Café d'Anvers (Club)
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| Location | Antwerp, Belgium |
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| Type | Nightclub |
| Genre(s) | techno, house, minimal, tech-house |
| Capacity | 800 [2] |
| Opened | 1989 [1] |
| Website | |
| http://www.cafedanvers.com/ | |
Café d'Anvers is a nightclub in Antwerp, Belgium. In 2011 it was voted number 38 in DJ Magazine's "Top 100 Clubs in the World" poll. [3]
History
Situated in a 16th century old church in the middle of Antwerp's redlight district, Café d’Anvers opened it's doors as a nightclub in 1989, [4], during the peak of the Acid house era and became an outlet for house music. [5]
Since then it has gone on to throw weekly parties hosting DJ's such as Sven Väth, Laurent Garnier, Felix Da Housecat, Luciano, Maya Jane Coles and more. In 2010, Café d’Anvers confirmed that they would be hosting party concepts CircoLoco and Cocoon Clubbing exlusively for Belgium, plus a branded stage at Tomorrowland. [6].
Radio
Every Thursday (9pm - 11pm) Café d’Anvers runs a radio show on 100.2 FM & 107.0 FM or online at radiofg.be with interviews, dj charts, new releases. This is hosted by Nina de Man.
References
- ^ http://djmag.com/content/caf%C3%A9-danvers
- ^ http://djmag.com/content/caf%C3%A9-danvers
- ^ djmag.com (2011-02-01). "Top 100 Clubs 2011". DJmag.com.
- ^ http://www.residentadvisor.net/promoter.aspx?id=24317
- ^ http://djmag.com/node/17734
- ^ djmag.com (2012-02-01). "Top 100 Clubs 2012". DJmag.com.