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'''Cinderella's Ballroom''' was a [[night club]] at the Stadswaag in [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] in the Lange Brilstraat started by Robert Tops and Maryse Ghoos in 1975. At first it was an underground club playing non-mainstream music. At the end of the 1970's it was probably the most important and influential night club in Belgium where for the first time [[punk rock]] and [[reggae]] music could be heard. |
'''Cinderella's Ballroom''' was a [[night club]] at the Stadswaag in [[Antwerp (city)|Antwerp]] in the Lange Brilstraat started by Robert Tops and Maryse Ghoos in 1975. At first it was an underground club playing non-mainstream music. At the end of the 1970's it was probably the most important and influential night club in Belgium where for the first time [[punk rock]] and [[reggae]] music could be heard. |
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The club was open op Friday and Saturday night starting at midnight (explaining the name) and sometimes on Sunday night. It was located in a basement and the limited space made live performances awkward. [http://www.deeploader.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/PUNK0704-1024x682.jpg Belgian punk band The Kids performing in The Cinderella]. The public came from a wide region: [[Belgium]], [[Netherlands|The Netherlands,]] France and Germany, and included prominent members of punk rock bands. |
The club was open op Friday and Saturday night starting at midnight (explaining the name) and sometimes on Sunday night. It was located in a basement and the limited space made live performances awkward. [http://www.deeploader.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/PUNK0704-1024x682.jpg Belgian punk band The Kids performing in The Cinderella]. The public came from a wide region: [[Belgium]], [[Netherlands|The Netherlands,]] [[France]] and Germany, and included prominent members of punk rock bands. |
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The club was frequently subjected to police [[Police raid|razzia]]'s and closed down in the middle of the 1990's. |
The club was frequently subjected to police [[Police raid|razzia]]'s and closed down in the middle of the 1990's. |
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Cinderella's Ballroom was a night club at the Stadswaag in Antwerp in the Lange Brilstraat started by Robert Tops and Maryse Ghoos in 1975. At first it was an underground club playing non-mainstream music. At the end of the 1970's it was probably the most important and influential night club in Belgium where for the first time punk rock and reggae music could be heard.
The club was open op Friday and Saturday night starting at midnight (explaining the name) and sometimes on Sunday night. It was located in a basement and the limited space made live performances awkward. Belgian punk band The Kids performing in The Cinderella. The public came from a wide region: Belgium, The Netherlands, France and Germany, and included prominent members of punk rock bands. The club was frequently subjected to police razzia's and closed down in the middle of the 1990's.
A reunion parties have been taking place regularly in the 2000s and 2010s.
External links
- Facebook page for fans, and former staff, and visitors
- Newspaper reports (in Dutch): [1] [2]
- Blog by longtime patron (in Dutch)