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this was our music june 16

Mark Sanders (The Coimbra Project)

We’re now working on the next Doek Festival – 13 – 16 June 2019. Here’s what Draai om Je Oren said about this year’s festival, This is Our Music.

Doek Festival 2018 – Dag 3 zaterdag 16 juni
Recensie: Ben Taffijn, Draai om je Oren Foto’s: Maarten van der Kamp

Het Eric Boeren 4tet buigt zich over de nalatenschap van saxofonist en vernieuwer Ornette Coleman, door twee stukken van de meester te brengen en nieuw werk in de geest van.…

Cactus Truck in Palestine with Dirar Kalash, photo series by Sara Anke Morris

Children at the Jenin refugee camp attending the Freedom Theater performance.

Last June multi-instrumentalist Dirar Kalash invited Cactus Truck to join him for a tour of his native Palestine. The performances took place in cultural centers and clubs as well as at The Freedom Theater which lies inside the Jenin refugee camp.

For this tour they were joined by photographer Sara Anke Morris, photographer in residence for Doek Festival 2015. This is a series of photos that she took during the tour.

“Spending time in a region that’s been so wrought with conflict and despair for so long was often heartbreaking.

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Jasper Stadhouders in Canada

Sep 12 Brodie West Presents featuring Jasper Stadhouders and many more, Tranzac, Toronto, CA
Sep 13 Marielle Groven, Aaron Lumley & Jasper Stadhouders, Guelph Jazz Festival on CFRU Radio Guelph, Toronto, CA
Sep 15 Marielle Groven, Aaron Lumley & Jasper Stadhouders, Guelph Jazz Festival @ River Run Centre, Guelph, CA
Sep 22 Marielle Groven, Aaron Lumley & Jasper Stadhouders, Marjolein Vogels, The Rat Drifting Series presented by Array Music @ The Array Space, Toronto, CA

Jasper Stadhouders has been invited to perform at the Guelph Jazz Festival in Canada with pianist Marielle Groven and bassist Aaron Lumley.…

29 of the Best European Music Festivals includes Doek Festival

Flight Network, Canada’s largest online travel company, named Doek Festival in its feature on the 29 Best European Music Festivals 2018. It’s an eclectic mix of festivals, and we’re very pleased to be included. Confirmed dates for 2019’s Doek festival are 14 and 15 June. We’ll keep you posted….…

PolyBand on the Road – Lowlands and Czech Republic

August 19, Lowlands, Biddinghuizen, Netherlands
August 21, Altenburg 1964, Prague, Czech Republic
August 22, Punctum – Krásovka, Prague, Czech Republic
August 23, Festival Obnazeni, Chomutov, Czech Republich

Jasper Stadhouers – guitar, composition
Marta Warelis – keys
Onno Govaert – drums
Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti – movement
Miguel Petruccelli – bass
Philipp Moser – drums
Frank Rosaly – drums

The PolyBand hits the road starting off big with one of the largest festivals in the Netherlands, Lowlands. Our friends at Sexyland were given the chance to curate an evening and asked PolyBand to headline!…

Zomer Jazz Fiets Tour featuring numerous Doek musicians

August 24, 25
Zomer Jazz Fiets Tour

Featuring
Low, Slow and Wobbly (aka Horn Guys)
Omelette Plays Ornette
William Parker, Klaas Hekman, Wilbert de Joode
Eric Boeren, Tobias Delius, Alexander Hawkins
Bacchanalia

The Zomer Jazz Fiets Tour is one of our favorite events in the Netherlands. Incredible music presented all over the countryside in the province of Groningen- you can hear bands in barns, churches, quaint houses and theaters. (In fact, we liked the ZJFT so much we stole the idea for our own festival and the Amsterdam Real Book Bike Tour has become a regular part of the Doek Festival.)…