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Event Midday choral and band music in the Begijnhof sanctuary
Visiting secondary students from the UK play a relaxed one-hour acoustic set inside the historic English Reformed Church.

11 September 2026
Event Family musical drama Kokosbrood in Kalenderjaren at DAT!school
Students and teachers blend dance, singing, and acting in a story about siblings watching their grandmother navigate Alzheimer's.

11 September 2026
Event Guided tour of the Art Zoo Museum’s taxidermy collection
An hour exploring taxidermy creations inside a seventeenth-century canal house, finishing with a drink at Bar Vasari.

11 September 2026
Event Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings scores inside Zuiderkerk
The Mystery Ensemble plays an hour of arrangements drawn straight from the fantasy film trilogy.

11 September 2026
Event Guided tour of the Art Zoo Museum
Walk through modern taxidermy wunderkammers in a seventeenth-century canal house, ending with a drink at the bar.

11 September 2026
Event Clean up Insulindeweg with Afval Activisten Indische Buurt
Grab provided grabbers and bags for a one-hour street tidy, wrapping up with coffee together.

11 September 2026
Event Monday Sound Sessions signature sound bath
Rest on a mat to the resonance of gongs, drums, and singing bowls before wrapping up with hot tea.

11 September 2026
Event Het Groot Omroepkoor performs Rossini’s Stabat mater
Edward Gardner conducts the full national radio choir and orchestra in an hour of 19th-century sacred choral drama.

11 September 2026
Event Beethoven piano sonatas reimagined as modern jazz
Pianist Paul Stark and drummer Jonas Linnemann rework classical movements into groove-driven, improvised jazz arrangements.

11 September 2026
Event Ravel’s Left Hand Concerto and Danse macabre at the Concertgebouw
Pianist Jonathan Fournel tackles Ravel's single-handed piece alongside orchestral works by Saint-Saëns and Franck in an hour-long morning concert.

11 September 2026
Event Kakek, Opa & Ik with Studio Figur
Through letters and old photograph albums, this staging pairs live musicians and puppets for young audiences.

11 September 2026
Event Nina Wijnmaalen’s What the Body Remembers
A young ensemble uses movement, poetry, physical objects and music to trace inherited family habits.

11 September 2026
Event Morning birdwatching tour before regular opening hours at the Hortus
Grab the provided binoculars and follow botanic garden biologists around the leafy grounds to identify resident bird species and calls.

11 September 2026
Event Join an open outdoor workout beside the beach at De VerbroederIJ
Neighbourhood trainer Sandra leads an easy-going morning fitness session outside on the sand, suited to all fitness levels.

11 September 2026
Event Morning Strauss matinee at Het Concertgebouw
An hour-long Sunday morning programme combining Richard Strauss' symphonic poem Also sprach Zarathustra with his Der Rosenkavalier suite.

11 September 2026
Event Join Sandra for outdoor fitness at De BewegerIJ
An easy-going morning fitness session by the beach area, open to all neighborhood fitness levels.

11 September 2026
Event Reset with mindful vrIJdag in Noord
Tessa leads an unpretentious outdoor relaxation session under canvas, open to absolute beginners without any registration.

11 September 2026
Event Outdoor morning relaxation at mindful vrIJdag
An open-air guided meditation under the festival tent helps clear heads before the weekend starts.

11 September 2026
Event Adi Parmar reflects on North Holland fatherhood through standup
An hour of personal English standup tracing childhood in North India through to queer parenting in North Holland.

11 September 2026
Event Beatriz Li Rosão and Pau Hernández Alenyar lunch concert
Violinist Beatriz Li Rosão pairs with pianist Pau Hernández Alenyar for lunchtime sonatas presented with the Muziekinstrumenten Fonds.

11 September 2026