Utrecht Liberation Day has been a staple in the Netherlands for over 30 years. On May 5th, we come together to celebrate our freedom with more than 200 performances across 14 cities nationwide. In Utrecht, the festival takes place in Park Transwijk, attracting over 35,000 visitors annually. It’s the perfect setting to test innovations.

Since 2006, Concert at SEA has been thé seaside pop festival in Zeeland, co-organized by BLØF. Each year, the festival attracts thousands of music enthusiasts to the Zeeland coast, where, with 60,000 visitors, it stands as the region's largest event. A perfect location for Innofest to test tasty innovations!

The Day of Sustainability is part of Utrecht Science Week. At the Green Market, students, teachers, and student entrepreneurs showcase their green and inclusive ideas for a better world.

Eurosonic Noorderslag is the most significant showcase festival in Europe. During the day, a conference is held for music professionals. At night, the latest music talents are presented at over 30 locations throughout the city. On the last day of the festival (Saturday), Noorderslag takes place - a festival where new Dutch talents present themselves.

DGTL is an international brand based in the Netherlands, that also organizes festivals in Spain, Brazil and Israel. The DGTL Festival takes place at the NDSM shipyard in Amsterdam every spring, where they focus on the event's circular organization. It is a 3-day festival that welcomes 20,000 visitors per day and features a progressive dance program.

Oerol is a 10-day art, music and theater festival on the island of Terschelling. Oerol welcomes approx. 50,000 visitors and has locations all over the island. Thanks to these diverse locations, each with their own challenges, combined with the curiosity of the Oerol audience, the festival has proven to be the ideal testing ground for various entrepreneurs.

Le Guess Who? is a festival for groundbreaking music and culture from around the world. The festival presents sounds that you hardly ever get to hear in other places but that challenge and inspire you. For four days Le Guess Who? takes over the city of Utrecht: artists perform in pop halls, theaters, churches, old factory buildings and clubs. This creates a varied range of test sites for sustainable innovations.

The Popronde is a traveling music festival that takes place in about 40 cities in the Netherlands every fall from mid-September through the end of November. In each city, between 25 and 75 bands and artists perform in pop venues, cafés, bars, galleries, churches and other locations

Zomerparkfeest is a festival in Venlo, and is a crucial booster for culture in North Limburg. In addition, in 2021 they put themselves on the map as a living lab for the first time, made possible by LIOF, Entrepreneurial Venlo and Rabobank. This collaboration makes it possible to offer startups and SMEs from the province of Limburg who want to make an impact the space to test their prototypes. Want to know more about the festival? Check out their website: www.zomerparkfeest.nl

Royal Park Live is a series of concerts in the garden of Soestdijk Palace. National and international top artists will perform in the palace garden during the first two weeks of July. You walk through the wooded area to the festival grounds where a selection of local and sustainable food trucks are set up and cozy bars with special wines, cocktails and specialty beers. In between you can let yourself be surprised by street theater and several shows so you can really make a royal day out of it.

Here Comes The Summer is the springtime version of Into The Great Wide Open held in the green outdoors of Vlieland near the Stortemelk grounds. With approximately 1500 visitors, this small festival is attended mostly by families and young children. Its location on an island, the type of terrain, and its date so early in the season, make this festival the perfect place for pre-tests.

Berlijnplein is a place with a heart for the city and culture in Utrecht Leidsche Rijn. On the square, city lab RAUM, theater company het NUT, welfare organization BuurtWerkKamer, consultancy agency Jonge Honden, the designers of Goede Vrijdag and dance companies 155, SHIFFT and IRC work on a colorful and multifaceted cultural program for everyone. A perfect place to test innovations.

Expeditie NEXT is the National Science Festival for children between 6 and 12 years old. They are encouraged to learn more about science in the broadest sense of the word. Together with the scientific community, the old university city of Franeker comes to life by organizing science activities at various locations in the city, such as experiments, live research, games, and more.