Grand opening during the Vierdaagsefeesten with Pieter Derks

After more than 1000 nights, final­ly shoul­der-to-shoul­der again at the Vier­daagse­feesten, that is a moment to remem­ber togeth­er. There­fore, for the first time we will organ­ise a grand pub­lic open­ing on Sat­ur­day after­noon 16 July. Cabaret artist Pieter Derks will address the city, not on one, but on 17 stages simul­ta­ne­ous­ly: ​“This is the week that this city nor­mal­ly holds its breath for and adjusts its heart rate to”. 

What is the open­ing programme?

Just as the Vier­daagse­feesten offer some­thing for every­one through­out the week, this is also reflect­ed in the var­i­ous open­ing pro­grammes of the par­tic­i­pat­ing venues. In a nut­shell, alphabetically: 

• De Kaaij (extra Bloe­men­re­gen, art & Boomshakalak Soundsystem)
• De Regen­boog (dj’s, drags and dansers with Meg­gie and Jill Helena)
• Fes­ti­val op ​’t Eiland (the­atre per­for­mances, art instal­la­tions and free nail paint­ing at Zaadelmakerij)
• Ganzen­heuv­el (Nijmeegse Annie)
• Groots in de Grotes­traat (Moon­spark, guest musi­cians, fire spitting)
• Her­tog­plein (inter­ac­tive mul­ti­fac­eted cov­ers of Suitz)
• Joris Iven­splein Oer­hol­lands (songs of life from The Moon­lights, Angeli­no Heesbeen)
• Kon­ingsplein (The Rev­erend, music spec­ta­cle with cov­ers on demand by The Originals)
• Mar­iën­burg­plein (blow­ing bub­bles with Touria Ben­ab­bas of Bub­ble­dutch, read­ing aloud and pave­ment chalk­ing with Har­men van Straaten)
• Molen­straat (hits, inter­ac­tion and show with The Euros)
• Park Kro­nen­burg (Cinci­ty, Philou Louzo­lo, Sen­tinel Island Dis­co & more)
• Ram­blas (dance­able and trop­i­cal mix of Querencia)
• Smaak­markt (Drift’s Danspaleis for the young and old, J Flavia, Ralph Could Be)
• Valkhof Fes­ti­val (Foxlane & spe­cial guest)
• Van Ouds (dans­able funk-pop of The Dance­floor Dandies and one-man-band John­ny Smokes)
• Vil­la Groots Plein (Sing-along par­ty à la piano­bar with Wilco Koster)
• World Street Kitchen (per­sian pop with dj Radan).

More infor­ma­tion about all open­ing events of the 51^st Vier­daagse­feesten can be found at vier​daagse​feesten​.nl/​p​r​o​g​ramme or in our new app, in which you can imme­di­ate­ly com­pose your own block sched­ule, option­al­ly receive push noti­fi­ca­tions for the start of your favourite shows, and find a live pres­sure gauge on the map in case of crowds. You can buy a fes­ti­val tick­et at vier​daagse​feesten​.nl/​w​e​bshop or via the app.