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Music
Music
Fellatio

Demonic Disco from the concrete outskirts of Rotterdam

Fellatio

Fellatio

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Spoken word
Spoken word
Fer is on a deadline

A solo performance filled with humor about what to do with the time you have left when death is waving at you from across the street.

Fer Rodil / Mezrab | House of Creation

Fer is on a deadline

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Exhibition
Exhibition
Oerol X Tonnenloods

See Terschelling and 45 years of Oerol through different eyes! This year Oerol presents a diverse program in the new Tonnenloods.

Film- en multimedia

Oerol X Tonnenloods

Tonnenloods
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Music
Music
FLOSS

FLOSS blends riot grrrl energy with club beats to forge her own subgenre: Angry Feminist Techno Pop.

FLOSS

FLOSS

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Music
Music
Frank Arnold

Frank Arnold is not a person, but a band who make a quirky blend of New Wave and indie pop with Dutch lyrics, and above all irresistibly danceable.

Frank Arnold

Frank Arnold

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Theatre
Theatre
Zo gaat het verder

An honest story by theatre-maker and writer Freek Vielen about how the beginning and the end of life are inextricably linked.

Freek Vielen

Zo gaat het verder

Première
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Dance
Dance
SILENCE

SILENCE brings together contemporary dance and handpan music in an intuitive dialogue between sound and movement, making the various meanings of silence tangible.

Froukje Zijlstra & Rishiraj Kulkarni

SILENCE

Dutch première
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Spoken word
Spoken word
Anders ik wel

An intimate performance about the shame that lingers long after the ugly duckling has left the pond.

Geoffrey van der Ven / FRINGE

Anders ik wel

Première Amsterdam Fringe Festival
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Street theatre
Street theatre
BUS STOP

You can take the bus anywhere: on the street, the terrace, the beach, a boat, and even in the toilet. It takes a little waiting, but it’s worth the while.

Gerard Olthaar

BUS STOP

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Theatre
Theatre
1+1 Gratis

The performance 1+1 GRATIS is an elusive mix of poetry, dance, music, aerobics, mindfulness, crude jokes, high-pitched wailing, Fingerspitzengefühl, sit-down comedy, and sharp-witted bluntness.

Gerard Olthaar & Theo Wesselo

1+1 Gratis

Première
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Music
Music
GiGi Girls

GiGi Girls are a Cologne-based trio with Italian roots, reviving the glittering world of Italo-Disco with an influence of Dream Pop and New Romanticism.

GiGi Girls

GiGi Girls

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Music
Music
Grote Geelstaart

Grote Geelstaart walks the tightrope like an acrobat who could lose their balance at a moment’s notice.

Grote Geelstaart

Grote Geelstaart

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Music
Music
Heath

A psychedelic storm is raging across the Netherlands, and its name is Heath.

Heath

Heath

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Music
Music
Hellie

DJ Hellie’s sets move freely between genres and eras, reflecting her feminist perspective, which runs through everything she does.

Hellie

Hellie

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Street theatre
Street theatre
Springtime

An over-the-top romantic comedy in the tradition of silent film.

Hendrick-Jan de Stuntman ontmoet Merel Kamp

Springtime

Theatre
Theatre
Not Quichot

Nobody knows anymore what is real and what is fiction in this psychedelic narrative trip. So, we are all the foolish hero with good intentions, Don Quixote. Or not?

Het Zuidelijk Toneel

Not Quichot

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Friends special
Friends special
Vriendenactie | Nothing but the Truth

Swap your theatre seat for a backstage crash course in the world behind the scenes.

Het Zuidelijk Toneel

Vriendenactie | Nothing but the Truth

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Street theatre
Street theatre
WHY AREN’T YOU SAYING ANYTHING?

A theatrical dance duet for those who struggle to find the right words and, in this fast-paced world, go unheard.

Ilja Geelen

WHY AREN’T YOU SAYING ANYTHING?

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Friends special
Friends special
Vriendenactie | Ochtendmeditatie op de Streken

What if, in the noise, silence becomes audible? Experience the magic of the sunrise in all its glory.

Ilma Trip

Vriendenactie | Ochtendmeditatie op de Streken

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Friends special
Friends special
Vriendenactie | Dansen aan Zee

Feel the music in the evening breeze and dance with the sea.

