Here’s a summary of highlighted events for the upcoming weekend in The Hague and surrounds. Click on the links for more details. Please check the websites of the organisers for the most up to date information and any last minute changes. Have a great weekend!
2016 Royal Christmas Fair The Hague (13-23 December)
Stroll through quaint stands and get into the holiday spirit with mulled wine, flammkuchen, twinkle lights and special theatre and storytelling performances. Daily from 12pm-9pm from 13-23 December.
Elvis “Christmas with the King” (16-18 December)
Elvis ‘Christmas with the King’ is brand new Christmas show with GRAHAME PATRICK who besides all his known hits sings ELVIS’ most beautiful Christmas and Gospels songs. This brand new Christmas show within a fairytale setting with seasonal songs like ‘Blue Christmas’, ‘Holy Night’ and ‘White Christmas’, but also unforgettable hits like “Suspicious Minds,” “Jailhouse Rock” and “Blues Suede shoes’ can’t be missed. “Christmas with The KING” is a magical show with Grahame Patrick and the Stamps Quartet bringing you into the Christmas spirit.
Cool Event Scheveningen (13 November – 15 January)
This winter Scheveningen is again the place to be for the ultimate winter sport experience. From 13 November 2016 to 15 January 2017, The Hague’s beach resort will be transformed into a true winter wonderland called ‘Cool Event’. Ice skate on a beautiful ice rink of 600 m2 located next to the Kurhaus Hotel. Enjoy a drink on a heated winter terrace – glühwein and hot chocolate are firm favourites for this time of year!
TINK Amazing Shop Windows The Hague (08-25 December)
Shoppers in downtown The Hague can enjoy more than 50 beautifully decorated Christmas window displays, organised again this year from 8 to 25 December during TINK Amazing Shop Windows The Hague 2016. The shops are competing with one another to be chosen for the most regal and elegant shop display.
STET English Theatre: A Christmas Carol (09-20 December)
Ashley Ramsden returns with this classic Christmas tale by Charles Dickens. He performs the story single handed and it shows his formidable talents as a storyteller and actor. The program embraces the original masterpiece, transporting audiences back to Victorian England and conjuring up the sinister back alleys, cobblestone streets, and ghostly apparitions that are the story’s hallmarks.
Expat Events International Christmas Party (16 December)
On December 16th Expat Events hosts The International Christmas Party. Walk the red carpet and start your Christmas experience: a night full of entertainment and surprises!
Handmade Gift Market (15-16 December)
Are you looking for original presents for Christmas? Visit Kunstgreep ’95 in the centre of the Hague for the special handmade gift market on Thursday 15th and Friday 16th December.
Admiral Freebee (18 December)
This Belgian musician managed to convince his entire band that they were recording demos instead of a full-fledged album, thus capturing a spontaneous record full of enthusiasm and improvisation. Come for laid back tunes inspired by Neil Young and Dire Straits.
The Feminist Bookclub (17 December)
Our Shared Shelf is an online feminist book club, founded by UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson. Every two months Emma picks a book, and whoever wants to join in can read along and join discussions with people all around the world on the online forums.
Dickens Festival Deventer (17 December)
The 19th century of Charles Dickens relives in the picturesque Bergkwartier in Deventer on the 17th and 18th of December. More than 950 characters from the famous books of Dickens will revive. Oliver Twist, Scrooge, Marley and Mr. Pickwick, they are all there. Vagabonds are begging, thieves are stealing. You smell the punch, puffed potatoes and roasted chestnuts. Wealthy ladies and gentlemen with top hats parade in the streets. Christmas Carol Singers go from door to door. The scenery of the festival consists of historical buildings and houses, Christmas trees and thousands of little lights. Not only in the street, but also behind the windows, in the houses and in the little shops and galleries the romantic time of Dickens will revive.
Ongoing events & exhibitions:
- Museon Exhibition – Icons of National Geographic (until 08 January 2017)
- Kidd & The City: Urbanizing Landscapes Exhibition (until 26 March 2017)
- Faces from the Dutch Golden Age Exhibition (until 9 April 2017)
Upcoming:
- Jesus Christ Superstar (20 December-08 January 2017)
- Alice in Wonderland (25-28 December)
- Carnivale (27-30 December)
- Trijntje Oosterhuis Christmas Concert (30 December)
- Super Heroes NYE Party (31 December)
- Top 2000 Dance Party (06 January 2017)
- Girls Chess Tournament (07 January 2017)
- Winternachten Festival (19-22 January 2017)
- Cadance Festival (27 January – 12 February 2017)
- Women Economic Forum (27-28 January 2017)
- STET English Theatre Jack and the Beanstalk (03-04 February 2017)
- Feel At Home in The Hague Community Fair (05 February 2017)
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