Luminiscence
After dazzling more than 1,000,000 spectators, LUMINISCENCE arrives at the Cathedral of Saints Michael and Gudula in Brussels, which will celebrate its 800th anniversary during the Gudula Year 2026. A spectacular sound and light show that immerses you in the secrets of this legendary monument.
Embark on a journey where light and live music combine to bring eight centuries of history back to life. Monumental projections transform stone into a living work of art, revealing the full beauty of this heritage gem. From its construction to its rebirths, discover the trials, transformations and moments of glory that have shaped this iconic monument. The cathedral is transformed and illuminated, revealing exceptional scenes where every detail comes to life to offer a striking visual experience.
The heavenly voices of the region's finest choir perform classical music masterpieces with rare intensity. An authentic, immersive sound experience, carried by the emotion of the moment.
During exceptional live performances in December and January, the LUMINISCENCE orchestra enhances the voices of the choir for a total immersion in sound.
Voice-overs in French and Dutch.
Prices:
- Live Choir version from €28
- Live Choir & Orchestra version from €39
Standard and reduced prices available.
Categories:
- Gold category: from the middle to the back of the nave, for a panoramic view.
- Silver category: from the middle of the nave to the choir, for an immersive experience as close as possible to the artists.
Live Choir Version
- Choir: Brussels Chamber Choir
- Choir Director: Helen Cassano, Michiel Haspeslagh or Jan Moeyaert
Live Choir & Orchestra Version
- Choir: Brussels Chamber Choir
- Orchestra: LUMINISCENCE
- Conductor: Pierre-Alexis Touzeau
The performance will be preceded by a first part with soloists: Hugues Navez (guitar), Gordon Fantini (bassoon) or Jacques Dupriez (baritone violin)
St Michael and St Gudula Cathedral
Brussels
Show
Luminiscence
Bike Brussels
Gare Maritime - Tour & Taxis
Brussels
Fairs and shows
Bike Brussels
Mauvais Coton festival
The Mauvais Coton Festival is back for its 3rd edition!
Discover or rediscover contemporary and artisanal embroidery with a large art market (more than 30 artists), exhibitions, and workshops for all ages.
Discover embroidery through a big art market, installations & exhibition.
Opening Friday 13 at 6pm
With tarot reading, tombola and exhibitions « Bad luck », Tissus Urbains & « dans la tête d’une brodeuse » from Stephanie Cazaentre.
Dj Jump & Sweat / Food truck by Ccube
Saturday 12-7pm art market & expos
Workshop « c’est une pie! » by Clotho 2pm-4.40pm (booking via email)
Workshop collective « Broderie Libre » by Stephanie Cazaentre (free)
Saturday 12-7 pm art market & expos
10.30 am Documentary « Dans la tête d’une brodeuse » with the movie maker
Workshop 1pm-15h30 « Grigri brodé » by Sombre con & Ta douce. Booking via email
Workshop collective “Tissus urbains, venez broder Bruxelles”(free)
Pay what you can at the door.
Artistes: La fille Dupont, Anne-Laure Viaud, Amour_armour, Broccolou, Junie Briffaz, Ffembroidery, Barbe bleue, Divine aiguille, The needle juice, Stéphanie Cazaentre, embroidery, Clotho les moirés, Clicote broderie, Marielle Laveau, Marie Desbons, AngryMina, Elius, Général broderie, Laily brin d’or, des fleurs & des culs, Voyou & tout cramer, Va niquer ton fil, Sale Gamine, Lara Perez Dueñas,…
LaVallee
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Festival
Mauvais Coton festival
Brussels Water Days 2026
From Monday, March 16 to Sunday, March 22, 2026, we're celebrating the Brussels Water Days: a great opportunity to showcase our capital's blue heritage!
With guided walks, exclusive visits, a Water Village at Flagey, exhibitions, and much more, Brussels residents can look forward to a varied program of free activities for young and old.
