Table Of Contents
- Fiesta Latina on February 23 and 24
- Celebrate Candlemas on February 2
- Browse at the Brussels Vintage Market on February 4
- Dancing during Sound Week until February 4
- Discover miniature art until February 11
- Party at the Chouette Festival from February 8 to 11
- Revisiting The Dark Side of the Moon from February 9 to 18
- Attend the Mountainizer festival on February 11
- Travel through 40 years of music
- Celebrate Valentine’s Day at Ket Comedy Love on February 14
- Bright Brussels from February 15 to 18
- Unravel the mysteries of the Starry Night
- Try the new chai latte bar in Ixelles
- Visit the photography festival
- Discover Belgium’s Jurassic Park
- Bathing in icy water at Pool is Cold
- Dive into a colorful world of bubbles
- Karaoke at JOYT
- A bloody engagement at the Salons du 25
- Visit a museum dedicated entirely to Banksy
What to do in Brussels in February? Between Chandeleur and Valentine’s Day, the month of February is packed with festive events, but that’s never enough for the editors of Bruxelles Secrète, who have put together an anthology of outings, each more entertaining than the last. We promise you, it’s going to be fun!
Fiesta Latina on February 23 and 24
Couldn’t get your tickets for Rio Carnival? Don’t worry, it’s coming to Brussels every year! On February 23 and 24, the Fiesta Latina Carnaval Édition 2024 festival returns to Tour et Taxis to invite you to experience a complete immersion in Latin culture. Shows, Latin dance classes (salsa, bachata, merengue…), 40 street food mercadillos – last year, over 30,000 festival-goers were seduced. You can now put away your hat and mittens and put on your most caliente outfit to join the party.
📍Tour & Taxis – 7 rue Picard, 1000 Brussels
Celebrate Candlemas on February 2
February 2 is Candlemas, the perfect occasion to honor Breton gastronomy. If you know what a spanell, rozell or billig is, you’ve got me. If you don’t, it’s time to discover the richness of this simple and unifying recipe: the crêpe. That’s why, at Bruxelles Secrète, we’ve selected a list of the best crêperies in Brussels.
Browse at the Brussels Vintage Market on February 4
Stock up on new clothes at the Brussels Vintage Market! On February 4, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., the market welcomes you to the temple of second-hand, with vintage clothes, food and a DJ set. Everything you need to be stylish at rock-bottom prices before spring arrives!
📍8 rue de Ligne, 1000 Brussels
Dancing during Sound Week until February 4
Sound Week takes place from January 29 to February 4 in Flanders and Wallonia! For its 14th edition, the event invites us to think about music in a different way, by exploring the theme of sounds emitted by nature. A week of art and awareness-raising, with concerts, workshops for young and old, and film screenings.
Discover miniature art until February 11
The Small is Beautiful miniature art exhibition showcases miniature works (XXS figurines and models) to maximum effect, inviting visitors to experience art on a different scale. Through a collection of scaled-down works. From photography to micro-art visible only through a magnifying glass or microscope, they are unexpectedly staged in an immersive environment, with 18 artists surfing on current social themes, questioning viewers’ perspectives. An exhibition as unusual as it is enriching, to be found at Grand Place. Don’t delay, as it closes on February 11.
📍Small is Beautiful, Grand Place 5, Brussels
Party at the Chouette Festival from February 8 to 11
Feel like dancing the night away? Come to the 9th edition of the Chouette Festival for 4 days of partying in Brussels! With over 20 artists on the program this year, you’re sure to find something to suit your taste. Find out more about the program and ticketing here.
📍Hallenstraat 14, 1000 Brussels
Revisiting The Dark Side of the Moon from February 9 to 18
Are you a Pink Floyd fan? We’ve got just the ticket for you: an all-new rock opera concert revisiting their most iconic album. In February, this event will flood the regional cultural scene with several performances across Belgium. 22 artists (musicians, singers, backup singers, dancers) will cover the British band’s most iconic hits, blending rock and opera to perfection. The Great Gig in the Sky, Time, Money, Us and Them, Wish You Were Here, Shine on You Crazy Diamond… Enhanced by a breathtaking scenography featuring special effects, projections, 3D sets and live use of period instruments, rediscover “The Dark Side of the Moon” version 2.0.
📍 February 9 at Cirque Royal de Bruxelles
📍 February 17 at Aula Magna, Louvain-la-neuve
📍 February 15 at Théâtre Royal de Mons
📍 February 18 at the Wex in Marche-en-Famenne
Attend the Mountainizer festival on February 11
Mountainizer, which organizes treks and hikes for women, is coming to Brussels for a day on February 11! The concept: an evening of film screenings featuring women in the mountains. Perfect for all hiking enthusiasts in search of inspiration.
Price: €12 on reservation
📍158 rue Théodore Verhaegen, 1060 Brussels
Travel through 40 years of music
Nostalgic fans beware. In Brussels, a highly unusual immersive experience takes you on a journey through four decades of music. 360º projections, spatialized sound, colorful cocktails, karaoke… It’s all part of a deliciously retro universe. With family or friends, take a leap back in time and try Do you remember? the most fun experience of the moment at Plein Publiek.
