Antwerp Queer Arts Festival 2026

The Antwerp Queer Arts Festival is one of Belgium's most significant LGBTQ+ cultural events — a two-week programme of exhibitions, performances, film screenings, and events across Antwerp's museums and cultural venues, running in conjunction with Antwerp Pride. The festival engages with queer identity through visual art, theatre, dance, film, and photography at a curatorial level that makes it one of the standout LGBTQ+ cultural events in the Benelux region. Past editions have involved the Museum aan de Stroom (MAS), MoMu (fashion museum), the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, and various gallery spaces. The festival reflects Antwerp's position as one of Europe's most culturally ambitious cities.