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
Back on Senne
An exhibition with an installation by Romain Tardy and a soundscape by Coline Cornélis
Back on Senne reveals the hidden river beneath the Sewer Museum! The project consists of a temporary exhibition that transforms the permanent collection, featuring a new creation: an installation in collaboration with artists Romain Tardy and Coline Cornélis. Back on Senne presents the river as a living entity — the memory of a vanished landscape with great regenerative potential. The museum invites you to imagine a future for this river, in response to current challenges.
History, art and science merge to make the almost fully covered river tangible. Through projections, spatial sound and laser beams, visitors experience a sensory landscape of moving light, tones and water movement. Live data from the Flowbru network shapes the installation, making each visit unique and highlighting the river’s constantly evolving nature. The artwork conveys the “pulse” of the Senne. Back on Senne prompts reflection on our relationship with this forgotten urban stream and on the challenges of ecological restoration.
The Senne is alive! Dive into its hidden story in Back on Senne.
As part of Back on Senne, many activities will also take place, such as workshops, guided walks and more. More information will be available soon!
Porte d'Anderlecht
Brussels
Exhibitions
Back on Senne
Brussels Multilingualism Week
The first Brussels Multilingualism Week will take place from Monday 9 to Saturday 14 February 2026, on the initiative of the Brussels Council for Multilingualism and in collaboration with the Brussels-Capital Region.
Activities will take place throughout the week across the Region and at the Bourse. On Saturday 14 February, the Palais de la Bourse will host stands and debates.
Bourse Brussels
Brussels
Festival
Brussels Multilingualism Week
Flagey Piano Days 2026
For five days, Flagey will be dedicated to the piano in all its forms: concerts, conferences and exhibitions. You'll discover traditional recitals as well as jazz performed by world-renowned artists and emerging talents.
Flagey
Ixelles
Festival
Flagey Piano Days 2026
FESTIVITA! Brussels Early Music Festival
Cercle Royal Gaulois Artistique et Littéraire
Brussels
Festival
FESTIVITA! Brussels Early Music Festival
Bright Brussels Festival
Bright Brussels Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary from 12 to 15 February 2026!
For 10 years now, the Bright Brussels Festival has been lighting up your winter evenings! And for this anniversary edition, we’re going all out: a majestic illuminated trail through the historic centre of the capital, from 12 to 15 February 2026.
Over four magical nights, more than twenty luminous artworks and just as many sparkling activities will guide you from Brussels Park to the Royal Theatre of La Monnaie, passing by numerous heritage landmarks along the way. From 18:30 to 23:00, Brussels’ heart will once again be transformed into a fairytale journey, brought to life by the creativity of Belgian and international artists.
In addition to this extraordinary route, uncover real gems at the Bright Brussels Market, have fun with your little ones at Bright Brussels Kids and take a delicious break at the Bright Brussels Café.
Get ready for an unforgettable nocturnal journey, filled with poetic moments and the true spirit of Brussels!
Various places in Brussels
Brussels
Festival
Bright Brussels Festival
Love Bugs Parade - 17è édition
Autoworld
Brussels
Animations
Love Bugs Parade - 17è édition
Anima Festival 2026
The Anima Festival is a ten day dedication to animation films during the Carnival Holidays.
Enjoy ten days devoted entirely to animated films.
www.animafestival.be
Flagey, Folioscope
Flagey
Ixelles
Festival
Anima Festival 2026
Bellezza e Bruttezza
Beauty and Ugliness in the Renaissance
Beauty and ugliness have always fascinated people, yet their meanings shift over time. Bellezza e Bruttezza explores how artists from Italy and Northern Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries depicted these extremes, from refined ideals to deliberate grotesques. A rare opportunity to see extraordinary works, some appearing in Belgium for the first and only time.
