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On the evening of Friday 19 June, the Spanish group of the Femmes d'Europe Association invites you to a very special event where art and solidarity come together to create a truly unforgettable experience, held in celebration of the Association’s 50th anniversary.

Flamenco will take centre stage, featuring a powerful, emotional and beautifully expressive performance combining dance, singing and live music. 

All proceeds from the event will be fully dedicated to assisting those most vulnerable, particularly women and children.

“Fâmes de la Terre” is much more than a performance: it is an invitation to share culture, sensitivity and social commitment in a warm, carefully curated and authentic atmosphere, accompanied by a selection of tapas and beverages.

For more details see the poster below with QR link for tickets.

The Caledonian Society of Brussels has announced that their St. Andrew’s Ball will be back for 2026 and will take place on Saturday 28 November. The venue will be the Steigenberger Wiltcher’s Hotel on Avenue Louise in Brussels and a ticket to the  ball will include a welcome drink, a three-course meal including wine and haggis, Scottish country dancing, musical entertainment and an open bar after the meal.

The CalSoc St Andrew’s Ball returned to Brussels last year, after a break of over ten years, and was a great success, with over 180 people attending. It was a great evening - from the wonderful hotel, the good food, the raffle with a huge range of fantastic prizes through to the lively dancing provided by the original Brussels-based Scottish ceilidh band, The Hoggies! No previous Scottish dancing experience is necessary as all dances will be explained on the night

Since capacity is limited, and the ball sold out by the end of June last year, grab a ticket asap! To register your interest, send an email to calsocbrussels@gmail.com , including your contact details. The CalSoc will then get back to you with payment instructions. Once payment is received, your seat at the ball will  be confirmed subject to availability.

Ticket prices are €150 each or €1450 for a table of 10.

Serve the City’s superb Second-hand English Book Sale will set up shop again at Stonemanor’s Everberg store on Saturday 13 June 2026.

Enjoy browsing in a great environment, bring your old books and/or buy others. You will find fiction, non-fiction and children’s books! The books are sold by the centimetre at with prices starting at €2 from 1-5cm, and €1 from 5cms onwards – so its cheaper the more you buy!

Books will be on sale from 10h00 to 15h30 and books can be donated between 10h00 and 12h00. All funds raise go directly to Serve the City to support their ongoing volunteer projects across Belgium. More details on the Serve the City website.

And the Serve The City Pub Quiz night is back on Wednesday 17 June! Think you’ve got what it takes to win Brussels’ most fun trivia night? Then join STC for their Serve the City Pub Quiz for an evening full of laughs, friendly competition, and great vibes, all while supporting amazing community projects in Brussels!

Teams are 4–6 people with a donation of €15 per person. The venue is URSquare, Brussels and it all kicks off from 19h30. Bring your smartest friends (or just the funniest ones ) and reserve your spot before it fills up!

Registration via this link. 

In June the Brussels Light Opera Company (BLOC) will be presenting two one-act comic operas. Five performances are programmed from 11 to 14 June at GC de Bosuil in Overijse.

The one-act operas are ‘The Zoo’ and ‘Trial by Jury’.

In ‘At the Zoo’ we meet two young men, in love with different women. One man faces rejection from his beloved's father due to his low social status as an apothecary, while the other has a more favourable situation with a lady working at a refreshment stall. Following suicide attempts and dramatic revelations, will love prevail in the end?

In ‘Trial by Jury’ Edwin, having fallen in love with another woman, has jilted Angelina, who is suing him for Breach of Promise of Marriage. The Judge and Jury all favour Angelina. Edwin proposes to marry both women on consecutive days, to which Angelina objects, but in the end the Judge finds a solution which will satisfy everyone.

Get your tickets here.

Its that time of year again – time to fill in your Belgian Tax Return on your 2025 income. But how to do it? What is your tax residency status and what are the consequences? How do you declare foreign income? What information do you have to prepare or provide?

Fortunately, the Expat Welcome Desk (EWD) of the Brussels Commissioner’s office is organising a webinar (in English) on these topics from 12h00 noon on Tuesday 19 May 2026.

The webinar will be primarily focused on expats working for Belgian employers. The session will be moderated by Selma Mitri, Legal Advisor and EWD Manager and the speaker is Eric Laurent, Tax Consultant at ERYV.

The webinar is free but mandatory registration is required before Friday 15 May at 17h00. More information on the webinar can be found here.

And you can register via this link.

The access link for the webinar will be sent via e-mail to registrants one day before the event. Remember to check your spam!

Anyone with a Scottish Accent who fancies being part of an advertising campaign for Visit Flanders

11-12 May in Antwerp.

Contact - 

www.wewantyou.agency

On 9 May, people in cities across the world will come together in the quiet hours before dawn for Darkness Into Light, a powerful sunrise walk that shines a light on mental health, suicide prevention, and hope.

In Belgium, Darkness Into Light has once again chosen the CHS Helpline as its partner. That means all the money raised by the walk goes towards keeping this vital service running around the clock every day of the year. The CHS Helpline is a critical support for so many in their darkest moments.

You can join CHS and its supporters on the Darkness into Light walk on 9 May in Parc du Cinquantenaire, Brussels starting at 5 am to share a walk of hope.

The walk begins in darkness and ends as the sun rises – a symbol of remembrance, solidarity, and hope for the future. The walk remembers those who have died by suicide, honours the loved ones they left behind, and most importantly, supports the prevention of suicide and the promotion of mental well-being.

For more information and to sign up for the walk, please use this link and support this great cause.

For those outside Brussels, Darkness into Light walks will also take place on May 9 in Ghent, Leuven, Bruges, and Tervuren. Information about the starting points for those walks will be posted on the Darkness into Light page of the CHS website here.

See you there?

The BBCA works to be a focal point for the British and anglophone/ anglophile community in the Brussels area and surrounding regions organising events that are open to everyone and raising funds to support local charities.

All this is achieved through the work of volunteers who give their time to implement events, maintain our website and other activities.

We are always looking to do more to support the community but – to be frank – we are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain our current level of activities.

We need more helpers to lend a hand or two. We need you!

We need people to help set up events, to sell raffle tickets, help with stalls, and similar tasks. Whatever time you can spare would be useful to us. And it’s fun too!

We are also looking for people who can help run our organisation through the BBCA Council. In particular we are looking for a new Treasurer and a person to lead on Events from our 2026 Annual General Meeting that will take place in May.

And don't forget our Community Survey - have your say on what we do!

Click here to access the survey.

Our March 2026 e-Newsletter has just been published and sent to our members contact list.

In this issue we are launching a survey to find out what the community might want the BBCA to be organising and we are looking to recruit more volunteers to help us organise events and activities.

The survey takes just a couple of minutes to complete so take a look and tell us what you’d like us to be doing.

As ever the newsletter also highlights recent community news and forthcoming exciting community events including the BBCA / Stonemanor Moederdag event on 10 May - see you there!

You can access a pdf copy of the newsletter here. Enjoy!