Let’s sing together against discrimination!
Saturday 27 June 2026, join the largest choir ever seen in Brussels!
09 November 2024
The festival slogan invites participants to make their voices heard from the capital of the European Union, to demand a more open society for LGBTQI+ people, particularly in countries where their rights are under threat.
It’s also the title of the festival anthem. This positive, fun and liberating choral piece will not only bring our choirs together physically, but will symbolise the joy of singing together and our shared dreams. The original song was written by Brussels-based songwriter Simon Finn, and will be arranged for four voices(SATB) by Philippe Maniez. The two artists have already collaborated on the song In these Heels, created by Sing Out Brussels!
Through the event on 27 June, we want to open up the festival to choirs and singers from outside the LGBTQI+ community, to unite against discrimination. You’ll find all useful information here.
On Saturday 27 June 2026, the “Let Your Heart Be Heard” show will take place on the Place de l’Albertine (Mont des Arts), in the open air in Brussels. The climax of this concert, which will see a host of choirs and artists take to the stage, will be the performance of the anthem by all the festival-goers. Our aim is to create the biggest choir ever to perform in Brussels, by inviting all Belgian choir members to sing with us! How many choristers will we manage to bring together? 4000 ? 5000 ? 6000 ? It all depends on you! Your participation allows us to open up the festival to the Belgian choral community and to involve you in our demands, which are universal. By singing together, we’ll also be showing that Belgium is an open and inclusive country!
If you register for this event, the festival team will provide you with the SATB score and recordings (tutti and separate voices) in September 2025. You can learn the song on your own or rehearse it with the choir of which you are a member. Registration is individual. Even if your entire choir is taking part, each member must register individually. You can register using this form.
Images: Carmina Burana (Various Voices München 2018) and I am what I am (Various Voices Bologna 2023).
