Vooruit [Ghent]
type: Item
label: De Vooruit @nl
label: Vooruit (Gand) @it
label: Vooruit
description: theatre building in Ghent, Belgium
description: bouwwerk in Gent @nl
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 134062
Wikidata source: Q907677
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
Importance: national or regional importance
Country: Belgium
City: Ghent
GPS: Point(3.7278 51.0478)
Web: www.vooruit.be
Address: Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 23, 9000 Gent
Postal Code: 9000
opening date: 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
restoration date: 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Building date: 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
architect: Ferdinand Dierkens
Source URL: geschiedenis
Source URL: vooruit-feestlokaal
Wikidata instance: Q1435490
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q186144
Carthalia ID: 7422
reopening date: 1982-09-17T00:00:00Z
Note: Built 1911-1913 by Ferdinand Dierkens as a people's house (working class arts and community centre). Named Feestlokaal van Vooruit after the socialist cooperative Vooruit (Forward). Used for theatre performances, concerts, lectures and various other events.