http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32083 References to Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa, fraying momentoes and blues music wrapping you in a cocoon: here it is personal, like a bedroom left behind in a family home and not touched since.
The jukebox will accompany your evening, when it’s working. Likewise Fakir Hindou, the fortune
telling box on the bar, might provide an erratic prognosis of your future for 20 cents. Two attempts produced the same result: “everything will go according to your wishes”. I’m not sure it’s a good thing to have everything you want!
Booze n’Blues has been family-run for the last 13 years. The owner lives upstairs. Downstairs you could almost imagine yourself somewhere in rural America. But the owner has never been. “There’s a meeting of blues fans in Los Angeles every year”, his sister tells me. "I’d love to send him there, but he doesn’t like flying.”]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/32083 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/30994 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/30994 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/22836
It seems all the decent bands split between the UK festivals meet up in Belgium for one big event. Rock Werchter has won the ILMC Arthur Award for the four times in the last five years demonstrating that things are much more organized and as a bonus there is better chance of avoiding the rain.

Give it a go and you will be going back year after year.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/22836 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16096
This bar has a superb selection of beers, which are reasonably priced, and is frequented by locals rather than being a typical tourist trap.

The atmosphere is friendly and relaxed and it's an ideal place to meet up with friends for a good natter.

If that isn't enough, last time I went there an opera singer started to sing, with the whole bar joining in. Beer, opera and conversation - perfect!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16096 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16088 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16088 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16084
It is an oasis of calm next to the Royal School of Music and you can sit in a small garden listening to superb music.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16084 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16083
It'll be a hit with anyone who loves Art Deco, cozy drinking holes, live jazz, fab cocktails and an eclectic mix of people enjoying themselves.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/16083 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14905 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14905 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14769 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14769 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3936
It's best to have a meeting place in case you get lost as the crowds are thick and it's easy to misplace friends in the happy chaos. Drink prices are average for Brussels (ie cheaper than most expat bars).]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3936 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3935
Best to check out the website to stay in touch with events, but events are regularly advertised. Seeing Bukem play there last year was seriously wicked and the club itself is well known as one of the places to be for ravers in Brussels.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3935 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3900
A genuine crowd spirit with the chance to get trollied on a Monday night whenever it's been hard getting back to work.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3900 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/1076 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/1076 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3835
Jazz is performed at The Music Village near the Grand Place, and outdoors during the Brussels jazz marathon. Classical music can be found at the Palais des Beaux Arts and the Opera.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/3835