Concert halls Flandres belges

The Concertgebouw is a center for music and the performing arts, dedicated to the development and presentation of art on an international level. It focuses on contemporary music and dance. With its sound factory (an interactive space for sound art) and its visual art collection, the Concertgebouw invites active discovery of contemporary art. Each season, the Concertgebouw presents established names such as Bach Academie Brugge, Jazz Brugge, Budapest Festival, December Dance and More Music. When not performing, you can also visit the Concertgebouw.

Not far from Korenmarkt, the Missy Sippy (note the pun in reference to the blues) is a café-concert very recommendable for its live music programming, very regular. For its very local and relaxed atmosphere, you enjoy talking with people, leaning at the bar or on the beautiful outdoor terrace. The decoration is that of a jazz bar, with glamorous photos of the great masters and jazz divas. We enjoy frequent concerts of jazz, blues, jam, roots and swing.

An old-fashioned art house cinema, but with its finger on the pulse of cinema. Every year, a prestigious festival is held here (the MOOOV festival), promoting reruns of major films from around the world that are eagerly awaited in Belgian cinemas. The best thing about cinoche en Flandre is that the films are always shown in their original version, but also with French subtitles, so if you're so inclined, don't be afraid to hear Auteuil spoken in the language of Gezelle! In this ciné Lumière, enjoy a coffee in the brasserie, bathed in a bath of culture.

In the first half of the 19th century, the rich industrialists of Ghent subsidised the construction of a new luxury opera house to proudly display their fortune. The result is still astonishing in the 21st century: worthy of Italian opera houses, in this opera house with its horseshoe-shaped hall, red velvet predominates, chandeliers glitter on concert evenings, gilding and stucco on the walls. The programming is interesting.

It's the only (large) concert hall (apart from the classical and jazz-oriented Concertgebouw) to program all international and national pop, electro, hip hop and jazz fusion artists. Every year, it organizes the Cactus Festival (one weekend in July), which welcomes major headliners (including Massive Attack, Erykah Badu, Air, Lauryn Hill, Beach House, Bonnie Prince Billy Macy Gray, Gregory Porter in 2021), and also takes part in the Moods! (July-August) and More Music! (one week in April).

One nothing except city, for fans of commercial cinema. Always in VO.

Classical music concerts. Located in the abbey.

Very well-known theatre company offering quality performances (only in Flemish).

This bar is run by the founders of the Ghent Festivities - that's saying something! It's an institution for all Ghenters. This rather relaxed café bruin (traditional bar) is a good place for a frothy nightcap on weekdays or weekends. What's more, the bar hosts concerts almost every evening (free every Monday) from 9pm, and DJ sets on Sunday evenings, in a wide variety of styles (indie pop, rock, reggae, slam, acoustic folk, etc.). The atmosphere is very intimate, and the relationship with the artists direct.

An artist's island in the heart of Kortrijk put on research and artistic creation to find the animation that reigned in the area in the s. This idea, born of the perspective of "Lille 2004" in artistic and cultural development, is the work of Kurt Vanbelleghem, the conductor and artistic director of this beautiful initiative. Supported by major cultural structures such as in Kortrijk, the Antigone Theatre, Happy New Ears and the Limelight Art Centre, creation spaces, dance and actors studios, exhibition halls, a cinema opened their doors to create new fields for artistic creation.