"Another history of Brussels" The popular districts of the canal
Discover the canal in 14 codes.
Fun and interactive exhibitions, entertainment for children and adults, a palace of images and a ± 1,000m2 garden to be explored with the family, with a school or in a group!
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Discover the canal in 14 codes.
Fun and interactive exhibitions, entertainment for children and adults, a palace of images and a ± 1,000m2 garden to be explored with the family, with a school or in a group!
Download our smartphone izi TRAVEL app
COOP
Anderlecht
Exhibitions
"Another history of Brussels" The popular districts of the canal
MoMuse - Musée Communal de Molenbeek
Municipal Museum of Molenbeek Saint-Jean
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Exhibitions
MoMuse - Musée Communal de Molenbeek
Capoeira Angola - adult classes open to all
Discover Capoeira Angola, the traditional martial art disguised as dance unites movements, songs and Afro-Brazilian percussion. Classes combine all levels and build on warming compounds, movement, music lessons and roda where one can put into practice what was learned during the course.
* first try-out class is for free
* from age 15
Capoeira Angola movements are very close to the ground, using the above as the lower body. By mixing dance and theater on attack and defense movements, capoeira is practiced in groups. It facilitates the physical and individual, the sense of balance and musicality.
Professor Charel, a native of Salvador de Bahia in Brazil, has over 10 years experience in teaching Capoeira Angola to adults and children. In Europe since 2006 he is today known worldwide for its passion and gift for teaching and is regularly invited to give workshops and courses throughout Europe.
The group Angoleiros do Mar Brussels is part of the group Angoleiros do Mar, founded in Bahia Brazil by Mestre Marcelo Angola, a student of Mestre Curio. The Angoleiros do Mar family is constantly growing with today numerous groups throughout Europe and Brazil.
Classes:
Monday 19h-21h: Quai du Hainaut 23, 1080 Bxl
Tuesday 20h30 - 22h30: Rue de la Glaciere 18,1060
Wednesday 19h-21h: Rue du Croissant 148, 1190
For more information please look on the website or contact us!
Prof Charel Perere
Collectif auQuai
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Sport
Capoeira Angola - adult classes open to all
Capoeira Angola - adult classes open to all
Collectif auQuai
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Sport
Capoeira Angola - adult classes open to all
Bubble Planet
Bubble Planet is an immersive experience that plunges you into the wonderful world of bubbles for the first time! Explore a planet that will push back the limits of your imagination thanks to virtual reality, themed rooms, fantastic landscapes and even a hot-air balloon flight simulator. Travel from one immersive space to the next and thrill your 5 senses!
Tour & Taxis
Brussels
Exhibitions
Bubble Planet
Discover Brussels' beer world with a passionate young local incl. a chocolate pairing
Visit a craft brewery
Taste 5 high quality beers
Storytelling of the local prestige: from the Lambic source to the Zennepils
Explore hidden places like a historic site that will transform into a brewery
Learn about the history of Belgium’s Trappist, Lambic and other traditional brews
Discover the real taste of hops and malts
Get inspiration for new destinations in Belgium
As we make our way to the first brewery, we’ll pass by your guide’s favorite beer shop to find out how familiar you are with the Belgian and local beer portfolio.
Our first stop will be at our hidden gem inspired with medieval atmosphere. Here, sample your first beer and exchange thoughts on the flavor and notes and soak up the convivial spirit as you chat to your group. If you don’t know the difference between an ale and a lager, listen carefully cause your guide is about to share the secrets of the brewing process. At every venue, we’ll surprise you by combining our beers with some local food to make sure you enjoy the full Belgian beer-and-food experience. So now it’s time to enjoy that delicious Brussels’ chocolate your guide has put on the table for you.
It’s time to move on to another lively beer spot. The knowledge of Liselot is more than only about beers: as a proud citizen, she’ll share fascinating novels about Brussels Belfry, Manneken Pis and the historical Pelgrim church. Your sightseeing will be completed with a walking encyclopedia.
At our second location, we’ll discover more different styles and further explore the world-famous Belgian brew portfolio. By tasting the very ingredients that make up the brewing process, you’ll feel like you’re visiting a brewery and you’ll get a sense of what makes a beer sour, sweet or bitter. Now, have you ever tried unique Belgian types like Trappists and our local Brussels brews? Make sure your taste buds are ready cause you are about to be introduced to the widest range of Belgian beers you have ever seen in just one bar. This visit will be completed with another surprising local food pairing.
For our second promenade, Liselot demonstrates how Brussels got this fertiled environment to make Lambic beers. Only a few metres further, you’ll hear more history of the old city wall and a recognised statue.
Last but not least, at your 3rd location you’ ll be introduced to the upscaling local craft beer market and will get the chance to try an exclusive beer you can only find in this town. Have you found your new favourite beer? Explore variants of it and make the most of these last moments together!
After 3 hours, your tour will come to a close in the nicest area of town where you will be free to spend time with your new friends or to continue this unique beer experience.
Liselot Caura and/or colleagues
BeerSecret
Brussels
Animations
Discover Brussels' beer world with a passionate young local incl. a chocolate pairing
Brussels craft brewery tour & meet the brewer
Explore the differences between the 100-year-old Lambic and the youngest brewery in town. Bonus: get to meet the brewer!
Get introduced to the Belgian beer market by exploring two different local breweries.
Included in the price:
6 high-quality Belgian beers from limited editions to our traditional brews
2 craft breweries: Cantillon & L'Annexe, which is not usually open to the public
1 renowned beer lovers' spots
A young and passionate local guide who launched one of the first Belgian craft beers
Transportation between breweries
HIghlights:
Visit a Lambic brewery and discover the old Brussels style (not on Sundays)
Meet the brewer
Learn about the brewing process, from the maltery to the fermentation room
Challenge your friends during the beer game
Discover the real taste of hops and malts
Get inspiration for new brewery visits all over Belgium
Discover more of the local delicacies thanks to a special food pairing
Liselot Caura ( founder & passionated beer guide)
Maxim & Gregoire ( brewers brewery L'Annexe)
BeerSecret
Brussels
Guided tours
Brussels craft brewery tour & meet the brewer
Belexpo
Become climate heroes thanks to BELEXPO, the fun and interactive parcours about climate and the cities of tomorrow, created by Brussels Environment.
Take up challenges and imagine a better life ! In this experience, try out a different kind of mobility, grow vegetables virtually, learn how to consume in a more sustainable way, discover jobs related to the environment or reduce energy consumption at home.
In addition, Clim' Avatar, BELEXPO's artificial intelligence, helps visitors to understand climate change and to better grasp the challenges of the missions to be accomplished thanks to a brand new animation.
Designed for young people aged 10 to 16 and their families, BELEXPO can be experienced alone or in groups (schools, youth movements, families, birthday parties). Learning and fun guaranteed!
Bruxelles Environnement
Brussels
Exhibitions
Belexpo
Flashtours
A quick dive into the heart of our iconic brewery in Brussels!
In just 45 minutes, explore the world of Brussels Beer Project with a guided tour of our production space. Discover the secrets behind our brewing techniques, our innovative approach, and our passion for craft beer. Of course, no visit would be complete without a freshly poured beer tasting!
Perfect for beer lovers or the simply curious, this flashtour is a great way to experience Brussels’ beer culture in a short but memorable visit. Plus, enjoy 10% off in our shop to take some of the magic home with you.
Brussels – Antoine Dansaert 188 | €15 pp | 1-15 people
BBP Staff
Brussels Beer Project
Brussels
Guided tours
Flashtours
Tastings
A full brewery experience with a tasting of our finest craft beers!
Discover Brussels Beer Project with a guided brewery tour followed by an exclusive tasting of our craft beers. Over the course of two hours, explore our production space, learn about our brewing techniques, and enjoy a selection of beers ranging from best-sellers to limited editions.
For those who want to enhance the experience, an aperitif board option is available, offering the perfect pairing to highlight the flavors of the beers. A friendly and relaxed moment to share with friends, family, or colleagues for a team-building activity. A 10% discount in our shop is also included.
Brussels – Antoine Dansaert 188 | €25 per person | €35 with aperitif boards | 12-30 people
BBP Staff
Brussels Beer Project
Brussels
Guided tours
Tastings
Rent a ship for your excursion, teambuilding, birthday party....
Groups, individuals and companies can rent a ship the all year through for any occasion: for a tourist excursion , a corporate event, a meeting or a teambuilding on the water, an anniversary, a mariage or a communion party. Either sailing or boarded, for 30 up to 300 guests. Ship rental is possible all year round, depending on the availability of the boats.
Rivertours and partner Brussels by Water
Rivertours
Brussels
Guided tours
Rent a ship for your excursion, teambuilding, birthday party....
