Les Brigittines is a performing arts venue in central Brussels that also hires its spaces for general assemblies, conferences, meetings, seminars, product launches, drinks and company evenings. The main room is a baroque chapel with a retractable tiered seating block of 187 seats, and a second room adds 94 more. The site is on Petite Rue des Brigittines, between the Marolles and the Sablon districts.
Seminars and company events
The venue lists the uses it welcomes: general assemblies, conferences, meetings and seminars, product launches, drinks, new year receptions, team buildings and company parties, as well as film and photo shoots. Because the venue is first a theatre and dance house, the rooms come with tiered seating and a stage-like set up that suit a plenary session or a presentation to an audience. The seating can be retracted when a group prefers an open floor for a standing reception. An event contact handles requests directly and answers questions on availability and layout.
Rooms and capacities
- The Chapelle baroque: the main room, with modular, retractable tiered seating of 187 seats.
- The Mezzo room: a smaller hall with retractable tiered seating of 94 seats.
- The Hall: a bright and modular space, used as the entrance and reception area.
- The Studio: a room with a very large window and a view over the surroundings.
- The Bar and the kitchen: both described as fully equipped, which allows a drink or a catered moment next to the event rooms.
The venue does not publish a total guest count for a standing event, so organizers should ask for the figure for their own layout.
Accommodation
There is no hotel on site. The venue does, however, have several apartments in what it calls the Résidence, about twenty meters from the main building. They are used for artists, and the site presents them as available to the venue's own events, so speakers or guests traveling a long way can be offered a place to stay close by. Availability should be checked with the event contact.
Catering
The bar and the kitchen are part of the rooms offered for hire. The site does not name a caterer or describe menus, so the choice between using the venue's own equipment and bringing in an outside provider should be discussed when you send your request. Many good restaurants are a few minutes' walk away, a point the venue itself makes.
History and setting
The name refers to the Brigittines, and the chapel that anchors the venue is baroque in style. Today the place is a Brussels center for contemporary performing arts, with a public program of shows, a professional network, workshops for audiences and support for artists in creation. Hiring the rooms places a company event inside that active cultural setting.
Getting there
The venue is at Petite Rue des Brigittines 1, 1000 Brussels, in the center of the city between the Marolles and the Sablon. The official site gives these walking times: 15 minutes from Brussels-Midi station, 15 minutes from the Place de la Bourse and 15 minutes from the Mont des Arts. The reception desk is open Monday to Friday, 10:00 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 18:00. A page on the site covers access for people with reduced mobility.
