MENT

February 21–24 2024
Action WBM
Ljubjlana (SI)

Artists from Wallonia
and Brussels

ECHT!

ECHT! is a band from Brussels. Inspired by the concepts that you can find in electronic music and effects of musical production, they steal those languages and apply them to their music. With their totally home-made sound they play their set like a DJ.

Ada Oda
Ada Oda

Ada Oda, a brand new band from Brussels, offers a binary and up-tempo rock that borrows as much from post-punk as from Italian variety. Somewhere between Sleaford Mods and Gianna Nannini...

Martha Da'ro
Martha Da'ro

A Belgian with Angolan roots, awarded for her role in the movie "Black", Martha Da'ro mixes soul, hip-hop and funk with elegance and fragility. A warm, unique voice and falsely nonchalant phrasing.

Avalanche Kaito
Avalanche Kaito

Kaito Winse, a young griot from Burkina Faso based in Brussels teams up with two musicians from the European underground scene. This avalanche of pure data with post punk attitude mingled with ancestral roots could be called « Griot Punk Noise ».

Professional Activities

MENT returns for its tenth edition. MENT Ljubljana is one of the leading showcase festivals and music conferences in Central and Eastern Europe and the largest event of its kind in the region. It is an award-winning festival of music discoveries, facilitating, in symbiosis with the conference, the presentation of music performers from all over Europe in front of international music professionals and audiences. At the last edition (March 2023), 76 artists from 20 countries performed across three days on 13 stages around Ljubljana, ranging from independent rock, pop, electronica and folk rock to hip-hop and DJ shows. The ninth edition was attended by more than 6,000 visitors in the three days, the majority of whom were local, though many also came from abroad, mainly from nearby countries – Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Austria and Italy.

Belgium Booms organizes its famous Belgium Booms Drink at Kino Šiška - Kamera (1st floor) on Thursday Feb 22 at 1 pm. Come enjoy Belgian beer and finger food and meet the Belgian music industry. Everybody welcome!

With the support of Sabam for Culture and PlayRight+.

MENT

A music discovery festival. At its latest pre-COVID edition, 80 acts from 26 countries performed at various venues over three days. The international conference focuses on the music industry and creativity. In 2021, MENT moved to June and performed 9 consecutive concert evenings with an international program. In 2022, the festival returned to a three-day format with an international conference.

Éditions précédentes

2023
2022