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Botanique

A former botanical garden’s orangery turned multi-room concert complex, where a 650-capacity main hall sits beside an intimate rotunda and vaulted basement bar.

Upcoming shows
157
Address
236 Rue Royale, 1210 Bruxelles
Phone
02 218 37 32
Next show
Sun, 15 Nov 2026
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Botanique in Brussels

About Botanique

Botanique is a Brussels cultural centre and concert complex built into the former National Botanic Garden’s glass-and-stone main orangery. Its headline capacity is 650 standing in the Orangerie, while the same nineteenth-century structure also holds the circular Rotonde and vaulted Witloof Bar. That greenhouse setting gives gigs a markedly different frame from a purpose-built club, with concerts sharing the site with exhibitions and film programs.

A garden remade for stages

The present building rose between 1826 and 1829 for Brussels’ botanical garden, whose terraces opened in 1829. Botanical study occupied the site from 1829 to 1939; after decades in limbo, the French Community inherited the abandoned building in 1978, commissioned Atelier 20 for its renovation, and began cultural activity in January 1984. Botanique became the French Community’s cultural centre on January 23, 1984, preserving the exterior while adapting the interior for public performance. Its first Nuits Botanique festival arrived in September 1994, establishing the spring event that still expands performances into the gardens. One sharply dated early booking captures the scale of its 1990s programming: Oasis played Botanique in November 1994.

Choose your room

Botanique’s booking policy favors discoveries and career-building opportunities for emerging artists, alongside local and international performers. Its diary ranges across rock, indie, pop and electronic music, with folk, country and jazz also in the mix. Concerts use standing layouts unless a listing specifies seating. The Orangerie is the largest room at 650 standing or 340 seated; the Rotonde puts 300 standing listeners beneath its central dome, while the 200-capacity Witloof Bar brings shows into a vaulted, café-theatre-like cellar where Belgian chicory was developed.

Sources

  1. About us — Botanique
  2. Nos salles — Botanique
  3. Jardin Botanique — Brussels Gardens
  4. Historique — Botanique
  5. Oasis — Botanique

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