The CourtTen strangers, chosen for you.
One night in Brussels by the artist INNOCNT. Thirty guests, in groups of ten. We choose the room. We choose the company. You dress beautifully and wear the mask.
Wednesday 28 October · 30 places · Applications close Monday 26 October at 1 PMApplications for Wednesday 28 October have closed. Apply for the next Session.
Same six people. Same three bars.
You moved to Brussels for the work, the city, the life. The work is fine. The city is beautiful. The life is a group chat.
You’ve tried. The apps feel like job interviews. Meetups feel like waiting rooms. Bars are too loud to hear anyone, and too full of people who didn’t come to meet you.
And the truth nobody says out loud: making friends as an adult is hard. It takes about fifty hours together to turn a stranger into a casual friend, and more than two hundred to make a close one. So most of us just stop trying.
Hall, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 2018
What the research says
- One in six people worldwide are affected by loneliness. WHO Commission on Social Connection, 2025
- 13% of people in the EU feel lonely most or all of the time. EU Loneliness Survey, JRC, 2022
- Commuters asked to talk to a stranger enjoyed the ride more than those who sat alone, though most predicted the opposite. Epley & Schroeder, 2014
- Adults who sang together felt close sooner than those who shared a craft class. That’s why music is the centre of every Court night. Pearce, Launay & Dunbar, 2015
How it works
Once in a while, The Court opens a room in Brussels for thirty guests, in groups of ten. Not anyone who buys a ticket: people we’ve chosen, because we think they should meet each other.
First, you tell us who you are. Twenty questions about who you are and how you connect. Two minutes. Nobody sees your answers but our team.
Then we choose the room. Every application is read by a person, not an algorithm. If there’s a place for you, a private invitation follows.
On the night, you wear the mask. The address and your hour arrive privately. INNOCNT opens the night with a short live set, then you join the ten people chosen for you for about fifty minutes of conversation.
Are you more…
Two questions to begin. Your answers come with you into the application.
Behind the mask
The Court is the private world of the singer-songwriter INNOCNT. It began with a question: what if a concert was also the best way to meet people?
- City
- Brussels
- Guests
- Thirty
- Your group
- Ten people
- Address
- Sent privately
What you actually get
A guest list chosen by hand
You’re not in a room with whoever bought a ticket. Everyone there was picked, like you.
Your group of ten, chosen for you
You never stand alone at the edge of a crowd. After the music, you spend about fifty minutes with the ten people we matched you with.
Masks, required
Nobody judges your job title or your face. Shy people talk. Confident people listen.
A dress code: beautifully
It feels like an occasion because it is one. Your best outfit finally has somewhere to go.
INNOCNT, live, in the same room
The kind of performance you can’t buy a ticket for anywhere else. The address arrives privately, close to the night.
Two minutes. Free to apply.
What guests said
“I felt myself as a part of a movie, it was an absolutely wonderful and beautiful experience that I would love to live this feeling again”
Member #0075, Session I
“Nice people, mysterious atmosphere in a cosy place. The Court brings something special to the Brussels night life. Also the show case was great”
Member #0091, Session I
“Had fun and the concert was amazing!!! Loved the atmosphere”
Member #0090, Session I
“I apply again because the first experience was amazing and I’d love to see more of it!”
Member #0033, Session I
“I loved the vibe, the style and the atmosphere”
Member #0076, Session I
What it costs
Your application is free. Your seat is not guaranteed. A room of thirty only works if the right thirty are in it, so we read every application and choose. It’s not about status. It’s about chemistry.
The free-to-apply promise
Applying costs nothing, needs no account and commits you to nothing. If you’re chosen, you see the price of your seat on your invitation, and you decide then.
Before you ask
- Where
- Brussels. The address is shared privately with confirmed guests.
- When
- Wednesday 28 October at 7 PM. The address arrives privately with your invitation.
- Wear
- Something beautiful: suits or dresses. Your mask is provided at the door.
When do applications close?
Monday 26 October at 1 PM, for the Session on Wednesday 28 October. There are 30 places, so the room fills from the applications we already have.
Is The Court a dating event?
No. It’s a night for meeting people, built around music. Romance can happen; it’s never the promise. You tell us in your application what you’re open to.
I’d be coming alone. Is that a problem?
Not at all. You’re matched with a group of ten, so you’re never left standing at the edge of a crowd.
I’m shy, or an introvert.
Then the mask is for you. And the music gives everyone something to share before anyone has to speak.
Is it safe?
Every guest is selected and every encounter happens in a hosted room. One rule applies to everyone: every connection is mutual.
What happens to my answers?
They’re private. Only our team reads them, to choose the room. They’re never shown to other guests.
How much does it cost?
Applying is free. If you’re invited, your invitation shows the price of your seat, and you decide then.
The room is being chosen now.
Two minutes, free and private. Thirty places, and applications close Monday 26 October at 1 PM.
P.S. One day, someone will tell you about a masked night in Brussels where INNOCNT sang a few metres away and strangers became the people they still call. You can hear that story, or you can be in it. Thirty places. Applications close Monday 26 October at 1 PM.
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