Get support from visit.brussels for your event in 2023

02 December 2022

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 (one competition per semester). 

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 a communication campaign in Brussels.

 

In April 2023, visit.brussels will launch a new competition to promote the cultural and event offering in the Brussels-Capital Region.

 

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 1/07/2023 to 31/12/2023.

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 May 2023. 

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. 

The winners of 2023 - first semester - are:

 

  • 175 ans des Galeries * ASBL Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert
  • Art Brussels 2023 * Easyfairs Belgium
  • Balkan Trafik * 1001 valises
  • BANAD Festival 2023 * Explore.Brussels
  • BIFFF - Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival * PeyMey Diffusion
  • Brussels International Film Festival * Un Soir...Un Grain
  • Brussels Jazz Weekend 2023 * vzw Jazz Projects
  • Carrément Poilu * Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée 
  • COLLECTIBLE Fair, the platform for 21st century design * COLLECTIBLE ASBL
  • Concours Reine Elisabeth de Chant * Concours Musical International Reine Elisabeth de Belgique
  • Couleur Café * vzw Zig Zag
  • Exposition "Congo/Art nouveau" * CIVA
  • Exposition Diane von Fürstenberg : woman before fashion * ASBL Bruxelles-Musées-Expositions
  • Festival Anima * Folioscope
  • Festival International du Cinéma Documentaire Millenium * Diogène ASBL
  • Festival Musiq3 Bruxelles * ASBL Festival de Wallonie-Musiq’3-Bruxelles
  • Foire du livre de Bruxelles * Foire du livre de Bruxelles
  • HOPLA!2023 * Brufête 
  • Jam'in Jette Festival Outdoor * Asbl Kwa!
  • Kidzik Bruxelles * Label Zik
  • Kunstenfestivaldesarts * Kunstenfestivaldesarts vzw
  • Les Nuits Botanique * Le Botanique
  • Listen Festival * Listen Festival
  • Mehdi-Georges Lahlou & guest Candice Breitz * CENTRALE for contemporary art
  • Michel François * Bozar - Paleis voor Schone Kunsten nv
  • Passa Porta Festival * Passa Porta NL
  • PhotoBrussels Festival * Hangar 
  • PILAR ASAP * Pilar
  • Reset Immersive * fomo.scene asbl
  • STREAT FEST * Tatou Production 

 

CONGRATULATIONS!

Still have questions?

Questions can be sent at culturalevent@visit.brussels

Discover the 2022 winners

Here is the full list of events that have won a poster campaign or an advertising campaign in the Brussels weekly BRUZZ (for a total amount of €300,000 in 2022).