From Monday, March 16 to Sunday, March 22, 2026, Brussels Water Days will take place, featuring more than 50 free tours, conferences, nature walks, exhibitions, workshops, and exclusive visits.
You will have the unique opportunity to visit the Brussels-South water treatment plant, as well as the Hydria stormwater basin under Flagey Square. If you prefer to spend a day in nature, combine a walk along the Woluwepad in Hertoginnedal with one of the many activities in the beautiful parks along the Woluwe. Or would you like to get to know the canal zone a little better? Then be sure to stop by the B.R.Y.C. for a boat trip on the canal or an introduction to rowing!
These and more than 50 other activities can be found on the Brussels Water Days agenda, via the Brussels Environment website.
Oh, and would you rather get creative? In March, we also launch the ‘Here Begins The Sea’ campaign, an initiative to raise awareness among Brussels residents about the impact of waste on our sewers and waterways. Want to get involved? Adopt a manhole cover with a beautiful chalk drawing and encourage your neighbors to contribute to clean sewers!
Organised by Coordination Senne, an initiative by Environment Brussels.
Various locations in the Brussels Capital Region
Brussels
Festival
Brussels Water Days 2026
River Jazz Festival
For 11 years, River Jazz has been promoting Brussels jazz that is curious and lively.
11 years and still the same desire to move forward.
16 concerts
3 venues in Brussels
1 River Jazz Night
PASS for 3 concerts for €35!
PASS for River Jazz Night Margaux Vranken €35 = 3 travelling concerts on 28 March
Théâtre Marni & Jazz Station & Le Senghor
Ixelles
Festival
River Jazz Festival
BANAD Festival 2026
An essential annual event spread over three weekends, the tenth edition of the Brussels Art Nouveau Art Deco Festival will be held on 14 & 15, 21 & 22 and 28 & 29 March 2026. The BANAD festival is an invitation to discover remarkable locations showcasing Art Nouveau and Art Deco architecture in the Brussels Region.
Taking place over three weekends (14 & 15, 21 & 22, and 28 & 29 March 2026) and covering three areas of the Brussels Region, the BANAD Festival offers an varied programme consisting of interior visits (around sixty, some of which are accessible for the very first time), guided thematic tours on foot or by bicycle, unique conferences, inclusive and family activities, and finally the famous Object Fair and Restaurateurs & Experts Fair.
On the menu for interior visits: the “Essentials” (must-sees that you have to see at least once in your life), the “Classics” (some of which, such as public buildings, schools and museums, are regularly open to visitors but not from an architectural heritage perspective), the ‘New’ (never before open to the BANAD public) and finally the ‘Previously New’ (new additions from previous years, rescheduled for visitors who may have missed them during the last editions of the festival).
Various places in Brussels
Brussels
Festival
BANAD Festival 2026
UP Festival
UP - Circus & Performing Arts
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Festival
UP Festival
Festival Indigo
2 day pass: €25
Since 2015, Ateliers Indigo has been welcoming artists with mental disabilities. This unique space promotes artistic expression, offering everyone the opportunity to develop their talent in a supportive environment. The workshops offered focus on the visual arts, performing arts and audiovisual arts, allowing artists to explore different forms of creation and give free rein to their imagination. Thanks to tailored support, everyone can develop their own style and share their work with the public, thereby helping to promote diversity and inclusion in the art world.
True to this vision, Ateliers Indigo has a mission: to open up the world of contemporary art to neurodivergent artists and to oppose ableism and a system that imposes normality.
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, it is organising a festival at Les Halles de Schaerbeek on 20 and 21 March 2026. Indigo's uniqueness will shine through at this extraordinary event.
