ManiFiesta

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ManiFiesta
Main concourse, 2026
Nickname	Fête de la Solidarité Feest van de Solidariteit
Status	active
Frequency	2nd weekend of September
Country	Belgium
Years active	16
Inaugurated	2010 (2010)
Most recent	2026
Next event	2027
Attendance	17,000
Organised by	Fakto and Médecine pour le Peuple/Geneeskunde voor het Volk
Website	manifiesta.be

ManiFiesta is an annual cultural and political festival in Belgium, organized by the party media of the Workers' Party of Belgium and the health centres Médecine pour le Peuple. From 2010 to 2019 it was held in Bredene on the Belgian coast, after which it moved to Ostend. The 2023 edition received 16,900 visitors. Prominent speakers have included Aleida Guevara, Angela Davis, Chris Smalls, Dilma Rousseff, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Omar Barghouti, Rutger Bregman, Shawn Fain, and leaders of the Workers' Party of Belgium, such as Raoul Hedebouw and Peter Mertens.

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