Events

2026 – GUDULA26 ACTIVITY CALENDAR

Guided tour booklet for children aged 6-12 : “The Lantern of Saint Gudula”

Commemorative items Gudula26

HOLY WEEK and EASTER 2026

Night tours of the cathedral towers

5/04/2026 -12:30 – Carillon concert on the occasion of Easter

21/04/2026 – 20:00 – Play “Les 5 C : Cardinal, Cancer, Covid, Clown et Coulisses” by deacon-actor Luc Aerens

22/04/2026 – 16:00 – Lecture by Father Robert Godding – ‘Good Friday 1370: An inconvenient miracle. Bloody hosts in Brussels… and elsewhere in Europe’ (FR)

May/June/July – Exhibition ‘Archives in the city’

9/05/2026 – 15:00 – Lecture by Xavier Deprez and Bart Jacobs – ‘The organs of the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula’

17/05/2026 – Pilgrimage from Saint-Nicolas Church in La Hulpe to Saints Michel and Gudule Cathedral

13/06/2026 – 15:00 -Lecture by Mr Roel Jacobs – « La cathédrale, un bâtiment religieux et politique? » / « De kathedraal een religieus en politiek gebouw ? »

21/07/2026 – 11:00 – Carillon concert at the end of the Te Deum on the national holiday

12/09/2026 – 15:00 – Lecture by Dean Benoît Lobet – Jan van Ruysbroeck, Dean of St. Gudula and 14th-century mystical author

En creux : what if the empty spaces told a different story?

19/09/2026 -16:00- Royal Harmony Fanfare Band of Saint Cecilia of Evere

20/09/2026 – 12:30 – Carillon concert on Heritage Day

The cathedral through the collections of the Royal Library of Belgium

2/10/2026 – 20:00 – Concert 800 YEAR CATHEDRAL MUSIC – Currende conducted by Erik Van Nevel and Bart Jacobs on the organ

2 October 2026 – 8 p.m

3/10/2026 – 20:00 & 21:45 – Concerts Night of Song and Organ Music

4/10/2026 – 12:30 – Carillon concert on Saint Michael’s Day

4/10/2026 – 16:00 – Concert: Messiah by G. F. Handel – Emilie De Voght

Sunday, 4 October 2026 – 11:00 a.m. – Solemn Mass

10/10/2026 – 15:00 – Lecture by Mr Thomas Coomans de Brachène – ‘The Gothic choir of Saint Gudula in the 13th century: the birth of the idea of a cathedral in Brussels’

15/11/2026 – 11:00 – Carillon concert on the occasion of the King’s Day

21/11/2026 – 15:00 – Lecture by Ms Diane de Crombrugghe – ‘J.-B. Capronnier, an exceptional master glassmaker, at work in the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula from 1839 to 1880’

12/12/2026 – 15:00 – Lecture by Mr Hugo Claes – St Michael and St Gudula Cathedral, the restoration of a unique building dating back to the origins of Brabant Gothic architecture

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