(En) Circonférences du geste
Au point de croisement entre sa position, en retrait de la production artistique, et les réflexions menées au fil de sa pratique, Jean Luc Ducourt relève le défi de la conférence : penser et définir la danse, formuler ses chemins dans l’histoire de l’art – en parallèle à la peinture, à la musique –, analyser la nomenclature et les codes classiques en regard du langage contemporain.Interprète entre autres pour Susan Buirge ou Régine Chopinot, danseur puis collaborateur artistique chez Rosas, inconditionnel de Merce Cunningham, il aborde la notion de forme sous les divers angles de ses Circonférences du Geste pour « interroger une matière et ses possibles » : le corps comme espace, l’espace comme corps.
At the intersection between his position, detached from artistic production, and the reflections that have arisen from his activity, Jean Luc Ducourt is taking on the challenge laid down by the conference : conceiving and defining dance, formulating its journey through the history of art – in parallel with painting and with music –, analyzing nomenclature and conventions in the light of contemporary language.Having performed for figures including Susan Buirge and Régine Chopinot, a dancer then an artistic collaborator with the Rosas company, a devotee of Merce Cunningham, he approaches the concept of form from the various angles of his Circonférences du Geste in order to “examine a material and its possibilities” : the body as space, space as a body.
Jean Luc Ducourt
Charleroi danse / La Raffinerie
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Show
(En) Circonférences du geste
Adrien Tyberghein Trio
ODYSSEY is a project that explores the cultural roots of a long-standing jazz style and contemporary music, drawing on a range of influences – oral traditions and rhythms that inspire a contemporary musical idiom. Envisioning a continuous sonic journey, ODYSSEY pays close attention to form and emphasises transitions, textures and soundscapes, creating a journey through the sequence of tracks.
Throughout the project, Adrien Tyberghe acts as an instrument of transformation. Through bowing, pizzicato and extended techniques, he embodies all the different roles – rhythmic, melodic, percussive, textural and harmonic – drawing on various musical genres. The trio (double bass, piano, drums) serves as the starting point, around which diverse forms and presences unfold. Depending on the piece, guest musicians – trumpet, percussion, strings, vocals – broaden the soundscape and open up new narrative spaces. With its forms and constant evolution, ODYSSEY offers music in motion, founded on listening, the fluid exchange of roles and the meeting of cultures and imaginations. Through music, it affirms a form of sensitive tolerance: the coexistence of differences, mutual understanding and shared experience.
Le Baixu
Brussels
Concert
Adrien Tyberghein Trio
The Brussels Climate Week Conference 2026
The Brussels Climate Week Conference is the main hub of content for the Week — bringing together European institutions, Member States, industry, cities, investors and innovators to shape the future of Europe’s climate-industrial transition.
Through five themes, across four days the Conference explores how Europe can deliver on its ambition for resilience, competitiveness, and sustainability.
Each day features high-level dialogues, curated roundtables and cross-sector networking designed to transform ambition into action...
4 days/5 themes :
Tech & Innovation Day
Energy Day
Industry Day
Urban Day
Nature Day
Tour & Taxis
Brussels
Meeting
The Brussels Climate Week Conference 2026
[Closing event] "OBJETS FUTURS" exhibition
Recyclart
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Various
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[Closing event] "OBJETS FUTURS" exhibition
RollMods Residency 3 | Nice Guise - Froe Char - Wiez - Reqh | 100% live
Live-only electronic music with punk, EBM, and industrial influences by RollMods collective
Live-only electronic music with punk, EBM, and industrial influences by RollMods collective
NICE GUISE / FROE CHAR / WIEZ / REQH
PUNK · EBM · INDUSTRIAL
Pay what you want
Come early
. . . . NICE GUISE . . . . . .
Nice Guise is first and foremost a live and experimental project, navigating between post-punk, no wave and industrial techno.
The themes explored are both personal and societal: mental
health, sexuality, politics, the world of work... Through a steeply performative live set, Nice Guise invites the expurgation of passions through dance.
Musical influences include: Trisomie 21, Bauhaus, Joy Division, Japan, Klinik, Front 242, New Beat...
https://www.rollmods.com/artists/nice-guise
. . . . . FROE CHAR . . . . .
Froe Char is the solo project of Cristina Lauro, Italian artist based between Paris and Brussels. Over several years of experimentation and numerous releases, Froe Char has developed a sophisticated sound immersed in a dark and foggy atmosphere, blending synthetic spells, techno rhythms, and haunting vocals. Her debut album, "Fossils," was released in 2013 on Modern Tapes (US). Cristina has continued to evolve, collaborating with various labels such as Medical Records, Anyw4ve, Serendip Lab, and Soil Records. She is also a founding member of the Parisian label Spielzeug Muzak and is also known for being part of the synth duo Illustration Sonore. Froe Char has toured and shared stages across Europe and the United States. She has performed with many artists such as Automelodi, Bootblacks, Geneva Jacuzzi, Hide, IV Horsemen, Keluar, Mala Herba, Martial Canterel, Sixth June, The Soft Moon, Void Vision, among others. Her latest work, "Panoplies," is available on Da!Heard It Records, blending the hybridity of all the past and present energies of dark wave, techno-tribal rhythms, and layers of industrial noise. "Panoplies" is a cathartic and solitary journey exploring human fractures and earthly elements.
https://www.instagram.com/froechar
. . WIEZ . . . . . . . . . . . . .
How do you pronounce it? No one gives a shit. It's an acronym, always shifting like each of her live sets, never twice the same. She brings a raw industrial techno project built on unpredictable machines, distorted vocals, and a broken bass played with hands way too small for chords.
Each live show is pure chaos: brutal, improvised, and driven by jagged beats and crushing basslines. WIEZ doesn't follow rules nor trends, just a relentless push for intensity. Expect a bunch of distortion, destruction, and a sound that never plays what you'll count on.
https://www.rollmods.com/artists/wiez
. . . . . . . . . REQH . . . . . .
Reqh's first hardware live set, expect strange & atonal sounds immersed in a hypnotic & industrial landscape.
Mutant Modality - Esitu - Deviate
https://www.instagram.com/reqh__/
. . . . . . . .
RollMods™ is a Brussels-based collective dedicated to live performance on hardware machines.
A way to give more visibility to artists in Belgium who focus on this practice. A way to connect artists and audience across Belgium during live act only events — from intimate residencies to club nights, experimental sessions and open air.
We focus on practice rather than a strict genre. Each event is unique.
Ambient / EXP / Indus / Punkish / EBM / Techno / Vortex / Acid / Raw / House / Hypnotic / Wet / Dry / Overclocked / Slightly Broken / TBD / ...
Nice Guise / Froe Char / Wiez / Reqh
LaVallée
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Clubbing
RollMods Residency 3 | Nice Guise - Froe Char - Wiez - Reqh | 100% live
Mind of a Serial Killer : The Experience
Step into the twisted minds of history’s most notorious murderers at Mind of a Serial Killer in Brussels! Explore chillingly accurate crime scene recreations, decode evidence, and master criminal profiling. This immersive 90-minute journey at Tour & Taxis goes beyond the headlines to reveal the dark psychology of killers like Dahmer and Bundy. Dare to solve the case? (376 characters)
Are you ready to confront the darkest corners of the human mind? Mind of a Serial Killer: The Experience has arrived in Brussels, inviting you on a chilling, immersive 30-stop journey through the psychology and history of the world's most notorious murderers. Located at Tour & Taxis, this extraordinary exhibition goes far beyond the true-crime headlines.
Step straight into the eerily accurate recreations of infamous crime scenes—from Ted Bundy's Beetle to Jeffrey Dahmer's kitchen. But you won't just be a spectator. You’ll step into the shoes of a lead investigator! Examine victimology reports, decode hidden evidence, and learn the real forensic profiling techniques used to bring these monsters to justice. You can even strap in for a gripping VR experience to help solve a case in real-time.
Designed for mature audiences (16+), the 90 to 120-minute experience does not glorify the killers. Instead, it dissects the psychology of what drives a person to commit unthinkable acts, explores how these real-life horrors inspired Hollywood blockbusters, and creates a space to respectfully honor the slain victims. Discover the unsettling link between reality and fiction. Do you have what it takes to face the darkness?
Tour & Taxis
Brussels
Exhibitions
Mind of a Serial Killer : The Experience
Smithsonian Journey into deep space
Smithsonian Journey into deep space takes audiences on a journey to the far reaches of the Universe, right from the heart of Brussels at Tour & Taxis. Developed in collaboration with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), a research centre founded in 1890, the immersive experience draws on decades of astronomical research to explore stars, galaxies, exoplanets and black holes.
The exhibition features observations made by some of the world’s leading space observatories, including the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes and the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Through scientific data and discoveries, visitors can gain a deeper understanding of the life cycle of stars, the formation of galaxies, worlds beyond our solar system and some of the most extreme phenomena in the cosmos.
Set within a 3D environment, the experience takes visitors among representations of thousands of galaxies, across the Milky Way and towards the Sun, where they can observe its activity up close. Along the way, they encounter exoplanets with extreme conditions, a star nearing the end of its life and the edge of a supermassive black hole. By bringing these distant worlds and phenomena into an immersive setting, the experience offers a tangible sense of the vast scale and extraordinary diversity of the Universe, while making some of the most complex astronomical phenomena easier to understand from an Earth-based perspective.
