7th June – 1st July. Since 1947 the Holland Festival is the leading international performing arts festival in the Netherlands. The festival offers a broad scope of international performing arts with a mix of performances and concerts from all corners of the world. The festival features established names as well as new talent, showing innovation…
For poetry lovers and indeed language lovers in general – this is a festival not to be missed. Inspired by the London Poetry International Festival, it was begun almost half a century ago by Adriaan van der Staay and Martin Mooij. Read our reviews of several events here
One could not have ordered a more idyllic setting for the final poetry readings of the 49th Poetry International festival, than the one we enjoyed in the Trompenburg Gardens yesterday. Under the branches of an oak, clear blue sky overhead, soft green grass underfoot, a crowd of 30 or more gathered to listen to the…
I had the pleasure of attending a variety of events at the festival and was introduced to the work of a range of poets from as far afield as Russia, Jamaica and Myanmar. The afternoon began with the reading of 3 poems by exiled Mexican poet, Dolores Dorantes . . .
During a period of 11 days the Delft Fringe Festival presents annually more than 400 performances of 50 upcoming artists on 23 surprising locations in the historic city centre of Delft. The exciting combination of unexpected locations and ambitious talent makes the festival an annual must-see during the summer.
Click on picture for more information The Poetry International Foundation is a literary organisation based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and encompassing a number of partner organisations worldwide. It aims to present quality poetry from the Netherlands and worldwide to an international readership, encouraging poetry translation, stimulating the international exchange of knowledge about poetry, and facilitating…
Rewire is an annual international festival for adventurous music that takes place in various venues around the city at the beginning of April. The programme consists of special concerts, multidisciplinary performances, club nights, screenings, talks and workshops.
After Saturday’s fast and furious gigs at the Paard it was nice to sit quietly and listen to the more measured and subtler tones of South Korean composer and multi-instrumentalist Park Jiha. This has been an extraordinary and popular Festival seriously marred by ticketing issues
