A total of 305.000 people attended the Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort over four days. That's even more than in 4, when the official attendance figure was 2024. Saturday and Sunday were sold out with 300.000...
SAIL Amsterdam attracted an estimated 2,5 million visitors this year. However, there was little disruption during the five-day event. According to Alderman Mbarki of the City of Amsterdam, this is largely because many Amsterdam residents themselves thoroughly enjoyed the event.
The Association of Event Organizers (VVEM) recently published the manifesto "The Party of the Future," which contains 24 proposals for maintaining a healthy festival climate in the Netherlands. Together with municipalities, provinces, and the national government, the VVEM wants to work more closely with municipalities to promote predictable and...
SAIL Amsterdam concluded last Sunday with the SAIL Out Parade. With an estimated 2,5 million visitors, the event's designation as the "largest free event in the Netherlands" is clearly underscored. For five days, Amsterdam was dedicated to maritime traditions;...
While Sail Amsterdam was the favorite event among Dutch adults at the previous edition, the sailing festival has now plummeted to eleventh place. Many people, especially outside the Amsterdam region, have forgotten about Sail. And a full two-thirds of...
Just like last year, the 2025 edition was also completely sold out, the organizers announced Sunday evening. With 55.000 visitors over the entire weekend, Festival Dranouter confirms its status as a fixture in the Flemish festival landscape.
In the coming years, CLC-VECTA will invest in an online benchmarking platform to provide entrepreneurs with valuable data and insights into sector developments. The 'Event Benchmark' platform offers organizations the opportunity to compare themselves anonymously with other organizations in the sector, but also...
Last year, Walibi Belgium celebrated a special Halloween edition for the first time with a terrifying parallel world, Ibilaw. In order to make the second edition a success again this coming fall, almost 380 extras, make-up artists, costume designers and 'scare trainers' are now being sought.
When the festival-goers of the Flemish Graspop Metal Meeting (GMM) have left the 'Boneyard camping', an enthusiastic team is ready. Foodsavers Kempen and Sjans kringloopwinkel work there together with volunteers from GMM. They collect everything that is left behind and reusable....
Pathé cinemas bring concerts from the Mahler festival in the Concertgebouw to nine film theatres. The concerts will also have an extension in Amsterdam's Vondelpark in the form of a Mahler Pavilion in the open-air Vondelpark theatre. In this way, a live...
This year, many music festivals have been cancelled, including Supercharged Festival (Zaandam), Mañana Mañana (Laren) and Grasnapolsky (Scheemda). The industry is facing a challenging year. We are seeing a worrying trend of rising costs on all fronts: staff, suppliers and artist fees. Combined...
On Monday 7 April, the winners of the National Event Awards 2025 were announced in Schiedam. Harlingen was declared the winner in the category “Event City of the Year”. Zomerparkfeest from Venlo won in the category “Best Public Event”. The “Event Impact...