Tour & Taxis
Brussels
Exhibitions
Smithsonian Journey into deep space
Vestigia
Maison des Cultures et de la Cohésion sociale de Molenbeek (MCCS)
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Exhibitions
Vestigia
Petites histoires des droits des travailleur·euses - atelier BD
La Fonderie - Brussels museum of Work and Industry
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Courses and workshops
Petites histoires des droits des travailleur·euses - atelier BD
Italo 2000 - Brussels' New Italians
Since 2000, at least 10,000 Italians have made Brussels their home. Not migration out of necessity, but a conscious choice for a city that offers more opportunities. Based on 77 interviews, Italo 2000 paints a portrait of these new Italo-Bruxellois: their choices, their identity and their view of the city they now call home.
MigratieMuseumMigration
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Exhibitions
Italo 2000 - Brussels' New Italians
J'aurai toujours 20 ans
Maison des Cultures et de la Cohésion sociale de Molenbeek (MCCS)
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Exhibitions
J'aurai toujours 20 ans
M.C. Escher - Beyond Infinity
The M.C. Escher – Beyond Infinity exhibition in Brussels invites you to explore the complex and fascinating oeuvre of this legendary artist.
Featuring over 150 original works, the exhibition charts the entirety of M.C. Escher’s career: from his early Italian landscapes to his iconic metamorphoses, tessellations, and impossible worlds.
The M.C. Escher – Beyond Infinity exhibition in Brussels invites you to explore the complex and fascinating oeuvre of this legendary artist.
Featuring over 150 original works, the exhibition charts the entirety of M.C. Escher’s career: from his early Italian landscapes to his iconic metamorphoses, tessellations, and impossible worlds. The journey is enhanced by an innovative scenography that seamlessly blends architectural structures with visual creations, allowing for a total immersion into the artist’s mind.
As you move through the galleries, the sheer diversity of the Dutch engraver’s output unfolds—a body of work that is at once playful, artistic, and intellectual. Interactive modules further enrich this experience, offering a closer, more intimate look at his creative process. Step into a faithful recreation of the master’s workspace, help bring a metamorphosis to life, and transport yourself into the heart of an impossible shape…
Evoking the warm glow of a sunset over the Italian landscapes Escher held so dear, the staging is conceived as an integral part of the exhibition itself. It serves to elevate the master’s works, showcasing them in all their profound complexity.
Tour & Taxis - Shed 4bis
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Exhibitions
M.C. Escher - Beyond Infinity
Kaftanorama
More than an exhibition, an ancient tradition that continues to resonate.
The Moroccan caftan—textile of memory, distinction, and identity—is both an art form and a living heritage. From its origins to its global recognition, KAFTANORAMA explores the richness of its regional expressions and the craftsmanship that brings each creation to life. A legacy of gestures, fabrics, and grace—preserved and reinterpreted to tell how an ancient tradition continues to resonate.
Admission fees:
Non-residents of Molenbeek: €5
Molenbeek residents: €3
Sunday: free
More information about our rates: momuse.be
Rabiâ Fattah (artist)
Municipal Museum of Molenbeek Saint-Jean
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Exhibitions
Kaftanorama
Beldi Ontbijt | VK Keuken
VK - De Vaartkapoen
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Animations
Beldi Ontbijt | VK Keuken
WOM - World Of Mind
The WOM, an interactive journey here to disturb your senses. Discover a museum dedicated to perceptions and illusions at the crossroads of science and fun.
WOM - World Of Mind
Brussels
Exhibitions
WOM - World Of Mind
"Variations. L'art et le silence - Le silence et l'art"
The piano, the starting point of the creative process, silently opens up the stage space with its imposing volume, its curves and lines, its play of light and shadow. Its presence sets the tone, initiates the first breath, and gradually unfolds this continuous questioning, within the temporality of a present so deeply inhabited.
At the intersection of reality and the imagination, where one person’s truth is never another’s, art and silence are constantly reinventing themselves in this liminal space of the fleeting moment. From silence to sound, from stammering to speech, from the vibrational to the physical, from thought to language, this piece explores and allows itself to be traversed by this perpetual back-and-forth movement, in a state of ambiguity and distance from the self.
This initial voice of the piano gives the floor in turn to the other lines—visual, textual, textile, scenographic—until it shifts towards those interstices that invite us to see what cannot be seen, to hear what cannot be heard, to perceive what cannot be perceived.
The performance gives substance to this continuum of modulations, supporting through dance or the gaze this mystery of transition. This presence embodies these dual movements between emptiness and fullness, darkness and light, past and future. A stance that dares to let itself be traversed into a state of being outside oneself.
Le Baixu
Brussels
Concert
"Variations. L'art et le silence - Le silence et l'art"
The Halloween Fair
From 16 October to 8 November, as night falls over Tour & Taxis, the pumpkins light up, the fog rolls in and creatures emerge from the shadows. For 24 days, spanning the entire autumn school holidays (FR/NL), the Halloween Fair returns for a third edition that's more spellbinding than ever. Laughter, screams and chills guaranteed!
A fair for all ages
Climb over 30 metres high aboard the V-Max, take in the view for a few seconds… then get flung in every direction. Push open the door of the Haunted House, race bumper cars through a fog-drenched graveyard, or lose yourself in the maze… you never know who might be lurking inside. Between chills, take aim at monsters and witches at the archery or shooting stalls, try your luck at the casino, and head home with a terrifying cuddly toy or a bag of bewitched sweets.
The little ones can fish for ghost ducks, whirl around on the carousel among skeletons and bats, or hop aboard the little train for a ride through a haunted landscape.
Every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, spin the Fair's big wheel: no one loses, everyone walks away with a prize! And for hungry ghouls, there are croustillons, churros, doughnuts and Vandermeulen fries, the Brussels institution, served with Halloween-coloured sauces. Warm up with a hot drink at the bar, where witches and werewolves gather.
Costumes welcome… the ghosts are already here.
New this year: the Halloween Mystery House (ages 3-10)
From 30 October to 2 November, young adventurers explore a maze full of surprises, make their very own witch's hat, then get their faces painted as a mischievous witch or an adorable little monster. A bag of sweets is included! Budding artists aged 3 to 12 can also enter the scariest drawing contest, with prizes awarded on Halloween night. €6 per child, registration required, limited places: don't wait too long!
And all around, the whole site joins in
At BattleKart, the track plunges into the darkness of a haunted mansion, with tombstones and eerie sound effects: thrills guaranteed for drivers of all ages.
WOM reveals a whole new side of itself, with themed decor and special activities for the whole family.
On Sundays, La Fabbrica serves its "Terrifying" brunches in a completely transformed setting, while the FoodMarket tempts visitors every day with its autumn specialities.
On 24 and 25 October, Comic Con Brussels brings together fans of comics, manga, cosplay and video games.
And for adults craving darker thrills, the "Mind of a Serial Killer" exhibition offers a chilling dive into criminal psychology (not for the faint-hearted).
Enough to fill a whole day, and come back for more!
Tour & Taxis
Brussels
Fairs and shows
The Halloween Fair
Couscous Party | VK Keuken
VK - De Vaartkapoen
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Animations
Couscous Party | VK Keuken
Moving Toward the Ugly: A Politic Beyond Desirability
CrashRoom.ooo is a translation platform that makes texts of crip theory available in French, and a website that experiments with digital accessibility. It organizes moments of collective reading for tired people who no longer have time to read, and to create short space-times where accessibility is taken up by and for everyone. Together, we will slowly read a text by Mia Mingus, a disabled disability justice theorist, on what the fear of ugliness does to us and to our communities: "Moving Toward the Ugly: A Politic Beyond Desirability. »
CrashRoom.ooo
Kaaistudio's
Brussels
Courses and workshops
Moving Toward the Ugly: A Politic Beyond Desirability
Fire Island Polaroids
Made during Robert Andy Coombs’ 2022 BOFFO residency in Fire Island Pines, these Polaroids document friends, lovers, chance encounters, and the island’s landscape. Affection, desire, leisure, and caregiving unfold together in a personal account of his time there. The series engages with Fire Island’s history as a refuge for gay men, while drawing attention to the barriers that shape access to its spaces. In dialogue with Tom Bianchi’s Polaroids, Coombs contributes his own perspective as a wheelchair user to the island’s photographic legacy. His photographs explore how care and intimacy make room for connection and belonging. Robert Andy Coombs is a photographer whose work explores disability, sexuality, relationships, and care. Raised in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, he received his BFA in photography from Kendall College of Art and Design in 2013 and graduated from Yale School of Art in 2020. He was a BOFFO resident on Fire Island in 2022.
