17 till 26 March
'A BED UNDER THE MONSTER' EXPO
Kathaoir is in the building!
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Come and see, come and see. The first solo expo by the uncrowned king of the animal kingdom; filled with crazy mutants, aliens and other mysterious creatures you only see in dreams. As always, we also close this expo with a classic buy or burn, Kapow style!
Summer 2023
SKATEKAMPEN 2023!
It's that time again! Summer is coming so that means from now on you can sign up for Kapow's awesome skate camps!
Are you from the sides of Veurne, De Pinte, Nieuwpoort or Oostduinkerke and do you fall within the age category? Then don't hesitate and register via the website of the local sports service! ๐น
Now - 10 February
VACATION TIME
Time to take a break from the sun! We'll take a break from it for a while, but return fully recharged on Feb. 10. Ready to rock the new year! โ๏ธ
27 November 2022
KAPOW ON FIRE
We closed our 'Window' expo with a BANG! ๐ฅ Skateboard jam / album release 'Search Further' / buy or burn ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ KAPOW in all its glory!
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Big up to you yourselves for stopping by and for the good vibes!
Visuals door kiewie.visual
Muziek door jenswalgraeve
october 2022
WE'VE GOT NEW SHINY DECKS IN THE HOUSE!
Once again it was time for a new board, and to celebrate our 20th deck we released with Kapow, we went the extra mile....
A new logo, a new look, a new deck. In addition to the "regular" colorful version of our new logo, we also went for a silver deck and an exclusive "holo" deck. Spaceeeey!
19 july 2022
SIKOYO & MISTAH MATT @ BAUDELO โซ
Because we have two years to catch up, the roof is going off this year during the Ghent Festivities! Come to the Baudelopark on July 19 and enjoy Sikoyo's groovy vibes at 10:30 pm. With Mistah Matt DJing the tunes afterwards!
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Click here for more info.
Gentse Feesten 2022
SHAPES COLORS
KAPOW is open during the Ghent Festivities from July 15-17 & 21-24, from 18h - 22h. With Rolor in tha building, refreshing drinks and a lot of fun on top!
Don't miss this one!
april 2022
LOBSTER ROBIN EXPO RECAP!
Lobster Robin's expo was amazing! Thank you all for coming! Good vibes all around, nice people and off course unique art.
Who will be the next one? ๐
Zomer 2022
IN KOKSIJDE SKATE PARK, INTEGRATION OF YOUNG REFUGEES IS GOING ON WHEELS
Read the full article from
De Morgen HERE!
08/04/2022
OPENING EXPO LOBSTER ROBIN
It's that time! Our new residence artist is taking up residence at KapOw. From today on you are welcome to come and enjoy the groovy and unique style of Lobster Robin, combined with good vibes & drinks off course!
Lente 2022
SKATE AND CREATE
For 12 weeks, we empower young people from shelters in Ghent and Koksijde through #skateandcreate ๐จ
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" To create future leaders for a better world. "
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This is a collab with the magical
@skateistan and @fedasil !
Zomer 2022
KAPOW SKATECAMPS '22
Summer is coming, so the unforgettable skate camps too!
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Do you want to learn crazy tricks together with our awesome skate instructors? Then be sure to register for one of the camps through the website of the sports department!
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All dates and ages can be found on our poster.
08/04/2022 - 17/04/2022
LOBSTER ROBIN EXPO
Lobster Robin is giving his first solo exhibition, and it's at KapOw! Coupled with that, he's releasing his first book called 'Seek & Find'. Be sure to stop by, or come enjoy our traditional Buy or Burn on the last day of the expo!
02/12/2021
BYOB 2021
Bring Your Own Beamer (in collaboration with Nerdlab) was an eventful night where you could immerse yourself in punishing visuals at the Nieuwland site.
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Photos by Marieke Descheemaker & Patrick De Kuysscher.
SURFBAAR SEASON 3 IS FINISHED!
And we had a blast! Big thanks to all our members, tenants, supporting people & the North Sea ๐
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Next season we'll be back with more waves!
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Photo by Silvie De Burie.
02/12/2021
GRAFFITIMURAL FOR VZW DE HOOP
Friend at home @Kiewie.9000 went together with the KapOw team to Zottegem to pimp the non-profit organization De Hoop - a residential care center for assisted living - with an eye-catching & funky mural!
12/11/2021
EXPO KEEP PUNCHING JOE
Keep Punching Joe came to occupy Kapow with his dark vibes and crazy creatures! A cool expo and a supa hot buy or burn were the result! ๐ฅต
05/09/2021
RAMP JAM AT CULTURE SHOCK
Especially for this festival we built a beauty of a disaster, on which we organized a jam for -12 year olds, -16 year olds & +16 year olds! Lots of smiles, prizes and big tricks!
PS: we are fine-tuning the ramp and putting it inside at Kapow for the coming winter!
05/09/2021
BEASTIG AT
CULTURE SHOCK
Kapow brought 20 young talents to the hip hop festival 'Culture Shock' in the Keizerpark. Together we took over the stage completely, on fire!
07/2021 - 08/2021
KAPOW X SKEERLEEF
RECAP
This was our summer of 2021! The Ghent art collective 'Skeerleef' stayed in residence at Kapow during July & August. Cool events and good vibes all around!
11/09/2021
SIKOYO AT COPACOBANA
Time to rock the main stage again! Saturday, September 11 at 4:30pm our house band will be at the Copacobana festival. Come vibing with us on the tastiest afro grooves with Jimmy Hendrix vibes!
05/09/2021
KAPOW AT
CULTURE SHOCK
On Sunday we will host a skate jam at our brand new skate camp between 3 - 5pm!
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After that we host 20 music talents on the big stage from 17 - 19h!
07/2021 - 08/2021
KAPOW X SKEERLEEF
During the month of July the Ghent art collective 'Skeerleef' takes over KAPOW. For a whole month these underground boys will be organizing events, projects and an exhibition in the theme of graffiti, art & everything urban.
TOLHUISPARK
06/2021
We love artistic interventions in the city. We joined forces with the Ghent Department of Prevention and the Parks and Public Gardens Department. Together with artists Kiewie and Han Coussement we took care of the park in June. The kids were also lit!
KIUW EXPO:
DUALITY
18/06 - 27/06
Welcome to the mind of Kiuw; Ghent based illustrator & street artist. Inspired by oldschool cartoons and japanese culture, he creates funky characters and illustrations. We released a limited edition of twenty boards. Get them while they're hot!