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Leisure 15:02 30/04/2021 Last year was the first time in 30 years that the Iris Festival had to be cancelled. While formal speeches were made on this official Brussels community holiday, there was no big public party the likes of which Brussels residents have come to know and love over the decades. That will not happen this year. While it will look and feel very different, there will be an Iris Festival next weekend – and beyond. “The Iris Festival is an official community holiday in the Brussels region,” says Jeroen Roppe of tourist agency Visit Brussels. “It’s on 8 May, which is Victory in Europe Day, marking the end of the Second World War. It was adopted as Brussels’ ‘feast day’ in 2003.” ....