Robert Andy Coombs
Kaaistudio's
Brussels
Exhibitions
Fire Island Polaroids
Come Closer: Disability, Intimacy, Care and Desire
Come Closer: Disability, Intimacy, Care and Desire explores how we can rethink intimacy through the lens of disability justice. How can we understand bodily autonomy, communicate desires and boundaries, and recognise access needs as an essential part of intimacy? How can we build more accessible and affirming spaces that challenge ableist assumptions and the desexualisation of disabled people?The workshop also invites participants to question the idea that interdependence is a weakness, instead exploring care, support, and mutual reliance as meaningful parts of intimate relationships.Through discussion, performance, creative activities, and shared resources, participants explore the connections between disability, intimacy, care, and desire, with a focus on communication, consent, access needs, kink, and aftercare.Participatory and playful activities invite participants to reflect on how we can create more inclusive, accessible, and pleasurable experiences of intimacy, challenging dominant narratives around bodies, sexuality, relationships, and care.Antonella Candiago is a disability rights advocate working at the intersection of disability, gender, sexuality, and social justice. Drawing on lived experience and professional expertise, she promotes disability justice and sex-positive, intersectional approaches to bodies, desire, intimacy, relationships, and care. Her work focuses on disabled sexuality and intimacy, SRHR, sexuality education, and creating spaces where disabled people can claim autonomy, pleasure, connection, and self-determination.See read more for more information on the structure of this event and the accessibility information. Workshop structure1. Welcome and creating an accessible space Short video screening / text readingIntroductionAccess check-in: reflecting on what helps us feel comfortable and presentOverview of the workshop structure and available resources 2. Disability and IntimacyExploring key concepts and connections: disability, sexuality, ableism, stereotypes, representation, and pleasure 3. Exploring access needs in intimacy (activity) Reflecting on what helps people feel safe, comfortable, and able to experience intimacyImaging how intimacy can become more accessible and inclusive 4. Disability, desire, kink and communication (activity) Exploring sexual desire and kink as a topic connected to consent, negotiation, creativity, and self-expressionReflection game activity using images and questions 5. Aftercare and interdependence (activity) Exploring care, interdependence, and what happens after intense or vulnerable experiences – connection with collective care and disability justiceCollective closing activity focused on connection and meaning of care and interdependence 6. ‘Pillow talk’ with Antonella Optional one-to-one “pillow talk” conversations, informal chats, or activities using tarot cards, images, prompts, and other creative materials, while others can chill, explore resources and creative materials, or rest.Curated music mix by aQRium.brussels 7. Closing Final reflectionsSharing resources for further learning Access notesYou can participate by speaking, writing, listening, observing, or passing.There is no expectation to share personal experiences.Take care of your own needs during the workshop (movement, breaks, reduced stimulation, water, etc.).Different ways of communicating and participating are welcome. Our goal is to create a space where different bodies, minds, identities, and experiences of intimacy are respected.
Antonella Candiago
Kaaistudio's
Brussels
Courses and workshops
Come Closer: Disability, Intimacy, Care and Desire
Quasimodo aux miroirs
Taking as his starting point a fictional character who became famous through the Disney animated film – the famous hunchback of Notre-Dame – artist No Anger deconstructs the imagery surrounding this iconic figure by using his own body. How can one appropriate an image whilst simultaneously undermining the norms that this image conveys? How do you expose the imagination and social logic inherent in this image, whilst also redefining the way we view the disabled body?From the experience in front of the mirror to the stage, dance becomes a means of freeing oneself from constraints. To utilise the body’s potential. To give expression to the dizzying aspects of identification. In a performance that takes the form of a reclamation, No Anger sets out to reinvent itself and broaden our perception: that of a body in all its states, one that subverts norms and affirms the plasticity of being – beyond alienating images and dominant narratives.Through an artistic practice that brings together video art, performance and literary writing, No Anger challenges the ways in which bodies are expressed and displayed. Words and images, which form part of a shared language and imaginative world and are imbued with power relations, convey a worldview that legitimises certain realities over others, thereby creating a hierarchy amongst bodies.
No Anger
Kaaistudio's
Brussels
Show
Quasimodo aux miroirs
Les Volumineuses - Volume 12
VK - De Vaartkapoen
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Festival
Les Volumineuses - Volume 12
Baixu Classicfest
What are we celebrating? The awards won by the ensembles taking part in competitions, and the release of their latest albums. From Bach to Balkan and Bosnian music, via Romanticism and new discoveries, the Altiler Duo, the New Era Quartet,
the Ensemble Satellite and the Spilliaert Trio look forward to sharing their talents with you in the relaxed and friendly atmosphere of the Baixu.
Baixu Classicfest – Saturday 17 October – 5.00 pm
Duo Altiler
Veronique De Raedemaeker, violin – Alexander Declercq, piano
New Era Quartet
Kristina Mlinar & Teodora Kaličanin, violin – Francesca Senatore, viola – Alessandro Pietro Dore, cello
Programme to be confirmed
Baixu Classicfest - Saturday 17 October - 8.00 pm
Duo Altiler
Veronique De Raedemaeker, violin - Alexander Declercq, piano
Ensemble Satellite
Lia Manchon Martinez, violin - Coline Meulemans, viola - Marc Martin Nogueroles, cello
New Era Quartet
Kristina Mlinar & Teodora Kaličanin, violin - Francesca Senatore, viola - Alessandro Pietro Dore, cello
A quartet to be confirmed
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): Goldberg Variations (1740) 20’
César Franck (1822–1890): Quintet for piano and string quartet in F minor (1879) 40’
Molto moderato quasi lento – Lento con molto sentimento – Allegro non troppo ma con fuoco
Le Baixu
Brussels
Concert
Baixu Classicfest
ClassicFest - Le Baixu
What are we celebrating? The awards won by the ensembles taking part in competitions, and the release of their latest albums. From Bach to Balkan and Bosnian music, via Romanticism and new discoveries, the Altiler Duo, the New Era Quartet, the Ensemble Satellite and the Spilliaert Trio look forward to sharing their talents with you in the relaxed and friendly atmosphere of the Baixu.
Le Baixu
Brussels
Concert
ClassicFest - Le Baixu
Halloween at WOM
From 17 to 31 October, WOM takes visitors on a different kind of journey: stranger, more mysterious and filled with surprises for the whole family. A playful experience designed to give both kids and adults a few chills, while staying true to WOM’s DNA: playing with what we see, what we think we see… and what our brains make us believe.
Mysterious decorations, eerie soundscapes, magicians and unexpected characters will pop up throughout the experience over the two-week period.
Tour & Taxis - Shed 4bis
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Animations
Halloween at WOM
Natuuratelier - Semester 1
Tour & Taxis park
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Courses and workshops
Natuuratelier - Semester 1
Ateliers réguliers ado - Bruxelles
Maison des Cultures et de la Cohésion sociale de Molenbeek (MCCS)
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Courses and workshops
Ateliers réguliers ado - Bruxelles
Schaerbeek industriel
La Fonderie - Brussels museum of Work and Industry
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Guided tours
Schaerbeek industriel
Strawberry Fractale
Strawberry Fractale is a reading. Strawberry Fractale invites the visitor to meander through a hybrid text that combines meditation, storytelling, soothing thoughts and protocols. Strawberry Fractale is an attempt at gathering words on neurodivergent speech, neuroqueer language, burnt-out brain fogs, exhausted embodiments. Strawberry Fractale is also about the practice of adding strawberry emojis, in our phone contacts, next to the names of people who are super loving. Florence Cheval practices artistic research & writing while, at home, peer-supporting two neuroqueer youngsters with chronic conditions. She explores feminist, queer & crip modes writing, publishing and translating in the field of contemporary arts. She currently develops support sCRIPtures, a non-linear artistic research on image description as a creative and collective access tool supported by the FrArt/Fnrs.
Florence Cheval
Kaaistudio's
Brussels
Various
Strawberry Fractale
Les bronzes du Jardin Botanique
La Fonderie - Brussels museum of Work and Industry
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Guided tours
Les bronzes du Jardin Botanique
Discovery of Brasserie de la Senne in English
An opportunity to discover how craft beer is made in such impressive production facilities. Finally we will end the tour with a commented tasting of four major beers of the brewery.
At the beginning of the 20th century in Brussels, there were still about a hundred breweries. After the world wars, industrialisation and the formalisation of tastes, there was only one left until Bernard met Yvan in 2002. Together they create the Brasserie de La Senne. Formatted and sweet beers give way to bitterness. Today installed in 4500 m² on the Tour & Taxis site, they have put technology at the service of their beers. During this visit, you will have access to the production area. An opportunity to discover how craft beer is made in such impressive production facilities. Finally we will end the tour with a commented tasting of four major beers of the brewery.
Brasserie de La Senne
Brussels
Guided tours
Discovery of Brasserie de la Senne in English
Découverte de la Brasserie de la Senne en français
Brasserie de La Senne
Brussels
Guided tours
Découverte de la Brasserie de la Senne en français
Koken met de buurt
VK - De Vaartkapoen
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Courses and workshops
Koken met de buurt
Buurtkeuken Nekkersdal
noordouest café
Laeken
Animations
Buurtkeuken Nekkersdal
Belly dance classes
Belly dance classes
✨Open house – free trial classes on Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th September✨
Join us to
✨ feel better in your body,
✨ (re)connect with you artistic side, and
✨ share some good moments with other women.