The programme includes an exhibition, performances, talks, concerts and DJ sets.
friday
12:30 Ouverture exposition
13:30 Talk #1 "Drois rémunération et handicaps"
15:00 Méditation / performance
15:30 Talk #2 "Les ateliers, entre cocréation et autodidaxie"
17:00 Le Grand bleu / performance
saterday
12:30 Ouverture exposition
14:00 Talk #3 "N'appelez pas ça, Art Brut"
15:45 Le labyrinthe / performance
16:00 Goûter
16:30 Le Grand bleu / performance
17:15 La maison de poupées / performance
18:00 Chorale / Concert
18:30 Indigo/Creahm / Jam session
19:00 Babou Alice / Hybrid live
19:00 Finger food
19:30 Parade / performance
20:00 Indigo magic orchestra & friends / DJ set
2 day pass: €25
Since 2015, Ateliers Indigo has been welcoming artists with mental disabilities. This unique space promotes artistic expression, offering everyone the opportunity to develop their talent in a supportive environment. The workshops offered focus on the visual arts, performing arts and audiovisual arts, allowing artists to explore different forms of creation and give free rein to their imagination. Thanks to tailored support, everyone can develop their own style and share their work with the public, thereby helping to promote diversity and inclusion in the art world.
True to this vision, Ateliers Indigo has a mission: to open up the world of contemporary art to neurodivergent artists and to oppose ableism and a system that imposes normality.
To celebrate its 10th anniversary, it is organising a festival at Les Halles de Schaerbeek on 20 and 21 March 2026. Indigo's uniqueness will shine through at this extraordinary event.
The programme includes an exhibition, performances, talks, concerts and DJ sets.
friday
12:30 Ouverture exposition
13:30 Talk #1 "Drois rémunération et handicaps"
15:00 Méditation / performance
15:30 Talk #2 "Les ateliers, entre cocréation et autodidaxie"
17:00 Le Grand bleu / performance
saterday
12:30 Ouverture exposition
14:00 Talk #3 "N'appelez pas ça, Art Brut"
15:45 Le labyrinthe / performance
16:00 Goûter
16:30 Le Grand bleu / performance
17:15 La maison de poupées / performance
18:00 Chorale / Concert
18:30 Indigo/Creahm / Jam session
19:00 Babou Alice / Hybrid live
19:00 Finger food
19:30 Parade / performance
20:00 Indigo magic orchestra & friends / DJ set
Friday: €10-€15-€20 (recommended price €15)
Saturday: €15-€25-€35 (recommended price €25)
Les Halles de Schaerbeek
Schaerbeek
Show
Festival Indigo
Festival Kinolatino - 4ème Edition
Cinéma Palace
Brussels
Festival
Festival Kinolatino - 4ème Edition
Klarafestival
The theme of this year's festival is taken from the debut album of festival artist Abel Selaocoe: Where Is Home? For Abel Selaocoe, ‘home’ is much more than a building or a place. 'It can be a spiritual space. It can be people. (...) It can be something you find along your travels.’
The theme of this year's festival is taken from the debut album of festival artist Abel Selaocoe: Where Is Home? For Abel Selaocoe, ‘home’ is much more than a building or a place. 'It can be a spiritual space. It can be people. (...) It can be something you find along your travels.’
We invite you to feel at home during Klarafestival 2026, sometimes nestling comfortably into your chair, and at other times leaning forward in eager anticipation. Even the most familiar works take on fresh life in the hands of the adventurous musicians on the programme. Like Bach’s St. John Passion conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev, or Beethoven and Strauss with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, or even Chopin and Scriabin in a performance by Alexandre Kantorow. And much more besides!
Klara Festival - Festival van Vlaanderen Brussel
Brussels
Festival
Klarafestival
Les Équinoxes
La Tricoterie - Link factory
Saint-Gilles
Festival
Les Équinoxes
Muziekberg / Mont des Musiques
During the event Muziekberg / Mont des Musiques on March 21, Brussels musicians will take over the Kunstberg for a whole day, from the Royal Museums of Fine Arts to Bozar. Enjoy a performance for families, attend special premieres and free concerts, or be surprised by improvisations inspired by artworks in the Old Masters Museum.
