Coeur de la ville de Bruxelles
The Brussels Dance Festival welcomes you from Thursday 14 to Sunday 24 August 2025.
We are open every day from 3 pm to 10 pm Some experiences may last until 1 am Discover the times and details of the various activities in our program.
There are several toilets and urinals available in the city of Brussels. Find all the information about public toilets on the City’s website.
Two large open-air stages:
– Place de la Bourse – Fusion Stage: From emerging artists to established names, the Fusion Stage brings together music and dance. With renowned schools, DJs and collectives, it reflects the full diversity of styles.
– Place De Brouckère – The Lab: This will be a dance arena, designed as a space for encounters and experiments. For ten days, workshops, battles and free dance floors will be organised on Place De Brouckère. You can come to learn, try things out, exchange ideas, push your boundaries or just vibrate together. Whether you are an experienced dancer, a passionate amateur or just curious, there is something for everyone.
But there’s also… performances on the Grand-Place, dancing walks through the city, afterparties on the roof of Bourse (Belgian Beer World), Arts At Night, projections at the cinema Palace, urban installations…
Immerse yourself in our EXTRA experiences and take your Brussels Dance Festival experience to the next level!
The festival is accessible on foot and by public transport.
We encourage the use of soft mobility:
The Brussels Dance Festival is committed to reflecting the diversity of our society through an inclusive artistic programme.
We want to create a space where all spectators feel welcome, represented and celebrated. Certain events are specially designed to highlight queer cultures, such as the voguing battles, drag shows and ‘All About Love’. A care team will also be present during these moments of the festival to ensure a safe and welcoming environment for everyone.
The festival also collaborates with Créahm to include disabled artists in the programme.
We are aware of our responsibilities in public spaces. That is why we are organising an enhanced cleaning operation in collaboration with the municipal services. Throughout the festival, awareness campaigns will be held to encourage people to act in an environmentally friendly manner.
Hôtel de Ville – Grand-Place
1000 Bruxelles | Belgique
Following La Pluie (Act I) in 2023 then Pleurez! (Act II) a year later, CRC is releasing a shorter but crucial format for his artistic evolution: L’Entracte. This five-track project produced by Armand Tournier presents as a true intermission, hinting at a future Act III.
Much more than an interval, L’Entracte marks an important step in the Belgian rapper’s journey. Here CRC explores his personal relationships with new depth and sincerity in his work.
Musically, he skilfully combines rap, chanson française, R&B and afro influences, confirming his ability to cross and fuse genres. After gracing the stages of the Dour and Grünt Festivals and twice filling the Ancienne Belgium concert hall in late 2024, CRC is now preparing for Act III. L’Entracte is the bridge: an intimate and essential auditory experience in today’s French-language rap landscape.
A young Brussels-based artist, Lovelace is part of the new alternative pop scene. She creates her unique sound in her bedroom-cum-studio, weaving a dark thread of soft, robotic and distorted sounds.
Her work is a true audio cocktail in the style of Billie Eilish, 070 Shake and Babysolo33. Lovelace has long been a lover of life, which makes her overly cheerful sometimes. Unfortunately, that love constantly clashes with the absurdity of this world. A little self-deprecation, lots of love and much melancholy are her formula for surviving the chaos.
The Junior Ballet Project (JBP) from the company Opinion Public is an intensive programme for dancers aged 17 to 25. Designed as a practical career platform, it immerses participants in a company-like working environment, developing the technical, artistic and interpersonal skills they need to grow as performers.
Launched by the company’s artistic director Sidonie Fossé in September 2024, the two-year programme provides daily training from Monday to Friday: a demanding syllabus of classical dance, contemporary dance, partnering, floorwork, acrobatics and improvisation, as well as other complementary disciplines emphasizing versatility, creativity and artistic maturity.
Throughout the year, the dancers also join performances, giving them regular opportunities to go on stage and apply what they have learnt before an audience.
