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Crowdfunding for Afriqueer!
Afriqueer (SA / BW / ZM) - an outdoor performance on being 'different', on being queer and black. A performance that we believe need to be seen in the Netherlands- a country that seems to be very open minded and free, but can be conservative and stereotypical as well.
We are bringing Afriqueer to the Netherlands and we need you. We need your help to complete the needed budget. We need your help so that we can showcase this performance in the Rotterdam and Amsterdam, and start a much needed conversation: how is it to be different, to be black and queer in the Netherlands?
With your support you do not only help us with the cause, you also support a group of Southern African man that want to tell their story to the world... For more info and donations go to Voordekunst!
On 12 September, there will be a programme launch at the Tolhuilhuistuin, which will also feature the movie The Rose of Rhodesia which Afrovibes presents together with Cineblend Open Air and EYE Film Museum. The Rose of Rhodesia is accompanied by the South African composer and musician Neo Muyanga, who writes a new composition for the film and who will perform this live alongside the movie.
Amsterdam | Tolhuistuin
Tue 12 Sep 21.00 € 9,50 / 7,50 TICKETS
Volunteers wanted!
Afrovibes is looking for enthusiastic volunteers. Do you want to be part of a great international festival. Do you want to make Afrovibes 2017 a success and have fun? Send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., subject "Afrovibes Volunteer 2017'.
What can you do:
We need your help and expertise for tasks such as production assistant, runner, artist and audience host, driver, usher and ticket sales.
What’s in it for you:
You get a peek behind the scenes of this inspiring festival. You meet interesting artists and people from the international theatre and festival world. You get a cool Afrovibes T-shirt. You go to performances for free. Most importantly, you have lots of fun.
Where and when:
28 Sept until 9 Oct 2017 in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht
Some Afrovibes Festival 2017 programs are part of Black Achievement Month. Black Achievement Month brings recognition for the heroes of then and now, showing black role models and paying attention to the young generation.
Read more: Afrovibes festival 2017 programs part of Black Achievement Month
For the fourteenth time the Afrovibes Festival will be held from 28 September till 10 October in Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague and Rotterdam. Every festival, Afrovibes settles down temporarily in two (or more) theaters in each of these four major cities with a multidisciplinary performing arts programme. Modern, current and innovative theater and dance performances, music and film from urban cultural hotspots in Africa. The festival focuses on current developments in theater and dance in the urban arts circuit in Africa, and presents a young generation of innovative African artists that introduces us to a new vison of young urban Africa. Thereby collaboration is sought with young Dutch performing artists.
Fragile Freedom
Afrovibes presents today's most surprising, intriguing and extraordinary African artists and creators. With a different theme every festival edition Afrovibes responds to current and contemporary issues. This year theme of the festival is Fragile Freedom.
Dates and theaters / cities
Dates and theatres/cities
Amsterdam 28 September - 1 October at the Tolhuistuin, 3 & 4 October at De Balie, 5 October at the Bimhuis and 4 & 6 October at the Bijlmer Parktheater
Rotterdam 1 October at the Kunsthal and 6, 7 & 8 October at Maaspodium
Utrecht 3 October at the Cereolfabriek and 5 & 7 October at Stadsschouwburg Utrecht
Den Haag 4 oktober Institute for Social Studies, 8 & 9 October at Theater a/h Spui and 6 -8 October at Korzo