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Address: locations throughout city, Brussels Category: Fair / Festival - Art Dates: December 10 - January 31, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

For four months each year, Brussels plays host to the Europalia Festival. A celebration of different cultures, it features an alternating theme country. (Recent countries have included Russia, Italy, Hungary and Bulgaria.) Modern and ancient fine art exhibits, along with folk art exhibits, are displayed throughout the...

Address: locations throughout city, Brussels Category: Fair / Festival - Music Dates: May 29 - May 31, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

For one weekend each May, Brussels swings to the sounds of live jazz. Nearly 100 concerts are scheduled on 60 stages throughout the city. Local artists play in pubs and on street corners, and internationally known acts perform to sold-out crowds. Concerts are offered during the day and at night, indoors and outdoors,...

Address: Waterloo, Champ de Bataille de Waterloo, Brussels Category: Fair / Festival - History Dates: June 18, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Every year around the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, historical society enthusiasts gather on the same spot just south of Brussels, to re-enact certain aspects of the fighting. A major recreation of the entire battle that led to the downfall of Napoleon, and changed the course of European history in 1815, is...

Address: Place Flagey, Centre Flagey, Brussels Category: Fair / Festival - Film / Video Dates: June 27 - July 5, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Festival highlights first and second films by up-and-coming European filmmakers, and special billing goes to Belgian auteurs. Every genre of film is accepted, and many pictures go on to compete in Berlin and at Cannes.

Address: Grand Place, Brussels Dates: June 30 - July 2, 2009 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

This annual festival has its roots in an early religious celebration, begun in 1359. Originally, the reverent rite celebrated the transfer of a Virgin Mary statue from Antwerp to Brussels' Notre Dame du Sablon. In 1549, the procession became more festive, when the first Ommegang parade welcomed Charles V to the city....

Address: Flagey Cultural Centre , Brussels, 121 Category: Fair / Festival - Film / Video Dates: February 10 - February 20, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Brussels, home to Belgium's famous comic strip museum, is the logical choice for this animation festival. In fact, the Smurfs, a Belgian creation, made their screen debut during the festival some years ago. Though special award categories are reserved for Belgian entries, illustrators and animators from around the...