Cathedral
of St. Michael and St. Gudula

Events

Sound and Light Show inside the Cathedral

Photo Mikhail Sytenkov

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

Commemorative items Gudula26

Pontifical Mass inaugurating GUDULA26 Sunday at 11:00

Carillon concert at the end of the inaugural pontifical mass of Gudula26

Concert “In honorem Sancte Gudilae” – Erik Van Nevel

Concert de trompes de chasse et orgue

David Navarro Turres concert

Concert : 200 children’s voices – Romain Verbeeren

Solemn Mass Sunday, 18 January 2026 at 11 a.m.

Grandes Conférences catholiques – “The cathedral in the Church and the World Today” by Cardinal Archbishop JC Hollerich (Luxembourg)

Lecture by Ms Marie-Claude Van Grunderbeek – « Tussen de lijntjes van een Vita: Sint Goedele van Brussel »

Theatrical play “Sœur Emmanuelle, le ciel au cœur des poubelles”

Lecture by Dr Isabelle Lecocq – Analyse du vitrail du Jugement dernier

Lecture by Dr. Emmanuelle Mercier – « La chaire de Vérité, un poème sculpté baroque »

Night tours of the cathedral towers

Carillon concert on the occasion of Easter

Piece of theatre Les 5 C : Cardinal, Cancer, Covid, Clown et Coulisses by deacon-actor Luc Aerens

Lecture by Father Robert Godding – “Good Friday 1370: A Cumbersome Miracle. Bloody Hosts in Brussels… and Elsewhere in Europe” (FR)

Exhibition “Archives in the city”

Lecture by Xavier Deprez and Bart Jacobs – ‘The organs of the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula’

Pilgrimage from Saint-Nicolas Church in La Hulpe to Saints Michel and Gudule Cathedral

Lecture by Mr Roel Jacobs – ‘The cathedral, a religious and political building?’ / ‘De kathedraal een religieus en politiek gebouw?’

Carillon concert at the end of the Te Deum on the national holiday

Lecture by Dean Benoît Lobet – Jan van Ruysbroeck, Dean of St. Gudula and 14th-century mystical author

Royal Band of Sainte Cecile d’Evere

Carillon concert on Heritage Day

The cathedral through the collections of the Royal Library of Belgium

Concert 800 YEAR CATHEDRAL MUSIC – Currende sous la direction d’Erik Van Nevel et Bart Jacobs à l’orgue

2 October 2026 – 8 p.m

Concert Night of Song and Organ Music

Carillon concert on Saint Michael’s Day

Concert The Messiah van GF Handel – Emilie De Voght

Solemn Mass Sunday, 4 October 2026 at 11 a.m.

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’

Carillon concert on the occasion of the King’s Day

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’

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

Archives

Vespro della Beata Vergine de C. Monteverdi

Organ Summer Festival

Glorious Handel

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