Programme A/Z

A spectacular performance about the most visited spot on the festival grounds!

ABSOLUUT.

DIXI.

Moto can’t choose between soft and raw; piano or beats? Can they still coexist? And is it possible, hip hop in a theatre?

Alexander Moto

terug naar hiphop

Explore the North

Alexander Moto is at war with the Sandman! On Schylge, the wordsmith aims to bury the hatchet in his pillows once and for all. Do you dare to dream along?

Alexander Moto / Station Noord

nimmen sliept sêft sûnder stilte

with professional wristband and ticket

A reflective coastal walk with artist Ali Pretty, exploring identity and artistic freedom through movement and conversation.

Ali Pretty x Oerol Professionals

Oerol Professionals | The Act of Walking

Aisa Demeter is a modern musical myth about the power of anger, featuring intense vocal melodies, Caribbean samples, and deep basslines.

Anne-Fay Kops / Orkater

Aisa Demeter

Rotterdam keyboardist, producer and composer Anton de Bruin is crafting a sound that bridges the club and the concert hall, merging dub, afrobeat, jazz, and electronica into one genre-defying unit.

Anton de Bruin

Popunie

Klankkast is a walk and mini-concert by Arjen Boerstra in the smallest concert hall in Europe.

Arjen Boerstra

Klankkast

Old-school drum-’n-bass duo from Rotterdam with a punk attitude.

Artrodese

Popunie

Talks

Live television show by AVROTROS. From Monday till Friday, Opium op Oerol will be reporting live from the festival. Join us!

AVROTROS

Opium op Oerol

Visual art

On Terschelling, only a few people still speak the local dialect. What happens when it is brought back to life?

Babette Rijkhoff & Heleen Haijtema

‘t Paradiis

Tonnenloods

Theatre

Through visual, physical comedy, Bambie highlights the absurd complexity of contemporary nature management.

Bambie

Bambie Gaat Tot De Bodem

Synth-drenched alternative pop in Dutch, about themes that can (and should) be a little abrasive.

BARBARA.

BARBARA. speelt BARBARA.

with professional wristband and ticket

A conversation on plurality and inclusive theatre: exploring artistic ownership, shared responsibility, and the path to structural inclusion.

Bartiméus Fonds x Oerol Professionals

Oerol Professionals | Inclusive theatre: exception or essential?

with professional wristband and ticket

Join the creators of Inclusive Theatre for a unique look at their first work-in-progress presentations within the Terschelling landscape.

Bartiméus Fonds x Oerol Professionals / Dominique Stevens x Theater de Werkplaats / Toni Kritzer

Oerol Professionals | Inclusive theatre: work in progress and artist talk

An explosive performance packed with humour, stunts and playful fun.

Bert & Fred

Detour

How does it affect parents and children when they don’t look like one another? A musical theatre performance about motherhood, identity, and growing up in a culturally diverse society.

Gazing at the horizon, we watch the night appear together. Through music, we welcome the darkness and the stars. How do you find your place in an ever-moving world?

Cello Octet Amsterdam / Kate Moore

Star Map

The 100-year-old Magda marks her final hour, accompanied by the music of climate activist and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. What must be left behind as she enters her grave?

Cello Octet Amsterdam / Sophie van Winden

CODA

Change the Mood brings the spirit of Jamaican music to life with timeless classics, infectious rhythms, soulful melodies, and a touch of jazz.

Change the Mood

with friend wristband and ticket

This breathtaking aerial dance is an ode to equality and empowerment, capturing the hearts and imaginations of audiences worldwide.

Chloe Loftus Dance

The Air Between Us

Friends special

Take to the skies and discover the invisible bond that keeps us together.

Chloe Loftus Dance

Vriendenactie | The Air Between Us

Inspired by Persian mythology and accompanied by dreamy, narrative music, Amir Vahidi liberates himself from the compulsions of the past.

Club Gewalt / Amir Vahidi

We Sleep Among Demons

Coco Coquelicot’s sets blend warm grooves and heavy rolling bass, driven by a deep love of music and a focus on amplifying queer and marginalised voices in nightlife.

Coco Coquelicot

Theatre

BLAUWDRUK takes one last stand against the privileged position of Western humanity. A remixed trilogy by land, sea, and air.

