The programme of 2019 consists of several cultural events, shows, and exhibitions. Since 2018 Friesland is known as Cultural Capital. Friesland has a rich programme of events every year.
Date: 9/02/2019 - 26/05/2019
Photographer and visual artist Ruud van Empel (1958) has gained world fame with his fictional children's portraits in paradisiacal environments. In his recent natural works, the staging has become even more exuberant. It fits into a romantic tradition - idyllic, idealistic, perhaps even sentimental.
Date: as of 2 February 2019
The Fries Museum will present a retrospective of the work of Éric van Hove. The artist researches the relevance of local crafts in a highly globalized world economy. The highlight of the exhibition is the D9T, a reproduction of a Caterpillar D9 bulldozer engine.
Datum: 13-4-2019
Start of the sailing season of the brown fleet, live music, food stands, markets, shanty choirs, old crafts, workshops, cultural activities and many more attractions.
Date: 24/05/19 - 25/05/19
The Fries Straat Festival is held every year on the last weekend of May in the city center of Leeuwarden. A weekend full of street theater and great music. Most performances are free and there is something for everyone.
Date: 30/05/19 - 02/06/19
The Oranjewoud Festival is a thrilling music festival. Classical music, jazz, dance, and musical theatre take place in the exciting setting of Oranjewoud.
Date: 14/06/2019 - 23/06/2019
Every year, the island of Terschelling transforms into one big stage for theatre, dance, visual art and music. Hundreds of artists come to this Frisian island to explore, create and showcase new art.
Date: 27/06/19 - 30/06/19
The CityProms festival is the finest classical music festival of the North, where everyone is welcomed every year in the last weekend of June. The city center of Leeuwarden is bubbling, tingling and sputtering.
Date: 27/06/19 - 30/06/19
Simmerdeis is the cultural festival of Smallingerland. For four days, Smallingerland is all about theater, music and special encounters.
Date: 18/07/2019 - 21/07/2019
A three-day music festival that is much like a temporary village. A village with an impressive programme that consists of both national and international music acts, good and sustainable food, design, innovation and sustainability.
Date: 27/07/2019 - 09/08/2019
The big battle with the SKS is the championship. That goes to the skipper who has sailed as few points as possible. The skûtsje who has achieved the least points after the last game is the champion. If there is still an equal result between two or more skûtsjes, then the order of arrival in the last match is decisive. The final of SKS Skûtsjesilen takes place on the Sneekermeer and is best viewed from the side of the Start Island.
Date: 03/08/2019 - 08/08/2019
Sneekweek is an annual event that includes daily sailing matches, and lots of other festivities, such as a music festival, a carnival and a fleet show.
Date: 30/08/2019
With an average of 8000 to 10000 visitors, the Gondelvaart Aldeboarn is one of the largest events in Friesland. A spectacle with 15 floating objects, which can be considered almost complete theatre productions.
Date: 28/08/2019 - 31/08/2019
During Visserijdagen, visitors are offered more than seventy events: varying from music, singing, dance art, gastronomy, culture to sports events. All this in a set of over 600 monuments and a modern fishing and commercial port.
Date: July/August 2019
Opera Spanga celebrates in 2019 its 30 anniversary. The open-air productions in 2019 of Opera Spanga will be two modern operas, Il Tabarro by Giacomo Puccini en Pagliacci by Rugerro Leoncavallo. Set for the operas is the Frisian village Spanga with ist meadows as background for the stage.
Date: 28/08/2019 - 01/09/2019
The mission of Psy-Fi is to create a space where visitors can enjoy art, culture, music, personal growth and nature.
Date: 5/09/2019 - 8/09/2019
An event where both specific and non-specific aspects of Dokkum come together: maritime, culinary, history, culture, hospitability and sociability. A party that for three days draws thousands of people to the ancient admiralty city.
Date: 19/10/2019 - 15/03/2020
With the exhibition We Vikings the Fries Museum throws the cliché image of the Vikings over its head. More than a tribe, it was a culture in the whole North Sea area. Going on a Viking adventure was almost like going on a rampage. And so did the inhabitants of Frisia.
Date: 6/11/201/ - 10/11/2019
The Northern Film Festival is one of the largest and oldest regional film festivals in the Netherlands, with more than 150 films in five days.
Date: 1/11/2019 - 30/11/2019
During Art Month 2019 over a hundred artists from home and abroad will exhibit their works at unique locations all over the island.
Date: 22/11/2019 - 24/11/2019
The most beautiful spots of Leeuwarden will become temporary public property during the visually spectacular journey, Explore the North. The music, literature, visual arts, theatre and experiments of this festival quickly capture the hearts of the Frisians.
