Leuven beKOORt 2024
Sunday, September 22 - 50 choirs - 22 locations - free festival
Fancy a singing Sunday? Welcome to Leuven beKOORt!
Sing, listen, watch, experience and stroll during the second edition of Leuven beKOORt.
We join forces with KOORUWEL again for a city full of choral sounds.
50 choirs will perform on 22 stages on one Sunday afternoon. They come from Leuven, Brabant, Flanders, Wallonia and the Netherlands. Between 1:30 pm and 5 pm, each choir will sing two 30-minute concerts on two different stages in the city centre. The stages are located within walking distance, between the ‘boarding stations’ town hall, Olevodroom and Damiaanplein.
As a closing event, all the choirs will gather on the Grote Markt at 5:30 pm. Together, they will sing a new composition written for Leuven beKOORt by Pieter Nevejans, the conductor of Kooruwel.
You can attend these 100 concerts free of charge. As a visitor, you can choose from very diverse styles and sounds: from Gregorian chant and classical over world music to pop and rock. Also discover surprising venues, inside and outside, in the Leuven city centre. Relaxing with a drink and eating a bite is also part of this polyphonic day!
Every two years, Leuven beKOORt opens the cultural season of 30CC.
The choir festival is thus a new tradition and is already planning its third edition in September 2026.
Welcome, see them sing.
Programme schedule
Who is singing where and when? Our handy schedule will set you on the right track!
Practical info
Discover all locations and our practical tips to fully enjoy this singing Sunday!
Participating choirs
An alphabetical overview of all 50 participating choirs, in all possible styles.
Wanted: volunteers!
We are still looking for enthusiastic volunteers to make Leuven beKOORt a blissful singing Sunday.
Would you like to help guide choirs and audience on 22 September?
Sign up via info@leuvenbekoort.be!
Credits 2024
organisation 30CC & KOORUWEL
in cooperation with the city of Leuven, 80 volunteers, 50 choirs and more than 1,500 singers
with thanks to the Damiaancentrum, the Holy Trinity College, the Holland College, the Irish College, the KU Leuven, the Paridaens Institute, PhotoTWENS, arts centre STUK, the Dijlehof residential care home, the SLAC word department, the Water Group and Koor&Stem vzw
with the support of De Zondag and Stella Artois