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carnivalesque
Carnivalesque is a wild extravagana full of live music, swinging DJ's, burlesque performance, dazzling decor and our signature free cake for all! Complete with sounds from live electro swing, funky balkan dubstep, and the original chap - hop MC. Ending the Brighton festival with a bang (and a womp) on the 31st of May. Dress Fancy or Fancy Dress.
Tickets: 16.50
Website: www.carnivalesque.co.uk
Doors: 8:00pm
ROBBIE WILLIAMS CONCERT
Take The Crown Stadium Tour 2013.
The concert will be recorded live on the night, produced as deluxe triple CD albums and made available to collect instantly after the show.
LIL' WAYNE IN BRUSSELS
Lil Wayne, the artist with multi-platinum and Grammy Award winner, has decided to move their European tour along with Mac Miller to enable it to finalize the release of his tenth album in the best possible conditions. Forest National concert originally scheduled on March 25, the date was postponed to Thursday, October 17.
The American star said: "I reject my European tour in order to better prepare for the worldwide release of my new album" I Am Not A Human Being II "scheduled for March 26. I prefer not to upset both the release of my album, my tour. It is therefore against heart that I decided to reschedule my tour in October 2013. I can not thank my European fans enough for their patience and understanding. I very much look forward to coming to play in Europe with Mac Miller in the fall. I refuse to do things by halves and promise to all my fans for their book an unforgettable sight. '
Tickets purchased for March 25 remain valid for 17 October!
A consumer survey shows that the best Belgian city for quality of life is Bruges.
A large-scale survey by the Belgian consumer organisation Test-Achats has produced a league table of the cities offering the best quality of life in Belgium. Top of the list comes Bruges, followed by Hasselt and Leuven.
Some 2,700 Belgians were questioned in the poll and had to give their opinion about 11 separate factors. The poll showed that housing was regarded as the most important factor, followed by security, mobility, employment and health care. Education was given the least importance.
In general, the Flemish are happier with their cities than Francophones, with the top five cities being found in Flanders (Bruges is followed by Hasselt (Limburg), Leuven (Flemish Brabant), Genk (Limburg) and Ghent (East Flanders).
The first Walloon city is Marche-en-Famenne in sixth place. Brussels occupies the 18th spot. At the bottom of the list is the city of Charleroi, confirming its bad reputation at 21st place. The poll was undertaken in B russels, the 10 provincial capitals and the second biggest city in each of the 10 Belgian provinces.
