Fri 16 December
This weekend there is an Afrobeat Special in GROUNDS! Tonight ‘Can I Kick It’ presents a tribute to Fela Kuti. The ReFreshed Band performs with no one less than special guest Tony Allen. Also Akua Naro, DJ 360 and more guests will go on stage.
Entrance: 10,- but after 22.30 hrs it’s 5,-
Fri 18 May
Exhibition of Pieter van der Beek
Fri 18 May
Extraordinarily active as filmmaker, film collector and catalyst…
Fri 18 May
For the 10 anniversary which takes place this year (we started…
Fri 18 May
You are welcome to join our book presentation!
Fri 18 May
3 days packed with all sorts of dance “Made in Rotterdam”. From…
Fri 18 May
IN THE EVENING: De Nieuwe Oogst’s new alternative music program….
Fri 18 May
Live on stage: Jaywalkers!
Fri 18 May
techno, speedjungle & post-punk from Berlin.
Fri 18 May
For these three events, we’ve invited special guest curators,…
Fri 18 May
Twenty-eight illustration students from the Willem de Kooning…
Fri 18 May
DEAF & REWIRE present a night full of cutting-edge club music…
Sat 19 May
Simultaneously with the Plein du Publique Kunst en Kurieus,…
Sat 19 May
Brand-new Arts & Curiosities market on Pijnackerplein on May…
Sat 19 May
For these three events, we’ve invited special guest curators,…
Sat 19 May
On May 19th Gregory Porter, Zara McFarlane and Shirma Rouse will…
Sat 19 May
De Nieuwe Oogst & Interlab Music present: WE LOVE ROTTERDAM
Sat 19 May
At the closing night of DEAF we will celebrate V2_’s 30th…
Sat 19 May
After the Champions League final we present the Spanish Ska…
Sat 19 May
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
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
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
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
At the closing night of DEAF we will celebrate V2_’s 30th birthday!
Fri 18 May
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
Kick-off w/ Egyptrixx, Coco Bryce, Tomlaan, Ruwedata, Paul du Lac, Noorderlicht010.
Tue 12 June
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
The Dutch Electronic Art Festival (DEAF) is an international and interdisciplinary biennial that focuses on art, technology and society.
Fri 01 June
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
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
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 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 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
4 days of Music, Art & Performance on various locations in Rotterdam.
Fri 20 April
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
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
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.
Mon 30 April
DJs Wipneus & Pim play their discoclassics, cheesy songs and funky beats at the beautiful Delilpein, there’s food and drinks and even Vrijmarkt.
Sat 17 March
During one weekend the Goethe-Institut and the Czech Centre offer the audience the unique opportunity of getting to know the latest and most interesting artistic animation films produced in the Czech Republic and in Germany.
