Archive A/Z

Spoken word

Mensen Zeggen Dingen is the stage for verbal artistry. Start your evening with top-tier spoken word, poetry, and prose performance.

Mensen Zeggen Dingen

Under the new alias Metius, producer and performer Jacco Gardner crafts progressive electronic narratives that transport you to cosmic realms.

Metius

Storytelling

Experience the raw power of storytelling with Mezrab, where the only prop is your imagination.

Mezrab | House Of Stories

Storytelling op het strand

Rising talents Michael Ekow & May deliver a show full of energy and emotion — best described as poetry you can dance to.

Michael Ekow & May

Expedition

Michelle Samba invites the audience to participate in her interactive sound installation Gateways.

Michelle Samba

Gateways

Somewhere between Rotterdam and Istanbul drifts the planet of singer Min Taka. Her musical universe stretches from intimate sounds to electronic commotion. Bubble-grunge, pixie pop!

Min Taka

Two individuals sing into each other's mouths, using each other's bodies as resonating chambers. A song about refuge and seeking shelter, that intertwines past, present, and future.

Misty Superdeluxe

Hide My Face

Shameless and hilarious show by the artist couple, the Magnifico's, about the big emotions that come with being in a long-term relationship.

Mobil&Voorsluis

Echt

free admission

Spoken word

Four young writers pay tribute to Ella Wassenaer — a Frisian literary pioneer and poet who, unjustly, faced harsh criticism.

Mona Thijs, Zindzi Tillot Owusu, Charlotte Westra en Jaimy Hindriks

De Herontdekking van Ella Wassenaer

Explore the North 2025

Finnish genre blenders bring electronic madness to the stage. A mix of rap, crispy pop and metal.

Muovipussi

Let yourself be wrapped in poetic softness with a tailor-made poem created on the spot by Studio Tiep Miep’s Miep and Jan.

Naaistreek

Studio Tiep Miep

Amsterdam-based artist with Kurdish roots captivates audiences with a unique sound all of her own.

Naaz

Kick off your day at Oerol with the Dutch National Association for Performing Arts and a thought-provoking conversation about accessibility in the arts.

NAPK x Oerol Professionals

Oerol Professionals x NAPK

A networking breakfast for NAPK members and Oerol Professionals, exploring how artists and organisations connect with, build and involve their audiences.

NAPK x Oerol Professionals

Oerol Professionals x NAPK | Networking breakfast - Audiences and engagement

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Theatre

Two strangers, a rural bus that never shows up... A live radio play about being stuck and learning to move — and the question of how to be human in the first place.

Nicole van den Berg / Explore the North

Gran Canaria, Wie neemt ons mee?

Preview Explore the North 2025

A journey back in time through the earth's soil

Nikki Dekker

Graafdier

A science fiction performance about what it means to be human. With a generous dose of philosophy.

Nineties Productions

Artificial by Nature

Exhibition

Can we repay debts with art? An exhibition and unique experiment at the intersection of visual art, language, and debt counseling.

Het NUT

Andermans schuld

free admission

Andermans schuld: Aandeelhoudersvergadering

Join the conversation between artworks about a new moral framework for capital. Contribute to building De Kapitalisten at Oerol 2025.

Het NUT

Andermans schuld: Aandeelhoudersvergadering

Nyk de Vries is a literary performer pur sang. A Frisian Amsterdammer who sings about the contradictions in his life with his distinctive blend of music and lyrics.

Nyk de Vries

Hoeveel woorden

A cuckoo, a piano, and 88 oaks at their underground annual meeting: listen to what the trees of het Eikenbosje have to say in this musical trip by Nynke Laverman.

Nynke Laverman

OAK

Performance

Oerol / Diverse artiesten

Opening Oerol Festival 2024

Oerol goes underground, teaming up with the island’s best nightlife spots to take you deep into the hot, sweaty night.

Oerol Laat | de Groene Weide

DJ Shady Lady & Zuco Sound System

Oerol goes underground, teaming up with the island’s best nightlife spots to take you deep into the hot, sweaty night.

Oerol Laat | de Stoep

HOLOBIONT Afterparty

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Oerol goes underground, teaming up with the island’s best nightlife spots to take you deep into the hot, sweaty night.

Oerol Laat | West-aan-Zee

Radio Manuela

Keep the conversation going with other Oerol Professionals, every afternoon after our Talks programming at festival hub de Deining.

Oerol Professionals

Oerol Professionals | Aftertalk

Join the shared lunch at the Oerol Professionals Hub: pull up a chair for a quick bite and good conversation with fellow professionals.

