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Les Nuits Botanique

33rd edition of Botanique's wide-ranging music festival, 100+ acts across indoor and outdoor stages.

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Activate sponsorships and experiential marketing around a major multi-day music festival with 100+ acts to drive brand awareness and direct ticket/hospitality sales.

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  • Festival lineup reveals and artist spotlights to build anticipation
  • Behind-the-scenes festival prep and stage setup content
  • Attendee experience guides (camping, parking, food vendors)
  • Post-festival user-generated content campaigns and photo contests

Programme

Les Nuits Botanique is a 12-day cutting-edge music festival in the heart of Brussels from May 14 to May 31, 2026, featuring more than 100 bands and artists across 3 different stages and visual arts. Held at the historic Le Botanique, the 33rd edition adopts a three-stage format with a single ticket system, allowing audiences to move freely between performances across the venue's concert halls, greenhouses and outdoor spaces. Since 1988, Les Nuits Botanique has marked the symbolic opening of Belgium's festival season, with artists representing over a dozen countries and genres ranging from metal and hip-hop to avant-garde jazz and experimental pop.

Line-up
Ino Casablanca, Mura Masa, Shame, Solann, Liniker, Mari Froes, The Garden, Nubya Garcia, Smerz, Red Fang, YOB, Folie's, Danny L Harle, SUUNS, Béesau, Papooz, Flora FischbachIsaac, Nilusi, Blasé, Papooz, Fishbach, Léonie Pernet, Camille Yembé (Francophone Pop)YOB, The Sword, Earthless, Warning, Ufomammut, Blackwater Holylight, Jarboe, Red Fang, Hermano, King Buffalo, Acid King, GAUPA (Metal weekends)Nubya Garcia, anaiis, Béesau, duendita, Zé Ibarra, Arno Sacco (Jazz/Soul/Folk closing, 31 May)14–17 May
  • More than 100 bands and artists across 3 stages with visual arts installations
  • Free movement between concert halls, greenhouses and outdoor spaces with single-ticket access
  • Daily musical identity spanning hip-hop, punk, indie, electronic, pop, jazz, soul and folk
  • Weekday concerts from 18:30, weekend starts earlier
  • upgraded outdoor scenography and sustainable hospitality areas
  • Monumental visual art installations (Capsule and Outre-Tombe by Maëlle Dufour) with kaleidoscopic reflective surfaces and dynamic light effects throughout the park
  • Themed programming: Opening Garden Party & Metal focus (14–17 May), Francophone Pop & Rock (24 May), Brazilian & Global Pop (27 May), Alternative Pop (29 May), Jazz/Soul/Folk finale (31 May)
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