The Shimmy Shake Festival in Rotterdam brings together the cream of the crop of the international fusion world. Expect a varied programme with dance workshops for all levels, shows, demonstrations as well as a cosy bazaar with tasty snacks and free dance performances.
Shimmy Shake is the premiere international belly dance festival in the Netherlands. Every year, the festival draws great international star dancers. They don't only come to perform. They also come to teach! There are classes for beginners as well as workshops for improvers and professionals.
The event also features an Oriental bazaar. Here you'll be able to enjoy live music, stage performances, shop and good food. Admission to the bazaar is free.
Shimmy Shake Festival Rotterdam
About Shimmy Shake Festival 2019
The 6th edition of the International Shimmy Shake Festival will take place on 8, 9 and 10 November 2019 in Rotterdam. In 2019, expect to see the following headliners: Piny Orchidaceae, Kira Habibi Lal, Patricia Zarnovican, Leo Orchidaceae & Tjarda van Straten.
This year, different styles will be mixed, including Polynesian and African dances and the American 'LGBT dance style' Waacking.
Release your inner monster and dance between zombies & skeletons at the Crazy Sexy Cool Halloween Festival in Zuiderpark Rotterdam. Expect spooky performances, freaky decorations and terrifying horror.
Crazy Sexy Cool Halloween Festival Rotterdam
At the Crazy Sexy Cool Halloween Festival, the Zuiderpark is be transformed into your biggest nightmare. All the hungry zombies, sexy vampires and terrifying werewolves come out of the shadows to party at this outdoor Halloween festival.
Come to the festival dressed up! Dress up as a crazy clown, sexy vampire or cool skeleton. Face-covering make-up is allowed, masks must be able to be removed for identification purposes.
The terrain is partly outdoor and partly covered. All stages (tents) have floors. The performances take place in heated, covered festival tents which also serve as safe zones. Safe zones you ask? Yes, outside the tents, chances are you might run into scare actors. To move from tent to tent, you'll have to walk through the park, doing so along paved paths and grass.
Crazy Sexy Cool Halloween Festival
Do you have nerves of steel? Then wander through the different scare zones during the festival. Terrifying scare actors come out of the darkness to scare the living daylights out of you. Good to know: the scare zones are free!
P.S. There's a minimum age requirement. To visit the festival, you need to be 18 or older. Make sure you bring an ID card and/or driver's licence to identify yourself.
Crazy Sexy Cool Halloween Festival Line-up 2019
• Jebroer • Freddy Moreira • Afro Bros • The Partysquad • Yung Felix • Dopebwoy • Jayh • Snelle • Rolf Sanchez • Caza • D-Rashid • Numidia • Girls love DJs • Stefan Vilijn • Charmes • Wessel S • Vaiks L & Rowses • Rudy Lima • Benn & Paul • DJ Dylvn • Kifu Lifestyle • Luvano • MC Patrick Brown • Presly Delgado • Ricky Breaker • Rowan Pierot
Crazy Sexy Cool Halloween Festival
Crazy Sexy Cool Halloween Festival event details
Crazy Sexy Cool Halloween Festival
Place: Zuiderpark Rotterdam
Date(s) & Time(s): 26 October 2019 | 14:00 - 23:00 (you can enter until 21:00)
Zuiderpark is easy to reach by public transport. Are you coming by metro? Then get off at the Zuidplein or Slinge stop. For the tram, take tram 2 at the Boergoensevliet and tram 25 at the Groene Hilledijk.
Coming by car? You can park at the Rotterdam Ahoy parking lot. You can pay at the parking meter after the festival. Use Ahoyweg 10, Rotterdam as your navigation address.
Baroeg and Rotown are joining forces. On Thursday 24 October the two stages will present the American band Baroness at the Maassilo in Rotterdam.
Baroness does it just a little bit different from the average metal band. The American collective avoids the cliché of lugubrious black-grey-white tones by linking each album to a certain colour. Stylistically, the band regularly dares to stray to the regions of progressive rock, post-punk, folk, hardcore, ambient and neoclassical.
Baroness already played in Rotterdam in 2010 during the Metropolis Festival.
