Well met at our Events page! Please see our short list of ‘save-the-dates that precedes the listing of imminent events.
Oh, and lest we forget: a valid 2026 membership subscription (€40) is required to take part in events, so kindly ensure this has been settled.
SAVE THE DATES for your calendar:
- 20 April: Guided tour of the Court of Justice (see details below)
- 6 May: Talk by Professor Alan Bowman (Oxford) (see details below)
- 19 May, 19h. AGM followed by champagne Reception.
- 28 May: Concert & Crémant with classic Duo Avdieieva (see details below)
- 4 June: Tripartite Gala Dinner. at Belenhaff Golf de Luxembourg Junglingster, Theme: The Great Gatsby. This year, Cambridge will host.
- September (new Sep date to follow): Dinner-concert with Duo Natalia at Cercle Münster, followed by dinner.
- 3 December: 2026 OUSL Annual Christmas Gala Dinner – this has now become a fixture in our calendar, so do block that date in your calendar.
And now for the most IMMEDIATE EVENTS, one by one:
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19 March 2026: we are invited to a St. Gallen Symposium on: Finance in Times of Disruption. The Savings Union
We are delighted to be invited to join a St. Gallen Symposium which will be introduced by H.E Ambassador Benno Laggner and Carlo Thelen, Director General, Chambre de Commerce. The event begins at 18h and takes place at 7, rue Alcide de Gasperi, L-2981 Kirchberg. For more information, see invitation below
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24 March: New Members Welcome Drink at Atmos Bar & Restaurant in mid-town
We follow up on last year’s success of introducing a New Members’ Drink. We meet at the 1st. floor of Atmos Bar, to enjoy a glass of wine and some amuses bouches. This convivial setting will be ideal for old and new members to mingle and to get to know each other. New Members go
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4 April 2026: Yes – it’s the Boat Races!
Once again we are in the fortunate position to be invited to watch the Boat Races together with Camsoc in front of the multiplex home cinema at the home of Laurent and Cathy Frideres. Date: 4 April 2026Timings: Cathy and Laurent will welcome people from 14:30. The television coverage, this year on Channel 4, will
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18 April 2026: ‘Birds and Buffalo’: visit to Menster Brill Nature Reserve
Birds & Buffalo at Menster Brill Nature Reserve This event is still being finalised, but this is the working plan : Louise Benjamin (Cambridge) and Philip Birget (Oxford) have teamed up to make us a great outdoor day in the Menster Brill Nature Reserve. We will meet in the morning (time tbc) and have the chance to
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20 April 2026, 10am: Guided Tour & Talk of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), followed by Lunch at exclusive ECJ Restaurant, 27th floor, with Judge Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger
You are cordially invited to a visit to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg on Monday, 20 April, at 10:00 a.m –a regular working day, we know, but this is because the ECJ only offers a visitor service at such times. Please note that we are only allowed a limited group of around
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30 April 2026, 19h: Come to our popular Oxbridge Drinks at La Reserve!
Do join us for a convivial time with ‘the other place’. You know the ropes: Kindly sign up with with Norry Welch, and cc Mette Ahlefeldt-Laurvig. Date: Thursday 30 April, 19h, Venue: La Reserve, 23 Av. Pasteur, 2311 Limpertsberg Luxembourg Well met!
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6 May 2026, 18.30: Voices of Rome’s Northern Frontier: ‘Reading the Vindolanda Tablets’: Conference with Prof Alan Bowman & exclusive dinner
We are delighted to present this long awaited conference with Professor A B A leading authority on the Roman world, Prof. B will talk about his pioneering work on the administration of the Roman Empire, and most notably on the Vindolanda Tablets. The Vindolanda tablets are along Britain’s and Northern Europe’s oldest surviving handwritten documents,
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28 May, 18h30: Concert with Duo Avdieieva (violin & piano) at Pianos Kelly, in aid of Ukraine.
We have put together a splendid event for the music lovers of the OUSL. The Ukrainian violinist Evgenia Avdieieva and pianist Katerina Avdieiva will offer us an hour’s programme of violin virtuoso pieces by Bach, Sarasate, Wieniawsky, Paganini and others, at Pianos Kelly large piano premises. Afterwards the audience will enjoy a glass of crémant