7th-16th June | Terschelling 10 days of new location performances, music, dance, and art on Terschelling. 365 days in your mind.

Oerol Festival 2024

Festival Hub de Deining

Bostheater

Street theatre

Performance

Expedition

Expo

Tourist Information Office

Talks

Raaklijn

West-End Theater

Innofest

Oerol Shop

Food

Service point

Friends’ events

free admission

with festival wristband

with festival wristband and ticket

Expositions

Theater

Dance

Music theatre

Workshop

Circus

Storytelling

Workplace

Music

In this realm, the law of the jungle applies: who will become The Grand Percussionist in the world of classical music?

The Grand Percussionist

Learn to look differently on a walk through the invisible Terschelling landscape.

Friends' event | Join the journey of discovery!

Sjoerd Willem Bosch / Waddenacademie / Dr. Heleen van Londen

Do you hear the fabricated landscape creaking? Following an installation route and guided forest experience, we curiously explore the lessons we can learn from forest decay and our overlooked connections to it.

KRAK installatieroute + bosworkshop

Elmo Vermijs / Chihiro Geuzebroek

Adapt and drift along! Everyone is welcome in this group of salt enthusiasts, even if you're made of sugar.

Meet the Salt-Loving Community

De Onkruidenier

KUNST, or the last way to save the world when all else hopelessly fails.

KUNST

Veenfabriek

In an ongoing performance, artist Bart Eysink Smeets takes up residency in an kitchen on Het Groene Strand, carrying on even as the tide rises around him.

De keuken en het tij

Bart Eysink Smeets

Standing guard at the boundary: the line between the festival and the protected nature reserve.Listen on-site with your smartphone via the website.

Rita Hoofwijk / SoAP

De Deining is a bustling oasis nestled between the dunes and the beach of West aan Zee. Opening hours for De Vallei Saturday 8 June to Sunday 16 June 13:00 - 21:30Opening hours for Het Strand Saturday 8 June to Sunday 16 June 16:00 - 23:30

A psychedelic groove band from Utrecht, born out of a love for funk, disco, and afrobeat.

Friends' event | Cavolo Nero

Experience the magic of light and movement on the beach under the cover of darkness. A dance performance about crossing boundaries.

Beam on the Beach

Ivgi&Greben

Charming, humorous circus and dance performance featuring six acrobats aged between 55 and 68, showcasing the capabilities of the human body. Clearly, age is no limit.

Glorious Bodies

Circumstances / Piet van Dycke

Michelle Samba invites the audience to participate in her interactive sound installation Gateways.

Gateways

Michelle Samba

Musical, absurd, and feverish performance about humanity in free fall, based on the dystopian 1970s novel High-Rise by J.G. Ballard.

High-Rise

Orkater / KONVOOI

What if, in the noise, silence becomes audible? Experience the magic of the sunrise in all its glory.

Vriendenactie | Klankschaal meditatie bij zonsopkomst

Ilma Trip

Enjoy a local meal with a story in Flang's beautiful tasting garden!

Eten Van Eigen Bodem in de Proeftuin

Flang in de Pan

What's better: to die or to reproduce? Within Werkplaats Oerol, Eva Bartels explores poignant questions that align with the painful phases of our human existence on Earth.

Mothers of Art IV: Ana Mendieta

A unique glimpse behind-the-scenes with artist Marc van Vliet!

Friends' event | De Streken

Marc van Vliet

This year, the children of Terschelling are teaming up with the Jut Fabriek to create perhaps the coolest sandcastle toolkit ever: made from recycled beach plastic!

EILANDKINDEREN

de Jut Fabriek Terschelling / EILANDKINDEREN

Arch explores the strength and vulnerability of humans and materials to expose the beauty and flaws of global systems that we conceive, construct, and use.

Arch

Kaleider

Get an exclusive glimpse into the creative process of a young artist and performer. Join her as she navigates the challenge of transforming the ancient Arabic tale of Majnun into a site-specific dance performance, infused with elements of hip-hop, waacking, house dance, and flamenco.

Majnun

A theatre binge? Come to Crashtest Ibsen! Three performances in one evening, featuring six actors portraying eighteen characters. Let's Crashtest &amp; Chill.

Crashtest Ibsen

Het Zuidelijk Toneel / Theaterproductiehuis Zeeland

A choreography for belly fat, a dance of navel and ribcage, the anatomy of a sigh... The portraits in this impressive exhibition capture human movement.

Motus Mori MUSEUM

Katja Heitmann

In BRAS BOT dives into the inspiring powder keg of the interwar period. In doing so, BOT questions our current '20s, in which tension is once again in the air.

BRAS

Will you come stargazing in the dark?

Dark Sky wandeling

Staatsbosbeheer

A cool Oerol shirt, a trendy sweater, fun socks, and more... Come enjoy shopping at one of the Oerol shops on Torenstraat in West, at festival hub de Deining, and on the Oosterburen in Midsland. Don’t forget to score our newest item ‘het Oerol-magazine’ during your visit. But remember: payment at all Oerol locations is by card only!

bij Tijs Knop

The dance of becoming one another.

Why such a strange love

Orkater / De Nieuwkomers: Jelle en Jessica

Two accomplices confront their past and reveal the humanity of the criminal underworld. A story about irreversible choices, love and family.

Bergen Verzetten

Theater RAST / Ferhat Kaplan

Welcome to the flip side of the throwaway society. A passionate plea for consuming less.

Waste Me

Maas theater en dans / Cecilia Moisio

A musical documentary narrative about Suriname during the time of World War II.

Meer dan Bauxiet

Emma Lesuis / Silbersee

Embark on an adventure in the Hoornse forest with Compagnie XY.

