Shards of Reality: <i>Vive La Fete</i> in <i>Het Patronaat</i>

Last Friday, I went with Sumiya and my good friend Raymond to Haarlem to attend the free performance of the Belgian band Vive La Fete in Het Patronaat music hall in Haarlem. It was the celebration opening night of the renewed Het Patronaat and a free concert always attracts lots of people. This time it wasn't any different. Doors opened at 8.30pm and from the word "Go" it was clear that someone had made either a design error or made a big mistake with assigning crew to their tasks. Hardly had the doors been opened or they were already closed! As it turned out, the line waiting for the wardrobe was too long for the (inexperienced) crew to handle quickly. We waited for close to half an hour before we were let in again. Fortunately, all three of us could squeeze in this time, only to get stuck in the line for the wardrobe. A bit shoving and pushing and 5 minutes later, we were ready to go in, get something to drink, and wait for the band to show up.

Half past 9pm the band came on stage and set off. They gave away a wonderful performance! I can't remember having been to a better rock concert.

Vive La Fete is great! I love the combination of rock, punk, electro, new wave and techno house. I can't describe it, so you'll just have to listen to their cd's yourself. I enjoyed myself immensely and I'd wish the concert would have lasted much longer: an hour and a half simply wasn't enough. :)

To check out Vive La Fete take a look at the
Vive La Fete website
or at the
Vive La Fete official fanclub website