From November 16 ‘till January 6 ‘De Stad = Grafisch’ takes place, this is a route along graphic arts galleries and exhibition spaces in the center of Rotterdam. Please check the website for more info, program and locations and visit the opening on the 21st.

This friday-evening the opening of the Image Festival takes place at BLAAK10. Melle de Boer, Ernest Utermark and Hans Kievit graduated as illustrators at the WDKA Rotterdam University in the mid-nineties. They are exhibiting together at BLAAK10 during the Image Festival. Their recent projects will be exhibited on the ground floor and in the basement you’ll find a selection of works on the festival’s theme ‘Image & Music’.

HAKA festival is a multidisciplinary sustainable art and design festival. Located in the unique setting of a monumental 1930s office building, the HAKA festival offers a three day program of interactive art and design, installations, food concepts, films and a wide variety of live performances with a special saturday night party.

Numoon Weekender is two das of nu-jazz, nu-soul, hip hop, electro, crossover worldmusic, singer/songwriter, poetry, dance, film and visuals. For this edition the collaborated with the IndieLabel Excelsior Recordings. On Saturday bands The Upsessions and Goslink will play some great music and Venour will host a live art show.

Gluren bij de Buren (Peeking at the Neighbours) is a new event in Rotterdam, by the creators of Parfum de BoemBoem. On Sunday 24 October you can visit four of the most upcoming residentials of Rotterdam, by bike or by foot. Penthouses with view over the river Maas, self rebuilt warehouses, charachteristic mansions: you can see the diversity of living in Rotterdam with your own eyes. En route, you’ll be surprised by little concerts of artists as Goslink, Lucky Fonz III and Typhoon.

Tzadik artists from Brooklyn, Norwegian alternative pop, treats from Rotterdam & surprises from Japan!

Dates
Saturday, 16th October 2010
Sunday, 17th October 2010

Time
20:00 uur door open
20:30 uur start program

Entrance
€ 5,-

The Image Festival puts Rotterdam in the sign of imagery and visual culture in the last week of October. A festival with presentations of passionate image makers and inspirational exhibits for anyone who is interested in the making and meaning of images. This year’s theme is ‘Imagery & Music’.

F.A.R.T. is an interdisciplinary event for upcoming and well known talents in art, design, fashion, lifestyle, music and performance. This time another hotel and a hostel in Rotterdam will provide an original setting where various artists will present their work to a mixed crowd. They will temporarily transform each hotel room into their own world.

To celebrate its 30th birthday the Poortgebouw will be transformed into a musical paradise at the Maas. Come party with us from Friday 1 to Sunday 3 October!

The festival shows a surprising mix of literature in combination with dance, music, theatre and films.Preforming artists are: Ronald Giphart, Scapino Ballet, Ellen Deckwitz. Kees van Beijnum, Tom Pintens (ex-Zita Swoon). And let’s not forget the afterparty with DJ St. Paul.

WORM presents the ASYLABWEHRAMT event and VINDOBONA: The Dark Side of Vienna. With performances by ao. Ubermorgen.com, Monochrome, Dolce & Afghaner, Leo Findeisen!

The 4th edition of KunsthalKOOKT is all about real taste and flavour. Their are workshops, presentations, local products and best of all tasting!

Rotterdamse Oogst aims to strengthen the local food chain, starting from the typical identity of the region. During this two day festival, the Heemraadsplein turns into a large urban farm with traditional and biological products (city) farmers and flavors from the world. Come by and taste.

Birdfest takes you back to the jazz vibes from back in the day. In and around the Hofbogen you will experience a musical journey from deep soul and funk to boogie and Hip-Hop.

From 3 to 5 september the Havenmuseum will be the home for the first Cartoonfestival of Rotterdam. The theme of the festival, the harbor of the future, suits our city well. The festival showcases 100 great cartoonists and a hotel room of H2otel that is transformed into a huge cartoon.

An international Theatre Festival with controversial theatre, fine arts and debates. With amongst others new performances of Wunderbaum, De Warme Winkel and Michael Laub and fascinating theatrical art of Kris Verdonck.

‘ROTABS Rocks’ is a one-day festival with free music, art, fashion, lifestyle en food.
Starts with an American penny breakfast with pancakes, bacon and maple syrup.

Parfum de BoemBoem is a serie of cultural tours along contraction and demolition sites in Rotterdam. The next edition will take place during Festival De Wereld van Witte de With, and takes you to the most remarkable contraction sites around the Witte de Withstraat in a two hour tour full of cultural surprises.

On saturday september 4th the 10th edition of the free Along the traX festival takes place in the backyard of music venue De Beuk in Barendrecht (just outside Rotterdam). Line up: Krause, My Favorite Scar, Krach, Die Lui, BluefisH, The Parents, Birth Of Joy, Liptease en Dropskill.

The Sundays is are for chilling in the park with your loved ones. The Day for the Romantic Music makes it a bit more special with various classical concerts in the park.