Inside Expressions Mixtes: a larger festival of queer narratives

The Expressions Mixtes festival was born from a documentary series on LGBTQIA+ experiences in Belgium and has since grown into an annual event at the Centre Culturel Bruegel. Each June, it offers performances, screenings, workshops, debates and concerts that highlight the diversity of identities and backgrounds within the queer community.

For the 2026 edition, Expressions Mixtes unfolds in Brussels over several days, with stage programming at Bruegel – dance, concerts, performances, slam – and parallel activities including the Salon du Livre Queer & LGBTQIA+. The book fair fits naturally into this ecosystem: it gives words, languages and printed objects the same centrality that other parts of the festival give to bodies, images and sounds.

A queer‑affirming space in the heart of Brussels

Beyond its cultural dimension, the Salon du Livre Queer & LGBTQIA+ aims to be a safer and affirming space where people can browse books without having to justify their pronouns, their relationships or the labels they use (or refuse). It is a place to find stories about transition, migration, disability, race, sex work, family, desire or faith – all from queer perspectives, without being reduced to a single “issue”.

For Brussels, a city already rich in queer nightlife and community spaces, an event like this helps anchor literature as another field where LGBTQIA+ voices not only exist but take centre stage. Whether visitors leave with a signed novel, a risographed zine or simply a list of titles to read later, the fair’s main promise is simple: no one leaves without having heard at least one story that resonates a bit too closely.

Practical info

2e Salon du Livre Queer & LGBTQIA+ – Brussels
📅 Saturday 13 June 2026
📍 Centre Culturel Bruegel – Rue des Renards 1F, 1000 Brussels
🎟️ Free entry

The Salon is organised as part of the Expressions Mixtes – 3rd edition festival at Centre Culturel Bruegel in Brussels.

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