October in Gaume: 5 Things to Do This Week in Belgian Luxembourg
From Hayoung Choi's cello recital in Bertrix to the village fair at Ethe en f'Ethe — our picks for travellers exploring the Gaume region in October 2026.
October in Gaume: a Week for Wandering, Listening, Dancing
8 October 2026
The Gaume has slipped into its most beautiful autumn month. The beeches are turning copper, the terraces are emptying, and the villages are remembering how to throw a party. Here's what genuinely earns a night away from your cottage.
A cello in Bertrix, a lecture in Virton
The Centre culturel de Bertrix hosts Hayoung Choi tonight — a South-Korean cellist and First Prize laureate. Forty minutes of bow against string in a hall quiet enough to hear a leaf drop. At the same hour, the Musée gaumais plays host to Olivier Pestiaux's talk What if Nature Had Rights — vertiginous, and uncannily close to our own wooded hills.
Ethe en f'Ethe: four days of village life
From Friday 9 to Monday 12 October, Ethe en f'Ethe turns the village into an open-air stage: a giant omelette, an eighties-to-noughties dance, pétanque tournaments, a Polypockets gig. You show up in slippers, you leave muddy and full-hearted.
Oktoberfest in Rochehaut, mechanical bulls around Bouillon
For lighter fare, the Brasserie de Rochehaut brings back its Bavarian-style Oktoberfest from 9 October — local ale, pretzels, live brass. And for the thrill-seekers, a Bullriding spectacle rocks the weekend: dust, adrenaline, guaranteed laughter.
After the party
A glass of sparkling wine in hand, the drive home cuts through a Gaume dozing beneath the beeches. Everything settles there. Enjoy the week — and the outings.
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