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Last week Jaune Toujours kicked off the heat wave!
A huge thank you to everyone who joined them - you brought the freshness, the smiles, and made it a night to remember.
Special shoutout to GRAAF for sharing the double bill, Brasserie de la Mule for organising Fête de la Musique and 1030cultuur for the support !
Already looking forward to seeing you again! Catch them at one of our upcoming concerts. First up: a very special show with some wonderful guests at Brosella Festival on 4 July. Come early: the festival opens at 1 pm, and you won’t want to miss it!
04/07 BRUSSELS opening Brosella Festival + guests
17/07 GHENT Gentse Feesten, Trefpunt Festival
24/07 OSTEND Quartiers d'O
25/07 KASTERLEE Wisselfestival (late night!)
05/09 DIEST Cirque Gitan
13/09 OSTEND ManiFiesta België
10/10 HEIST-OP-DEN-BERG Cultuurcentrum Zwaneberg + Murga Agrum
See you soon!
This week. Different years. Same band. 30 years on stage. Brussels based. Jaune Toujours.
Some weeks are festivals. Island festivals. City festivals. Street festivals. Festivals on the other side of an ocean.
2005 Antwerp. A concert in a refugee centre. A reminder that music often travels where headlines stop.
2007 Terschelling. Ferries. Camping fields. Wind off the sea. The kind of festival where the journey is part of the story. Tilburg. Festival Mundial. Another stop on a road that kept widening.
2010 Montréal. Francofolies. Brussels songs crossing the Atlantic.
2015 Szolnok. Several nights at Tiszavirág Festival. Smoke, lights, brass and movement. The stage glowing long after sunset. Brussels. A Bal Moderne for older dancers. Proof that a dance floor has no age limit.
2018 A photoshoot in Park 28. Urban landscapes. Unexpected props. A band portrait becoming something stranger and more playful. Zeeland. Eindeloos Eiland Festival. Another island. Another crowd.
Different countries. Different languages. Different stages. Same energy. Still crossing borders. Still following invitations. Still finding people ready to dance.
Different places. Same week, stretched across time. We don’t archive the past. We carry it. Still playing. Still moving. Still open to the next room.
“Perhaps home is sometimes nothing more than the sound of people listening to one another.”
Some reviews stay with you long after you’ve read them.
Our heartfelt thanks to Jacek Brun and Jazz-Fun for this thoughtful reflection on Unland.
Read the complete review: https://www.jazz-fun.de/3ain-unland-review.html
Which line stays with you?
What moved us most wasn’t the praise itself, but the feeling that someone had really listened to the music and to the ideas behind it.
A heartfelt thanks to Mattie Poels and MusicFrames for this thoughtful reading of Unland.
Read the full review: https://www.musicframes.nl/2026/06/het-land-op-unland/
This week. Different years. Same band. 30 years on stage. Brussels based. Jaune Toujours.
Some weeks are megaphones. Some are radio microphones. Some happen on balconies. Some in the middle of the street.
2003 Halles de Schaerbeek. Supporting Manu Chao at Nunca Máis. A sea of raised hands. A band discovering what happens when urgency meets volume.
2004 A Father’s Day photo shoot. An accordion. A toddler dancing. Music already part of everyday life. Lille. Barricade crosses the border.
2007 Dordrecht. A quiet moment by the water before another show.
2009 Bochum. Backstage beers. Laptop laughter. Then straight back into the lights.
2014 Brussels. PicNic the Streets. The city itself becomes the stage.
2017 Berlin. A radio interview. Songs travelling through conversations as much as concerts.
2020 Lockdown Cheer Up Sessions. The audience looks up from the courtyard. The band plays from the balconies.
2024 Dimanche premieres. Another story leaves the rehearsal room and finds its audience.
Different settings. Same conviction. Still taking songs to festivals, streets, studios and care homes. Still believing music belongs wherever people gather.
Different places. Same week, stretched across time. We don’t archive the past. We carry it. Still playing. Still moving. Still open to the next room.
About last night: Jaune Toujours @pferdestallbremerhaven Lange Nacht der Kultur!
Vielen dank Bremerhaven for having us again ánd for your energie, what a night!
Next up on our Jaune Toujours 30y TOUR:
18/06 SCHAERBEEK @brasseriedelamule + @graafband !
04/07 BRUSSELS opening @brosellafestival +guests - come early!
17/07 GHENT Gentse Feesten / @trefpunt_festival
24/07/26 (BE) OSTEND @quartiersdo
25/07/26 (BE) KASTERLEE @wisselfestival - late night!
05/09/26 (BE) DIEST @cirquegitan
13/09/26 (BE) OSTEND @manifiesta.belgie @manifiesta.belgique
10/10/26 (BE) HEIST-OP-DEN-BERG @cczwaneberg + @murgaagrum !
See you soon !?
About last Wednesday night: Jaune Toujours at café Barzoen Turnhout!
We had an absolute blast… Thank you Eetcafe Barzoen for having them and you. Turnhout people for coming out, listening, dancing, enjoying ánd for taking our music home with you.
Next up on Jaune Toujours 30y TOUR: Germany & Belgium
13/06 BREMERHAVEN - Lange Nacht der Kultur Pferdestall Bremerhaven - late night!
18/06 SCHAERBEEK Brasserie de la Mule + GRAAF !
04/07 BRUSSELS opening Brosella Festival +guests - come early!
17/07 GHENT Gentse Feesten / Trefpunt Festival
24/07/26 (BE) OSTEND Quartiers d'O
25/07/26 (BE) KASTERLEE Wisselfestival - late night!
05/09/26 (BE) DIEST Cirque Gitan
13/09/26 (BE) OSTEND ManiFiesta België
10/10/26 (BE) HEIST-OP-DEN-BERG Cultuurcentrum Zwaneberg + Murga Agrum! !
See you soon !?
This week. Different years. Same band. 30 years on stage. Brussels based. Jaune Toujours.
Some weeks are roads. Airports. Festival fields. Radio studios. Backstage absurdity.
2000 A digital leap. Among the first Belgian bands to make their music available for download online.
2002 Newcastle. A camera in the metro. A music video taking shape between stations. North Shields. Pool tables. Grass. Festival days.
2004 A human project. Two pages in fROOTS. Songs travelling beyond borders.
2006 Vodelée. The first steps of what would become AfroBelbeat. Jaune Toujours meets the Gangbé Brass Band from Benin.
2010 Copenhagen. Viking helmets in the front seat. Tour logic at its finest.
2012 Diksmuide. Belgium meets Benin. Brass, reeds and rhythms finding a shared language.
2017 Open Air am Berg. Music under open skies. Crowds gathering before the first note.
2023 Bremen. Summer Sounds. A referee’s chair turned into a band portrait. Because musicians rarely use things as intended.
Different roads. Same curiosity. Still travelling. Still collaborating. Still finding new ways to make noise together.
Different places. Same week, stretched across time. We don’t archive the past. We carry it. Still playing. Still moving. Still open to the next room.
Späti played a guest set at the IMX finals in Maastricht, hosted by popspot Nederland at the Muziekgieterij.
Many Thanks to Imagine Music Belgium for the opportunity.
Very grateful for this first review of Unland by Björn Comhaire for Luminous Dash.
Luminous Dash has been such a supportive platform for independent music in Belgium over the years. Definitely worth following if you like discovering music slightly off the beaten path.
Read the review (in Dutch) at luminousdash.be