Agenda

Alternative Guide to Rotterdam

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Sat 26 May

Biergarten Rotterdam Sommer Fest

Biergarten Rotterdam opens with sunny weather (!) and the Sommer Fest.

Sat 02 June

The Week of Amateur Art

From June 2nd till June 9th, thousands of amateur artists will leave their hobby rooms and rehearsal spaces. During the Week of Amateur Art, they show their skills.

Sat 19 May

Evening of Symbiotica - deaf2012

For these three events, we’ve invited special guest curators, artists and theorists who’ve developed unique artistic and cultural positions to create their own à la carte Evening of … Each will serve as a platform for exposing, showcasing and questioning The Power of Things.

Fri 18 May

Evening of Philip Beesley - deaf2012

For these three events, we’ve invited special guest curators, artists and theorists who’ve developed unique artistic and cultural positions to create their own à la carte Evening of … Each will serve as a platform for exposing, showcasing and questioning The Power of Things.

Fri 25 May

Creatief met Leegstand Festival / Creative with Emptiness Festival

Are you a real estate owner, developer or working with empty spaces? Are you a creative entrepreneur looking for a temporary shop space to try your idea or start up?

Fri 18 May

Open Dans 2012

3 days packed with all sorts of dance “Made in Rotterdam”. From modern to tango to urban. You can see great performances, breathtaking dance videos or participate in energizing workshops.

Sat 19 May

DEAF & TodaysArt: 30Y V2_

At the closing night of DEAF we will celebrate V2_’s 30th birthday!

Fri 18 May

DEAF & Rewire: Club Night

DEAF & REWIRE present a night full of cutting-edge club music and experimental beats at DEAF 2012. The program is built around experimental rhythms and bass driven dance music. Kuedo Ital Tek, Kangding Ray and Torus, amongst others, will perform live.

Wed 16 May

DEAF & TodaysArt: Opening Night

Kick-off w/ Egyptrixx, Coco Bryce, Tomlaan, Ruwedata, Paul du Lac, Noorderlicht010.

Tue 12 June

43rd Poetry International Festival

For the 43rd consecutive year, the Poetry International Festival in Rotterdam forms a stage for poetry from around the globe. The live sounds of the poets, their driven, inspiring view on the present, life and the world, de strength and the beauty of language and the encounters between the many languages and cultures of the world provide a large wealth to poetry. Explore the wonders of language: ‘Every word is changed when spoken’. This year the festival will run from the 12th to 17th of June, 2012.

Wed 16 May

Dutch Electronic Art Festival

The Dutch Electronic Art Festival (DEAF) is an international and interdisciplinary biennial that focuses on art, technology and society.

Fri 01 June

LOW festival, Lowriders Collective 5 years

Lowriders Collective is 5 years old and we want to celebrate this with our friends, partners and you in a small LOW (indoor) festival at WORM June 1st and 2nd.

Friday June 1st: Distal, Om Unit, RFunck, Sduk, Acre. Saturday June 2nd: Motëm, Dabrye, Debruit, Dizz1.

Thu 19 April

Motel Mozaique festival opening

The official opening of the Motel Mozaique 2012 festival takes place on Thursday 19 April in the evening. Free entrance for all!

Sat 12 May

Raresh

After a long absence, Sound Architecture returns to the city where it all started. From foggy cellars under the Cinerama filled with strobes and smoke, the weekly ON club night in Off Corso and events in the NAI and Stubnitz. Many music lovers that attended Rotterdam festivals in it’s heyday heard, or discovered his favorite DJ on a Sound Architecture event.

Mon 30 April

Oranjebitter

Oranjebitter is back! Bigger, better, louder, greener and crazier than ever before. This year we’ve got not one but 2 stages, big beats, a food court, the Vedett hotel and entertainment galore.

We want more crazy so outrageously orange outfits will be rewarded!

Festival

GROUNDS stage Dunya Festival 2012

GROUNDS is back on Dunya! Here are the first names on the GROUNDS stage during Dunya Festival 2012. Also in 2012 we host our own stage at the festival, the Grounds Stage. Here are the first names on this stage (among others); Hindi Zahra and Tamikrest!

Thu 19 April

Motel Mozaique 2012 Festival

4 days of Music, Art & Performance on various locations in Rotterdam.

Fri 20 April

ZigZagCity

The first edition of ZigZagCity allows you to experience the city of Rotterdam in an unexpected way from 20 April until 6 May 2012.

Sat 28 April

Nacht in Noord

In the night from April 28th to April 29th we will Celebrate the Night in the North of Rotterdam. From 20:00h in the evening until 08:00am the next morning. A unique night with meetings, places and things, performances and installations that nobody ever saw before. Come on in listening, dancing, building, learn, meet, eat and sleep!

Thu 12 April

Ro Festival: Four days of top theater

Nine kickboksers out of Rotterdam, hit revivals of Branden en Dood van een Handelsreiziger, an absurd theater concert of Wunderbaum, supporting art by drinking ‘Halbe’ liters of beer, a premiere and tickets for only 10 euros.