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Typical The Hague festivals
The Hague can rightly be called a festival city. But what are the typical Hague Festivals? Grab your agenda and get inspired!
January
Unox New Year's Dive Scheveningen
Start the new year fresh with a dip in the cold North Sea water on the Scheveningen coast near De Pier and the Kurhaus.
Writers Unlimited International Literature Festival
Writers Unlimited International Literature Festival brings over a hundred writers, poets, spoken word artists and musicians to The Hague.
The largest New Year's Day dip in the Netherlands takes place in Scheveningen!
February
Grauzone Festival
Grauzone Festival presents a diverse and innovative program in which music, film and art complement each other spread over 4 locations in the center of The Hague.
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year will again be celebrated grandly in the centre of The Hague, as usual, with an impressive drum show, a parade and fireworks in Chinatown.
Krokus Kabaal
Krokus Kabaal is The Hague's children's festival during the spring break. Creative, sporting and cultural activities especially for children take place throughout the city. From workshops and performances to hands-on activities and discoveries: Krokus Kabaal turns the spring break into a celebration for young residents of The Hague and visitors, with plenty of fun, imagination and exercise.
Holland Dance Festival
The Holland Dance Festival puts The Hague on the map as an international dance city. During this festival, top dancers and choreographers from all over the world come together for a varied programme of performances, premieres and special collaborations.
Chinese New Year always takes place at the end of January or the beginning of February, due to the difference between the Western and Chinese calendars.
March
Movies that Matter Festival
Movies that Matter Festival in The Hague is the international film and debate festival in the Netherlands. Every year, the festival presents a varied program of about seventy feature films and documentaries on human rights in Filmhuis Den Haag and Theater aan het Spui. Many films can be seen in the Netherlands for the first time, and only at this festival.
St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's Day on the Grote Markt in The Hague has grown into one of the largest Irish celebrations outside Ireland. During this free festival, the city is dominated by Ireland, with energetic dance shows and live music from a variety of Irish bands that together create an exuberant atmosphere.
NN CPC Loop The Hague
The City-Pier-City Loop has been an annual running event in The Hague since 1975, with different distances for young and old.
Museumnight Kids
Each year, Museum Night Kids offers an evening of cultural entertainment for children aged 4 to 12. With museums and cultural institutions in The Hague opening their doors, children can enjoy exhibitions, films, treasure hunts and creative workshops.
Are you running in the CPC this year?
April
Rewire Festival
Rewire is the annual international festival for progressive 'innovative' music. A program has been put together with a focus on the artistic vanguard in electronic music, new jazz, experimental pop, sound art and modern composed music.
The Life I Live
The Life I Live in The Hague, the successor to the KoninginneNach in The Hague, will transform the city center into a free festival site on April 26, where quality music predominates.
Every year, the city centre is transformed into a free festival site with performances by up-and-coming and established artists from The Hague.
May
Liberation Festival
Throughout the Netherlands, freedom is celebrated on May 5th during Liberation Day: the Liberation Festival takes place in fourteen cities. In The Hague, the Liberation Festival is celebrated on the Malieveld.
Sniester Festival
Sniester will be able to experience more than 70 bands in 2 days on & around the Grote Markt and Paard in the Hague's Pop district, the musical heart of the city. From emerging to established, local to international and from electronic indie to ripping guitars. No crush barriers, no big names for the sake of the big names - Sniester is real action and real love for real music.
Pride The Hague
Pride The Hague is all about love, diversity and inclusion, showing that everyone can be themselves in The Hague. With a colourful programme full of events, performances and meetings, the city celebrates the LGBTQIA+ community and its allies.
The Liberation Festival in The Hague is more than just a pop festival. It focuses on freedom, democracy and the rule of law in many different ways.
North Sea Regatta
The annual sailing event “North Sea Regatta” revolves around the well-known Lightvessel Race from Scheveningen to Harwich and the North Sea Race back. After the Lightvessel Race and North Sea Race, there is time to catch your breath and get the ship back in order before joining the battle off the coast: North Sea Regatta inshore.
Dutch Beer Tasting Festival
The Dutch Beer Tasting Festival is a celebration for lovers of craft beer and Dutch brewers and takes place in the heart of The Hague. At this flavourful gathering, you can taste a wide selection of speciality beers, meet the makers behind the beers and discover new flavours. In a relaxed festival atmosphere, in the middle of the city, it's all about enjoying, discovering and tasting together.
BlowUp Art
BlowUp Art The Hague playfully merges the city with contemporary art. During this art festival, impressive inflatable artworks pop up in the Museum Quarter in The Hague. From striking installations to surprising encounters in the streetscape: BlowUp Art invites everyone to see the city through different eyes and experience art outside the walls of the museum.
BlowUp Art celebrates art that captures air and space in form – right in the cultural heart of The Hague, the Museum Quarter.
June
The Crave Festival
Dance event with various music styles in the Zuiderpark. The festival, aimed at electronic music, transforms the Zuiderpark into a dance mecca, where the best of the international and national scene visits The Hague.
