Vanavond gaan we terug naar 'de Tour' van 1980 en halen wij prachtige herinneringen op met onze zéér speciale gasten Joop Zoetemelk, Hennie Kuiper en Johan van der Velde. Natuurlijk ontbreken onze vaste commentatoren Rik Vanwalleghem en José de Cauwer niet. De voorverkoop start op zondag 20 november vanaf 9.00 uur met maximaal 2 kaarten  per bezoeker (per Porgy account). Kaarten zijn uitsluitend via deze site verkrijgbaar.
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With this warm-blooded Flamenco performance, the listener is taken along to a world full of passion, melancholy passion. The repertoire includes both existing and self-written Spanish songs. At the concerts, Monica quickly gets people on the edge of the seat. She knows how to enchant her audience with her charisma. Manito always knows how to stimulate her to get the most out of his virtuoso playing.
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Bert van den Brink piano and accordion, Sanne de Graaf cello and Andrea van Beek vocals.

French chanson is booming: hundreds of thousands of Dutch people enjoyed the beautiful TV series Chansons! in 2021 by TV co-star Matthijs van Nieuwkerk and 'Snollebollekes foreman' Rob Kemps. Porgy responded to this trend with a daring and completely sold-out three-day chanson festival in April 2022. We are happy to build on this resounding success and are proud to present a second edition with surprising ensembles!

Tonight master pianist Bert van den Brink, who has been a regular player on our stage for many years, will perform contemporary chansons by chansonnier/bassist Gildas Delaporte with his new 'Ensemble Soit!'. Read more

Multi-talented Frank Mercelis, musician, singer and actor, has been on stage in many capacities for over 20 years. i.a. with his chanson collective Eddy et les Vedettes he made four successful theater tours, including 'Une Belle Histoire', in collaboration with the writer Bart Van Loo. Today he takes the sensuality and rhythm of the French language with him in the beautiful musical narration 'Talk To Me In French', accompanied by Antoon Offeciers on piano.

"Text and music flow wonderfully into each other, meandering and sparkling, perfectly clever without losing nature. With a great sense of humor too, verbally and musically." The Standard, four ****

“After many wanderings as a singer, musician and actor, Frank Mercelis comes home to a wonderful theater program. (...) The provisional culmination of a very versatile career.” - Het Nieuwsblad, four **** Read more

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