Friends' event | Compagnie XY

Compagnie XY

Stichting Kliek invites you to a brunch at the Organic Sheep Farm De Zeekraal. In a playful (and delicious) manner, you'll become more skilled in handling food and more conscious of avoiding waste.

Kliek X De Zeekraal

Stichting Kliek

From Saturday, June 8th to Saturday, June 15th, street theatre will be showcased daily in the village centers of West-Terschelling and Midsland, ranging from circus and dance to performMarvel at spectacular, highly physical, musical or more intimate performances! Be surprised by spectacular, physical, musical, or intimate performances! The street theater and exhibitions can be visited daily from 13:00 to 17:00, after which the island programming takes over until late at night.

Streettheatre West-Terschelling

Not understanding but experiencing dance is important.

Friends' event | Workshop All you can dance

In the surf, musicians construct a moving playground. For six hours, following the tide, their rhythms and melodies resound, accompanied by the whispering of the sea.

What are you building in there!?

Streettheatre Midsland

Do you have beautiful items that you no longer use but could make someone else happy? Bring them to the island and come to Holy Swap! Here, you'll have the opportunity to exchange them for tokens, which you can use to ‘buy’ other items.

Holy Swap

This installation takes you on a journey to Terschelling's invisible landscape, home to drowned villages and vanished structures.

Doorgronding

Sjoerd Willem Bosch / Dr. Heleen van Londen

Discover yourself on an mesmerising operatic journey through language, time, and space.

ZUAM

Futurists

Can we repay debts with art? An exhibition and unique experiment at the intersection of visual art, language, and debt counseling.

Andermans schuld

At the toilets on the beach, everyone can use the urinal! There you'll find the Peepal: the gender-neutral urinal by Semilla Sanitation. It collects urine which is later converted into agricultural raw material and plant fertilizer.

Peepal

Before there was theatre or religion, there was celebration. With NAU, Collective Walden is building new festivities from the ground up. With you.

NAU, 1e jaring

Collectief Walden

A cool Oerol shirt, a trendy sweater, fun socks, and more... Come enjoy shopping at one of the Oerol shops on Torenstraat in West, at festival hub de Deining, and on the Oosterburen in Midsland.Don’t forget to score our newest item ‘het Oerol-magazine’ during your visit. But remember: payment at all Oerol locations is by card only!

Join the forest ranger for a walk!

Friends' event | Boschplaat wandeling

Reflections on art and life on the plantation of the Congolese Plantation Workers Art League (CATPC).

Getting to the Root of the Plantation

Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise (CATPC)

Multimedia space dedicated to silence and listening to the world around us.

Echo's Chamber

Boogaerdt/VanderSchoot

Live television show by AVROTROS. From Monday till Friday, Opium op Oerol will be reporting live from the festival. Join us!

Opium op Oerol

AVROTROS

Immerse yourself in this interactive installation where solar panels produce a magical symphony powered by renewable energy.

Solar

Strijbos & Van Rijswijk

Eerie cinematic portrait of a dismantling yard, the place where oil and gas platforms are taken to be broken down.

Decom

Tanja Engelberts

A musical celebration of friendship, humanity, and living passionately. Even when confronted with the harsh reality of loss.

LEVEN

George & Eran producties / Club Classique

Music that speaks of drowning in the sadness of the world and not knowing where to begin, other than naming the feelings.

Friends' event  | Janne Schra

Janne Schra

Come along on an adventure and immerse yourself in the stories of Terschelling!

Friends' event | StoryTrail

StoryTrail

Discover innovative and experimental acts among the trees of the Formerum forest. Experience the creative process of artists and become closely involved in their artistic journey.

Hop on board with the parcel delivery service! Experience the entire journey of an order, from warehouse to doorstep.

The Parcel Project

Johannes Bellinkx / Daan Brinkmann

For all your inquiries, you can visit our service points. Opening times<ul><li>Wednesday 5 and Thursday 6 June: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM</li><li>Friday 7 June to Saturday 15 June: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM</li><li>Sunday 16 June: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM</li></ul>

Service Point Harbour

Songs and ancestral tales from deep within the Surinamese rainforest make their way to Oerol with the Totomboti artist collective. Mató! Tongôni!

Kanda Hanka / Liederen Verankeren

Totomboti

What do the Boschplaat, Greenland, and the Wadden Sea have in common? Come listen!

Friends' event | Wonderlijke Waarheden van Terschelling

Margo van der Meer

Become a Beach Shaper and experience the power of creation.

Strandvormers

Studio MACK

The wind, sensual and furious, takes on a tangible form and invites you to travel across the world through images and shadows.

Vento

Groupe ZUR

The very first theatre show by singer S10. Groeipijn (growing pains) is a musical performance about her search for safety.

Groeipijn

A small sound. A big warning. What lies dormant in this constructed forest landscape? Krak (crack) is part of the research project StagingWood.

KRAK installatieroute

Embark on a musical journey through the natural history museum of Theo Jansen's impressive Strandbeasts.

Strandbeest Zingt

Calefax Rietkwintet / Theo Jansen

The acoustics of the coast play an important role in this rhythmic experience where shells play you a symphony.

Shell Symphony

Jelle Mastenbroek

A dance concert on the brink of the future. An exploration of interdependence, not as weakness but as an ideal.

DEEP/END

De Dansers / Club Gewalt

A Lot Of Water in the Water

A science fiction performance about what it means to be human. With a generous dose of philosophy.

Artificial by Nature

Nineties Productions

In this mysterious portal to another reality, time stops. Whoever steps into it momentarily lets go of their human nature but remains forever connected to this place, even after the festival.

Memoria

Tijd van de Wolf

A tidal installation on the mudflats near Oosterend, continuously influenced by the ebb and flow. Experience the Wadden Sea in motion.