Come try an oriental dance class with Eszter-Maura!
OPEN HOUSE – Free trial classes: Tuesday, September 15th and Wednesday, September 16th
If you're looking for an activity
-to feel better in your body,
- to (re)discover your artistic side,
- and to enjoy some quality time with other women,
come take a dance class!
Schedule:
Tuesdays
6:00-7:00 PM – Beginner level
7:10-8:25 PM – Advanced level (3+ years of experience)
Wednesdays
6:00-7:00 PM – Beginner level
7:10-8:25 PM – Intermediate level (1-3 years of experience)
Instructor : Eszter-Maura
www.eszter-maura.eu
Maison des Cultures et de la Cohésion sociale de Molenbeek (MCCS)
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Courses and workshops
Belly dance classes
Lumson
LUMSON presents the results of an artistic research project by artist Aernoudt Jacobs, developed in collaboration with iMAL, UHasselt/imo-imomec, FARI/ULB/VUB and De Hoge Rielen.
LUMSON presents the results of an artistic research project by artist Aernoudt Jacobs, developed in collaboration with iMAL, UHasselt/imo-imomec, FARI/ULB/VUB and De Hoge Rielen. The project explores how inaudible frequencies become perceptible by connecting a luminous speaker foil with an AI component that translates hidden frequencies into vocal sounds. The exhibition brings together installations, prototypes, workshop results and documentation material from this process.
The luminous speaker is created by screen-printing several layers onto a thin, flexible piezoelectric foil. Conductive and electroluminescent inks are applied and encapsulated so that the same flat surface can vibrate to produce sound while also emitting light and colors. Its innovation lies in uniting material and technology in a single surface, so that the resulting object becomes not merely a container for technical components but the speaker, light source, and visual composition itself. Hidden signals and waves are translated into voice and this creates an environment in which invisible signals become audible, visible and tangible at once — with the voice functioning both as metaphor and as a concrete result of this translation.
Across different workshops, the project evolved through encounters with artistic, academic, DIY, and school audiences, each revealing a different aspect of the luminous speaker and the inaudible phenomena surrounding it. Participants explored the creative potential of constructing and presenting the screen-printed speakers collectively, and developed the material and technical knowledge needed to improve their performance and durability. They also investigated how urban electromagnetic signals could be translated into AI-generated voices and audiovisual compositions, while younger participants explored connections between technology, nature, storytelling, and collaborative making.
Working with a different audience each time tested the project from multiple perspectives, generating varied forms of knowledge and expression. The process showed how collective experimentation can make complex technologies accessible, imaginative, and socially engaging. The exhibition presents around 70 printed speakers made by around 40 people, including workshop participants.
Aernoudt Jacobs
iMAL, Center for Digital Cultures and Technology
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Exhibitions
Lumson
//sabotage
At the turn of the 19th century, workers protested against unfair labour conditions by deliberately working badly, slowing down or degrading production, or putting machinery out of action. Today’s workers —whether they are warehouse staff or startup employees— deploy micro-resistance tactics to defy the algorithm-driven intensification of labour, exposing workplace abuses, outsmarting algorithms and organising collective pushback.
Likewise, contemporary artists embrace sabotage as a tool to dismantle oppressive systems. For them, it’s a form of creative resistance, bridging historical labour struggles with modern battles against exploitation, marginalisation and democratic backsliding.
The exhibition invites reflection on urgent questions: Where are today's creative acts and technologies of unmaking” that disrupt the exploitative mechanisms of capitalism? How do artists mobilise inventiveness, storytelling and mischief to produce a ‘poetry of dysfunction’? And, finally, will the machines join the rebellion?
Co-cutated by Régine Debatty and the iMAL team
Younes Baba Ali, Fayçal Baghriche, Gisela Carbajal Rodríguez and Felix Klee, Shannah Legrin, Adrian Melis, Amor Muñoz, Juan Obando & Yoshua Okón, Selma Selman, Maarten Vanden Eynde
iMAL, Center for Digital Cultures and Technology
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Exhibitions
//sabotage
Chaud Patate | VK Keuken
VK - De Vaartkapoen
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Animations
Chaud Patate | VK Keuken
Kleuteryoga 4-5 jaar
Sint-Ursula
Laeken
Sport
Kleuteryoga 4-5 jaar
Kleuteryoga 3-4 jaar
Sint-Ursula
Laeken
Sport
Kleuteryoga 3-4 jaar
Hockey 6-8 jaar
Sint-Ursula
Laeken
Sport
Hockey 6-8 jaar
Hockey 9-11 jaar
Sint-Ursula
Laeken
Sport
Hockey 9-11 jaar
Expressieve dans 6-7 jaar
Sint-Ursula
Laeken
Courses and workshops
Expressieve dans 6-7 jaar
Expressieve dans 8-9 jaar
Sint-Ursula
Laeken
Courses and workshops
Expressieve dans 8-9 jaar
"UNCHILDED – Roots of the Mediterranean"
Recyclart
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Theatre
"UNCHILDED – Roots of the Mediterranean"
Opiniestukken - Interlitratour Ateliers
Write an opinion piece or experiment with new forms of urban storytelling.
This workshop focuses on writing opinion pieces within the overarching theme of “urban stories.” The outcomes can take various forms, ranging from publishable opinion pieces to more visual or experimental formats such as collages.
Participation: €5 per workshop (incl. a light meal)
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Interlitratour Ateliers
Brussels is full of stories. The Interlitratour Ateliers (Workshops) bring together writers, artists and performers to explore words, images, rhythm and personal narratives. From rap to spoken word, from opinion writing to pictopoetry, each workshop offers a different creative lens on the city and its many voices.
Organisers: Arthis – Belgisch-Roemeens Cultureel Huis vzw, Davidsfonds Brussel vzw, Internationaal Comité (IC), Kuumba vzw, Masereelfonds vzw, Vermeylenfonds, Willemsfonds BHG vzw.
Local Partners & a Broader Network: ArthisArtists, Entrée, Frontal Streamlines, Netwerk van de Brusselse Gemeenschapscentra, Orpheus - Bulgaars-Belgische vereniging, Romavrouwen, Romnia Feminist Library, Shabbes 24/7, Untold Asian Stories
Hosting and Supporting Partners: De Markten, Kompass, Muntpunt, The House of Growfunding, Passa Porta, HuisvandeMens Brussel.
With the support of Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie
Facilitator: Heleen Debruyne
Huis van de Mens Brussel
Brussels
Courses and workshops
Opiniestukken - Interlitratour Ateliers
Vestiaire events
A transgressive gesture to open Charleroi danse’s 26.27 season at La Raffinerie : the creation of a doorway! The Multipurpose hall will have its own entrance into the Cassonade courtyard, a social speak-easy for solidarity, created by Alwakan. Within this spatial breach, a broader form of nightlife is being invented, where community-based artistic and dynamic practices come together.
A transgressive gesture to open Charleroi danse’s 26.27 season at La Raffinerie : the creation of a doorway! The Multipurpose hall will have its own entrance into the Cassonade courtyard, a social speak-easy for solidarity, created by Alwakan. Within this spatial breach, a broader form of nightlife is being invented, where community-based artistic and dynamic practices come together to reconfigure the conventions of the institution. Vestiaire will develop from late August to December, with a clubbing schedule put in the hands of guest artists.
With: 21/08/2026 - SPIRALING - 22h à 5h 05/09/2026 - DANCE BATTLE - 14h à 22h02/10/2026 - STREAMING - 22h à 5h 23/10/2026- QUESTIONS+ANSWERS - 19h à 00h08/11/2026 - CASSONADE - 14h à 22h14/11/2026 - TEXTING - 22h à 5h + info : https://era.brussels/
Vestiaire
Charleroi danse / La Raffinerie
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Clubbing
Vestiaire events
La ceinture ferroviaire Est de Bruxelles
La Fonderie - Brussels museum of Work and Industry
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Guided tours
La ceinture ferroviaire Est de Bruxelles
Découverte de la Brasserie de la Senne en français
Brasserie de La Senne
Brussels
Guided tours
Découverte de la Brasserie de la Senne en français
Discovery of Brasserie de la Senne in English
An opportunity to discover how craft beer is made in such impressive production facilities. Finally we will end the tour with a commented tasting of four major beers of the brewery.
At the beginning of the 20th century in Brussels, there were still about a hundred breweries. After the world wars, industrialisation and the formalisation of tastes, there was only one left until Bernard met Yvan in 2002. Together they create the Brasserie de La Senne. Formatted and sweet beers give way to bitterness. Today installed in 4500 m² on the Tour & Taxis site, they have put technology at the service of their beers. During this visit, you will have access to the production area. An opportunity to discover how craft beer is made in such impressive production facilities. Finally we will end the tour with a commented tasting of four major beers of the brewery.
