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The seagull is bold, notorious, and misunderstood. This audio installation in development offers a fresh perspective on a maligned bird – who’s really living in whose territory?

The very first theatre show by singer S10. Groeipijn (growing pains) is a musical performance about her search for safety.

The crown princess of Dutch alternative pop, S10, is set to deliver an electrifying festival show at Oerol.

An intimate, multidisciplinary performance inspired by the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran, experienced as a ritual of remembrance.

Water droplets translate the heartbeats of Terschelling’s animals — from natterjack toads to cormorants — into melody. When a heartbeat disappears, the melody changes forever.

In this literary installation you will hear the three dialects of Terschelling in conversation with the landscape. Get carried away by the voices of islanders.

The search for the dialects of Terschelling led to a rich collection of texts and encounters.

An engaging blend of storytelling and puppetry exploring themes of boundaries and sexuality, performed from a bathtub.

Wells' music captures the moments in her life that have altered its course. Such as life and death, parting and reunion, migration, hope, and fear.

Between Black and white, between Brabant and Sierra Leone. Rather than choose, singer and actor Sarah Janneh embraces the richness of duality in her solo show.

Indie pop, Latin American rhythms, African melodies, and a touch of rock 'n' roll. Dance and let yourself be carried away to a place where you want to be.

Grab a cocktail shaker. Throw in some rock ’n’ roll, Latin American rhythms and African melodies. Give it a good shake — and you’ve got the Scarlet Rose sound.

Experience your body in a unique way through the immersive installations Inside Out, Signal and Tilt – set in the heart of Terschelling’s landscape.

Signal en Tilt: sensory experiences that play with perception. Two intimate installations that disrupt both internal and external senses – set in the heart of Terschelling’s landscape.

Prikkeltalk: Boukje Schweigman on sensory processing and the phenomenology of the internal senses.

Everybody processes stimuli differently. How does that work for you? A physical theatre workshop that offers greater insight into yourself – and fosters understanding for others.

Schylger Stout, the folk band from Terschelling, plays Irish, Scottish and slightly off-kilter, and they’re always up for a party! This year marks their 25th anniversary, and they’re ready to celebrate.

Sekushi is hot and dark, filthy and raw. The best elements of the Belgian underground scene come together in this four-headed, danceable machine.

Shady Lady takes you to the dancefloors of the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s — and all the way to today. Get ready for disco, proto-house and rave.

A timely international exchange on supporting artists within the evolving landscape of art in public space.

Siquiche is back at Oerol for the 3rd year in a row with his top selection of sizzling boogie, tropical rhythms, and banging disco tracks.

Exciting grooves and hypnotic melodies from musicians from all over the world, that's Sirocco! A Rotterdam-based afro, funk and jazz collective.

This installation takes you on a journey to Terschelling's invisible landscape, home to drowned villages and vanished structures.

Join the journey of discovery!

Raaklijn is a long-term collaboration between Oerol and SoAP/Rita Hoofwijk, inviting you to explore the ever-shifting boundary between the festival and the island’s protected natural landscape.

Sons Of Jumira consists of musical talents with a fresh take on jazz: harpist Ranie Ribeiro, double bassist Julian Tjon Sack Kie, and drummer Mill Voyance.

A set full of hidden gems with 70s and 80s grooves from all corners of the world, nu-disco, italo and electro, as well as new songs by Dutch talent.

This year, they're celebrating their 25th Oerol anniversary and are incredibly excited about it: please give a salty, silver round of applause for the Speelmannen!

Join the forest ranger for a walk!

Will you come stargazing in the dark?

Join the excursion and see what happens when compost is returned to the forest.

A tale blurring the lines between fiction and reality, depicting the experience of homelessness in a big city.

Stichting Kliek invites you to a brunch at the organic sheep farm De Zeekraal. In a playful (and tasty) way, you'll become more skilled with food and more aware of how to reduce waste.

Come along on an adventure and immerse yourself in the stories of Terschelling!

Immerse yourself in this interactive installation where solar panels produce a magical symphony powered by renewable energy.

Become a Beach Shaper and experience the power of creation.

Dead birds and live poetry. An installation with drawings and rhymes by Sue Wiggers and Marijke Boon.

Sven Ratzke and the Matangi Quartet return to the creative rebellion and free-spirited energy of 1920s Berlin — the city of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill.

A suitcase, a ferry, a voice in your ear — SVUNG invites you on a shared journey through movement, memory and the weight we carry.

Walk along and discover the wondrous patterns in the world around us. A performance along a route where static art comes to life in hypnotic juggling choreographies.

Eerie cinematic portrait of a dismantling yard, the place where oil and gas platforms are taken to be broken down.

A poetic act of rebellion in public space, here to shake up the order in a world that seems increasingly unmoored from reality. This dance theatre performance fuses the code of urban dance with a quiet, theatrical language that makes the story both accessible and universal.

A giant man with a saxophone for a head!

Band from Austin combines elements of dub, Texas psych, Peruvian chicha and more.

The Price of Bricks explores the physical and emotional price of rebuilding after destruction. A collaboration by Ahmad Mallah and Rebecca Lillich // Krüger.

Celebrate what you can’t — or just might — grasp in this immersive performance featuring live music, dance, poetry and an interactive lighting design. Join Jonathan Bonny and Theater Babel on an expedition.

Two accomplices confront their past and reveal the humanity of the criminal underworld. A story about irreversible choices, love and family.

Theatrical live kitchen talk show, dishing up peppery conversation and spicy seasonings. Good food brings people together, and no one ever died from good conversation. Or so we hope…

An immersive time capsule that brings the first Surinamese opera, Helstone’s Het pand der goden (1906), back to life.

A gripping journey into the dark depths of truth in a small community under pressure.

The duo TIDE blends cello, kora, and modular synths in genre-defying sonic explorations, merging classical, African, and electronic influences.

In this mysterious portal to another reality, time stops. Whoever steps into it momentarily lets go of their human nature but remains forever connected to this place, even after the festival.

A socially awkward alt-comedian sings songs about Bakker Bart, Jan Peter Balkenende and the middle aisle of a certain supermarket. His greatest weapon? Sheer likeability.

De helpende handen van Oerol is a documentary about the festival’s volunteers — the helping hands behind Oerol — created by volunteers themselves.

The Plee-reef is back! Every evening from 9 to 11 pm, a splashy party by the toilets at de Deining!

Exciting psych band from Tokyo blends groovy 70s sounds with traditional Japanese music.

Songs and ancestral tales from deep within the Surinamese rainforest make their way to Oerol with the Totomboti artist collective. Mató! Tongôni!

Totomboti docks their ship on Terschelling to connect Saramakan belief systems with the rights of nature. The aim: to protect our shared ecological lifelines.

Suspended among the trees, discarded windscreen washer reservoirs from over a hundred car wrecks form a rippling super-organism of harmonising electronics. Get carried away by the rhythm of nature.

Enjoy the best of the Dutch music scene beneath an ingenious, suspended art installation made from discarded windscreen washer reservoirs salvaged from car wrecks — together forming a rippling super-organism of harmonising electronics.