Raymond van het Groenewoud « Archivaris - 75 jaar Raymond »

Raymond van het Groenewoud celebrates his 75th birthday and opens his archives. On 9 May 2026 at the Stadsschouwburg Antwerp (Antwerpen), the Brussels songwriter draws on a repertoire that spans five decades. Between Dutch and French, he alternates rock, pop and ballads, telling stories of the city, of love and of small everyday scenes. Under the title Archivaris – 75 jaar Raymond, he traces the thread of his discography, between expected classics and less-played tracks: Brussels by Night, Meisjes, Twee Meisjes, Vlaanderen boven, Je veux de l’amour… Songs that have travelled from cafés to concert halls and continue to be passed from mouth to mouth.

You encounter that direct way of seizing a melody and a detail of life and turning it into a chorus. Without affectation, with a discreet irony and a tenderness that surfaces, he revisits his songs as one reopens files, casting them in a new light. Between electric energy and more stripped-down formats, the evening promises a faithful panorama of his trajectory—expansive without being fixed. A date to gauge the breadth of a catalogue that has accompanied several generations and to listen, simply, to a singer-songwriter who knows how to remain in the present.