Every year, hundreds of cultural professionals flock to Oerol to see exciting new work, get inspired and get together in the barns, woods, dunes and beaches of Terschelling. If you’re coming to Oerol for work, make sure you register as an Oerol Professional to get more out of your festival experience. You’ll be able to register is an Oerol professional for our 2025 festival as of spring 2025, and you can already let us know you’re planning to come using the button below.
International professionals programme | 17 – 19 June 2025
We’re pleased to announce that the international IN SITU network for arts in public space has been successful with a Creative Europe funding bid for the next 4 year phase, with a focus on supporting artists new to working in public space and non-traditional cultural spaces. We will be holding the kick-off of this next four year cycle and to welcome new members to the network during Oerol 2025.
Oerol is a founding member of IN SITU, we’re very excited to be hosting so many colleagues from more than 20 festivals across Europe and beyond. Alongside IN SITU colleagues, we’ll also be playing host to partners from our LAND network on arts in protected natural environments, plus many other international colleagues interested in our work and the artists we present.
To make the most of our international visitors being here, we’ll be focussing our activities for (international) professionals, cultural funders and other cultural partners in the midweek of the festival (17-19 June 2025). During those days we’ll have discussions, workshops and talks focusing on best practices in artistic development, residencies and site specific practice.
We will take our unique setting on Terschelling as our point of departure to discuss rootedness and connection with place, communities and our environment. We’ll also be highlighting work from our artistic programme which explore these themes, with plenty of time to experience the festival!
If you normally come to Oerol during the first weekend, this also means that our opening weekend will look a little different – we’ll of course have a public opening for our audiences to kick-off the festival on Friday 13 June, but we really want our professional partners, funders and other cultural partners to join us for the professionals programme in the midweek. Please note that we have limited capacity for the various sessions of the professionals programme. We want you to make the most of this gathering, to truly exchange knowledge, to forge new connections and to ensure that Oerol remains a valuable international platform and connector for visiting professionals, artists and cultural partners, because together we are stronger.
Keep 17 – 19 June 2025 in your diaries, we’ll be sharing more updates and info on registering as a professional as the programme takes shape.
Why register as an Oerol Professional?
- To make sure that you can see the work you need to see as a professional, you can be the first to purchase tickets during a dedicated pre-sale.
- To help you connect with your fellow Oerol Professionals we’ll be organising informal meetings throughout the festival.
- Oerol Professionals come to Terschelling to see the festival, but also to see each other. As part of your registration, you can add your profile to our online directory of professionals attending the festival. This directory is a resource for networking, allowing you to see who else will be at the festival, what they’re looking for, and when they’ll be available to meet up.
What makes you an Oerol Professional?
When applying to be an Oerol Professional, you’ll need to show that you work in the cultural sector for a programming organisation, production house, funder, policy organisation or as an artist or art student and/or that your work can increase Oerol’s social and environmental impact.
Not sure if you’re an Oerol Professional? Reach out to professionals@oerol.nl.
Selection
We will make a selection based on the information you provide when you register to ensure you fulfil the criteria to be an Oerol Professional. The cost of the professional wristband is the same as a regular festival wristband. If you’re under 35, you’re eligible to purchase the professional wristband at the reduced price offered to younger general attendees.