Oerol Professionals

Oerol Professionals | Lunch

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Dance to the warmth of vinyl. That's what you want during OM314's epic sets: obscure disco from San Francisco and New York to Rimini.

OM314

Expedition

Adapt and drift along! Everyone is welcome in this group of salt enthusiasts, even if you're made of sugar.

De Onkruidenier

Meet the Salt-Loving Community

The festival heart comes to life! From 13:00, de Deining erupts with words, music and performance by international and local talent — carrying on late into the evening.

Opening Oerol 2025

Opening Oerol Festival 2025

The dance of becoming one another.

Orkater / De Nieuwkomers: Jelle en Jessica

Why such a strange love

Musical, absurd, and feverish performance about humanity in free fall, based on the dystopian 1970s novel High-Rise by J.G. Ballard.

Orkater / KONVOOI

High-Rise

After-show discussion for the performance Runner by Orkater/De Nieuwkomers: Patrick Ribeiro

Orkater/De Nieuwkomers: Patrick Ribeiro

Nagesprek Runner

In this personal performance, Patrick Ribeiro explores whether you can truly leave your past behind — including the things you struggle to forgive yourself for.

Orkater/De Nieuwkomers: Patrick Ribeiro

Runner

Legendary German-language Turkish music, created in the late 1970s by the prodigy on the string instrument bağlama (saz), Ata Canani.

Ozan Ata Canani & Band

Par Bleu takes you on a groovy world tour with their irresistible combination of cumbia, psychedelic Afro-Caribbean rhythms and French retro style. A burst of energetic disco.

Parbleu

With catchy melodies and endless grooves, Parker Fans invite you to lose yourself — any time of day.

Parker Fans

Theatre

How do techno-optimists and tech sceptics each respond to a future increasingly driven by technology? This theatrical experience by the North Sea offers a space for reflection.

Peergroup

Amfidroom

Food

Broaden your horizons at the breakfast sessions following the performance Amfidroom. Led by experts, these sessions explore the worlds of nature, energy and technology.

Peergroup

Amfidroom | Ontbijtsessies

Visual art

Step into the world of Carte Blanche — make a mask and become whoever you want to be. Children from Terschelling also joined in, and their creations are on display at the festival hub, de Deining.

Philippine Greeve i.s.m. EILANDKINDEREN

Carte Blanche

Piepschuim, a Dutch theatre company where music, stories, and play are the main ingredients for an energetic performance.

Piepschuim

Burger Koekoek

Performance

Verbal sex worker and founder of the music genre 'dyslexic-erotic disco' whispers intimate words to you and invites you to join in on his choreography to dirty songs.

Pim Holland

Pim Holland zingt: Pims intieme Plaatjes (18+)

Visual art

Inspired by an innovative analogue drawing device from the early 1970s — the Koeklok — PolakVanBekkum create large-scale drawings based on the grazing patterns of cows in the fields of Terschelling.

PolakVanBekkum

Koeklok

Friends special

Learn more about the work of PolakVanBekkum, their research into the Koeklok, the drawing of cows and their movements, and the relationship between the landscape and the cows of the Geskieker.

PolakvanBekkum

Vriendenactie | Nagesprek Koeklok

Porcelain id incorporate both classical pop and lofi electronics, always vulnerable, sincere and authentic.

Porcelain id

Absurdity sets the tone, the word stirs the imagination. There's no escaping the fireworks of poetry.

Proces-Verbaal

Poëzie Theater

free admission

Enter the electric, audiovisual world of the multi-faceted Radvlad and witness the ever-changing identity of its creator: artist Vladimir Vidanovsky.

RADVLAD

In Memories of Trees, Ragazze Quartet gives voice to the trees. Their memories fill the air above the Terschelling woods with music in a magical world of light and projections.

Ragazze Quartet

Memories of Trees

A physical and absurd dive into the hidden world of the sewer beneath our feet.

RavArt & Marikenco

Project Put!

Rebekah Reid presents a show full of compelling, genre-transcending live music that evolves from a single violin motif to a glorious, cinematic fanfare. Opening act of the main stage.

Rebekah Reid

Workshop

Discover the flavorful world of sustainable cooking. Children aged 7 to 12 become culinary artists in Peperwortel's food truck. They transform food surplus into delicious creations to share with festival-goers and loved ones.

Restafval?, kook mee met PW

Peperwortel

Werkplaats

This is the first invitation in a multi-year project designed to—literally—pause and reflect on the island's protected natural landscape. Will you join in?

Rita Hoofwijk / SoAP

Raaklijn

2026