During the event Muziekberg / Mont des Musiques on March 21, Brussels musicians will take over the Kunstberg for a whole day, from the Royal Museums of Fine Arts to Bozar. Enjoy a performance for families by Radio Lomax, attend special premieres and free concerts, or be surprised by improvisations inspired by artworks in the Old Masters Museum. At Bozar, the Belgian National Orchestra will create a collective ritual around Max Richter’s mesmerizing Exiles, and harpist Margaret Hermant will close the day with a late-night session.
I Solisti, HIIIT, Suzan Peeters, Vitja Pauwels, Simon Leleux, Marjolijn Dijkman, Radio Lomax, Alexey Botvinov, Guy Danel, Sarah Bayens, Bl!ndman, Zwerm, Belgian National Orchestra, Ekaterina Levental, Margaret Hermant
Klara Festival - Festival van Vlaanderen Brussel
Brussels
Festival
Muziekberg / Mont des Musiques
Brosella Spring Festival 2026
Contemporary Belgian jazz in a club atmosphere at VOLTA, Molenbeek.
From 25 to 28 March 2026, the Brosella Spring Festival returns for its fourth edition with four nights of live concerts and DJ sets, featuring new projects and album releases from today’s Belgian jazz scene.
From 25 to 28 March 2026, the Brosella Spring Festival returns for its fourth edition and takes place at VOLTA, Centre for Music in Molenbeek, a venue that perfectly matches the festival’s intimate atmosphere and artistic DNA. Over four evenings, the festival presents a vibrant selection of contemporary Belgian jazz, with 3 live concerts and 1 DJ set each night. The programme highlights album release concerts and brand-new projects, ranging from improvisation and spiritual jazz to electronic influences.
Artists such as Dorian Dumont, Lupo Spaccaro, BEX, Wet Enough!?, Compro Oro, N∆BOU, OLA TUNJI (led by saxophonist Ornella Noulet) and The Brums showcase the diversity and vitality of today’s Belgian jazz scene. Each night concludes with a DJ set, extending the dialogue between jazz and club culture.
A key highlight of the festival is BXL x LDN Interplay III, a co-production between the Brosella Festival and London-based organisation Tomorrow’s Warriors. Six young musicians from Brussels and London collaborate under the mentorship of Wajdi Riahi and Cassie Kinoshi. After an intensive residency at VOLTA, they will present their compositions during the opening night on Wednesday 25 March.
Live: Dorian Dumont, Ola Tunji, Lupo Spaccaro, Wet Enough!?, The Brums, BEX, Compro Oro, NABOU, De Beren Gieren, Lucid Lucia ft Dj Grazzhoppa, BXL x LDN Interplay III, Mattias De Craene ft Black Koyo
Dj sets: Delishoko, Disko Kebap, Rosie from the block, Shabz
VOLTA, Centre for music
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Festival
Brosella Spring Festival 2026
Sonamos Latinoamérica Festival
The iconic traditional Latin American music festival makes a stop in Brussels
For 3 days, Sonamos Latinoamérica Festival will immerse you in the poetic richness and deep rhythms of Latin American folklore. The lineup features artists from Brazil, Colombia and Mexico. This festival is a gathering space for music lovers, Latin American communities in Brussels and in Belgium and those eager to discover new sonic landscapes. Expect nights filled with passion and poetry where each note carries the history and soul of an entire continent.
MIM - Musical Instruments Museum (MRAH)
Brussels
Festival
Sonamos Latinoamérica Festival
Foire du Livre de Bruxelles
From March 26 to 29, 2026, the Brussels Book Fair celebrates its 55th edition at Tour & Taxis under the theme “Challenging the Future.” With more than 350 activities, 300 exhibitors and 1,200 authors, the event invites visitors to explore literature in all its forms through talks, debates, performances and immersive experiences.
From March 26 to 29, 2026, the Brussels Book Fair unfolds at Tour & Taxis around the theme “Challenging the Future”: an invitation to slow down, dream, exercise critical thinking and become active participants in shaping tomorrow’s world. More than 350 activities will celebrate books in all their forms.