Ilma Trip en Ingrid van Dieren

Vriendenactie | Dansen aan Zee

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Professionals
Professionals
IN SITU Immersive Lab: Artist Pitches

Discover the plans of eleven international artists for new site-specific works and stick around for the communal professionals' lunch.

IN SITU

IN SITU Immersive Lab: Artist Pitches

IN SITU
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Professionals
Professionals
IN SITU Immersive Lab: Artistic Gestures

Discover the new artistic proposals of European talent during these intimate work-in-progress presentations as part of the IN SITU Immersive Lab.

IN SITU

IN SITU Immersive Lab: Artistic Gestures

IN SITU
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Visual art
Visual art
Ritme van het tij

Rhythm of the Tide is a film about the relationship between man and landscape, and about the passage of time.

Isabelle la Poutré

Ritme van het tij

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Visual art
Visual art
Ecoshroom – S.O.I.L.

Ecoshroom is an interactive installation that brings plants, fungi, artificial intelligence, and humans together in an autonomous living system, exploring how they can collaborate in symbiosis.

Ivan Henriques

Ecoshroom - S.O.I.L.

Première
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Dance
Dance
Not Yet

Together with the audience, dancers traverse the emptiness of the open field. Driven by the rhythm of a ritual, a collective destination approaches, but we are Not Yet there.

Ivgi&Greben

Not Yet

Première
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Friends special
Friends special
Vriendenactie | Not Yet

It’s time to move onto the stage and leave your seat in the stands behind.

Ivgi&Greben

Vriendenactie | Not Yet

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Visual art
Visual art
Wad is, is nu

In the heart of the Wadden Sea lies a sandbank like no other. This animation depicts a 'roadside diner' for birds, running like a well-oiled food chain.

Jikke Lesterhuis

Wad is, is nu

Tonnenloods
Dance
Dance
Return to a Strange Land

A film portrait of the world-renowned choreographer Jiří Kylián and his muse, Sabine Kupferberg.

Jiří Kylián / Olga Spatova

Return to a Strange Land

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Music
Music
Johannes Is Zijn Naam

Johannes Is Zijn Naam creates Dutch-language dream pop, with Johannes as a fragile crooner, singing and dancing amidst rhythm boxes and synths.

Johannes Is Zijn Naam

Johannes Is Zijn Naam

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Theatre
Theatre
Alleen een wonder

Alleen een wonder is an ode to the unexpected twist. Can a story save someone?

Johannes Lievens

Alleen een wonder

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Street theatre
Street theatre
Drop Me If You Dare

A phenomenal blend of dance and partner acrobatics that captivates audiences of all ages around the world.

Joli Vyann

Drop Me If You Dare

Spoken word
Spoken word
De Groeten

Eight young writers capture Terschelling in words and take you to places you thought you knew, but have never experienced like this before.

Jonge Schrijvers

De Groeten

Première Meeuw Jonge Theatermakers
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Theatre
Theatre
Tot wie wij zijn

A spirited defence of the arts, at a time when it is desperately needed.

Joost Oomen

Tot wie wij zijn

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Music
Music
Julia Sabaté

Julia Sabaté presents her debut album Egoísta in a powerful live show, where Mediterranean influences and Latin American rhythms converge.

Julia Sabaté

Julia Sabaté

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Music
Music
Kaat van Stralen

Kaat Van Stralen refuses to be pigeonholed. What began as an original solo project has grown into a genre-defying punk band with a Flemish mega-hit.

Kaat van Stralen

Kaat van Stralen

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Music
Music
KAGAMI

KAGAMI is a cosmic funk duo from the Netherlands that combines Japanese city pop with dance beats in a refreshing live show with a nostalgic touch.

KAGAMI

KAGAMI

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Performance
Performance
Requiem

Something extraordinary and uncanny comes to life through the power of song, breath, and human effort in this contemporary requiem.

Kaleider

Requiem

Dutch première
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Performance
Performance
Revolution is a Dinner Party

A puppet performance about a class struggle between a sparrow and a rat, as seen in historical pest control campaigns, reveals how humans and pests are intertwined.

Kexin Hao

Revolution is a Dinner Party

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Music
Music
KLUP SOUNDSYSTEM & PETE BLAKER

KLUP SOUNDSYSTEM & PETE BLAKER: House, disco and just dancing, toodles!

KLUP SOUNDSYSTEM & PETE BLAKER

KLUP SOUNDSYSTEM & PETE BLAKER

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Street theatre
Street theatre
Duintroubadours

Every life is a ballad waiting to be sung! Straight from Rotterdam by way of the sea, the Duintroubadours present stories of today, your stories, captured in song.