For two decades, Festival Jazz International Rotterdam has been all about discovering fresh sounds, socializing and the enjoyment of music. Jazz International brings great and promising jazz artists together for a weekend full of performances.
This year's focus will be on the Rotterdam scene and sound. Jazz, hip-hop, electronics, improvisation and many crossovers characterize the program, all with Rotterdam character.
About Festival Jazz International Rotterdam
Since 2001 Rotterdam has had a successful jazz festival with topical, adventurous and high quality jazz. Festival Jazz International Rotterdam offers a multi-day jazz programme with national and international allure, with plenty of attention for young talent, new projects and a more in-depth peripheral programme.
The festival offers visitors (and artists) an adventurous and intense music experience. As a result, it has acquired its own signature and place within the local and international jazz scene.
As of 2019, the festival has started to focus more on local talent. At Festival Jazz International Rotterdam 2019 there will be plenty of room for Rotterdam musicians and new projects, in which (cultural) diversity is a spearhead. Festival Jazz International Rotterdam aims to enrich and deepen what the Rotterdam makers present by programming select (inter)national artists around it.
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Festival Jazz International Rotterdam line-up and locations
Friday 25 October
Locations: LantarenVenster, Nederlands Fotomuseum.
• The New Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra feat. Jason Lindner • The Pack Project with Efe Erdem • Greg Ward's Rogue Parade • Melissa Aldana
Saturday 26 October Locations: LantarenVenster, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Walhalla, Verhalenhuis Belvédère and Fenix Music Factory.
• Re:Freshed Orchestra • Arp Frique & Family • Sarathy Korwar • Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio feat. Benjamin Herman • Doppler Trio • ALEXANDER and Yannick Hiwat Quintet.
Acts performing at Kaap Special: • Crime Jazz • NuMoonLab • Erasmus Jazz Prize winners • Eric Vloeimans Carte Blanche • Ghasem Batamuntu & The Nu Nova Compound.
Harry Potter and music lovers rejoice! In January 2020, fans will be able to relive the magic of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in real life. The musical spectacle features live accompaniment by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
Order of the Phoenix in Concert
Order of the Phoenix is the fifth film in the classic saga by author J.K. Rowling. At the concert, the film will be projected as in a film theatre, while the musical score, originally composed and arranged by Nicholas Hooper will be performed live by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
Expect an evening in which enchanting and 100% live musical performances will take you on an epic journey through Harry Potters' adventures during his fifth year at school. A year in which the sorcerer's apprentice, ominously threatened by Voldemort, was attacked by dementors and plagued by ink-black dreams.
The film will be screened in its original English version, with Dutch subtitles.
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra distinguishes itself worldwide as a top orchestra known for cutting edge performances in which sparks (almost literally) fly. Every year, more than 100,000 concertgoers in the Netherlands and abroad experience how classical music, in capable hands, becomes an inspiring evening. The orchestra is known for not shying away from modern productions. An example of this is their participation in the live performance of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1918. Under the direction of Eduard Flipse in the 1930s, the orchestra developed into one of the most prominent Dutch orchestras. With Jean Fournet and Edo de Waart, the orchestra continued to build on its international reputation in the 1970s. Valery Gergiev's appointment heralded a new heyday, which was continued since 2008 with Yannick Nézet-Séguin. He has been an honorary conductor with the orchestra since 2018. Since the 2018-2019 season, Lahav Shani has been chief conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.
Tickets to Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in Rotterdam
For tickets and more information on the event, visit the official Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra website. Are you a frequent visitor of De Doelen? Do note that the seating plan for this concert has been adapted to allow you to view the film from all angles. You can see the new floor plan during the ordering process.
Event details
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix In Concert
Place: De Doelen Schouwburgplein 50, 3012 CL Rotterdam
Date(s) & Time(s): Thursday, 16 January 2020 | 19:30 Friday, 17 January 2020 | 19:30 Saturday, 18 January 2020 | 19:30 Sunday, 19 January 2020 | 13:30
The event takes place in the large auditorium at De Doelen, Rotterdam's premiere concert hall. It's a seven-minute (550m) walk from Rotterdam Central Station.