Events in Belgium

This Contemporary Classical Music Festival brings together both local and international musicians to several venues across Belgium, but mainly in Brussels. Over 50 concerts are held across the country during the month and about 20,000 people are expected to attend. The festival focuses on bringing more fans to the classical music genre.

On the first of May each year Astridpark is home to the Red Rock Rally. It is a free outdoor rock concert and party to celebrate workers day in Bruges. The rally was established in 1995 by a local socialist group.

Art dealers in classical, Egyptian and Near Eastern antiquities come to Brussels from all over the world to put their treasures on display in leading galleries at the Sablon quarter. Ranging from prize museum pieces to affordable collectibles, numerous treasured objects change hands.

About 1,200 uniformed military enthusiasts assemble in the same orchard the Imperial Guard descended on June 16 and 17 in 1815. During this weekend an assortment of military exercises and different demonstrations take place. Bivouacs will be installed at the last H.Q. of Napolean and at the Hougoumont Farm. There will be a reconstruction of the battle in Plancenoit on Saturday evening at 8pm and a reconstruction of the combats of Hougoumont as well as the retreat to the Lion Mound on Sunday at 10am.

Imagine a million begonias made into one single carpet. The famous Carpet of Flowers covers over 3,000 square feet right in the center of the Grand Place which has been listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO. Each year a different design is used, these begonias offer a wide range of vivid and glowing colors and can be best admired from the balcony of the City Hall, which is open to the public for this special occasion.