📍Plein Publiek, Mont des Arts, 1000 Brussels
Celebrate Valentine’s Day at Ket Comedy Love on February 14
For a change from flowers and chocolates, why not treat her to an evening of stand-up comedy on Valentine’s Day? This year, the Ket Comedy Club is offering an original evening of tears and laughter, with 5 artists ready to share their best sketches on married life and bachelorhood.
📍 31 rue Saint Gery, 1000 Brussels
Bright Brussels from February 15 to 18
From February 15 to 18, a festival of lights illuminates the city: Bright Brussels. Brussels is decked out in lights, and shows itself in a whole new light. On the program: 4 evenings, some 30 illuminations and live events (concerts, city runs, guided tours by night…) in two of Brussels’ most emblematic districts: the Royal Quarter and the European Quarter. The event will highlight the city’s Art Deco heritage! New this year: a children’s zone from 5.30pm to 10pm, to let the little ones experience the magic of lights. More info here.
📍Multiple venues between the Quartier Royal and the Quartier Européen
Unravel the mysteries of the Starry Night
Set in the fascinating Galerie Horta, a stone’s throw from Grand-Place, “Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience” is one of the major cultural events of 2023-2024. The works of Vincent Van Gogh take on a whole new dimension, with virtual reality, 360º digital displays and sound and light shows! A new format awaits you with a second room dedicated to the origins of the Dutch painter. You’re invited to take part in an immersive journey through his most iconic paintings. Exclusively, you’ll discover them as you’ve never seen (or touched) them before. Visual, aural and tactile, this multi-sensory experience promises to overwhelm all your senses…
📍Galerie Horta, Rue du Marché Aux Herbes 116, 1000 Brussels
Try the new chai latte bar in Ixelles
To comfort us in this cold weather, we’re off to Dardjeeling Café: the new chai latte bar in Ixelles! Entirely vegetarian, the café offers everything from hot chai and coffee drinks to ultra-healthy, comforting dishes and desserts. All at low prices, to warm our hearts without breaking the bank!
📍109 rue de Livourne, 1050 Ixelles
Visit the photography festival
Attention photography fans. A huge photography festival is taking place in Brussels until February 25! On the program: artistic installations in 56 venues across the capital, including the Atomium, the Spanish Embassy in Belgium, Galerie Emilie Dujat and Berlin Brussels Art Projects.
📍Multiple venues
Discover Belgium’s Jurassic Park
An impressive immersive dinosaur experience has opened in the Belgian capital. With Dinos Alive, visitors are immersed in the geological systems of the Jurassic, Triassic and Cretaceous periods, thanks to a series of activities each one crazier than the last: animated XXL dinosaurs, a virtual aquarium, a merry-go-round and themed workshops. It’s enough to make you a real paleontologist.
📍Place Rogier, 1000, Brussels
Bathing in icy water at Pool is Cold
Take note: this winter, the FLOW open-air pool, part of the Pool is Cold project, is reopening its doors to allow you to swim in an unheated open-air pool, for invigorating dips at around 6 degrees. If you’re chilly, don’t bother!
📍Pont Pierre Marchant / Digue du Canal, Anderlecht
Dive into a colorful world of bubbles
To escape the autumn greyness and winter cold, Bubble Planet warms the hearts of curious Brussels residents and adds color to their daily lives. On the program: a wildly immersive experience in a world of giant bubbles. Balloons, ball pools and sets straight out of a Pixar film, such as this multicolored hot-air balloon simulator reminiscent of the one in Là-Haut. Just like this little animated gem, you’ll discover for yourself that this experience is full of magic!
📍7/11 rue Picard, 1000 Brussels
Karaoke at JOYT
It’s brand new: JOYT karaoke has just opened a new establishment in Liège! With 23 karaoke booths, a repertoire of 40,000 songs, darts and a top chef’s restaurant in the basement, you’re in for a memorable evening…
📍200 chau. de Tongres, 4000 Liège (at the entrance to Kinépolis)
A bloody engagement at the Salons du 25
Brussels, 1932. In one of the capital’s most prestigious salons, a murder is about to take place on the occasion of the engagement of the intriguing Lieutenant Chekhov and the charming Lady Viola. Who’s the culprit? Could it be the austere Reverend Boyle or the celebrated diva Nicole Belloc? Doubts linger… Unless Janet, the doctor, is also hiding something… Only one thing is certain: the candlestick is not the murder weapon. Your mission will be to interrogate the suspects, interpret the clues and finally get to the bottom of this mysterious murder. Want to get to the bottom of this mystery? Sherlock, we’re waiting for you at the crime scene.
📍Les Salons du 25, Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 25, 1050 Brussels
Visit a museum dedicated entirely to Banksy
Following the international success of The World of Banksy, the exhibition has become a permanent museum: the Banksy Museum. In the Rue de Laeken, enter the premises of a former textile house, and embark on a 900 m² immersive journey into the world of the world’s most famous street artist! Mural frescoes, projections, drawings… From his beginnings in urban art to his latest controversial pieces, discover Banksy’s work in a breathtaking permanent exhibition spanning several floors.
📍Banksy Museum, Rue de Laeken, 28, 1000 Brussels