Get support from visit.brussels for your event in 2023

Every year, some 23,000 cultural and tourist events shape the creative activities of our capital and raise its profile nationally and internationally. This rich and diversified offer plays a fundamental role for the region, its inhabitants and visitors from Belgium and abroad.

As an organiser of cultural and tourist events, you are part of Brussels' DNA. To support the visibility of your event, visit.brussels will be launching two competitions which will promote the Brussels-Capital Region's cultural and event offering during the year 2023.

The total investment in the winners of these competitions amounts to more than €250,000. These competitions will aim to support the promotion of your events and the winners will be offered an ‘out of home’ communication campaign in Brussels.

Would you like to participate in the competition?

Read carefully this call for applications!

What are the prizes?

30 winners will receive (free of charge) a two-week street light banner campaign of 50 banners installed in various locations in the Brussels-Capital Region. The campaign is worth €5,500.

On top of that, the first 5 winners will receive a one-week web banner campaign (728x90 px) on Bx1’s website.

You are eligible for this competition:

If you are a natural or legal person who is either a cultural operator (ex: theatre, museum, art centre, heritage site...), or a cultural or tourist event organiser (ex: temporary exhibition, festival, art fair, route, themed event, ...).

if your event targets audiences that form the major foundations of the cultural, tourist and event offer of Brussels, such as visual arts, contemporary art, design, comics, pop culture, street art, cinema, heritage, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, performing arts, music, jazz and gastronomy.
If your event is held in the Brussels-Capital Region.
If your event is likely to attract a minimum of 2,000 visitors.
If your event takes place from 1/01/2023 to 30/06/2023.

Selection of candidates and criteria

An independent jury of professionals will analyse each entry against five evaluation criteria. The jury will select up to 30 winners who will be notified in mid-November 2022.

You can find the evaluation criteria and the competition rules here (FR – NL).

How can you submit your application?

Fill out the online application form (Google Forms), see below.

Is your event eligible?

Submit your application

before 12:00 on 26/10/2022!

Still have questions?

Questions can be sent at culturalevent@visit.brussels.

Stay informed of future competitions

This page is regularly updated, keep an eye on our upcoming communications.

The next competition, for organisers of cultural and tourist events taking place during the 2nd semester of 2023, will be published in April 2023.

To be kept informed of future calls for applications, you can also contact your SPOC at visit.brussels.

Contact your SPOC