What’s on 26 Jun-2 Jul 2025

⭐ This Week's Top Picks 

Feest in ‘t Park. Free Global Festival. Soak up this free global festival focusing on music, encounters, sustainability and children’s fun.

Music: Enjoy a concert evening Flemish musical heritage with a wide audience appeal performed by the Rylelandt Trio. Go jammin’ with reggae artists, Roots Explosion, Forward Fever and Kologne.

Open water swimming. Take a refreshing dip or paddle for free at the Coupure in the city centre, starting this week and during the whole summer.

🎨 🎻 🧺  Art, Music & Markets

Carillon. “During the summer months, enjoy the sounds of the carillon within the fairytale setting of the inner courtyard of the city halls. An oasis of calm in the lively city centre. Besides the weekly carillon performances on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 11am, there are evening concerts on Monday and Wednesday in summer. Behind the carillon keyboard, in addition to our own city carillonneur and deputy city carillonneurs, are guest carillonneurs from home and abroad. FREE, no reservation required. 18 Jun-20 Sep. Belfort.

https://www.museabrugge.be/kalender/activiteiten-en-evenementen/beiaard_zomerconcerten_2025

Ryelandt Trio: Vlerken. “The Ryelandt Trio's new project, entitled Vlerken, immediately promises to be its most spectacular. Composers Jasper Charlet and Mathias Coppens wrote new compositions for the occasion, and are joined by none other than fellow composers Erik Desimpelaere, and Robert Groslot. Together, they constitute four generations of Belgian composers. To the music of these tone poets, there will be live painting by illustrator Ann-Sofie Verhoyen. The Ryelandt Trio will be joined for the occasion by Portuguese viola player Ana Sofia Sousa, a world-class musician. The concert will be recorded live and broadcast by radio Klara.”  https://ryelandttrio.com/agenda

Weekly markets. The Saturday market (28 Jun) will be on ‘t Zand, and the Wednesday market (2 Jul) will be on the Grote Markt/Burg.  

🎬 🎭 Stage, Screen, and Scene

Cinema. Cinema Lumière (Sint-Jakobsstraat 36) will be showing a variety of films over the next week. These include 28 Years Later, High and Low (1963), The Phoenician Scheme, Peak Season, The Surfer, and Lilo & Stitch. Ticket prices are up to €12, with a family film option before 16:30 costing €9. Visit the cinema’s website for films, timings and bookings: https://lumiere-brugge.be/agenda-lumiere-brugge/

Kinepolis (Koning Albert l-laan 200) will offer films and showings over the coming week including F1Ⓡ The Movie, 28 Years Later, How To Train Your Dragon, The Life of Chuck, Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning, and Spectre (2015). A standard ticket costs €14,10. Visit https://kinepolis.be/nl/nl/movies/overview/ for more information and bookings.

⚽ Game On: Sports & Recreation

Open water swimming. “The swimming area at the Coupure has been attracting residents and visitors for several years who want to take a refreshing dip or paddle for free. There is also a sports swimming area for distance swimming and a paddling pool for the little ones. Lifeguards keep an eye on things during opening hours. Provided you can swim and the water quality is good, you are allowed to enter the water.”  FREE. Opens 28 Jun. de Coupure (at the top of Predikherenrei), Bruges city centre. 28 Jun-31 Aug, 12:30-18:00. www.brugge.be/zwemmenindecoupure

🍻🎶 Bruges After Dark: Nightlife

Dub Revolution Open Air: Forward Fever with Kologne meets Roots Explosion.

“Roots Explosion" is a soundsystem from Bruges, Belgium that was founded in 2016. The crew consists of five core members and a range of regular MC’s with a common love for reggae music and soundsystem culture. Their main goal is to promote said culture and organize affordable and accessible dances for music lovers young and old. Roots Explosion is playing all kinds of Jamaican music, dubplates and homemade productions, with the emphasis on playing their hand built soundsystem like their predecessors used to do in the golden days of reggae music, when rub-a-dub riddims reigned the dance hall.

