On December 16, it will be 82 years since the German army launched its last major offensive of the Second World War in our Belgian Ardennes. Various villages, towns and associations are organising a wide range of events and commemorations to remember this dark period in our history.
Below, you will find an overview of the various events and commemorative ceremonies taking place to mark the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.
Saturday 5 December 2026
- 10h00-17h00 – Joubiéval/Vielsalm – Bulge Relics Museum
Wednesday 9 December 2026
- 19h00 – Manhay/Grandménil – Screening documentary “Les civils dans le chaudron de la mort”
Thursday 10 December 2026
- 13h00-17h00 – Joubiéval/Vielsalm – Bulge Relics Museum
Friday 11 December 2026
- 10h00 – 18h00 – Bastogne – 101st Airborne Museum
- 11h30 – Bastogne – Inauguration monument 28th Infantry Division on Mardasson Hill
- 13h00-17h00 – Joubiéval/Vielsalm – Bulge Relics Museum
- 13h30 – Manhay/Grandménil – Convoy WWII vehicles
- 16h00 – Manhay/Grandménil – Ceremony monument 3rd Armored Division & 75th Infantry Division
- 19h30 – Manhay/Grandménil – Musical Evening Swing Field Unit & Tupelo Boys
- Bastogne War Museum
Saturday 12 December 2026
- 07h00 – Bastogne – Marche du Périmètre, walking tour of 7, 14 or 21 km
- 09h00-18h00 – Bastogne – Bastogne Barracks (vehicle- and artillery demonstrations, Tiger I tank and museum)
- 09h00 – Manhay/Grandménil – Military fair
- 09h00 – Manhay/Grandménil – Tour of WWII vehicles
- 09h30-19h00 – Bastogne – 101st Airborne Museum
- 10h00-17h00 – Joubiéval/Vielsalm – Bulge Relics Museum
- 10h00-17h00 – Bertogne – Reenactment HQ Company 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment in the Château of Rolley
- 14h00 – Manhay/Grandménil – Reenactment and pyrotechnics show
- 14h30 – Bastogne – Patriatoic parade and flower laying at monuments of McAuliffe and Patton
- 15h00 – Manhay/Grandménil – Concert Big Band of Sourbrodt
- 15h30 – Bastogne – Nuts throwing at city hall
- 20h00 – Manhay/Grandménil – Musical evening Trio Girly Swing & Tupelo Boys
- 20h00 – Bastogne – Bastogne Ball 44
- 20h00 – Bastogne – Concert Opus AR Big Band
- Bastogne War Museum
Sunday 13 December 2026
- 09h00-18h00 – Bastogne – Bastogne Barracks (vehicle- and artillery demonstrations, Tiger I tank and museum)
- 09h00 – Manhay/Grandménil – Military fair
- 09h30 – Manhay/Grandménil – Start WWII vehicle convoy
- 09h30-18h00 – Bastogne – 101st Airborne Museum
- 10h00-17h00 – Bertogne – Reenactment HQ Company 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment in the Château of Rolley
- 10h00-17h00 – Joubiéval/Vielsalm – Bulge Relics Museum
- 10h30 – Manhay/Grandménil – Church service Grandménil
- 11h00 – Noville – Church service and commemoration in church of Noville
- 14h00 – Manhay/Grandménil – Reenactment and pyrotechnics show
- 14h00 – Bastogne – Parade WWII vehicles
- 15h00 – Bastogne – Exposition WWII vehicles
- 15h00 – Manhay/Grandménil – Musical animation Trio Girly Swing
- Bastogne War Museum
Saturday 19 December 2026
- 13h00-17h00 – Joubiéval/Vielsalm – Bulge Relics Museum
Saturday 26 December 2026
- 10h00-17h00 – Joubiéval/Vielsalm – Bulge Relics Museum
Saturday 9 January 2027
- 09h00-14h00 – Thirmont – Walking tour 10 km
- 09h30 – Thirimont – WWII convoy
- 09h30 – Thirmont – Exposition of pictures of the Battle for Thirimont and Hill 551, with medical and command post
- 20h30 – Thirimont – Musical evening Tupelo Boys
Sunday 10 January 2027
- 08h00 – Thirimont – Military fair
- 08h00 – Thirimont – Exposition of pictures of the Battle for Thirimont and Hill 551, with medical and command post
- 08h00 – Thirimont – American and German vehicles present in the village. Walking tour of 3 kilometers through the village with didactic materials along the way
- 09h00 – Grand-Halleux – Marche des GOYAs, walking tour of 10 or 15 km
- 10h00 – Thirimont – Reenactment of the attack of the 30th Infantry Division against German paratroopers on Hill 551, including tanks
- 13h00 – Thirimont – Ceremony at the monument of the 30th Infantry Division
Saturday 23 January 2027
- 10h45 – Wereth – Flower laying a the monument of the murdered soldiers
- 15h00 – Rocherath – Flower laying at the monument of the 2nd Infantry Division
