Top events in Antwerp this week: 15–22 November 2026
Antwerp has 24 events on this week. Most of them are concerts and ballet and dance performances, with some theatre performances too. Here is what is on, who it suits and how to plan your days out.
For music fans
Choose between Santiago Cruz at Espace Lumen (Sunday, 20:00), Interpol + Bloc Party | be•at Premium Bistronomy Experience at Forest National - Legacy Lounge (Wednesday, 18:00) and Interpol + Bloc Party – Co-headline Tour at Vorst Nationaal/Forest National (Wednesday, 18:00), plus 7 more in the listings above.
Something different
There is one pick: Jiro Taniguchi at Fondation Folon (Tuesday to Sunday).
For ballet and dance lovers
Choose between Isabelle Beernaert | Rouge - Try-out at Cultuurcentrum Zwaneberg (Tuesday, 20:15), The 4 Seasons - Ballet at Stadsschouwburg Antwerpen (Thursday, 20:00) and Cinderella at Stadsschouwburg Antwerpen (Saturday, 19:00).
For a night at the theatre
Choose between Evita - 50 years, the golden jubilee at Stadsschouwburg Antwerpen (Sunday, 15:00) and De Spiekpietjes 2026 at Stadsschouwburg Antwerpen (Sunday, 11:30, 15:00).
For sports fans
There is one pick: Windrose Giants Antwerp - Val-Dieu Spirou Basket at Lotto Arena Antwerpen (Saturday, 20:00).
Planning your days out
Most start between 17:00 and 20:00.
Sunday is the busiest day, with 7 events.
Antwerp this week: quick answers
What’s on in Antwerp this week?
24 events, including Evita - 50 years, the golden jubilee at Stadsschouwburg Antwerpen, Santiago Cruz at Espace Lumen and Jiro Taniguchi at Fondation Folon.
Which venues are busiest?
Stadsschouwburg Antwerpen (6 events), Fondation Folon (6 events) and Vorst Nationaal/Forest National (4 events).
Where to go in Antwerp: events, concerts and shows worth your night
Antwerp is Belgium’s fashion and diamond city and, at night, its best for going out: a cathedral of a railway station, an opera house, the country’s largest arena, and a club scene in the old docks that runs late. Below is where to go in Antwerp for a night out, with addresses, and what tends to be on when.
Concerts and live music in Antwerp
De Roma (Turnhoutsebaan 286, Borgerhout, deroma.be), a restored 1928 cinema run by volunteers, is the venue with the best atmosphere in the city, for concerts, comedy and film. Trix (Noordersingel 28) takes the touring rock and indie, and the Sportpaleis the arena tours; the Koningin Elisabethzaal by the station is home to the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra.
Antwerp nightlife: Het Zuid, the docks and the centre
Het Zuid, around the museum of fine arts, has the bars and terraces; the old docks to the north, the Eilandje, the larger clubs; and the streets around the cathedral the cafés that stay open late. Belgian licensing runs late, with many bars open until 4 am and clubs until morning. The trams stop around midnight; night buses take over at weekends.
Opera, theatre and dance in Antwerp
The Opera Antwerpen (Frankrijklei 1), a Flemish opera house with a gilded 1907 auditorium, stages opera and Ballet Vlaanderen from September to June with surtitles in English. The Stadsschouwburg takes the musicals and the deSingel arts centre the international dance and theatre.
Museums and galleries in Antwerp for an evening
The KMSKA (Leopold de Waelplaats 1), the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, reopened in 2022 after a decade of rebuilding, and the MAS on the docks (Hanzestedenplaats 1) has a free rooftop with the best view in the city. The M HKA is the contemporary museum in Het Zuid, and the Rubens House in the centre reopens after restoration; museums stay open late on the last Wednesday of the month.
Antwerp festivals and events by season
- Winter: the Christmas market and the Winter in Antwerp programme from December, and the Bollekesfeest in August.
- Spring: the Antwerp 10 Miles run in April, and the museum and gallery openings around Art Antwerp.
- Summer: the Zomer van Antwerpen, a summer-long programme of open-air theatre, circus and concerts, and Antwerp Pride in August; Tomorrowland in nearby Boom in July.
- Autumn: the opera and ballet seasons opening in September, and the Film Fest Gent nearby in October.
Things to do in Antwerp tonight and this weekend
The listings above are the live version of all this: every concert, show, club night and exhibition on in Antwerp tonight, tomorrow and this weekend, with times, prices and tickets, updated every hour.