For its 55th edition, the Fair presents a rich and wide-ranging programme crossing genres, generations and disciplines. General literature, essays, crime fiction, comics, children’s books, romance and speculative fiction come together across multiple stages and spaces, reflecting the diversity and vitality of contemporary writing.
In 2026, the Fair brings together over 300 exhibitors across 3,800 m², including Belgian and international publishers, associations, bookshops and cultural actors. More than 1,200 authors will be present, embodying the plurality of voices that shape today’s literary landscape.
This edition also marks ten years of free admission, reaffirming the Fair’s commitment to accessibility and to making books a shared cultural space ; open, vibrant and dedicated to dialogue, discovery and collective reflection.
Amélie Nothomb ; Alain Mabanckou ; Philippe Geluck ; Ambre Chalumeau ; Barbara Abel ; Morgane Moncomble ; Andrzej Sapkowski ; Enki Bilal ; Susie Morgenstern ; Étienne Klein ; Sorj Chalandon ; Christine Ockrent ; Melissa Da Costa ; Philippe Boxho ; etc.
Foire du Livre de Bruxelles
Brussels
Fairs and shows
Foire du Livre de Bruxelles
Millenium International Film Festival
Nine days of powerful films, stimulating encounters, performances, inspiring events, and enriching masterclasses.
The festival will take place from March 26 to April 3 and will offer a challenging and engaging program that invites reflection and dialogue.
Keen to innovate and enrich the experience of our audience, we have several new features in store for you this year. Millenium is now expanding beyond its usual territory: for this new edition, the festival will be stopping off in Charleroi and Antwerp, and will also be offering a selection of fiction films.
Various locations in the Brussels Capital Region
Brussels
Festival
Millenium International Film Festival
Lutz Bacher - 'Burning the Days '
Burning the Days offers an expansive view of conceptual artist Lutz Bacher’s provocative, genre-defying oeuvre that exists across a wide range of found materials. Moving between affect and sentiment, humor, and pop-cultural touchstones, the exhibition turns to unflinching examinations of sexuality, violence, political paranoia, and cosmic metaphysics.
Wiels - Contemporary art centre
Forest
Exhibitions
Lutz Bacher - 'Burning the Days '
D FESTIVAL 26
Théâtre Marni & Le Senghor
Ixelles
Festival
D FESTIVAL 26
Rasmus Klump, the Timeless Bear Cub
Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Rasmus Klump, the famous Danish bear cub who has captivated readers for generations. This exceptional exhibition invites you to explore the work of the artists who created this iconic character, while also showcasing his modern reinvention and new adventures. Rediscover Petzi through original illustrations, anecdotes about his creation and contemporary interpretations that perpetuate his joyful, timeless spirit. Explore his maritime adventures and his values of friendship, curiosity and mutual aid.
The Rasmus Klump exhibition is a family event not to be missed, for the young and old alike!
With the support of the players of the Brussels Capital Region.
Comic Art Museum
Brussels
Exhibitions
Rasmus Klump, the Timeless Bear Cub
Designing Childhood. A History of Design for Children
As a testing ground for new materials and production processes, children’s furniture has left its mark on the history of 20th-century design. It embodies the ambitions, social changes and technological advances of its era. Gradually recognised as individuals in their own right, children are no longer seen as ‘little adults’ and have carved out a specific place for themselves in the home, society and the market.
As explorers of the world, children learn, play and express themselves through the objects that populate their daily lives. After the Second World War, home design evolved: children’s bedrooms and playrooms appeared, offering young children spaces conducive to creativity and imagination. Furniture then became a tool for learning as much as a means of emancipation.
Designers found children’s furniture to be a privileged field for experimentation. In the 1960s, the rise of polymers paved the way for new forms, free from traditional constraints. These materials made it possible to invent lightweight, ergonomic and playful furniture without sharp angles. Many designers embraced this field: Jean Prouvé, Alvar and Aino Aalto, Hans Wegner, Charles and Ray Eames, Nanna Ditzel, Bruno Munari, Javier Mariscal and, more recently, Stéphanie Marin, each offering a vision of childhood as a field of experimentation and freedom.
