Welcome to a world of fandom fun!
Every edition, FACTS offers more than a weekend’s worth of surprising and memorable activities. From high-tech karting and video games to active workshops and beautiful exhibitions. What will you discover behind the foliage of the FACTS Forest? Let’s push the branches aside to discover, meet & play!
PLEASE NOTE
that this is just a highlight overview. In reality, you’ll have much, much more to do than what is listed here. Have fun!
NEW
RPG / LARP ZONE
Enter a new zone where pirates, elves, and mages have gathered for unique role-playing-game experiences.
Stay tuned for details!
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Book Trade Closet
Store your book and take one from the FACTS community. Check which surprise trades the Reading Realm has for you!
Collector Zone Expansion
Even more vintage.
Even more fun.
Browse through decades of geek merchandise, games, LEGO sets & other goodies in private collections!
Wizard Scroll Workshop
The Compendium introduces a new workshop: Spell Scrolls. Decorate them with fantasy symbols, spells, & details. Also check out their magic wands, spell books, pocket watches, dice set holders, quills, potions, and elaborate headpieces.
Team Urbanus (Saturday)
Artist Willy Linthout, writer Ann Smet, and inker Steven de Rie present their latest Urbanus album in the Artist Alley. Urbanus can’t attend, but he pre-signed 50 albums for the lucky few.
Exclusive Star Wars Exhibition
✅ 50+ original items from the production of Star Wars
✅ 30+ mannequins, robots, & creatures
✅ Private collection items
Presented to you by the SciFi Builder Club
Bridgerton-style dancing
The dancers of Power & Petticoats teach you regency dance workshops. Shake those chemise dresses and pantaloons like it’s the early 1800’s, in a ballroom setting.
Assassin's Creed booth
Celebrate this established gaming icon together with a new fan club in the Fan Village! Expect costumes, props, and other ways to immers yourself in this universe.
The Kid You Not Spot (18+)
Everything that is only to be enjoyed by grown-ups, from horror and adult-oriented cosplayers to cocktail bars. Rosy cheeks guaranteed!
FACTS' Reading Realm
A Geek Market area that groups up most book & comic stores and their guest authors.
Cosplay guests, shows, & activities
Cosplay competitions, experts giving tips and inspiration in interesting panels, and more magical moments.
Creator Zone: Local artists & designers
Hundreds of smaller artists and design specialists gather here to sell their hand-made wares. From wooden dice boxes to cute pins and everything in between.
The Geek Market
About 20.000 m² of geeky merch, gadgets and other surprising products await in FACTS’ main hall. Prepare your treasure hunt!
Fan Meet-ups
Meeting your geek tribe was never easier! Organise or join a themed fan meet-up using this handy overview.
Board Game Activities
Roll the dice, place the cards, set your pawns. These zones will house everything you need to play classic and brand new board, card & role-playing games.
Meet a Belgian LEGO designer
In honour of Hocus Pocus actor Doug Jones, Amber Veyt, the designer of the Hocus Pocus LEGO set, joins the FACTS party on Saturday for autographs!
(Saturday only)
Already excited? There's even more to discover!
CREATOR ZONE: LOCAL ARTISTS & DESIGNERS
💙 About 180 amazingly talented local artists & designers amaze you with their hand-made creations in Hall 5.
From Pokémon pocket terras and geeky jewelry to fandom art, crochet, ocarinas and wooden engravings,
you’ll find what you didn’t know you needed, right here!
Fan Village
Celebrate fandom with the biggest experts and nostalgic decors!
Take pictures with amazing props and other unexpected photo opportunities,
participate in fandom themed activities, and discover new ways to escape reality.
More Harry Potter zones
🎩 Get sorted in a Hogwarts house in the official Sorting Ceremony of The Belgian Potterheads! Go for even more of a magical experience with the gaming, board gaming, papercraft, and coloring zones.
Dungeons & Dragons, Board Games, & more!
🎲 The D&D is larger than ever at FACTS! Natural 20 adventures await in the Dungeons & Dragons campaigns of D&D Belgium and D&D Vlaanderen, in LARP experiences, dedicated vending booths, and tons of other ways!
Star Wars Zones, Props & Exhibitions
💥 Yelling and rolling R2-D2’s, stoic Mandalorians, glaring Stormtroopers, life-like props and decors, you can find tons of amazing Star Wars activities and photo opportunities throughout FACTS. Check it out!
Big LEGO builds
🧱 Fanclubs BeLUG and The Brickantiers bring incredible and detailed LEGO with characters and scenes from your favourite franchises. Watch them from a nose-length and get transported to another world immediately!
Cosplaying fanclubs
👀 FACTS is where fiction comes to life, and the cosplaying fanclubs are a prime example. Enter the universes of Dragon Ball, Marvel, DC, One Piece, Disney princesses & more, with realistic costumes & props.
Miniatures & models
🖌️ Battlefields full of tiny warriors, detailed warzones, carefully assembled space mechs,… Let the palm of your hand be a source of magic!
Retro arcade zones
🎮 Let nostalgia take control and take place in front of dozens of cool bits & bytes. Follow the bleeps and bloops to this retro zone!