Month: April 2017

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Doek Festival 2017 part of The Present is Present

ByJohn Dikeman Concerts, Image, Uncategorized

In a departure from tradition, this year’s Doek Festival will be part of a larger event, The Present Is Present, a week long festival highlighting the rich and diverse universe of creative music in Amsterdam. The scene is flourishing, with new artists, groups, venues and series popping up all over town, crossing generations, genres and boundaries and injecting new life into the city. The Present Is Present celebrates this vibrant scene. It also marks the launch of a new website, presentsoundsamsterdam.…

THE PRESENT IS PRESENT BIKE TOUR

ByOscar Jan Hoogland News


Sunday, May 14th, 13.30 (sharp: ferry departure time!) – 17.30

START: 13:30 at Azartplein ferry stop (KNSM island) or 13:30 at Zamenhofstraat ferry stop (Amsterdam North)

This year’s Amsterdam Bicycle Tour, curated by Kaja Draksler and Oscar Jan Hoogland, takes place in the open air: on the water, in the woods and meadows and on the picturesque Nieuwerdammerdijk, ending in the garden of a freshly squatted building. The musicians will be traveling along with, against, around and towards the biking audience.…

DIA 2017

ByJohn Dikeman Uncategorized

Dutch Impro Academy 2017

The Dutch Impro Academy is now taking applications for the 2017 edition of the academy which will take place August 20-26. Come to the Netherlands to study and perform with some of the greatest improvisers today including: Han Bennink, Anne La Berge, Mary Oliver and Doek’s own Michael Moore, Oscar Jan Hoogland and Wilbert de Joode.

More info available @ Dutch Impro Academy or click here to register!…

Eddie and the Eagles @ SEXYLAND with Carmen Schabracq and KING AYISOBA

ByOscar Jan Hoogland Uncategorized

THURSDAY APRIL 6 at SEXYLAND NDSM Amsterdam Noord

Doek, Eddie the Eagle Museum and Carmen Schabraqc present:

Eddie and the Eagles: King Ayisoba & the Fictional Face Show

Doors open 19:30
Carmen will make a show with her masks: The Fictional Face Show
Her always dangerous and sexy art will take over SEXYLAND: the new hang out of the Eddie the Eagle Museum at the NDSM in Amsterdam Noord.
22:00 King Ayisoba from Ghana will play with his band. The wildest rhythm, improvisations, talking drums, raw voices and the KOLOGO POWER of The King!…