Brasserie de La Senne
Brussels
Guided tours
Discovery of Brasserie de la Senne in English
Carrosseries w/ Grunge Gone Broadway + Marion Laser + Belzebuth GX
Recyclart
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Clubbing
Carrosseries w/ Grunge Gone Broadway + Marion Laser + Belzebuth GX
Individual Visitors Day EXH#03 – Vanhaerents Art Collection
Discover EXH#03 inside the unique viewing depot of the Vanhaerents Art Collection. Over 3,500 m² of contemporary art by international artists displayed in an intimate, unexpected setting. A fresh behind-the-scenes look at one of Belgium’s leading private collections.
Discover the current exhibition EXH#03 within the unique Viewing Depot concept of the Vanhaerents Art Collection in Brussels. Spanning over 3,500 m², the exhibition offers an intimate encounter with contemporary art by internationally acclaimed artists.
In 2017, marking its ten-year anniversary, the collection radically reimagined its presentation model. Moving away from conventional exhibitions, it introduced the Viewing Depot—a hybrid space where aesthetics and functionality merge, offering visitors unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to one of Europe’s leading private collections.
Opened in April 2024, EXH#03 is curated by Walter Vanhaerents together with Joost and Els Vanhaerents. The exhibition brings together recent acquisitions and key works across three floors. Inspired by the Chinese zodiac, it unfolds as an associative journey where large-scale works combine aesthetic innovation with emotional intensity and urgent social themes.
The works address topics such as oppression, loss of freedom, identity, inequality and migration. Artists including Stephan Balleux, Gregory Crewdson, Alvaro Barrington, Jonathan Meese, Zakaria Ramhani, Jin Meyerson, Ugo Rondinone, Gillian Wearing and Gilbert & George each offer distinct perspectives on contemporary society.
Also included in the visit is Reflections on Breathing by Danish artist Jeppe Hein, presented in the project space. At its core is Breathe With Me, a large-scale participatory work inviting visitors to visualize their breath through blue lines, creating a collective drawing of presence and connection.
EXH#03 offers a powerful and layered experience where art, reflection and participation converge.
Vanhaerents Art Collection presents EXH#03, curated by Walter Vanhaerents with Joost and Els Vanhaerents. Featuring works by Stephan Balleux, Alvaro Barrington, Gregory Crewdson, Ugo Rondinone, Gillian Wearing, Ai Weiwei and more. Includes Reflections on Breathing by Jeppe Hein in the project space.
Vanhaerents Art Collection
Brussels
Exhibitions
Individual Visitors Day EXH#03 – Vanhaerents Art Collection
Le cimetière d'Ixelles
La Fonderie - Brussels museum of Work and Industry
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Guided tours
Le cimetière d'Ixelles
Ecoutes Classiques du BRYC - Zenne Quartet
Clubhouse Brussels
Brussels
Concert
Ecoutes Classiques du BRYC - Zenne Quartet
Roda de MPB, Tous les dessinateurs sont les bienvenus
Making and listening to music: a time for social and cultural connection. People share their love of music, exchange stories and experiences, and strengthen friendships in a warm and festive atmosphere.
Tom Itterbeek and Urban Sketcher also invite all artists, whether professional or amateur, to come and sketch to the sound of music,
Le Baixu
Brussels
Concert
Roda de MPB, Tous les dessinateurs sont les bienvenus
Buurtkeuken Nekkersdal
noordouest café
Laeken
Animations
Buurtkeuken Nekkersdal
Concert de Sébastien Delage
A hyperactive, autistic musician, Sébastien Delage has been writing, composing, and singing his own songs since 2021.
That same year, he founded his own queer label, Drama Queen Music, to escape the music industry's dictates. Since then, he has released one album a year, produced entirely in his small home studio with a sense of urgency and obsession bordering on mania.
He speaks candidly about gay desire, masculinity, mental health, and non-heteronormative romances, all set to an indie-rock sound that can shift abruptly from major to minor keys, and back again.
LaVallée
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Concert
Concert de Sébastien Delage
it doesn't go without saying (& other gossips)
For the first time, Alix Eynaudi and Elizabeth Ward are working on a project together. So they have called upon dancer Ray Scheinecker. Their performance fantasizes about the legacy of American postmodern dance, and delves particularly deeply into the oeuvre and stories of choreographer and videographer Cathy Weis. In the work, they emphasize Paul Kotal's sound composition as an autonomous element: voices and vivid descriptions take the form of interviews and gossip, and they reflect together on archiving, accessibility, and collective memory.
The feeling that something is being passed on even before it has been passed on.it doesn't go without saying (& other gossips) is a project by Alix Eynaudi and Elizabeth Ward, together with dancer Ray Scheinecker, that fabulates on the legacy of US postmodern dance — specifically through the work and stories of choreographer and videographer Cathy Weis. Her voice runs throughout the piece in stories, interviews and gossip, where the anecdote becomes a way of sensing l'air du temps: what it held, what it let fall. The piece unfolds as a series of intimate tributes, in the movement, in the sound, the lights, and in the clothing.The studio never quite leaves the stage. Something ferments in the retelling — slipping between devotion and decoration, between what was practiced and what is performed, between the body that learned and the body that remembers. Not a reconstruction. Not a recovery of something lost. A turbulence, still working.Each of the three performers carries a different distance from Cathy's work. Elizabeth has been close for three decades — a student, yes, but also someone who has lived with her, helped her move houses, danced for her, conversed with her across a long friendship. Alix came to this history as a European dancer, through the people who carried it across an ocean — learning from those who had learned from Cathy, amongst others — the chain long enough that something is always already being reinterpreted, remade. Ray arrives from a different generation and a different formation entirely — Austrian, urban dance, clownery — and brings with her a resonance with Cathy's work that is less about lineage than about something more oblique, more bodily, harder to name. Three distances. Three intimacies.Cathy's stories, images, and recordings traveled from New York to Vienna — and it was through that retelling that the piece found its shape: Paul Kotal's sound design and composition, a clothing collection by Isabelle Edi somewhere between the Addams Family and the supposed neutrality of jeans, t-shirt, and sports shoes, and a light design by Lukas Kötz — a set designer, here working with light alone.We never dance alone.For Cathy Weis, with love. • Alix Eynaudi dances, works, and writes at the cutting edge of craftsmanship and chaos, through which she embraces a (mostly) joyful chaos. She never works alone; every event, every investigation, every invitation is a pretext to spend time with like-minded individuals – a network of friendships shimmering beneath the surface, a wave of wonder and support. She is specialized in choreographic encounters. Her most recent works include Death by Landscape, a concert (2024), Institute of Rest(s) (2023–2025), and it doesn’t go without saying (2026). Her work has been presented at MACRO, Rome; Tanzquartier, Vienna; Kaaitheater, Brussels; far° festival, Nyon; Xing, Bologna; Biennale di Venezia, Venice; Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius; brut, Vienna; Volkskundemuseum, Vienna; Wiener Festwochen, Vienna; Wonderfruit festival, Thailand. She lives in Vienna. • Elizabeth Ward is an American dancer, choreographer, and occasional Outside Eye, based in Vienna. She began her training at the School of the Atlanta Ballet and earned a BA at Bennington College in Vermont, where she was taught by Cathy Weis and Dana Reitz. Her work has been shown in New York at Danspace, Movement Research at Judson Church, AUNTS, the Chocolate Factory, Dixon Place, and The Kitchen. Elizabeth has also performed for downtown choreographers such as Yvonne Meier, DD Dorvillier, Rebecca Brooks, Linda Austin, Miguel Gutierrez, Heather Kravas, and Cathy Weis. Since moving to Vienna, her work has been presented through brut, WUK, TQW, Wiener Festwochen, ImPulsTanz, and steirischer herbst.
Alix Eynaudi / Elizabeth Ward
Kaaistudio's
Brussels
Show
it doesn't go without saying (& other gossips)
1er Jeudi du Pink - Club Kid Party
To kick off the 25th edition of your Pink Screens Festival, we’re bringing you, among other things, CLUB KID PARTY, a chance to bring our now-traditional first-Thursday party together with this striking and explosive film. The dancefloor at LaVallée, our new venue for parties and events, will be shaking to the sounds of funk, disco and techno. In collaboration with the film’s Belgian distributor, 18k.film. In short, we’re celebrating 25 years of queer cinema the way it should be!
LaVallée
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Clubbing
1er Jeudi du Pink - Club Kid Party
Marcel Powell & Agustina Britos - "Encontro"
Marcel Powell, a Brazilian guitar virtuoso and son of the renowned guitarist Baden-Powell, invites Argentine singer Agustina Britos to join him in a repertoire of popular hits from their respective countries—such as Carlos Gardel and Alfredo Le Pera’s "El día que me quieras," "Manhã de Carnaval," "Chega de Saudade," and "Corazón Partío."
« ENCONTRO » is a musical project born from a dialogue between Brazilian and Latin American cultures, bringing together two artists whose paths are defined by international careers and a commitment to showcasing the musical traditions of their respective countries: Argentine singer Agustina Britos and Brazilian guitarist Marcel Powell.