Kaderock
KadeRock is a pop festival that is celebrated every year on the first Saturday of June at Muziekcafé Musicon on Soestdijksekade in The Hague. KadeRock is known as small-scale but big.
Flag Day
Flag Day Scheveningen is an event that has been announcing the arrival of the Dutch Nieuwe herring year after year. On this day, this fish species is central. But there is also plenty to experience for non-fish lovers on Vlaggetjesdag in the harbor of Scheveningen with music, orchestras, bands, artists, old sail luggers, miniature ships, round trips and various demonstrations.
Dutch Veterans Day
As a tribute to all veterans, the National Veterans Day Committee organizes the Dutch Veterans Day in The Hague every last Saturday in June
Kaderock at Musicon in The Hague.
July
Zeeheldenfestival
The annual Zeeheldenfestival once started as a small neighborhood party. This neighborhood party has now grown into a multi-day event on the Prins Hendrikplein with a variety of performances, street theater and activities
Theatre festival De Parade
Ok, not typically The Hague, but at the most beautiful location: the Westbroekpark. In The Hague, the Westbroekpark is transformed every summer into a temporary cultural street with theater tents, fountain tents and even a nostalgic merry-go-round.
The Hague Art and Antique Days
Under the beautiful trees of the stately Lange Voorhout, the Hague Art and Antiek Days have been organized for 30 years, a concept for art and antique-loving Netherlands.
Floating is life!
August
Milan Summer Festival
Milan Summer Festival is a multicultural festival on the fields of the Zuiderpark. The cross-border festival bridges the atmospheric cultures that our country is rich in, from Dutch to Hindustani, from Caribbean to Indian.
Food Truck Festival TREK
Food Truck Festival TREK turns the Westbroekpark in The Hague into one large open-air restaurant every year. The free food event manages to tickle the taste buds for three days with all kinds of delicacies: from oysters to sausage and from organic fries to vegetarian food.
The Hague Beat Festival
The Hague Beat Festival is a typical Hague tribute to the musical heroes who put the city on the map nationally and internationally in pop history. Expect a varied programme with top artists, solid bands and promising young talent. With good catering, space to meet each other and plenty of music, the festival is all about eating, drinking, dancing and enjoying that unmistakable Hague beat together.
Jazz in the canal
Jazz in the canal is a super fun music festival in the city center of The Hague. On and around the water along the Bierkade, Dunne Bierkade, Groenewegje, Veenkade and Hooigracht, dozens of jazz artists give free concerts from boats and floating stages. During the music event you can enjoy a snack and a drink at the various cafes and restaurants on the quays.
On and around the water along the Bierkade, Dunne Bierkade and Groenewegje, dozens of jazz artists give free concerts from boats and floating stages.
September
Embassy Festival
Celebrate world culture during the Embassy Festival in The Hague, the international city of peace and justice. Experience the music, food and traditions that unite us all during this unique event, which focuses on the shared passions that connect global citizens.
Spotlight Festival
This free festival offers you the opportunity to discover The Hague's rich cultural offerings in a special way over two days. Whether you love music, dance, theatre, comedy, film, literature or other festivals, there is something for everyone. Stages and theatres throughout the city will be presenting their programmes for the coming year!
Prince's Day
Prinsjesdag is the traditional start of the parliamentary year for the Senate and House of Representatives in The Hague. On this third Tuesday in September, King Willem-Alexander will deliver a speech from the throne in which the government will announce its most important plans for the coming year. Prior to the reading of the speech from the throne, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima will take a tour in the Glass Coach.
Prince's Day
Oktober
Art The Hague
Art The Hague in the Fokker Terminal is the moment when The Hague presents itself as a city of art and creativity. During this art weekend, galleries, museums and project spaces open their doors and you can discover work by both established names and new talent. From contemporary art to surprising installations: Art The Hague invites you to look, discover and be inspired by the diverse art scene in The Hague.
Museum Night The Hague
Museum Night The Hague showcases the best of The Hague's museums with a vibrant programme! Until late in the evening, 33+ museums and cultural institutions open their doors to art-loving night owls.
Festival The Enchantment
De Betovering is the international art festival for young people with dazzling performances and workshops at more than 55 locations in and outside The Hague.
A unique contemporary art fair in the Fokker Terminal.
November
Crossing Border Festival
Crossing Border is the festival that focuses on the combination of literature, music, film and visual arts.
December
Royal Christmas Fair
Christmas market in The Hague! The Royal Christmas Fair on the Lange Voorhout is one of the largest and nicest Christmas markets in the Netherlands.
Scheveningen Light Walk
The Scheveningen Light Walk is the best walking event in the dark and cozy winter month. Thousands of sporty walkers put on their walking shoes and walk 7, 12 or 18 km through magically lit Scheveningen.
Cool Event Scheveningen
Every year, the seaside resort of Scheveningen in The Hague is again the place for the ultimate winter sports experience by the sea. The Kurhausplein is home to an indoor ice rink of no less than 600 m2.
In December, the Royal Christmas Fair will get you in the ultimate Christmas spirit with twinkling lights and well-known Christmas carols.
