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North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam.

FESTIVAL PICKS

We asked NBTC Holland Marketing for their festival picks for Spring/Summer 2017: Tong Tong Festival, The Hague 25 May – 6 June The world’s biggest Eurasian Festival. An annual festival that showcases food, culture and music with live cooking demonstrations, lectures and activities for all ages. International Chamber Music Festival, Utrecht 28 June – 2 July The orchestral performances take place in historic and architecturally diverse locations across the city. The festival gathers the world’s top classical musicians performing familiar and new works. Port of Rotterdam North Sea Jazz Festival, Rotterdam 7 - 9 July A must for music lovers! Rotterdam’s worldfamous jazz festival is where you can hear styles such as New Orleans jazz, swing, bop, free jazz and avant-garde jazz, and where you can also listen to blues, funk, soul, R&B, hip-hop and Latin. The 2017 line-up currently

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includes: Jamiroquai, Norah Jones, Jamie Lidell and The Royal Pharaohs, Steve Winwood, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, George Benson, Mavis Staples and Laura Mvula. Scheveningen International Fireworks Festival, The Hague 11-19 August An annual festival showcasing the best firework display teams from across the world. Free fireworks display over the sea at Scheveningen. Each display has the same budget and brief and must last 11-13 minutes. The displays take place over four evenings during the two weekends of the festival period. A real spectacle!   World Living Statues Festival, Arnhem 30 September The art of standing still! Competitors from across the world gather annually in Arnhem to show off their living statue skills. Over 200 acts and street theatre performances draw in huge crowds. A work can consist of multiple participants but the aim of each act is to achieve high drama without motion. To find out more visit www.holland.com

North Sea Jazz, Rotterdam.

Chamber music festival.