Famous "religious" music festival with extensive side programme. Musica Sacra used to be a religious music festival but nowadays its programm has extended a lot. The international program covers music from the Dark Ages, the Renaissance, Baroque and ends with todays music. But Musica Sacra is not only music, also film, dais and expositions are shown during this weekend. Concerts and plays take place in historical locations in the centre of Maastricht. On Thursday September 26th there is a prelude. This year is the 28th edition of Musica Sacra.
In 1983 Musica Sacra started as ‘European Festival of Religious Music’ spread over four weekends. Nowadays it has developed into a compact, thematic, trailblazing arts festival, a sacral expedition. "Sacral" being more than the religion it used to be associated with.
