Programme 2022 completed
Next month it’s already going to happen!
Next month from Thursday the 18th until Sunday the 28th of August it’s on: the 32nd edition of the Noorderzon Festival of Performing Arts & Society. After two years there’s going to be a full blown Noorderzon again. At the end of the summer the Noorderplantsoen and several Groningen city centre locations are once again going to be the setting for an eleven-day journey of discovery along a wide range of exciting international, national and local acts and performers.
Today we can proudly present the full programme, which can be found at this page as well as in the Noorderzon Supplement – added as a supplement to our local newspaper (the Dagblad van het Noorden - edition Stad Groningen) and available from next week onwards at different locations in Groningen. Tickets for the main international programme as well as for the rest of the programme are already available online now.
Main programme
Uncompromising dance from Brazil, a French performance that feels like a walk in the woods, a magnificent acrobatic fantasy, a riveting dive into the world of sound and a legendary American guitar hero. This year’s Noorderzon international main programme is loaded with great acts from all over the world, which are often for the first time visiting the Netherlands. Tickets are already available now.
&Society programme
Get your taste buds tickled and challenged by omnivore and culinary journalist Joël Broekaert. Relive famous movie history scenes with the director Martin Koolhoven. Discover what music does with your brain with neuro-musicologist Artur C. Jaschke. The &Society-programme is packed with all kinds of interesting topics.
Former Literaturia
Catch opera and musical singer Francis van Broekhuizen open-heartedly share (parts of her) her life story. Make a discovery journey to the North Pole with writer Adwin de Kluyver and take a dive into the world of The Beatles with Constant Meijers. Former Literaturia offers an unexpected and multifaceted insight into the world of Fine Letters.
Music
Donny Benét, The Weather Station, Prins S. en de Geit and more: each evening Noorderzon’s largest open air music stage (at the Muziekkoepel – Noorderplantsoen’s Music Dome) offers a free concert. In addition, much more music can be enjoyed at our festival: at Callisto and Podium de Raaf multiple free concerts are presented each day.
Local programme & short performances
From NNT'S alfa men to female resistance fighters with Margje Wittermans, to setting off to Paris with a donkey with Tjerk Ridder up to the end of the sun with Joost Oomen... An extensive local programme and different short performances also feature at Noorderzon 2022. A large portion of these are performed at our new De Vliegende Vis location.
Kid’s performances
Especially for our youngest festival visitors we have created De Kleine Beer in the Noorderplantsoen: a mini-festival for 4 to 12-year-olds offering a wide range of super performances as well as things to do and enjoy at one of the most fun places to be in the Noorderplantsoen.
Ticket sales
The Noorderzon 2022 ticket sales are divided into two stages. As from the following dates, tickets are available via noorderzon.nl:
✓June 18th at noon | Ticket sales (inter)national main-programme
✓ July 18th at noon | Ticket sales complete programme
Lay out of the Noorderplantsoen festival area
Unlike last year, 2022 once again appears to allow a full blown festival without any restrictions. A number of changes and improvements have been implemented by the Noordzon organisation – the most important ones are listed below.
The northern part of the Noorderplantsoen festival area harbours the following festival sites: the Pollux mirror tent, the Apollo open air stage, the Paradijsvogel and De Raaf terraces as well as the Podium De Raaf. The southern part offers a special kids area including De Kleine Beer, the De Vliegende Vis and Kameleon playgrounds, the Callisto music stage and the Castor mirror tent as well as many terraces. Indeed (for those familiar with former Noorderzon editions), since 2021 we have parted from a number of festival locations: the Romeo Tent, the Dok and the containers along the Leliesingel. For more practical info, please check festivalinfo.
Please check the full programme here. On the 18th of July – at the latest – all dates and times can be found here, as ticket sales will then start at noon.