Collectief Blauwdruk

Een Privilege Trilogie

Theatre

NAU’s third birthday, a hopeful celebration that aims to last a thousand years. Can this grim circle birthday grow into an ecstatic rave?

Collectief NAU

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With the world at her feet, De Wereldwandelaar is a walking adventure. Around the world in 30 minutes!

Compagnie with Balls

De Wereldwandelaar

An investigation into solace: Marte Boneschansker & Adelheid Roosen seek the feeling of solid ground in a wavering world.

Company Marte Boneschansker

TROOST - een onderzoek

Polder poet, caught between grass and concrete. Somewhere there, at the crossroads of the Zuidas and the Veluwe, is where we find him.

Dani Zwiers

An energetic dance performance about taking up space, discovering boundaries, and trust in a polarizing society.

DansBlok

FRAME

Being yourself, losing yourself, finding yourself again. In Spiral, a group of dancers takes you on a collective journey to transcend the everyday.

Danstheater AYA / Anne Suurendonk

Spiral

After years of haunting Dutch stages with unpolished, Dutch-language songs and poems, it is now time for the other side of Hausmagger: acoustic, raw, and damn good.

De Andere Kant van Hausmagger

with friends wristband and ticket

Friends special

It’s time to see the other side of Hausmagger: acoustic, raw, and damn good, journeying through all the gems that missed the setlist in previous years.

De Andere Kant van Hausmagger

Vriendenactie | De Andere Kant van Hausmagger

Talks

From 'lokroepjes' to razor-sharp reporting: for thirty years, De Dagkrant has captured the buzz, romances, and colourful spirit of Oerol. Come celebrate with us!

De Dagkrant & Lin An Phoa

30 Jaar De Dagkrant

De Dansers invite you to step into their world. Join in with a choreography that unfolds on the spot, guided by Josephine van Rheenen and live music.

De Dansers

Building A Dance

This time there are no dancers on stage, but there is the unmistakable music of De Dansers: songs that awaken the body and lift you, if only for a moment, beyond the everyday.

Let yourself be carried away by TIDE, where thirteen young people come together in an explosive, rhythmic and physical performance about the power of water.

DEGASTEN

TIDE/EDIT

Where sign language and dance merge into a new bodily language.

Dennis Massar

HANDS

Visual art

Turbine Songs explores the sound of the energy transition using wind turbines that create music. Can humans, technology, and nature resonate together?

Dennis van Tilburg

Turbine Songs

Talks

What if the wind became the composer, darkness took the stage, and the landscape itself began to speak?

Dennis van Tilburg, Karlijn Hamer & Staatsbosbeheer

Luisterend Landschap met Lin An Phoa

Food

A smoky tribute to the island.

Diner op de Deining / Lokaal Terschelling

Grilled Goodness & Moestuin Madness

Spoken word

The HalfJaarsConference 2026 by keunstner-yn-residinsje (artist-in-residence) Dolf Jansen, exclusively and multiple times at Oerol.

Dolf Jansen

HalfJaarsConference

How does it feel when your energy slowly disappears and emptiness takes over? A theatre performance about the loss of energy, while the sand and sea continue to move undisturbed.

Dominique Stevens / Theater de Werkplaats

Leeglopen

This summer, literary collective DRIE DAGEN FRIS returns to Oerol for the third time with a brand-new literary pop concert.

DRIE DAGEN FRIS

Explore the North

In a clearing in the pine forest, amidst the monumental remains of a vanished civilisation, five figures dance into existence a world where past and future converge.

Dunja Jocić / Silbersee

Chronos

with professionals wristband

Forge international connections during this relaxed networking event with DutchCulture and Creative Europe Desk NL.

DutchCulture / Creative Europe Desk NL x Oerol Professionals

Oerol Professionals x DutchCulture / Creative Europe Desk NL | Networking reception

A top-tier music theater show in which stage animal Elfie Tromp kisses cabaret icon Adèle Bloemendaal back to life, joined by piano virtuoso Jan Groenteman.

Elfie Tromp

Van de Gekken!

Spoken word

An ode to the Frisian sound and rich history, born from friendly alienation and serious humor.

Erik de Boer / De Gjalp

Fryske Oersonate

Theatre-maker and performer Erwin Kiene breaks the silence: he translates his innermost emotions into the explosive dance style KRUMP.

Erwin Kiene / Productiehuis Mozaïek

MYST