Open air film screening Fatih Akin's ‘Crossing the Bridge’ (Turkey) in Ghent, Belgium

Ambrassband entertaining the crowds at Cargo Zomer Bar in Antwerp, June 2010

Authors Mario Levi (left) from Turkey and Igor Štiks from Bosnia and Herzegovina (centre) at a book reading in Antwerp, Belgium

Best-selling Turkish author Ayşe Kulin in Ghent, June 2010

Literary event with Turkish authors Ayşe Kulin (far left), Aslı Erdoğan (right, speaking), and Mustafa Kör (far right), Ghent, June 2010

Jazz singer Irina Karamarković from Kosovo* performing in Belgium in June 2010

Boban Marković is frequently recognized as the greatest trumpet player to emerge from the Balkans. Here he is in discussion with his band members in Ghent, June 2010

Boban and Marko Marković Orchestra (Serbia) performing in Ghent, June 2010

Albanian accordionist Gjovalin Nonaj playing Balkan folk music at Keizer Park in Ghent, June 2010