Nekka-Nacht (Eng. Nekka-Night) is an annual event organized in Antwerp, Belgium. Traditionally, it celebrates the career of a Dutch-language artist from Flanders or the Netherlands.
History The first edition dates from 1969. Until 1970, the event was called Kazuno. From 1971 it was organized as Nekka. Back then, other-language artists also performed, and it was rather known as a folk-festival. The first Nekka-Nacht editions in 1994 and 1995 didn't have one specific main guest yet. Since 1996, different artists perform the songs of one main singer or band.
In 2013, a compilation album 20 Jaar Nekka Nacht was released.
Central guests
1996: Boudewijn de Groot 1997: Johan Verminnen 1998: Rob de Nijs 1999: Raymond van het Groenewoud 2000: Will Tura 2001: Stef Bos 2002: De Nieuwe Snaar 2003: De Kreuners and Frank Boeijen in a second edition 2004: Kommil Foo 2005: Herman van Veen 2006: Kadril 2007: Boudewijn de Groot 2008: Bart Peeters 2009: Zjef Vanuytsel and Yevgueni 2010: Raymond van het Groenewoud 2011: Thé Lau and The Scene 2012: Willem Vermandere 2013: 20th anniversary edition with young artists performing a song with one of the previous central guests. 2014: De Nieuwe Snaar 2015: Buurman 2016: "Flanders honors Toon Hermans" 2017: No edition due to withdrawal of main sponsor 2018: No central guest, performances of different artists 2019-2022: No editions 2023: Mama's Jasje
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