New Year's Eve 2026 (oud en nieuw) · Belgium
Where to see the new year in
Parties and fuiven, New Year's concerts, the oudejaarsconference and the New Year's dive, plus the public fireworks, drone and light shows and countdowns we can confirm, in a country where every municipality sets its own fireworks rules.
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Fireworks on New Year's Eve: it depends on your municipality
In Belgium your municipality decides whether and when you may set off fireworks: the Brussels-Capital Region bans them on its whole territory, Bruges and Mechelen ban them even on New Year's night, and Ghent allows them only for a short while after midnight, if at all. The rules change from year to year, so check your municipality before you buy. The rules →
Shows on New Year's Eve
Public shows and countdowns on 31 December, confirmed ones first.
No public show is confirmed yet. We add one as soon as the city or the organiser announces it.
By city
Every big city has a page of its own.
The night on Evenitto
Parties, dinners and concerts on 31 December that you can book on Evenitto.
Thu, 31 Dec, 18:30
New Year's Gala Dinner
The Dominican, Leopoldstraat 9, Brussel
€129.00
Thu, 31 Dec, 19:00
NEW YEAR'S EVE Dinner and Dance
Plein Publiek BXL, Kunstberg 5, Brussel
Thu, 31 Dec, 19:30
Great Medieval New Year
Le Roy d'Espagne, Brussels
€120.99
Thu, 31 Dec, 21:00
Fireworks New Year 2027
Atomium, Atomiumplein 1, Laken
Thu, 31 Dec, 22:00
Verknipt NYE Antwerp
Garage Klub, Noorderlaan 72, Antwerpen
Thu, 31 Dec, 22:00
Acidelics NYE
Cotton Cube, Hurstweg 8, Gent
From €25.99
Thu, 31 Dec, 23:55
MIRADOR NYE
Woom, Carnotstraat 90, Antwerpen
From €29.00
Sun, 3 Jan, 11:00 · 2 sessions
Belgian National Orchestra, Seal & Thing Helseth
Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Ravensteinstraat 23, Brussel
Oudejaarsconference 2026
The oudejaarsconference and the year-end shows of Flemish comedians and cabaret artists in theatres, from October to December.
New Year's concerts
Waltzes, polkas and big orchestras around the turn of the year, from New Year's Eve into the first weeks of January.
Good to know
Can I set off fireworks myself on New Year's Eve?
Your municipality decides. Belgium has no nationwide ban, but the Brussels-Capital Region bans fireworks on its whole territory, Ghent only allows them on New Year's night between midnight and 1 a.m., and Bruges and Mechelen banned them on New Year's night too at the end of 2025. In the Flemish provincial capitals they are as a rule only allowed at organised shows. The rules change every year: look up your municipality's police regulation.
Read moreWhere can I see fireworks without setting them off myself?
At a public show. Cities and organisers put on fireworks, drone or light shows and countdowns. Our list has every public show we know of, by city.
Read moreDo trains and buses run on New Year's Eve?
It differs from year to year and from operator to operator. Check that night's timetable in the app of NMBS/SNCB, De Lijn or, in Brussels, MIVB/STIB beforehand.
Read moreWhen is the New Year's dive?
In early January. The best known is the one on the beach of Ostend, usually on a Saturday in the first days of January; other coastal towns have a dive too. The dives we know of are on the New Year's dive page.
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