The project grew out of artistic affinities forged through shared performances and a focus on elements common to the popular repertoires of Brazil and Latin America. This initiative seeks to reveal these connections through an intimate, acoustic approach, where music becomes a space for connection, attentive listening, and cultural exchange.
This project is supported by the Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro and the State Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy, through the Mobilidades 2026 Call for Proposals.
Agustina Britos (vocal), Marcel Powell (guitar)
Le Baixu
Brussels
Concert
Marcel Powell & Agustina Britos - "Encontro"
Opiniestukken - 2e Atelier - Interlitratour Ateliers
Write an opinion piece or experiment with new forms of urban storytelling.
This workshop focuses on writing opinion pieces within the overarching theme of “urban stories.” The outcomes can take various forms, ranging from publishable opinion pieces to more visual or experimental formats such as collages.
Participation: €5 per workshop (incl. a light meal)
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Interlitratour Ateliers
Brussels is full of stories. The Interlitratour Ateliers (Workshops) bring together writers, artists and performers to explore words, images, rhythm and personal narratives. From rap to spoken word, from opinion writing to pictopoetry, each workshop offers a different creative lens on the city and its many voices.
Organisers: Arthis – Belgisch-Roemeens Cultureel Huis vzw, Davidsfonds Brussel vzw, Internationaal Comité (IC), Kuumba vzw, Masereelfonds vzw, Vermeylenfonds, Willemsfonds BHG vzw.
Local Partners & a Broader Network: ArthisArtists, Entrée, Frontal Streamlines, Netwerk van de Brusselse Gemeenschapscentra, Orpheus - Bulgaars-Belgische vereniging, Romavrouwen, Romnia Feminist Library, Shabbes 24/7, Untold Asian Stories
Hosting and Supporting Partners: De Markten, Kompass, Muntpunt, The House of Growfunding, Passa Porta, HuisvandeMens Brussel.
With the support of Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie
Facilitator: Heleen Debruyne
Huis van de Mens Brussel
Brussels
Courses and workshops
Opiniestukken - 2e Atelier - Interlitratour Ateliers
Los Piranas + Humanga Danga
A must for fans of Captain Beefheart, Santana on acid and adventurous Latin sounds.
For lovers of psychedelic cumbia, tropicalia, punky improvisation and Colombian grooves: this supergroup featuring members of Meridian Brothers, Frente Cumbiero, Ondatrópica and Romperayo blends vallenato, Peruvian chicha and champeta with noisy improvisations, rock attitude and absurd humour. With appearances at festivals such as Roskilde and Best Kept Secret, Los Pirañas has built a cult reputation as an outstanding live act. Chaotic, playful and deeply danceable — tropical rhythms colliding with psychedelia, punk energy and virtuosic musicianship.
Vaartkapoen - VK Concerts
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Concert
Los Piranas + Humanga Danga
Interactive Virtual Reality:- the experience Lesbian Simulator
The Lesbian Simulator is an interactive VR experience inviting you to see the world through the eyes of a lesbian girl. Exploring love, sexuality, discrimination and the violence lesbians still face today, it remains an uplifting experience full of joy, humour and a touch of glitter!
From 30 October to 1 November, in FR, NL and EN. Booking info on our website.
LaVallée
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Various
Interactive Virtual Reality:- the experience Lesbian Simulator
Iris Noir Bruxelles - Salon de littérature noire
Iris Noir Bruxelles returns to Be-Here in Laeken on 31 October and 1 November 2026 for its 8th edition. Meet crime and thriller authors, talk with them about their books, and enjoy a weekend devoted to suspense fiction.
Iris Noir Bruxelles returns to Be-Here in Laeken for its 8th edition, from 30 October to 1 November 2026. The event opens on Friday evening with a literary awards ceremony. On Saturday and Sunday, meet crime and thriller authors, discover their books and talk with them about their work.
A welcoming event for suspense fiction fans and curious readers alike.
Opening hours: Friday 30 October, awards ceremony from 7:30 to 9 pm; Saturday 31 October, book fair from 10 am to 6 pm; Sunday 1 November, book fair from 10 am to 3 pm.
BE-HERE
Laeken
Fairs and shows
Iris Noir Bruxelles - Salon de littérature noire
Le quartier maritime
La Fonderie - Brussels museum of Work and Industry
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Guided tours
Le quartier maritime
Performance - ANAL Pompidou (a bottom-up initiative)
Somewhere deep inside the asshole of performance-artist Simon Van Schuylenbergh you can find a brand new cultural hub called ‘Anal Pompidou’. If you open-up a little more and go even deeper, the topics go further and the performances are wilder, there might be some audience participation of the worst kind, alongside an artisanal bakery and a weird collaboration with the quartier.
Anal Pompidou reflects on the rise and fall of cultural mastodons like KANAL Pompidou, the brand new museum, promised for more than 10 years to the citizens of Brussels in the old Citroën garage, pseudo-financed by a bankrupt Brussels Government. Anal offers you in
style some of the paradoxes the museum symbolizes and the effect it has on art-making and the community it promises to create.
Each night Anal opens the space, and brings 3 different artists active within the Brussels art-field. An eclectic mix of Theater, Dance, performance and visual arts put together in a cabaret setting.
Expect D.I.Y. special effects, meets homosexual desires, meets institutional-diarrhea, meets chaotic energy, meets unsubsidised haemorrhoids, meets you, the audience in the intimacy of the moment.
“i’m so high on art, but so low on money. High meets low, low meets high, where am i?”
Anal Pompidou (the alter-ego of Simon Van Schuylenbergh)
LaVallée
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Show
Performance - ANAL Pompidou (a bottom-up initiative)
Soirée des Balkans: Stafylia
Songs from Greece, Bosnia, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Romania, drawn from traditional repertoires, blend themes of love, loneliness and wandering through music that invites listeners at times to reflect and at others to move. The deep and graceful voices of Daphné and Dimitris will sweep you away on a delightful journey that celebrates freedom.
Daphné Bérénice Liégeois: vocals
Dimitris Rossidis: guitar & vocals
Aline Sapranidou: accordion
Nicolas Hauzeur: violin
Mirsad Kadriu: percussion
Le Baixu
Brussels
Concert
Soirée des Balkans: Stafylia
Le quartier des Fabriques
La Fonderie - Brussels museum of Work and Industry
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Guided tours
Le quartier des Fabriques
Podcast Ilis Herstory
Lesbians have always got involved in every struggle, but they are forgotten and erased from history. The International Lesbian Information Service, a network founded in 1980, undeniably made a big contribution to visibility and progress on rights. But who's heard of ILIS?
After listening to an episode from the podcast, a Q+R with the audience will follow: lesbian genius versus invisibility, letting go of mixed-gender work? Because histories repeat, it's up to us to make HERstory today!
https://shows.acast.com/ilis-herstory/episodes/ilis-herstory (fr)
LaVallée
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Various
Podcast Ilis Herstory
Découverte de la Brasserie de la Senne en français
Brasserie de La Senne
Brussels
Guided tours
Découverte de la Brasserie de la Senne en français
Discovery of Brasserie de la Senne in English
An opportunity to discover how craft beer is made in such impressive production facilities. Finally we will end the tour with a commented tasting of four major beers of the brewery.
At the beginning of the 20th century in Brussels, there were still about a hundred breweries. After the world wars, industrialisation and the formalisation of tastes, there was only one left until Bernard met Yvan in 2002. Together they create the Brasserie de La Senne. Formatted and sweet beers give way to bitterness. Today installed in 4500 m² on the Tour & Taxis site, they have put technology at the service of their beers. During this visit, you will have access to the production area. An opportunity to discover how craft beer is made in such impressive production facilities. Finally we will end the tour with a commented tasting of four major beers of the brewery.
Brasserie de La Senne
Brussels
Guided tours
Discovery of Brasserie de la Senne in English
Découverte de la Brasserie de la Senne en français
Brasserie de La Senne
Brussels
Guided tours
Découverte de la Brasserie de la Senne en français
Discovery of Brasserie de la Senne in English
An opportunity to discover how craft beer is made in such impressive production facilities. Finally we will end the tour with a commented tasting of four major beers of the brewery.
At the beginning of the 20th century in Brussels, there were still about a hundred breweries. After the world wars, industrialisation and the formalisation of tastes, there was only one left until Bernard met Yvan in 2002. Together they create the Brasserie de La Senne. Formatted and sweet beers give way to bitterness. Today installed in 4500 m² on the Tour & Taxis site, they have put technology at the service of their beers. During this visit, you will have access to the production area. An opportunity to discover how craft beer is made in such impressive production facilities. Finally we will end the tour with a commented tasting of four major beers of the brewery.
Brasserie de La Senne
Brussels
Guided tours
Discovery of Brasserie de la Senne in English
Discussion: towards accessible queer cinema
Brussels' queer culture often has to make do with limited resources – and this contributes to further marginalisation of people with disabilities and larger people. How can we do better?
In a socio-economic and political context where Brussels' queer culture struggles to gain traction, and where it is often sustained by precarious and/or volunteer work, it constantly faces the following challenge: how to go on with limited resources?
