Jazz Festival Hillegersberg has been around for over three decades. The three-day festival features over 35 acts performing on three different stages in the centre of Hillegersberg. 

The festival starts on Friday evening and ends on Sunday night. Approximately 35 acts can be seen on the three stages. Entrance is free. Festival organisers expect approximately 20,000 people. Visitors are requested to come by bicycle or public transport as much as possible.

Jazz Festival Hillegersberg artist line-up

This year, the artists performing at Jazz Festival Hillegersberg include:

• Licks & Brains
• Funkstamatics
• Nod Steward
• Dave Chavez
• Doors Tribute
• Raymunda
• Hans Dulfer
• Big Pete & The Implosions
• Edsel Juliet & La Banda Loca
• Moondance
• Barrelhouse
• Joe Undercover Band
• What the FRNK
• Ocean Boulevard
• Facet Fusion Band
• Stickey Fingers
• Henk Pepping Express ft. Ruben Hoeke
• Kino Haitsma
• VOF de Kunst

... and many more wonderful jazz, blues and crossover artists. You can find the official artist line-up on the Jazz Festival Hillegersberg website.

Event details

Location: Jazz Festival Hillegersberg

On the weekend of the 25th & 26th of May 2019, the historic city centre of Schiedam is all about relaxation and entertainment. Various local organisations team up to provide a full day of summer vibes, music, poetry, markets, food trucks and what Schiedam is known for; gin!

The historic city centre of Schiedam, with its beautiful canals, is increasingly popular among the Dutch and tourists alike. From far and wide, people come to learn about and taste Dutch gin. Moreover, the city is also a cool place to relax and hang out. How much so? Find out on the last weekend of May.

Festival weekend in Schiedam 📷 Alyssa van Heyst

Schiedam Festival weekend

About TEDx

TEDx is the local variant of the TED Conferences known all over the world. It is an independent event organized by volunteers that gives local speakers a stage. TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) started thirty years ago as a four-day conference in California and is now known worldwide for its lectures in which the world's greatest thinkers share their expertise.

Every talk is no longer than than eighteen minutes and many of them are available online for free. Famous speakers from the past are Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sal Khan and Daniel Kahneman.

Laura and Ilfa speaking at TEDx Rotterdam 📷 Sjoerd Feenstra

Speakers at TEDx Rotterdam 2019:

• Henk Ovink - Ovink is Dutch Special Envoy on Water or Water Envoy. He helps governments worldwide with storms, tidal waves or other water-related problems. He also shares the knowledge that the Netherlands has about the fight against water.

• Kristian Koreman & Elma van Boxel - This duo founded ZUS Architects, Zones Urbaines Sensibles. ZUS realized pioneering projects such as Schieblock and the Luchtsingel in Rotterdam and Dune in Almere and won several international awards. The book "City of Permanent Temporality" was recently published. Incomplete & Unfinished "about their work.

• Ismail Aghzanay - Aghzanay is a teacher of the year in Rotterdam, because of his innovative way of teaching that connects more emotionally with students.

• YMP (Young Mitch Poetry) - Former inmate YMP is now a successful spoken word artist. In addition to many performances, he is gaining fame with his production house Flow.

• Wesley dos Santos - Dos Santos is the co-founder of shoe brand Diversité Footwear and the circular boat rental company iKapitein. In 2018 he won the FunX Media Business Award and the RET Aardig Onderweg Award, because of his sustainable invention.

• Melanie Roche - Roche wrote the book Thriving Through Cancer: Tools and Practices to Feel Better and Improve Your Quality of Life During Cancer and Beyond - An Integrative Method. She developed a 'body-mind therapy': a set of skills that strengthens awareness and improves the quality of life.

• Laura Luchtman & Ilfa Siebenhaar - Fashion designers Luchtman and Siebenhaar developed an innovative, sustainable way to colour clothing. In their search for a natural alternative to the usual textile dyeing processes, they came across bacteria that produce pigment.

• Maarten Engelen - The Engelen company uses nano-satellites that not only inhabited parts but literally give access to the data network from all corners of the world. For example, remote farms can also take advantage of data collection.

• Adilson Neves - Neves was in custody for six months for fraud, discovered where his power was and then managed to give his life a positive twist. Now he helps people who live in a care home and he inspires young people to mean something to others.

• Jean Marie Molina - As senior lecturer in Study Success at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Molina developed a method that helps students graduate after a delay in their study career.

TEDx Rotterdam information

For more information on TEDx Rotterdam and for tickets, please visit the official TEDxRotterdam website.