Nekka-Nacht

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