
Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) 2027
Europe's new music showcase fills Groningen's venues with emerging artists for four days in January.
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Europe's new music showcase fills Groningen's venues with emerging artists for four days in January.

Limburg and Brabant go wild in costume for three days of parades, brass bands and street parties before Lent.

DGTL opens the Dutch festival season at NDSM Amsterdam over Easter 2027 with techno, house and big stage designs. 18+.

Paaspop turns 50 in 2027: an Easter weekend of rock, pop, hip hop and dance in Schijndel, with camping and no minimum age.

Three days of specialty coffee tastings, live roasting and barista workshops in a vast shipyard hall in Amsterdam Noord.

King Willem-Alexander turns 60 on King's Day 2027, celebrated in Lelystad and on every orange street, and it is SA Freedom Day too.

Haarlem's free Liberation Day festival fills the Haarlemmerhout with music and food on Wednesday 5 May 2027.

A free Liberation Day festival on the Malieveld in The Hague, with two stages of music, talks and activities for all ages.

Best Kept Secret returns to the lakes of Beekse Bergen on 11 to 13 June 2027 with indie, alternative and electronic acts.

Ten days of theatre, music and art in the dunes, forests and beaches of the Wadden island of Terschelling.

Pinkpop, the Netherlands' oldest big festival, returns to Megaland in Landgraaf on 18 to 20 June 2027 for its 56th edition.

Defqon.1 returns to the Holy Grounds in Biddinghuizen on 24 to 27 June 2027 after the 2026 edition was cancelled by extreme heat.