Roots Explosion has played at festivals like Couleur Café, Reggae Geel, Reggaebus Festival, Campo Solar, Humble Festival, Space Safari and Ardennes Soundsystem Weekender. The sound also played at international events in Hong Kong and The Netherlands. The Roots Explosion record label was founded in 2023, kicking off with a polyvinyl dubplate release (Wise Men & Roots Explosion – ‘Sanctuary’), followed by the first 7” (Emma – ‘Free’) in 2025.

Forward Fever was founded in the late 90’s Their first single, 'Rasta We Rasta' with Danny Red and Idren Natural became an anthem in the sound system world. Since then, Forward Fever has released plenty of tracks on labels such as Woodland, Indica Dubs, AbabaJahnoy, Woodland Records, Vibes Generator, Reservoir Dub and their own Forward Fever Recordings label.

Kologne (aka Singing Cologne) grew up in the countryside of Linstead, Jamaica and started singing at a young age. His talent was quickly noticed and he started performing at all kinds of events. In the late 80s, Kologne met producer Fatis 'Xterminator' Burrell. He introduced him to another big name in the reggae world, Sizzla. Sizzla took Kologne on a European tour, which led to a successful solo career. He recently released music on the Black Redemption, Iroko and Steppas Records labels and worked with greats such as Max Romeo, Linval Thompson, Rupert McKenzie, Roots Radics, Turbulence and Sidney Mills.” FREE. 28 Jun from 17:00. Cactus Cafe, Bargeweg 10.

https://www.cactusmusic.be/EN/Concerts/Calendar/dub-revolution-open-air

🌈 Family Fun: Events & Adventures

Feest in ‘t Park. Free Global Festival. “On Saturday June 28, Bruges’ Minnewater Park will once again be the setting for Feest in ‘t Park, the free global festival focusing on music, encounters, sustainability and children’s fun. With a current climate theme, an extensive family programme and an atmospheric musical programme, the 34th edition promises to be more than ever a feast for head and heart. Welcome on June 28 to the festival of connection and solidarity. Because Nothing Great Is Made Alone. See you then!”  FREE. 28 Jun, 12:00-01:00. Minnewaterpark. https://feestintpark.be/en/

Shopping Weekend in Bruges. “The Shopping Weekend in Bruges is a great opportunity to kick off the summer. During the last weekend of June, the shopping streets are made car-free, so you can enjoy the bargains and the cozy atmosphere undisturbed. Following annual tradition, the fifth edition of the West Bruges Classic Tour will take place on Sunday, June 29: a classic car ride that starts and arrives in the Smedenstraat.

For this edition, Steenstraat, Wollestraat, and Katelijnestraat (from Ankerplein) are car-free on Friday and Monday from 1:00 PM and on Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Smedenstraat, Geldmuntstraat, and Noordzandstraat are car-free on Friday and Monday from 1:00 PM and on Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Smedenstraat is also car-free on Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

In addition to the bargains and car-free streets, there is also a lot of (musical) entertainment provided during the Shopping Weekend. Shopkeepers are allowed to sell in front of their stores, which adds to the cozy atmosphere.”  27-30 Jun, 10:00-18:00.

Bar Visart. “For seven summers now, our container bar has been a fixture in Graaf Visartpark. Come by for a unique mix of peace, fun and summer cosiness in a green environment. The drinks are already fresh!” Opens 27 Jun, 16:00. Normal opening hours from 14:00 until 30 Aug. Graaf Visartpark. https://barvisart.com/

Atelier Matinée, Concertgebouw (Concert hall). The entrance hall of the Concertgebouw transforms into a play, craft, and discovery zone on (almost) every Sunday morning. FREE, next on 29 Jun, 09:30. https://www.concertgebouw.be/nl/atelier-matinee-en-workshops

Concertgebouw tours. The concert hall offers tours of its architecture and (sound) art exhibition. https://www.concertgebouw.be/nl/concertgebouw-circuit Guided tours are available on some days, including on 29 Jun. Tickets: €6-12, FREE for children under 6. Concertgebouw ('t Zand 34.) https://ticketshop.ticketmatic.com/concertgebouw/shop

🌤️🌧️ Weather

Most sunny weather is forecast, with some rain. Daytime temperatures expected are in the 20s°C including a 30°C+ on Tuesday (1 Jul). ☀️

Find latest forecasts covering Bruges at: https://www.meteo.be/en/belgium