Knaap & de Vos

Duintroubadours

Friends special
Friends special
Vriendenactie | Knaap & de Vos

Share your island stories with Knaap and de Vos; together, we’ll forge your input into the ultimate, one-of-a-kind levenslied for the Friends of Oerol 2026.

Knaap & de Vos

Vriendenactie | Knaap & de Vos

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Spoken word
Spoken word
Schapenhoeden op een onbewoond eiland

The seminar by internationally renowned sheep expert Koen Frijns. Based on his one-off experience on a wild, uninhabited Norwegian island.

Koen Frijns

Schapenhoeden op een onbewoond eiland

Dutch première
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Street theatre
Street theatre
Mission Arnold Schwarzenegger

KRA solves all the world's problems, starting with pollution. How? By creating an action movie about climate heroes—on the spot and together with you! Who inspires real change?

KRA

Mission Arnold Schwarzenegger

Dutch première IN SITU
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Music
Music
Krismika

Krismika is a DJ, programmer, and researcher rooted in the Rotterdam underground scene. As a DJ, her sound is broad yet clearly anchored in the 1980s.

Krismika

Krismika

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Music
Music
Kruidkoek & Joost Oomen

Poetry boring? Absolutely not! Kruidkoek & Joost Oomen drench it in a bucket of punk-jazz, absurdism, and a liter of childlike overconfidence.

Kruidkoek & Joost Oomen

Kruidkoek & Joost Oomen

Explore the North
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Music
Music
Lab Tarab

Let yourself be swept away by Lab Tarab, where tropical beats, Afro-disco, and Arabic techno melt together to create a sweltering dance floor: full of energy, mystery, and connection.

Lab Tarab

Lab Tarab

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Talks
Talks
Love Your Label

A warm conversation about labels that give you support, friction and sometimes send you in an unexpected direction.

Laura van Dolron

Love Your Label

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Werkplaats
Werkplaats
WADWERKEN

How can construction systems be shaped by ecological processes? A living experiment with biobased shell blocks in the Wadden Sea.

Laurien Zwaans

WADWERKEN

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Music
Music
Lieverds

Rising stars in the Dutch soul and groove scene. Think Marvin Gaye, but while cycling through the polder.

Lieverds

Lieverds

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Theatre
Theatre
Chicks in Dialogue

A chicken language course that culminates in a cackling opera, based on intensive research into the world's most undervalued bird.

Lindertje Mans / Firma Mes

Chicks in Dialogue

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Food
Food
Diner op de Deining: Grilled Goodness & Moestuin Madness

A smoky tribute to the island.

Lokaal Terschelling / Ria Laanstra

Diner op de Deining: Grilled Goodness & Moestuin Madness

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Music
Music
M2K

Where underground dance and live drums merge into pure festival chaos, that's where you'll find M2K.

M2K

M2K

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Visual art
Visual art
Dienst Analoge Communicatie

Experience (again) the magic of post and celebrate analogue connection.

Maaike Ebbinge / EILANDKINDEREN

Dienst Analoge Communicatie

Première
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Music
Music
Magasin

Tight rhythms on the playful terrain of no wave, post-punk and art pop.

Magasin

Magasin

Popunie
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Music
Music
MAHA

Attitude, ambition, and outfits that match perfectly.

MAHA

MAHA

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Music
Music
MAHA – special

A hopeful punk show about choosing your own path.

MAHA

MAHA - special

Explore the North
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Visual art
Visual art
De Streken

A tidal installation on the mudflats near Oosterend, continuously influenced by the ebb and flow. Experience the Wadden Sea in motion.

Marc van Vliet

De Streken

Friends special
Friends special
Vriendenactie | De Streken

One last time towards the horizon: join artist Marc van Vliet for the grand finale of De Streken in 2026.

Marc van Vliet

Vriendenactie | De Streken

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Music
Music
Maria Iskariot

Dutch-language punk band from Belgium, whose debut album has already been elevated to cult status.

Maria Iskariot

Maria Iskariot

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Performance
Performance
De 7 kamers

Seven songs use their unique musical identities to shape seven rooms and their sweet, funny, and strange inhabitants, each with their own survival strategy following a traumatic experience.

Marie-Mae van Zuilen

De 7 kamers

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