Brussels, Belgium
January
www.fglb.org
This festival in Belgium sees Brussels celebrate gay and lesbian culture through a range of artistic media at Cinema Vendome. The annual festival includes unpublished feature films, re-issues, documentaries, short films and an exhibition.
Mons, Belgium
February
www.fifa-mons.be
This festival in Belgium is an annual event that explores different forms of love in more than 100 films, both long and short, from the globe.
Binche
February
www.carnavaldebinche.be
This festival in Belgium is one of the country's weirdest parties that shouldn’t be missed.
Brussels, Belgium
February
www.animatv.be
This festival in Belgium has a packed programme of around 1000 feature films, cartoons, competitions, retrospectives and workshops.
March
www.bifff.org
This is for all those people who are interested in science-fiction movies.
Brussels
April
www.courtmetrage.be
Ingelmunster
May
www.labadoux.be
Brussels, Belgium
May
www.brusselsjazzmarathon.be
This weekend in May brings loads of Jazz to the city. This Marathon Jazz Weekend takes over the city! Over 400 musicians play in four of the city’s most beautiful squares, plus indoor venues and even on buses.
Ypres, Belgium
May
www.kattenstoet.be
This festival in Belgium has a parade of giant paper-mache of cats and pussy-esque performers, which has been inspired by a Middle Ages tradition in which the town jester threw live cats from the belfry of Cloth Hall because moggies symbolised evil spirits.
Hainaut
June
Saint George fights the dragon and everybody pushes a vast and holy chariot around town.
Mons, Belgium
June
www.ducassedemons.be
This festival attracts thousands annually
Werchter, Belgium
June
www.rockwerchter.be
This festival in Belgium gets some big names like the Arctic Monkeys, Marilyn Manson, Metallica, Pearl Jam, The Beastie Boys, Bjork and My Chemical Romance are some of the acts headlining Belgium's Rock Werchter, which is a four-day music festival literally beside the road 15 kilometers from Leuven. Buses run to the festival, and those under 26 ride Belgian rails free; everyone rides free with a concert ticket. This festival attracts thousands of people and it is worth every penny spent.
Brussels, Belgium
June
www.couleurcafe.org
This event is over three days and it has loads of partying
Brussels, Belgium
July
www.brosella.be
Boom, Belgium
July
www.tomorrowland.be
This festival in Belgium is packed with different electronic music genres, from hardhouse to psy-trance and electro.
Ghent, Belgium
July
www.gentsefeesten.be
This event goes for over 10 days and it’s a great festival
Ghent, Belgium
July
www.10daysoff.be
This is one of Europe’s biggest techno events as thousands flock to the city.
Boechout, Belgium
July
www.flandersethno.be
Antwerp, Belgium
July
www.sfinks.be
Hasselt, Belgium
August
www.pukkelpop.be
This is Belgium’s version of Pinkpop as it attracts over 60,000 people annually to watch bands like Tool, Foo Fighters and Smashing Pumpkins perform.
Belgium
August
www.folkdranouter..be
Bilzen, Belgium
August
www.scottish-weekend.com
Deerlijk, Belgium
August
www.deerlycke.be
Ghent, Belgium
www.10daysoff.be
This is one of Belgium’s major dance festivals.
Lovendegem, Belgium
August
www.boombalfestival.be
August
www.pukkelpop.be
This three-day festival in Belgium attracts bands like Radiohead, Daft Punk, Beck, Massive Attack and Audio Slave in front of crowds of up to 150,000 people. It’s a very popular festival in the country and defiantly worth checking out.
Balen, Belgium
September
www.fiestamundial.be
Brussels, Belgium
September
www.weekenddelabiere.be
This is your chance to drink great Belgium beer while listening to live jazz at this huge festival which enjoys a carnival like atmosphere.
