Ghent
Festivals and Events
- Winter Festivities
- In December, Ghent city centre is turned into a winter wonderland, with an ice-skating rink, a Christmas market and a giant Ferris wheel in front of the cathedral.
- Address:
- Korenmarkt, Sint-Baafsplein,
- City Pavilion
- 9000
- Gent
- Licht Festival
- The Light Festival is a dazzling light show in the city centre, in which historical buildings are transformed into palaces of light. Usually held the last weekend in January.
- Address:
- City Center
- 9000
- Gent
- Jazz Festival
- The Gent Jazz Festival is an 8-day long festival, which takes place every July at the Bijlokesite, attracting 40,000 swinging cats & jazz-cognoscenti.
- Address:
- Bijlokesite
- 9000
- Gent
- Polé Polé Festivals
- This festival takes place during the Ghent Festival's '10-Days Off' in July. World music, vibrant performances and a whole lot of dance thrown are into the mix.
- Address:
- Lammerstraat 19
- 9000
- Gent
-
+32 (0) 9 356 67 10
- OdeGand
- Every September, OdeGrand arrives, letting you enjoy great music & impressive acts, along the canals of Ghent. You can even go from one concert to the next by boat.
- Address:
- City Center
- 9000
- Gent
- Film Festival Ghent
- October is movie-time in Ghent, with this festival showing more than 100 feature-films & 30 short-films from around the globe - attracting an audience of over 130,000.
- Address:
- Leeuwstraat 40b
- 9000
- Gent
-
+32 (0) 9 221 90 74
- Gentse Feesten
- This is a 10-day celebration that takes over the entire of Ghent. Often compared to Munich's Oktoberfest & Valencia's Las Fallas as 1 of the largest in Europe.
- Address:
- City center
- 9000
- Gent
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