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
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
4e Nuit de la poésie
Maison Poème
Saint-Gilles
Show
4e Nuit de la poésie
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
Printemps des Sciences
ULB - Campus Solbosch, Bâtiment S
Ixelles
Festival
Printemps des Sciences
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
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
MAGMA FESTIVAL
Line up
Ava Eva/ Brainrot Cowboy (Live)/ Bulie Jordeaux (Live)/ Charlick/ Coline Cornélis/ DMX Krew (Live)/ Jenny Cara b2b SUCHI/ Lefblom/ Magma Boyz (Bon Public + Umbra)/ Mars010c/ Mickey/ P.O (Live)/ TUKAN (Live)/ Zaatar
After its first eruption at Les Halles de Schaerbeek in 2025, the Magma Festival is back and has now established itself as an unmissable event for discovering the electronic music scene. On 28 March 2026, Les Halles will host this new edition, from 5 p.m. to 5 a.m., offering a rich musical journey spread across two rooms.
With an extended 12-hour format featuring live performances and DJ sets, the Magma Festival is more than ever affirming the spirit of the collective: a bold and inclusive programme that immerses the audience in an experience that blends concert and club culture. A true exploration of sound, with electronic music in all its different facets as the common thread.
The Magma Festival also remains a gathering for hedonists, with a food corner featuring iconic figures from the Belgian food scene. A tattoo corner and other surprises will also be on offer, for an even more explosive and generous edition.
Line up
Ava Eva/ Brainrot Cowboy (Live)/ Bulie Jordeaux (Live)/ Charlick/ Coline Cornélis/ DMX Krew (Live)/ Jenny Cara b2b SUCHI/ Lefblom/ Magma Boyz (Bon Public + Umbra)/ Mars010c/ Mickey/ P.O (Live)/ TUKAN (Live)/ Zaatar
After its first eruption at Les Halles de Schaerbeek in 2025, the Magma Festival is back and has now established itself as an unmissable event for discovering the electronic music scene. On 28 March 2026, Les Halles will host this new edition, from 5 p.m. to 5 a.m., offering a rich musical journey spread across two rooms.
With an extended 12-hour format featuring live performances and DJ sets, the Magma Festival is more than ever affirming the spirit of the collective: a bold and inclusive programme that immerses the audience in an experience that blends concert and club culture. A true exploration of sound, with electronic music in all its different facets as the common thread.
The Magma Festival also remains a gathering for hedonists, with a food corner featuring iconic figures from the Belgian food scene. A tattoo corner and other surprises will also be on offer, for an even more explosive and generous edition.
Les Halles de Schaerbeek
Schaerbeek
Concert
MAGMA FESTIVAL
Bruxelles Gourmand - Brussel Gourmand
On 28 and 29 March 2026, meet the artisan chocolatiers in their shops and sample their pralines, chocolates, biscuits or even hot chocolate. The tour is free, subject to registration.
Brussels is the capital of chocolate — every Brussels local knows that. But which chocolatier should you recommend to taste truly exceptional chocolate? Who makes the best pralines? Are there still chocolatiers producing their pralines and other sweet creations in a workshop hidden behind the shop? And can you visit them? Do chocolatiers still work directly from the cocoa bean?
Discover ten chocolate-filled addresses over the course of one weekend. You will be able to taste pralines and other sweet delights for free, chat directly with the artisans, and at some places even discover the different stages of production.
More info & registration: www.localguide.brussels
Various places in Brussels
Brussels
Animations
Bruxelles Gourmand - Brussel Gourmand
Valentin Capony I DECADANCE
Botanique
Saint-Josse-Ten-Noode
Exhibitions
Valentin Capony I DECADANCE
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
Rave Rebels
Rave Rebels is not just a festival, it’s a movement. Born from the heart of Belgium’s electronic music culture, Rave Rebels brings together thousands of passionate ravers for a journey of immersive music, breathtaking visuals, and a one-of-a-kind light show.
FRI :
NICO MORENO B2B NOVAH (5H SET) - ALYCIA BEZGO - KOMPASS TRAXX - FENRICK - KOMPASS TRAXX - PORTEX x ROW1
SAT:
999999999 - ANGERFIST - A.N.I. - AZYR - BØĘRY - F
Rave Rebels
Laeken
Festival
Rave Rebels
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)
