2024

Wallen Festival

The Wallen Festival celebrates the rich diversity of Amsterdam's old city center, bringing together history, creativity, culture, community and unique local enterprises. We co-create the programme of the festival with specific attention on the cultural events.

Dakterras summer cultural season

Thanks to support from Centrum Begroot we could offer 26 professional artists, across 5 musical genres, and more than 10 nationalities.

The concerts are now available on our YouTube channel, and we also have a trailer.

The direct links to the concerts are:

29 June Opening Evening

  • Miras Trio with "Weaving the Thread of Life"
    • Line-up: Sofia Pedro – vocals , Joana Almeida – guitar, Juan Sebastián Blanco – harp
  • Mehmet Polat and Maryana Golovchenko
    • Line-up: Maryana Golovchenko – vocals, Mehmet Polat – ud, Pau Sola – cello, Alper Kekec – percussions

20 July

  • The Silk Roads
    • Nanda Rea – vocals, Stefano Bocconi – guitar, Pedro Ivo Ferreira – double bass, Federico Savini – drums
    • Special guest: Sebastiano Gentile – vocals
  • Gidon Nunes Vaz trio
    • Line-up: Gidon Nunes Vaz – trumpet, Davor Stehlik – guitar, Tomek van Leeuwen – double bass

10 August

  • Shishani
    • Line-up: Shishani – vox, guitar (they/them), Julian Bohn – keys (he/him), Nathan Klumperbeek – bass (he/him), Jeroen Batterink – drums (he/him)

7 September:

  • Maripepa Contreras Brazilian Quartet
    • Line-up : Maripepa Contreras – oboe/english horn, Luis Mascaro – violin, Daniel Montes – 7-string guitar, Wagner Vasconcelos – percussion

The Little That Lasts

This is our own production which emphasizes kindness through a blend of moder opera music, acting, and visual storytelling. We released an early concept version, without the full visuals.