around Brussels' monuments. On the occasion of the 25th Open Monuments Days, countless theatres, concert halls, cinemas, dancing venues and ballrooms, jazz clubs, cafés, taverns and private clubs, exhibition spaces, shopping arcades and department stores, hotels, parks, sports clubs, racecourses and contemporary ‘hotspots’ with heritage value open their doors then.
The AB, with its glorious past as concert hall, couldn't be absent from the programme of course.
In the AB Club, once the Bar Américain, you can set yourself upon the historical stage where bands like The Black Eyed Peas, Editors, Wilco, The White Stripes, Soulwax or Adele once played.
From there, the route leads you to the Main Hall, the historic beating heart of the complex.
Via the Main Hall, you end up in the Agora. There, AB-personnel provide more information about the history and activities of the Ancienne Belgique (at 2pm and 4pm (nl) and at 2:30pm and 4:30pm (fr)).
In the Agora and the AB Cafe/Resto we also display a fine selection of archive photos, old posters and a documentary on the history of the Ancienne Belgique.
On this occasion the exit will be via the AB Cafe/Resto, which faces the Steenstraat, where the original entrance was.
Taste a Kriek Belle-Vue.
As cherry on top, that weekend we will present every visitor with a voucher that allows the first 1000 customers in the AB Café who purchase a Kriek Belle-Vue to receive a 2nd one free. Kriek Belle-Vue has namely been around for 100 years. A historical anniversary, one to toast to!