The first live season is out

News 15.09.2026

Three people lie on benches, while a fourth person spins in the foreground during the performance of IT NEVER SSST by Miet Warlop. — © Reinout Hiel

Kanal is alive! Discover its live programme full of performance, dance, film, music and sound in all its forms, with various festivals and a film club to boot. An invitation to come together, experiment and imagine what a museum can be.

Protocols for opening the museum

© Sharon Hayes, In The Near Future, 2009.

Film Klub

Audience seated watching a black-and-white projection in a dark room. — © Veerle Vercauteren

BILDY Collective and Einat Tuchman

BILDYin

Yser print coop

WERKER Collective

Printing supplies. — © WERKER Collective

Brussels Ass Book Fair

A person taking off their trousers and showing their bottom, with a red and yellow filter. — © Walter Van Beirendonck

Andrew Graham

Bal BRUT

Group of people dancing under colourful lighting at an event. — Bal BRUT © Sofie De Backere

Bal BRUT invites everyone onto the dance floor to celebrate the idea of mixité. Because every body is vulnerable and – at best – only temporarily able.

Ant Hampton

Time Based Editions #4 – All the Downtime

Person holding a book and a speaker during a performance lit in red light. — © Joerg Groeger, 2026

In a controlled, algorithm-driven environment, a sudden power cut becomes a moment of liberation and an opportunity to put our senses back to work.

Claire Croize / ECCE

The Round

Group of children taking part in a dance activity in front of an audience. — The Round © Koen Broos, 2025

In this dance performance, eight children from Brussels explore ideas like community and solidarity, as well as their personal experiences.

Film as told by

Film as told by, a monthly series exploring the past, present and future of film.

Ula Sickle

A choreographic exhibition

Personne manipulant un grand tissu noir dans un espace sombre. — Ula Sickle, Relay, 2018. NW Aalst, 2025. © Studio Pramudiya | NPI

Ula Sickle shows how gestures can carry social and political meaning, ranging from protest and solidarity to exhaustion and fatigue.

La Candidate Sans-Papiers and Anna Rispoli

Struggle Care Joy – Summit of the Alliance

A performer kneels on a red stage in a public square, holding a red hairdryer connected by a cord, with a city street and audience in the background. — © Rita Maria Habib

Harald Beharie

Trilogy: Batty Bwoy, Undersang, Sweet Spot

Person curled up on a table covered with a red mat in a dark space. — Harald Beharie, Batty Bwoy, 2022. © Julie Hrncirova

A unique opportunity to experience the complete trilogy by emerging choreographer and performer Harald Beharie, in which queerness and the body become tools for resistance and transformation.

Ictus

Instrument Room

Somebody playing music. — Valentina Magaletti © Dieter Duevelmeyer

Miet Warlop

IT NEVER SSST

Four people dressed in black are positioned on wooden bleachers during a performance. — Miet Warlop © Reinout Hiel, 2026, Belgian Pavilion - Venice Biennale

Following a memorable turn at the 61st Venice Biennale, Miet Warlop brings her acclaimed work to Kanal, transforming the exhibition space into an arena where language and music collide.

Vermeir & Heiremans

7 Walks (Salon Monplaisir)

Statue suspended by a crane in front of a building façade. — © Davy Depelchin

Figures of Fascism and Antifascist Solidarities

Study days

Three people raise their fists behind a banner displaying the text ‘Solo Hay Resurrec..’. — COROCUERPO, a performance by Mari Lyn Diniz & Dora García. Performers: Amanda Araújo, Helen Bogado, Lola Callejas, Milah Lorsalles i Soltanaterra. © Alice Brazzit for Museu Tàpies

Millenium Film Festival

Seppe Baeyens

Kosmos

Become the co-creator of a collaborative choreography that takes you on a journey through the entire building, from the public spaces to the museum galleries and back again.