CC Belgica, Cultural center in Dendermonde, Belgium

CC Belgica is a cultural center and theater in Dendermonde that hosts theater productions, concerts, lectures, and film screenings. The main hall accommodates around 300 people on the ground level, with a balcony seating approximately 100, and includes accessible spaces for wheelchair users.

The building was erected in the 1920s by NV Burgerskring on the site of former mayor and minister Leo De Bruyn's home, designed by city architect Ferdinand De Ruddere as Cinema Belgica, named after a balloon launched at the Dendermonde fair. From 1928 it hosted plays, music and silent films accompanied by an orchestra; it was renamed Ciné-Theater Belgica in 1930, Kinema Belgica in 1934, and Ciné Belgika in 1945 until the cinema closed in 1984. The city bought it and, after conversion and extension works, opened it as CC Belgica on 14 September 1996. A thorough renovation followed from 2020 to 2022, incorporating the neighbouring Huis Van Winckel.

The name Belgica comes from a balloon launched in Dendermonde during the fair in the early 1920s; the cinema that opened in the building took it over. From 1928 the auditorium hosted plays and music performances, while silent films upstairs were accompanied by an orchestra. Since 2015 the nearby Steenpoort hall of the former Sint-Blasiusgasthuis has operated as the concert venue Belgica BiS.

CC Belgica stands on Kerkstraat, on the site of the former home of mayor and minister Leo De Bruyn. The 2020-2022 renovation incorporated the neighbouring Huis Van Winckel into the complex. The concert hall Belgica BiS, opened in October 2015, occupies the former Sint-Blasiusgasthuis buildings on the same street.

The name Belgica comes from a balloon launched over Dendermonde at the kermis in the early 1920s; the cinema that opened in this building took its name from it. The building was designed by city architect Ferdinand De Ruddere on the site of the former home of mayor and minister Leo De Bruyn.