Social Life / Parties and festivals

What’s going on in Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve!?

The numerous cultural events and parties are a part of the day-to-day for residents..  The list of events is long and student social life  has a significant role in the social and cultural life of the city.

Events

To list a few, the main events that take place each year in Louvain-la-Neuve are, among others:  

The “Welcome Spring Festival” music festival at the beginning of April
Ebullition a summer woods game festival, at the end of the academic year
The “Summer Festival and the beach from the end of July to the beginning of August
The “24 hour bike ride which generally begins around the 3rd Wednesday of October

The following take place in Ottignies:

African Night” in June in the Woods of Dreams
The “Festivals of Wallonia organized on the 3rd weekend of September in commemoration of the days from September 1830.  
The “Apple Festival” at the end of October in Céroux
The ”Halloween Festival”, October 30th starting at 6:30 pm in the  Woods of Dreams park.

Traditional folklore

But the folklore of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve doesn’t resume only at events.  The giants and folklore groups perpetuate the tradition and the memory of stories and legends of the city.
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