Evenitto's guide · the whole of Belgium
Christmas concerts 2026
December is the busiest month of the concert year: Messiah and Bach's Christmas Oratorio in churches and halls across the country, carols by candlelight, The Nutcracker with a live orchestra and New Year's concerts to close the year. The popular ones sell out early.
What you'll hear
Handel
Messiah
Handel's oratorio, from 'Comfort ye' to the Hallelujah chorus. Some performances invite the audience to sing along.
Bach
Christmas Oratorio
Six cantatas for the Christmas season, often played as two concerts of three, with trumpets and timpani from the first bar.
Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker
Tchaikovsky's ballet, with a live orchestra or as a concert suite: the Sugar Plum Fairy, the snowflakes and the waltz of the flowers.
Choirs
Carols & candlelight
Choirs singing carols in candlelit churches, from English Nine Lessons and Carols to Flemish kerstliederen.
Christmas concerts on the agenda11
Thu 20:00 · AMUZ (Festival van Vlaanderen Antwerpen) · Antwerpen
Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten & music by John Tavener & Arvo Pärt
From €29.00
Sat 17:15 · Sint-Annakerk · Oudergem
A Choral Christmas with BachWerk
From €15.00
Sat 18:00 · Eglise Sainte-Anne · Oudergem
A Choral Christmas
From €10.00
Sat 18:00 · Eglise Sainte-Anne · Oudergem
A Choral Christmas
From €10.00
Fri 20:00 · Eglise Notre-Dame des Grâces du Chant d'Oiseau · Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
Bach's Christmas Oratorio
Fri 20:00 · O.L.Vrouw van Genade (Vogelzangkerk) · Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
JS Bach's Christmas Oratorio, by Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus
Fri 16:00 · De Munt · Brussel
Christmas Carols
Fri 20:00 · De Munt · Brussel
