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!
Cadance Festival (27 January – 12 February)
Premiere festival: up-and-coming top talents and Dutch leading choreographers. ‘The Art of Seeing’ is this year’s theme, with CaDance spotlighting the role of the audience and the experience of art. This theme is given further shape in a rich fringe program featuring the encounter between artists and the audience.
2017 International Film Festival Rotterdam (25 January – 5 February)
IFFR is one of the largest audience and industry-driven film festivals in the world. During twelve festival days, hundreds of filmmakers and other artists present their work to a large audience (2016: 305.000 admissions) and 2.538 film professionals. The festival’s Official Selection includes some 252 feature films and 225 short films out of 50 countries. It aims to organise and stimulate film-related activities in Rotterdam.
Women Economic Forum (27-28 January)
Inspiring women leaders and achievers from all walks of life will be part of the Women Economic Forum – European Union, WEF-EU 2017, from 27th-28th Jan 2017 in The Hague with the theme “EU: Reinventing Itself – Women Empowerment & Inclusion.”
WINWIDE Music AllTonesTables (27 January)
Where words fail, music speaks…In times where daily order are disturbed by contemporary turmoil; Where fastness and globalisation creates a restless environment; The need of silence and listening will increase…Listen, sing, tell and connect!
Burns’ Night Ceilidh Dance (27 January)
Chinese New Year Festival The Hague (28 January)
NR Red Carpet Gala (28 January)
An elegant evening out with a gala dress code, music that gets you on the dance floor, once-in-a-lifetime shows, special guests and an evening full of surprises. NR Communicatie are proud to present an ALL-IN event that includes dinner and a welcome drink.
Royal Conservatorium The Hague Open Day (28 January)
Shakatak (28 January)
British jazz-funk group Shakatak was formed in 1980. Success was almost instantaneous, with their first single, Easier Said than Done, staying in the UK Singles Chart for seventeen weeks.
Border Kitchen: Yaa Gyasi (28 January)
Yaa Gyasi is coming to BorderKitchen! On January 28th Gyasi, the American literary promise of the moment, will honour us with a visit to talk about her debut novel Homegoing.
Dr Martin Luther King Tribute & Dinner (29 January)
Ongoing events & exhibitions:
- Faces from the Dutch Golden Age Exhibition (until 9 April 2017)
- Kidd & The City: Urbanizing Landscapes Exhibition (until 26 March 2017)
- Faces from the Dutch Golden Age Exhibition (until 9 April 2017)
- Slow Food. Still lives of The Golden Age (from 9 March until 25 June 2017)
Upcoming:
- STET English Theatre Jack and the Beanstalk (03-04 February)
- Colin Blunstone (04 February)
- Beats and Beethoven at Paard Van Troje (04 February)
- Feel At Home in The Hague Community Fair (05 February)
- Connecting Women February Event (06 February)
- Free Financial Awareness Seminar in Rijswijk (07 February)
- Happiest Kids in The World Book Launch The Hague (11 February)
- Ferocious Dog at Paard van Troje (18 February)
- Def Americans at Paard van Troje (24 February)
- The Kik at Paard van Troje (25 February)
- The Dandy Warhols at Paard van Troje (27 February)
- 2017 The Hague CPC Half Marathon (12 March)
- 2017 Night at The Park (24 June)
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