In this new collaboration, the Design Museum Brussels enriches the narrative initiated by the Centre Pompidou by highlighting the Belgian contribution. Through pieces from its collections, the museum emphasises the vitality of design in Belgium, in resonance with major international narratives. It reveals an approach that is attentive to children’s needs, integrating ecological and educational issues from an early stage. From children’s bedrooms designed by Sylvie Feron in the 1930s to Jules Wabbes, to the current initiatives of the ecoBirdy duo with the Charlie chair made from recycled plastic, Belgian designers also introduce childlike singularity into the domestic space. Thus, design in Belgium reflects a creativity where formal innovation is combined with a reflection on society and the environment.
Today, at a time of new environmental, social and technological challenges, children’s furniture continues to reflect its era. 3D printing, open source, recycled materials and local manufacturing herald a new generation of creative, responsible and accessible furniture.
This universe remains a formidable laboratory where imagination, learning and innovation come together, reminding us that design, at a child’s level, also illuminates our common future.
Design Museum Brussels
Laeken
Exhibitions
Designing Childhood. A History of Design for Children
Collection meets Spanish Artists
The creations of M. Millares, M. Mompó, M. Rivera and A. Tàpies enter into dialogue with emblematic pieces from the Royal Museums collection. An intense encounter between artists in search of freedom and openness.
A journey to Spain through a selection of emblematic works, mostly abstract, from the international avant-garde of the 1950s to the 1970s, in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War.
The creations of Manolo Millares, Manuel Mompó, Manuel Rivera and Antoni Tàpies enter into dialogue with emblematic pieces from the Royal Museums’ collection.
The result? An intense encounter between artists in search of freedom and openness.
Discover these distinctive Hispanic abstract and informal tendencies, characterised by raw materials, spontaneous gestures and bold experimentation.
This is the second chapter of "Collection Meets", a new series of presentations dedicated to contemporary or modern art that establishes a dialogue between works from the RMFAB collections and pieces from external collections.
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Brussels
Exhibitions
Collection meets Spanish Artists
BRDCST 2026
Our annual indoor festival where musical boundaries are left behind with a.o. Ichiko Aoba, Keeley Forsyth, Xiu Xiu, claire rousay, ...
Ancienne Belgique
Brussels
Festival
BRDCST 2026
Belgian Jazz Festival
Centre Culturel et Sportif Tour à Plomb
Brussels
Festival
Belgian Jazz Festival
I am here - je suis là - ik ben hier
I am here invites the public to explore its relationship with self-image, from the long tradition of self-portraiture to today’s digital practices. Through a journey that weaves together art, science and interactive installations, the exhibition probes the social, psychological and political dimensions of self-representation.
Narcissism, identity, media culture, and the visibility of women and minority groups are among the many themes addressed through works spanning the 19th century to the present, alongside new contemporary creations. Developed by the Université libre de Bruxelles in partnership with the City of Brussels, this free, trilingual exhibition offers a playful, thought-provoking and accessible experience for all. Hosted at the Espace Vanderborght, it highlights Belgian collections and showcases Brussels-based artists, notably through an open call. A mediation programme, participatory activities and a dedicated library space round out this immersive exploration at the heart of self-representation.
Supported by the City of Brussels
Espace Vanderborght
Brussels
Exhibitions
I am here - je suis là - ik ben hier
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF)
Brussels Expo - Palais 10
Laeken
Festival
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF)
LEGS 26
With the return of spring, the Legs festival offers Brussels a new journey through the history of dance. Drawing on the repertoires, rituals and legends that have shaped the choreographic art over the centuries, the programme presents a constellation of gestures and reflections, a subterranean network of influences and lineages. True to its critical and irreverent spirit, the 2026 festival pays tribute with either restraint or audacity, plays with genres, and questions narratives and memory.
Various places in Brussels
Brussels
Festival
LEGS 26
