Desert dreaming
Outside the city is taking a long tropical shower. Like a voyeur I’m sipping my coffee inside, all fluffy in my peignoir. Windows open...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 2, 20222 min
A festival and a wedding: PART 1
The first days of November are to remember those who have passed on to other realms and to reflect on death. I decided to do this by...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 15, 20222 min
The Letter
Today I received a letter. Nothing special, you might think. Well, think again baby, because this letter is literally a blast from the...
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Joke De Roeck
Jul 17, 20223 min
Back from Nowhere
As soon as I knew I was moving to Spain, I had one mission in mind: to go to Nowhere. Even though this festival has been on my burning...
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Joke De Roeck
Jun 26, 20222 min
Sunday eve setup
Welcome to my Sunday eve setup. White wine fresh raspberries a house smelling of brownies chocolate everywhere. Fueled up on the same...
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Joke De Roeck
May 30, 20222 min
Core festival: hasta nunca baby
Core Festival. What the hell are you? Not the love child of Rock Werchter and Tomorrowland, as we all expected. Maybe the morning after...
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Joke De Roeck
Mar 5, 20202 min
Festivals, frolics and other frivolities
Holy moly! Again, nearly a month has passed since I flipped open my laptop and wrote a good ol’ blog post. I’ve been all over the place...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 18, 20182 min
Le Guess Who?
What just happened? Since I work full time (how do people do this their entire lives??) my tiny two day weekends are holy as the pope...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 5, 20181 min
Feeërieën
With the end of summer, my favourite Brussels festival comes around. Hidden in the dark of the beautiful Royal Park is a stage adorned in...
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Joke De Roeck
Jul 19, 20182 min
Festivalling like a teenager
I find it so wonderfully easy to live at festivals. I’ve been doing it for nearly fifteen years, so I found the hacks and blended my own...
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Joke De Roeck
Jul 17, 20182 min
Tank it up
Two weeks ago I saw a concert that moved my heart outside of my body. Music, poetry, theatre doing things to me I couldn’t quite handle....
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Joke De Roeck
Jul 9, 20182 min
Post-festival comedown
Ah, the post-festival comedown. Sitting in the garden, hiding behind sunglasses, melting in my chair and feeling raw from the past week....
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Joke De Roeck
Jul 5, 20181 min
Festivalling
Oh festival life! I love you because I can get down and dirty, roll around in the dust and it’s a normal thing to do. I can wear all the...
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Joke De Roeck
Jul 3, 20182 min
Voiceless
For as long as I remember, I have a peculiar way of celebrating the start of summer: I lose my voice. Because going through life...
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Joke De Roeck
Apr 11, 20181 min
Non-stop dancing
Maybe it’s the easter egg sugar overload, the excitement of the first sunshine in the city or the Turkish psychedelic music, but last...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 8, 20174 min
Burning Man extravaganza
Black Rock City, where you co-create utopia, you can find enlightenment and party your ass off, at the same time. I thought I was all...
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Joke De Roeck
Aug 27, 20173 min
Oregon Eclipse: mind blown
The insides of my nose, ears and nails are still black, even after many a shower and scrub. Remains of two weeks in the Oregon dust. A...
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Joke De Roeck
Aug 10, 20172 min
Artswells: a bubble of art and magic
Artswells. You hold a special place in my heart. A green foresty one filled with artists, musicians, gypsy treeplanters, decorated with...
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Joke De Roeck
Aug 2, 20172 min
Blessed Coast: Triple Hippie Certified
Holy shit. I didn't think it would be possible, but I'm all hippied out. I am sitting in a pub in Vancouver, drinking beer and eating...
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Joke De Roeck
Jul 21, 20173 min
Fleetwood mac n cheese
This summer I was going to take it easy, leave room for long hikes and camping trips. But then festivals happened. And I can't say no to...
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