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
Liberation Festival 2017 The Hague (5 May)
The Liberation Day Festival takes place on Friday May 5. You are welcome on Malieveld between 12.00 and 23.00 hours for free concerts by international artists like Álvaro Soler (Spain), DJ’s Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano (Holland), Will and the People (UK), The Beat (UK), The Cool Quest (Holland) and Ceux Qui Marchent Debout (France).
There’s also an English speaking activity organised by Voice 4 Thought, with poet Croquemort (Chad) and musician Barbara Gwanmesia (Cameroon). In addition to this, interesting stories from human rights activists who live, temporary, in The Hague (Shelter City Bus Tour).
You can also visit the large information market, the children’s area, the many food and drink stalls and thousands of freedom loving Dutch people!
Le Marie Marché – French Marke (6 -7 May)
Inspired by the dreamy atmosphere of French markets, Le Marie Marché will be organised on the Kerkplein on Saturday 6 May and Sunday 7 May. With many delicious and beautiful wares.
The characteristic market is all about discovering and enjoying.
At this special market you will find inviting food stalls with fantastic strawberries, organic cheeses, sweet delicacies, quality breads, Mediterranean treats and much more. There will also be numerous lifestyle stalls where you will find seasonal lifestyle articles and antiques and collectibles.
There is no better spot to do your shopping this weekend.
Japanese garden in Clingendael Park (until 11 June)
The magnificent Japanese Garden is the crown jewel of Clingendael Park, with beautiful and rare trees and plants. The garden is extremely fragile. That is why the Japanese Garden is open only 8 weeks in the year.
Due to its fragility, the Japanese Garden can be visited only during a short period of the year. It is open a few weeks in the spring and in the autumn.
The garden will be open from Saturday, 29 April to Sunday, 11 June.
Given the garden’s fragility, it is not possible to visit it with strollers or baby carriages and electric mobility devices. The garden has only limited access to people in a wheelchair. A separate entrance is available for wheelchairs with a special shorter route through the garden. In addition it is also prohibited to enter the garden with dogs. If the garden has too many visitors, you may have to wait outside before you are allowed in. The fragility of the plants means there is a limit on the number of visitors allowed at a given time.
SYMPHONIC JUNCTION #21: Residentie Orkest play A symphonie of Horror @ Paard (May 6)
Horror classic and cult movie ‘Nosferatu’ from 1822 was one of the first films based on Bram Stoker’s vampire empos ‘Dracula’. To by-pass the copyrights, the elegant Dracula was turned into the monsterous count Orlok. Stoker’s widow was not amused and made sure the film wasn’t distributed. But we have one copy…A terrifying film night with live music by the Philharmonic Orchestra in now a fact!
- Bevrijdings run 4 and 5 May 2017 (Thursday 4th May)
Ongoing events & exhibitions:
- Zein Spring & Easter Holiday Activity Programme ( 14 April – 9 May)
- Keukenhof 2017 (until 21 May)
- English Improv ( until 25 May)
- Japanese garden in Clingendael Park (until 11 June)
- Slow Food. Still lives of The Golden Age (until 25 June )
Upcoming Events
- Holland & Le Chat Noir – 25 years of Ed Wubbe (Tuesday 9th May)
- International Ocean Film Tour Vol. 4 (Tuesday 9th May)
- International Chamber Music Festival The Hague 2017 (9 May)
- Gary Yonge visits Borderkitchen (11 May)
- AATG Presents : Three plays, mixed over two nights (13 May)
- My Father Held a Gun (13 May)
- A night out for local charities (13 May)
- Evolving Gods, Men and Animals (14 May)
- The Hague University of Applied Sciences Masters Open Evening (15 May)
- THE JOHN ADAMS INSTITUTE presents: Lauren Greenfield – Generation Wealth (16 May)
- Festival Designkwartier Den Haag (19 May)
- AATG Presents : One night two plays ( 23 May)
- Caetano Veloso @ Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw (19 May)
- Skinny Puppy @ Paard ( 3 June)
- Paul Weller @ Paard (Thursday 8th June)
- Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley @ Paard (13 June)
- 2017 Night at The Park (24 June)
- The Legends: Shiv-Hari Jugalbandi (duet) (25 June)
- North Sea Jazz Festival (7-8 July)
- Food truck Festival TREK (7-10 September)
- Live on the beach – Anouk (8 September)
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