The exhibition traces how the standards of beauty and ugliness evolved from the last quarter of the 15th century to the end of the 16th century—key transitional periods—by juxtaposing in a rich and compelling confrontation the ways in which these two subjects were interpreted by the greatest Italian artists and their counterparts from Northern Europe. Beauty became an increasingly important social concern at this time, as shown by the rising number of 16th-century publications offering “recipes for looking beautiful” and advice on cosmetics and care. Meanwhile, ugliness also grew in prominence in art, appearing in a widening range of forms throughout the same period.
Discover remarkable works by renowned artists such as Botticelli, Titian, Tintoretto, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Cranach the Elder, Massys, and many others.
Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar
Brussels
Exhibitions
Bellezza e Bruttezza
Kidzik Printemps 2026
Various places in Brussels
Brussels
Festival
Kidzik Printemps 2026
ON THE EDGE
A new annual festival like a journey
Moving away from the centre of dance, we seek out the extremes of performance, bordering on circus and even music.
In March, we find ourselves at Les Brigittines on the margins, where movement is distorted.
Les Brigittines
Brussels
Festival
ON THE EDGE
En 2026, La Maison des Arts a 200 ans !
Maison des Arts
Schaerbeek
Exhibitions
En 2026, La Maison des Arts a 200 ans !
Habiter la maison
Maison des Arts
Schaerbeek
Exhibitions
Habiter la maison
Collectible
The Collectible Design Fair is a one-of-a-kind platform for the showcase and discovery of the best in contemporary collectible design. The fair brings together galleries, design studios, independent makers, and brands in a dynamic integrated space.
COLLECTIBLE, the only fair exclusively dedicated to contemporary collectible design, returns to the Vanderborght Building in Brussels for its 9th edition from Thursday 12 March to Saturday 15 March 2026 with a VIP Preview on Wednesday 11 March 2026. A selection of leading galleries, design studios, architects, and institutions will be brought together across the same sections that contributed to the success of the previous edition – MAIN, BESPOKE, NEW GARDE, ARCHITECT <=> DESIGNER, and CURATED.
Espace Vanderborght
Brussels
Fairs and shows
Collectible
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 locations in Brussels
Brussels
Festival
BANAD Festival 2026
UP Festival
UP - Circus & Performing Arts
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Festival
UP Festival
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
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
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
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
BRDCST 2026 | 3.04 - 6.04
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 | 3.04 - 6.04
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
Festival Hybrid' #1
Le 140
Schaerbeek
Festival
Festival Hybrid' #1
Lotto Brussels Premier Padel by CBC
From 19 to 26 April 2026, the Lotto Brussels Premier Padel by CBC returns to Brussels for a full week of sport and entertainment at the iconic Gare Maritime at Tour & Taxis. The world’s best padel players compete in a unique, accessible atmosphere combining top-level sport and an unforgettable event experience.
From 19 to 26 April 2026, Brussels hosts the fifth edition of the Lotto Brussels Premier Padel by CBC, one of the most spectacular indoor padel tournaments in the world.
For an entire week, the world’s top players from the international Premier Padel circuit come together in the exceptional setting of the Gare Maritime at Tour & Taxis, offering a unique mix of high-level sport, atmosphere and entertainment.
The tournament kicks off with the qualification rounds on Sunday 19 and Monday 20 April, followed by the main draw from Tuesday 21 to Sunday 26 April. Midweek features the Belgian Days, while the closing weekend builds up to the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals.
Open to both padel enthusiasts and the general public, Brussels Premier Padel delivers a true event experience: spectacular matches, an immersive atmosphere, food & drinks and activities in one of Brussels’ most iconic venues.
A must-see sporting event this spring in Brussels, perfect to enjoy with friends or family.
Gare Maritime - Tour & Taxis
Brussels
Sport
Lotto Brussels Premier Padel by CBC
29th Brussels Short Film Festival
The Brussels Short Film Festival is back for its 29th edition!
Next year, the Brussels Short Film Festival will be back in Brussels from 22 April to 2 May 2026.
On the programme: 10 days of festival and the crème de la crème of Belgian and international short film!
Save the dates and stay tuned for more details on the programme and events.
Flagey
Ixelles
Cinema
29th Brussels Short Film Festival
