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
Dutch Beer Tasting Festival (11 – 13 May)
From Thursday 11 May until Saturday 13 May 2017 the 6th edition of Nederlands Bierproeffestival, the Dutch beer tasting festival will take place. During the festival beer lovers enjoy the greatest possible variety of beers in a relaxed atmosphere. The festival takes place in the unique setting of the Grote Kerk and is the opening event of the Dutch Beer Week.
43 Dutch breweries present more than 150 beers during the Dutch Beer Tasting Festival. Visitors have the possibility to talk with brew masters about their beers and the brewing process and can sign up for interesting masterclasses given by beer experts to, for example, learn more about the various beer styles. Most importantly, visitors can also enjoy delicious beer and food combinations.
Tickets cost € 15.00 on Thursday and Saturday, and € 17.50 on Friday. At the entrance visitors receive a tasting glass and two festival tokens. Everybody above the age of 18 years is welcome.
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!
Europe’s best Bob Marley tribute band Rootsriders returns with an ode to Exodus. This year it is exactly 40 years since this album came out and it is perhaps one of Marley’s most important achievements in his career.
Marley recorded the album in self-imposed exile in Londen after he had narrowly survived an assassination attempt in Jamaica. ‘Jamming’, ‘Waiting In Vain’, ‘Turn Your Lights Down Low’, ‘Three Little Birds’, ‘One Love’ and of course ‘Exodus’ are recorded on this timeless album.
The Rootsriders have been performing with their Tribute2BobMarley liveshows since 2006. You can do the math: that’s already more than ten years! In 2016 they celebrated their 10-years anniversary with the release of their first own album with original works.
My Father Held a Gun (13 May)
Is an intimate performance about fathers in the eyes of their sons
Storytellers Raphael Rodan and Sahand Sahebdivani are close friends that come from enemy countries, Iran and Israel. In My Father Held a Gun they decide to confront their past, being the sons of men who lived through wars and revolutions. Do they measure up to the examples that were set by those who came before them? They realize that if life had taken a slightly different direction their fathers would have been aiming their guns at each other. How will this realization effect their friendship?
Raphael and Sahand toured Europe with the successful Kingdom of Fire and Clay, which dived into the lives of their mothers and their animosity as an Israeli and an Iranian. For this show they are joined by musical wizards Iman Spaargaren and Guillermo Celano.
A night out for local charities (May 13)
On Mother’s Day weekend, the American Women’s Club will host an elegant evening in support of local charities that benefit cancer treatment in The Hague, sexually abused girls in the Philippines, and exploited children in Kenya.
The AWC, an all-volunteer organization, has been fundraising for Dutch and international charities since its founding in 1930. This year, the AWC is spearheading the effort to raise 50,000 EUR in startup costs to enable Medische Centrum Haaglanden of The Hague to join the cutting-edge Center for Personalized Cancer Treatment network.
Since 2002, AWC galas have raised 1.5 million EUR for charities, most notably breast cancer and autism. This year, the Red, White, and Blue Gala will take place at the Hilton, The Hague on Saturday 13 May from 18:30 to 1:00. Tickets, which cost 125 EUR, include a welcome reception with prosecco and canapés, a gourmet three-course dinner.
For more information visit www.redwhiteandbluegala.com or email info@redwhiteandbluegala.com
- Gary Yonge visits Borderkitchen (11 May)
- International Chamber Music Festival The Hague 2017 (11 May)
- Side by Side Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century with Students from the Royal Conservatoire (12 May)
- Exhibition 2 x 5 @ Grafische Werkplaats (12 May)
- AATG Presents : Three plays, mixed over two nights (13 – 14 May)
- The Sugarhill Gang @ Cultuurpodium Boerderij (13 May)
- One off …. a unique Storytelling Workshop by Sahand Sahebdivani (13 May)
- Which way is forward – A group art exhibition showcasing a preview of the artscience graduating bachelors and master final works (13 – 14 May)
- Evolving Gods, Men and Animals (14 May)
Ongoing events & exhibitions:
- 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
- The Hague University of Applied Sciences Masters Open Evening (15 May)
- THE JOHN ADAMS INSTITUTE presents: Lauren Greenfield – Generation Wealth (16 May)
- White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America (18 May)
- Festival Designkwartier Den Haag (19 May)
- Caetano Veloso @ Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw (19 May)
- The Edge Ensemble presents five world premieres in THE GAMES WE PLAY (May 19)
- AATG Presents : One night two plays ( 23 May)
- Estrella Acosta presents Mujeres de Luna – Women in Cuban Music (26 May)
- International City Podium 2017 (30 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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