Holland Festival

Holland Festival is the largest international performing arts festival of the Netherlands and one of the oldest festivals of Europe. The festival was established in 1947 and will celebrate its 77-year anniversary in 2024. International connection has been a major aim of the Holland Festival since 1947, and this is, in fact, the reason why it was founded shortly after WWII.

Associate artists
Since 2019, the festival has been working with associate artists. They show their own work and explore opportunities for in-depth programming and a long-lasting connection between the artists and the city. In addition to their work, the festival highlights themes significant to them, as well as artists related to them. Previous associate artists include ANOHNI in 2023, Angélique Kidjo and Nicolas Stemann in 2022, Gisèle Vienne and Ryuichi Sakamoto in 2021, Bill T. Jones in 2020 and Faustin Linyekula and William Kentridge in 2019.

On Holland Festival Digital you can find more information, such as podcasts, movies, conversations with artists and music.

It takes places every year, In June, in and around Amsterdam, at various venues, both indoors and outdoors, both large-scale and intimate, both online and offline.