Gracia Live unveils Brussels concert series

Belgium’s Gracia Live is launching a new outdoor concert series in the heart of the country’s capital city.

The Antwerp-based independent promoter will debut Brussels Palace Open Air this summer at the King’s Palace Square in Brussels city centre.

The inaugural edition will feature Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts, who will perform on 30 June as part of their Love Earth World Tour, with electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre then set to headline on 1 July.

“We’re very excited to launch this new outdoor site,” Gracia Live promoter Sam Perl tells IQ. “The idea is to have headline acts play every night supported by two other artists. For this first year, we wanted to limit it to two nights and we’re tremendously proud and honoured to have Neil Young and Jean-Michel Jarre as our first year headliners.

“It was very difficult to get the site. As you can imagine, the king likes his privacy and we’re playing in front of his palace!”

“It was very difficult to get the site. As you can imagine, the king likes his privacy and we’re playing in front of his palace! We hope that this is the start of something new, and agents can always reach me at all time – I’ll be looking for acts.”

Perl says Gracia Live is on course for its biggest year to date and is projecting 350,000 visitors for the Mundo Pixar Experience, which launches this month at Brussels Expo. The immersive exhibition has also pulled in 600,000 visitors in Madrid, Spain, and 350,000 in Barcelona.

The firm’s 2025 slate includes shows by the likes of Toto, Neil Young, Damiano David, John Fogerty, Jamiroquai, Andrea Bocelli, Duran Duran , Morrissey Will Smith, J Balvin, Jean-Michel Jarre and Disney On Ice, with others still to be announced.

“We have lots of exciting things happening,” adds Perl, who hinted another outdoor event was also in the offing for later in the summer.

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