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Arlon Carnival (46th cavalcade)Michielverbeek · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Arlon Carnival (46th cavalcade)

Place Léopold, Arlon · Arlon, Belgium
Season25 February – 28 February 2027
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Cavalcade: €5, free for under-12s. Friday and Saturday balls: €10 at the door (advance sales available). Children's ball and Sunday ball free.

About the event

Arlon holds its carnival two weeks after Shrovetide, and it is the largest in Belgium's Luxembourg province. Thursday's opening at Café Les Cigognes includes the dressing of the stag, and on Friday evening there is a costume ball with a contest in the marquee on Place Léopold. On Saturday the children parade from Rue Paul Reuter to Place Léopold and have a free ball, while the new Carnival Prince is enthroned at the town hall before his Joyeuse Entrée at 3.30 pm; Guggenmusik bands play on Place Didier in the evening. On Sunday Gilles are out in town from the morning, the Grande Cavalcade brings together about fifty groups in the afternoon, and a final rondeau lit by Bengal fires closes the carnival at 8 pm.

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Dates and hours

Thursday 5.30 pm; Friday ball 9 pm to 3 am; Saturday from 1.30 pm (Joyeuse Entrée 3.30 pm, ball in the evening); Sunday cavalcade at 2.30 pm and final rondeau at 8 pm. End times for Thursday, Saturday and Sunday are not published; they are estimates (start + 3 h).

  • Thu 25 February — 17:30–20:30. Opening and dressing of the stag (Café Les Cigognes)
  • Fri 26 February — 21:00–03:00. Costume ball with contest, marquee on Place Léopold
  • Sat 27 February — 13:30–16:30. Children's parade, Carnival Prince enthroned, Joyeuse Entrée at 3.30 pm
  • Sun 28 February — 14:30–17:30. Grande Cavalcade; final rondeau with Bengal fires at 8 pm

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