Programme
5 DAYS OF SINGING, FUN AND CELEBRATION
With nearly 400 events scheduled, Various Voices will bring Brussels to life for five days. There are concerts at all hours, for all budgets (some events are even free) and in many prestigious venues, both indoors and outdoors!
Each choir participating in the festival will give a 30-minute concert on Thursday, Friday or Saturday afternoon. This is the heart of the festival.
In the evening, the choirs will come together to offer you spectacular themed shows celebrating their LGBTQI+ identity with pride.
Other concerts will enliven Brussels during the festival: free lunchtime concerts at the Town Hall, singing guided tours of the City Hall, aperitif concerts in Brussels Park (Vaux Hall Summer) and street concerts.
Browse our programme and find out more about the events, venues and choirs!
One of the festival's main events is the Let Your Heart Be Heard show on Saturday 27 June at the ING Arena. During this evening, we will create the largest choir ever seen in Brussels by collectively performing the festival anthem.
If you enjoy singing or simply want to give it a try, you can take part in rehearsals held at Bozar on Sundays 19 April, 10 May and 7 June from 2pm to 5pm! Participation is included in your ticket for the ING Arena, and costs just €5 per rehearsal if you wish to take part without attending the show.
Mini-Concert in the Gothic Hall
Manchester Proud Chorus
Mini-Concert in the Council Chamber
The Friends of Dorothy
Loud and Proud Scotland
WEDNESDAY 24 JUNE 2026
12h - WELCOME
Various Voices Village Opening (BIP/ Auditorium 490)
11h-17h - CITY HALL
A tour of the City Hall punctuated by mini-concerts in three different rooms.
18h and 21h - CEREMONY
Willkommen! Bienvenue ! Welcome ! Ladies, Gentlemen und iedereen beyond the binario. Our opening ceremony will bring us together at the cabaret. A place that has seen the birth of a broad community, free to exist as it is. Come in your best Queer Chic outfit, the doors are open to you.
This event will be held twice, so that all festival-goers will be able to attend, taking into account the capacity of the venue.
23h - PARTY
The evening will continue in a cabaret and jazz atmosphere. An elegant start to this European festival that brings us together in music.
THURSDAY 25 JUNE 2026
10h-12h - REHEARSALS
Let Your Heart Be Heard (Festival Anthem) - Bozar
Access restricted to Festival Pass holders.
11h-13h30 - CITY HALL
A few concerts offered at the Salle des Milices (ground floor of the City Hall)
13h25-19h10 - AFTERNOON CONCERTS
38 choirs to discover!
Each choir will perform a 30-minute concert in four different venues (Bozar Henri Le Boeuf / Bozar Salle M / La Madeleine / Auditorium 490).
18h30 and 21h - SHOW
Surrealism, a major artistic movement in Belgium, was born of a desire to break with convention by banishing the déjà-vu and questioning it. What do we see, what do we want to show and what is hidden? What is visible and invisible? This show will be an opportunity to look beyond appearances and highlight those who remain in the shadows today.
This event will be held twice, so that all festival-goers will be able to attend, taking into account the capacity of the venue.
23h - PARTY
An evening of strangeness, with mysterious creatures parading around in an underground atmosphere.
FRIDAY 26 JUNE 2026
10h-12h - REHEARSALS
Let Your Heart Be Heard (Festival Anthem) - Bozar
Access restricted to Festival Pass holders.
11h-13h30 - CITY HALL
A few concerts offered at the Salle des Milices (ground floor of the City Hall)
13h25-18h35 - AFTERNOON CONCERTS
36 choirs to discover!
Each choir will perform a 30-minute concert in four different venues (Bozar Henri Le Boeuf / Bozar Salle M / La Madeleine / Auditorium 490).
15h-19h - CITY HALL
A tour of the City Hall punctuated by mini-concerts in three different rooms.
18h30 and 21h - SHOW
Belgium is a kingdom, but for one evening it will be transformed into a Queerdom. It's a chance to discover Queens, Kings, Princes and Princesses, not to mention ballroom culture. We'll also be celebrating our musical sovereigns who have forged our history. Get your best crowns ready!
This event will be held twice, so that all festival-goers will be able to attend, taking into account the capacity of the venue.
SATURDAY 27 JUNE 2026
10h-12h - REHEARSALS
Let Your Heart Be Heard (Festival Anthem) - Bozar
Access restricted to Festival Pass holders.
11h-13h30 - CITY HALL
A few concerts offered at the Salle des Milices (ground floor of the City Hall)
13h15-19h10 - AFTERNOON CONCERTS
40 choirs to discover!
Each choir will perform a 30-minute concert in four different venues (Bozar Henri Le Boeuf / Bozar Salle M / La Madeleine / Auditorium 490).
15h-19h - CITY HALL
A tour of the City Hall punctuated by mini-concerts in three different rooms.
21h - SHOW
Various Voices Brussels 2026 will bring us together under the European flag and give us the opportunity to commemorate how far our community has come, but also to reflect on its future. As we pass the baton from one generation to the next, we'll be making our hearts heard in a more political way through our anthem "Let Your Heart Be Heard".
23h - PARTY
This last evening together will be yours. Let us discover your individuality, further proof of our powerful intersectionality. Take the power, the night is yours.
SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2026
11h-17h - CITY HALL
A tour of the City Hall punctuated by mini-concerts in three different rooms.
12h and 14h45 - CEREMONY
The purpose of this ceremony is not to say "farewell", but simply "see you soon". We will collectively close Various Voices Brussels 2026 and pass the baton to the next organising choir. It will be a celebration in the colours of Belgium and of the city that will bring us together in 2030. A final look back at what we have shared and what we will share again.
This event will be held twice, so that all festival-goers will be able to attend, taking into account the capacity of the venue.