This often necessitates shortcuts and compromises—and often, this highlights the factors of marginalisation. Among those most affected by these choices are people with disabilities and larger people.
Stairs with no lifts, seats that are too small, cramped spaces, oppressive lighting and noise, lack of subtitles, spoken presentations without sign language interpretation or microphones, illegible information, a lack of disability-related stories in programmes…
Yet, it is sometimes possible to create better access to our community events with limited resources. And sometimes, there's no secret: no investment = exclusion of one or more groups.
Let's talk about it! What are the current possibilities for improving access to queer culture for people with disabilities and larger people? What needs to change?
And on a smaller scale, as we approach our 25th anniversary, it's high time for Pink Screens to ask itself: "How can we make Pink Screens more accessible?" by continuing to build on what we've started within the festival, but also on what has been established within the broader LGBTQIA+ community.
Practical information:
• Participation is free but registration is required via the following link: https://forms.gle/KU952irdj4WgjTnG7
• The discussion is scheduled to end between 9:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Er staan verschillende pauzes op het programma.
• LSFB interpretation
• Accessible venue
• Detailed information regarding the accessibility of the venue and the event can be found here: PDF link coming soon
Guests:
• Fat Friendly non-profit organization
Laur du Collectif The Wheelies Project
• Ayden and Julie from the Deaf Feminist collective
• Charlie, author of the publication: Limited access? Accessibility of cultural, associative et activist spaces by Le Poisson Sans Bicyclette; and of the workshop "Whatya looking at? Workshop to deconstruct the ablist approach to cinema.
LaVallée
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Various
Discussion: towards accessible queer cinema
Conférence de Didier Roth-Bettoni : Entre underground et militantisme : un cinéma queer post-Stonewall
LaVallée
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Conferences and conventions
Conférence de Didier Roth-Bettoni : Entre underground et militantisme : un cinéma queer post-Stonewall
Speelweek herfstvakantie
Sint-Ursula
Laeken
Animations
Speelweek herfstvakantie
Marcher loin des écrans fait de nous des oiseaux, tiré du livre éponyme
Le Baixu
Brussels
Theatre
Marcher loin des écrans fait de nous des oiseaux, tiré du livre éponyme
Mon Q Ton Blindtest
You gave it your all on the dance floor at the Pink Screens opening…your sweat, your best moves, and your knowing glances.
Now it's your musical knowledge we're going to bring out!
MON Q TON BLINDTEST, the playful remake of the Brussels queer night Mon Q Ta Praline, is coming to LaVallée on the 2nd Thursday of Pink Screens, for the pleasure of your ears, your cinephile heart, and above all, your team spirit!
On the menu:
- Varied (and sometimes surprising) themes, with written answers.
- Little hints of "Pink Screens"
- In 2 rounds, with points tallied at the break (that's when the pressure mounts).
- A carefully curated playlist, roughly spanning from 1950 to 2026, featuring big hits and some lesser-known gems, plenty of pop and a wide variety of other styles, exciting themes, unexpected twists, nail-biting suspense, and the guarantee of a dazzling, glittery aura for the winning team.
- And fantastic prizes! (Tickets for Pink Night, the Kiekebiche party, Mon Q Ta Praline goodies, Pink Screens merchandise, etc.)
Timing:
- 6:30 PM: Settle in and enjoy an aperitif.
- 7:30 PM sharp: The Blind Test begins.
Team registration:
- Link here, 6 people max per team (€5/person)
Pralines, praline-e-e-s, pralinettes, pralinenettekes, now let's get ourselves together, & get this party started!
LaVallée
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Animations
Mon Q Ton Blindtest
2e Jeudi du Pink
LaVallée
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Clubbing
2e Jeudi du Pink
(titre provisoire)
Words, always words.We learn them, think them, speak them. They settle and accumulate. First on the surface. Then they seep through our pores, take root within us, shape us — sometimes without our knowing. (titre provisoire) is a solo that resists being named. A flight from identity. A flight from definition. A flight from words. On stage, a body and an LED screen — nicknamed the big label —coexist, respond to one another, and rub against each other.Words appear at random, slipping, lying, or striking true, like projected labels attempting to crystallize images and inviting us to revisit our own filters in a subliminal impulse. Where does our need to name, to understand, to classify come from? This performance explores the in-between: between cultures, between languages, between perceptions. The body slips between images and expectations, evades assignments,unsettles representations. It becomes a site of metamorphosis, evaporation, and ambiguous resistance. A sensitive, shifting space where the ephemeral becomes a territory of invention. The spectator’s gaze then becomes a shifting field of experience.Neither narrative nor confession: this solo is a surface. A fracture. A mirror. Johana Malédon is a French Guianese choreographer and dancer based in the Île-de-France region. She trained at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris, the Alvin Ailey School in New York, the Pôle Supérieur Paris Boulogne-Billancourt, and later with the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company in Israel. She holds a DNSPD and a State Diploma in jazz dance teaching, as well as a degree in Performing Arts from Université Paris 8 and a Licence’s degree in Cultural and Artistic Project Management. Her choreographic work explores the body as a material shaped by memory, contradictions, and states of transformation. It relies on performative frameworks that place dancers in situations of tension, displacement, and instability. As a performer, she collaborates notably with Léo Lérus, Kristina Alleyne, Abou Lagraa and Nawal Aït Benalla within La Baraka, as well as with Fouad Boussouf, Yoshiko Waki, and Sylvain Groud. She also joins Tanz Münster in Germany as a guest dancer for the 2025–2026 season. In 2019, she founded Compagnie MÂLE after receiving the Grand Prize at the Sobanova Dance Awards for her first piece, À Bientôt. She then created 40, followed by the solo (titre provisoire), selected for Aerowaves Twenty26. Her works are presented both in France and internationally.
Johana Malédon / Compagnie MÂLE
Kaaistudio's
Brussels
Show
(titre provisoire)
Ensemble Darius Quartet : Kaléidoscope
Café de La Rue
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Concert
Ensemble Darius Quartet : Kaléidoscope
Vk First Fridays
VK - De Vaartkapoen
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Animations
Vk First Fridays
Quaker house
La Fonderie - Brussels museum of Work and Industry
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Guided tours
Quaker house
Manza 199, concert live rap/ slam
A rapper and slam poet, member of the CNN199 collective and the Brussels Poets’ Collective, as well as an educator and cultural mediator for the Espace Magh cultural centre, Manza Abdeslam is passionate about and interested in the diverse field of creativity. This curiosity has led him to unique encounters and wonderful, original collaborations in the fields of music and poetry
“My mirror until the end of my posthumous life, facing you, is just as if I were seeing myself in it, watching my worst take shape in the ink of your pain; I manage to make the best of it: your joie de vivre and through your existential flights of fancy, as a father, I remain convinced that I will manage to give you that intimate feeling of being precious, my precious one…’
Le Baixu
Brussels
Concert
Manza 199, concert live rap/ slam
Paris, je t'aime....
Café de La Rue
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Concert
Paris, je t'aime....
Tentative Tornade
Tentative Tornade is a performance by Maïa Chauvier and Jonathan De Neck, where poetry, music, song and spoken word come together in an intimate dialogue. Through fragments of stories and voices, the piece explores the contradictions of our time with sensitivity, hope and resilience.
Tentative Tornade is a creation by Maïa Chauvier and Jonathan De Neck, at the crossroads of poetry, music and spoken word. Together, they create an intimate and immersive performance where words and music engage in a powerful dialogue.
Poet, slam artist and actress Maïa Chauvier gives voice to deeply personal and socially engaged texts, accompanied by Jonathan De Neck on diatonic accordion, piano, percussion and vocals. Their performance weaves together poetry, songs and musical compositions into a rich tapestry of stories, memories and emotions.
Through fragments of lives, voices of resistance, love songs and reflections on today's world, Tentative Tornade explores the contradictions of our time without losing sight of hope. The result is a sensitive and evocative experience that invites audiences to listen, reflect and travel through a landscape of words and sound.
Maïa Chauvier (voice, poetry, spoken word); Jonathan De Neck (diatonic accordion, piano, percussion, voice).
ZoArt
Brussels
Concert
Tentative Tornade
Exhibition Opening: Radical Pillow Talk
What happens in the bedroom does not always remain confined to that space. Radical Pillow Talk brings together 7 artists exploring desire, fantasy, dreams, and the spaces of queer lives: bedrooms, streets, clubs, cruising spots, and imaginary landscapes. These places can offer freedom, pleasure, and escape, but also solitude, vulnerability, and danger. Marking the 25th anniversary of Pink Screens, this exhibition examines how dreams and desire can become radical acts, and how intimate fantasies can open up to a collective dimension. In dialogue with Queer Resistance, this exhibition traverses the intimate spaces where resistance can emerge.
LaVallée
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Exhibitions
Exhibition Opening: Radical Pillow Talk
La “Halte Centrale” de la jonction Nord-Midi
La Fonderie - Brussels museum of Work and Industry
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Guided tours
La “Halte Centrale” de la jonction Nord-Midi
