Blog Posts - Belgian Club Victoria

Meet and greet with Ritchie De Laet

18/3/2019

RSVP by 24 March!!
Event is taking place on Saturday 13 April.

The Belgian Club Victoria (BCV) is organising in cooperation with the Melbourne City Football Club (MCFC) an event around Ritchie De Laet and the football club. This is your chance to follow a MCFC game and meet Ritchie De Laet afterwards.
The event is organised on Saturday 13 April when MCFC plays against Adelaide United.
Not only will we see some great football and meet Ritchie afterwards, but the MCFC has also organised a tour of AAMI Park and access to City Square before the game. City Square is an area at Gosch's Paddock where fans gather before the game and have some food, a few drinks and listen to live music. https://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/city-square

This is how the day would look like:
3pm - 3.30pm: Tour of AAMI Park
3.30pm - 5.30pm: Access to City Square
5.35pm - 7.30pm: Melbourne City - Adelaide Utd
8.30pm - ?: Meet and greet with Ritchie De Laet (times to be confirmed)
There is an attendance limit for the tour and the meet and greet. We're currently confirming the numbers with MCFC.

MCFC has advised that this offer is only available to MCFC members and they're offering a 3-game membership for $50 to anyone wishing to attend this event. There are 3 more home games to be played this season so you can make full use of their offer and get a meet and greet with Ritchie on top of that!

If you want to take up the offer from MCFC and attend our event, please email us before 25 March the following details of all the people taking up the membership offer:
1. Name + Surname
2. Email Address
3. Phone Number
4. Address
Please email to: belgianclubvictoria@gmail.com

We will need to forward the numbers to MCFC by 25 March so please email us beforehand!

See you at the football!

https://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/
http://www.belgianclubvictoria.org.au/

Manneken Pils - Monthly drinks - Feb 2019 Edition

3/2/2019

First Manneken Pils of 2019. We'll start in our trusted Castle Hotel in North Melbourne (56 Courtney St) with our monthtly drinks. In 2019 we'll continue our monthly drinks first week of the month. We always had the drinks on Thursdays but will also introduce other days for the ones who have stuff going on on Thursdays.

Our Manneken Pils events are a great opportunity to connect and network with other Belgians in Melbourne and bring the Belgian community in Melbourne and surroundings closer together.

It's not a Belgian only event, everybody is welcome, please feel free to bring your colleagues and friends as well.

February Manneken Pils: Thursday 7th of February from 6pm onwards @ Castle Hotel (56 Courtney St North, Melbourne).

Great selection of Belgian Beers! Hope to see you there, BCV team.

Elise Mertens - Meet and Greet - Sunday 20/01

18/1/2019

The BCV in cooporation with the Belgian Embassy are organsing a meet a greet with Elise Mertens on Sunday 20/01/2019 at the Australian Open (Melbourne Park). The Meet and Greet will only take place if Elise wins her next game against Madison Keys. Exact time and location are yet to be confirmed. Please check our website and Facebook page regularly. Numbers are limited so please confirm your interest by emailing us the names of the people attending on belgianclubvictoria@gmail.com

Note that participation is only available to Belgians or people affiliated with the BCV.

The BCV does not cover the cost of the entry to the Australian Open.

The Playground at fed square - casual catch up - 12/01

11/1/2019

Instead of the last minute postponed Hank Marvin Market get together we'll get together anyhow.

The Playground is decked out with everything the little ones love - yard games, a ball pit, sweet treats, ice cream and loads more. Let the kiddoes go wild in the games area while the parents sit back in the lounge with a meal and a wine. We'll be catching up from 11am onwards. Belgian flags will give away where we're at. LocationFederation Square
Cnr Flinders and Swanston streets
Melbourne VIC 3000
Located at the top of Fed Square, directly adjacent to the ACMI entrance/cafe.

food trucks Summer pic nic - 23/02

2/1/2019

23 February 2019 - Alma Park East, St Kilda East - 9am to 3pm

It's all happening now, in January we organised this event but it turned out to be an organisational 'accident de parlours'. We didn't realise the Hank Marvin market guys take a break in Jan and there are no markets organised. We'll make it up this Saturday, the weather will be awesome and even better than the scorching days in January. This is a family and dog friendly outdoors event. Our fellow Belgian Ket Baker will be there as well selling her delicious 100% sourdough pastries and you can enjoy coffee, beers, music and food from all corners of the world.

We hope to see you all there, great opportunity to network with Melbournians with a heart for Belgium!

Saint Nicholas

15/11/2018

Belgian Club Victoria would like to invite everyone to its famous Saint Nicholas Event in East St Kilda on December 2nd.
As the yearly tradition demands we will have our Holy man from Spain arriving with his Pete's in a very special way!
Outside playground always available for the kids, where as the grown ups will be able to enjoy a nice Belgian beer. This year we even have been able to persuade a Belgian cook to make some real speculoos! Sharing platters always welcome too.
This true Belgian cultural event will give everyone (parent and non-parent) the chance to catch up with fellow Belgians here in Melbourne.
If you would like to participate as a family and meet our VIP`s PLEASE email us on sinterklaasbelgen@hotmail.com BEFORE 25/11. Within 48 hours you will receive a confirmation and detailed info in regards the event itself. Please be advised numbers this year are limited to 40 kids.
We look forward to seeing you all there !
Team BCV

Belgian Mussels festival

16/10/2018

There is not an awful lot that Belgium and Australia have in common, but they both sure know their mussels! Come and get a taste of the ultimate Belgo-Aussie cuisine during our Mussel Festival at the Belgian Beer Café.

Belgians at the Hank Marvin markets

30/9/2018

Very nice, relaxed get together at the Hank Marvin Markets. We started sunny, had a typical change to Belgian weather and ended in beautiful spring weather again. Great prep for the Grand Final in the arvo. Some kids had to wash off their Magpies face paints with tears. Ket Baker sold out her pastries and thanks for the mate rates for the Belgians!!

foodtruck brunch in the park

12/9/2018

Spring is in the air! We're organising a brunch in the park, Saturday 29th of September between 9:30am and 12:30pm at the Hank Marvin Markets in Alma Park, St Kilda East (150 Dandenong Road),

The Hank Marvin Market is small and cosy with food trucks and delicious street food. We picked this place because our own Ket Baker will be there with her delicious 100% sourdough croissants and pastries which take 5 days to make. You really have to try them!

We all need a good breakfast, brunch or lunch for the Grand Final later that day (2:30pm start). Hope to see you there, we'll make ourselves visible with Belgian colours.

manneken pils - monthly drinks

28/8/2018

Hi there fellow Belgians in Melbourne. We're introducing our monthly Manneken Pils get-togethers where we will catch up every first Thursday of the month at different venues in/around the city for some afterwork drinks.

This will be a great opportunity to connect and network with other Belgians in Melbourne and bring the Belgian community in Melbourne and surroundings closer together.

It's not a Belgian only event, everybody is welcome, please feel free to bring your colleagues and friends as well.

September Manneken Pils: Thursday 6th of September from 6pm onwards @ Arbory Bar (Flinders Walk, Melbourne) - Right in between Flinders St train station and the Yarra River. No Belgian themed venue this time, but easily accessible by train so nobody has to count the number of pints one can drink.

We'll make ourselves visible with a Belgian flag. Hope to see you there.