FACTS Fall 2026
Belgium's biggest pop-culture and gaming convention returns to Flanders Expo in Ghent on 31 October and 1 November 2026 for its autumn edition.
FACTS is Belgium's largest comic con and one of the bigger pop-culture weekends in Western Europe, and its autumn edition lands at Flanders Expo in Ghent on 31 October and 1 November 2026. The show runs twice a year in the same halls; the fall edition is traditionally the larger of the two.
The programme mixes video games and board games with comics, film and series fandom, cosplay, artists and a big retail floor. For players that mostly means hands-on gaming areas, tabletop tables, retro corners and a dealer hall where imports and merch are easier to find than in most regional shops - plus the cosplay scene that FACTS is known for.
For visitors from Croatia and the wider region it is a realistic weekend trip: Ghent sits between Brussels and the coast, with cheap rail from Brussels Airport. Tickets and the full line-up of guests and exhibitors are published on the official FACTS website closer to the date.
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