Concertgebouw Brugge
- Brugge, Belgium
- Festival / Venue
- Ordinary Member
Concertgebouw Brugge is a global player in the fields of music and contemporary dance. With its wide range of interdisciplinary activities and the permanent opening up of its building, the Concertgebouw is also a centre for visual art, sound art, literature and architecture. By focusing on creation, creativity and interaction with artists, at every stage of their career, the Concertgebouw wants to give the arts innovative stimuli, and to attract and involve a diverse audience and guide them on a path of discovery. In this way, Concertgebouw Brugge also enhances the international reputation of the city of Bruges and of Flanders.
Concertgebouw Brugge organises several festivals within its venue. Read more about them here below.
December Dance 2026 - Imagination takes centre stage
Brugge, Belgium
2 - 13 December 2026
December Dance will have Bruges shaking to its foundations for 12 days. The leading festival for contemporary dance in Flanders is once again focusing heavily on major international names, as well as featuring a host of world premieres by Belgian talent. The 19th edition promises to be a celebration of the imagination. Imagination as a positive choice for the future, with a poetic and challenging programme that brings together creators, audiences and professionals. From rhythmic footwork to gender fluidity and football fanaticism, to post-apocalyptic scenes or Nina Simone: it’s all on the agenda.
Budapest Festival 2027
Wagner, Schumann & Bartók
27 - 29 May 2027
Iván Fischer and his Budapest Festival Orchestra are well known to Bruges audiences. For over 10 years now, their name has been a guarantee for extremely dedicated and exciting interpretations of the great orchestral repertoire. Once again, star conductor Fischer is bringing along some top soloists: pianist Alexandre Kantorow unleashes his passions in Bartók, and cellist Nicolas Altstaedt shines in Saint-Saëns’s unusually powerful and expressive Cello Concerto - one of the very best ever, according to Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich. Come and enjoy one of the world’s finest orchestras! Conductor Iván Fischer, together with his Budapest Festival Orchestra, will have you on the edge of your seat for three nights in a row.
GOLD 2026
Bruges voices from the Renaissance
14 - 17 May 2026
GOLD interlinks the best of Bruges' Golden Age: the city’s fascinating history, its heritage architecture, its art treasures and above all its music, which for centuries literally set the tone throughout Europe. This fourth edition of the festival tells the story of a strong woman, Duchess Mary of Burgundy (1457-1482). Mary was not quite twenty when her inheritance made her ruler of the rich and prosperous but also discontented Burgundian hereditary lands. Mary was very fond of Bruges. Key moments in her life took place there: her proxy marriage, the birth of her son Philip the Fair and her funeral. A (musical) portrait of modern leadership avant la lettre.
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