October Colours in Gaume: Four Escapes You Cannot Miss This Weekend
From an equestrian theatre show near Bertrix to an autumn festival close to Bastogne, Belgium's Gaume and Ardennes provinces offer an October 2026 weekend full of texture, flavour, and melody.
A Weekend of October, Told in Textures
Autumn in Gaume is not a story you hear; it is a landscape you walk through. The undergrowth turns amber, villages set their tables, and the Belgian Ardennes province delivers, this 3 and 4 October, a programme that tastes of simple, well-made things.
D'Or et Sang: When the Horse Becomes Theatre
Saturday evening, the Cultural Centre in Bertrix welcomes Tempo d'Éole, a circus-and-theatre troupe with horses. A performance where mane and voice intertwine — D'Or et Sang. An evening in Gaume that lingers long after the curtain falls.
Foraging, the Slow Art of Walking
A short drive from the forest paths around Torgny, guide Hedwige Lauriks leads a mushroom identification walk through the Gaume woods. Seven euros, a basket, leaves crunching under boots. Autumn distilled. Booking mandatory at the Tourist Office.
Blues by the Semois
Further south, in the Pays de Bouillon, Cabaret La Poulie hosts Lightnin' Bug tonight. They call him a 'torrid, feverish Belgium' in human form — Lightnin'Bug concert. Twelve euros for a drink, a trance, and a night that rings true.
Autumn Festival in Sainte-Ode, Sunday
The next day, Sainte-Mère-Église square dresses in seasonal colour for the second edition of the 2026 Autumn Festival. Markets, artisans, long strolls. A perfect family Sunday, just a few kilometres away.
And should the evening catch you on the road home, the doors at Gîtes-Gaume are open, the hearth crackling, the October fields hushed outside.
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