Amersfoort
23-25 August 2024

Spoffin 2024 aftermovie - Rafaël Stomp 2024 © Festival Spoffin


Amersfoort bids farewell to Spoffin with record number of visits

Going out with a bang: during the last weekend of August, Spoffin festival took place and Amersfoort could not ignore it. For the fourteenth and final time, the festival for street and location theatre treated the city to a special and diverse programme full of artists from home and abroad. The most diverse street theatre acts presented themselves at various locations in and around the Amersfoort city centre, and with that, Spoffin 2024 attracted a record number of visitors: approximately 46,000 over the entire weekend.

Frequently asked questions about the end of Spoffin

Spoffin 2024 aftermovie - Rafaël Stomp 2024 © Festival Spoffin


Amersfoort bids farewell to Spoffin with record number of visits

Going out with a bang: during the last weekend of August, Spoffin festival took place and Amersfoort could not ignore it. For the fourteenth and final time, the festival for street and location theatre treated the city to a special and diverse programme full of artists from home and abroad. The most diverse street theatre acts presented themselves at various locations in and around the Amersfoort city centre, and with that, Spoffin 2024 attracted a record number of visitors: approximately 46,000 over the entire weekend.

Frequently asked questions about the end of Spoffin


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23-25 August 2024


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Spoffin stops... What's going on?

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In July, the sad news came out that the 2024 edition will be the last edition of the Spoffin festival. After the municipality of Amersfoort had rejected the subsidy application for the period of 2025-2028 earlier this year, the objection of the organizing foundation Zomertheater Amersfoort (ZTA) was also dismissed in July. This threatens to make the only theater festival in the city disappear and the Netherlands loses one of the largest and most progressive international street festivals.

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Spoffin 2024 will be last edition

The 14th edition of the Spoffin street festival in Amersfoort, from 23 to 25 August 2024, will also be the last. As a result, the town's only theatre festival is in danger of disappearing and the Netherlands will lose one of the largest and most progressive international street festivals. Spoffin, which started in 2010, attracts around 40,000 to 45,000 visitors every year.

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About street arts festival Spoffin

Performing arts where the audience is: in the streets, squares, parks and other public spaces. This is the mission of Spoffin, the international circus, dance and street theatre festival. Since 2010, the festival has been held on the last weekend of August against the medieval backdrop of Amersfoort's city centre. The festival offers a curious and open-minded audience an exciting mix of summer carelessness and enticing complexity. High quality, low barriers: that's why visitors decide what to pay after each and every show.

Festival team Spoffin 2024

Alfred Konijnenbelt general and artistic director
Julia Droogers financial director
Jantien Tap executive producer
Jojanneke Tap assistant producer
Annemarie Degens PR and communications
Ingelise de Vries marketing and sales
Ying Yi Wu hospitality
José Kistenkas volunteers coordination
Marcoen Hopstaken master of ceremonies
Charlotte van Nee and Adriaan Bruin moderators Spoffin PRO
Martin Wolber graphic design
Bert Meijers administration
Helma Keller office manager
+50 volunteers from the city of Amersfoort

About street arts festival Spoffin

Performing arts where the audience is: in the streets, squares, parks and other public spaces. This is the mission of Spoffin, the international circus, dance and street theatre festival. Since 2010, the festival has been held on the last weekend of August against the medieval backdrop of Amersfoort's city centre. The festival offers a curious and open-minded audience an exciting mix of summer carelessness and enticing complexity. High quality, low barriers: that's why visitors decide what to pay after each and every show.

Festival team Spoffin 2024

Alfred Konijnenbelt general and artistic director
Julia Droogers financial director
Jantien Tap executive producer
Jojanneke Tap assistant producer
Annemarie Degens PR and communications
Ingelise de Vries marketing and sales
Ying Yi Wu hospitality
José Kistenkas volunteers coordination
Marcoen Hopstaken master of ceremonies
Charlotte van Nee and Adriaan Bruin moderators Spoffin PRO
Martin Wolber graphic design
Bert Meijers administration
Helma Keller office manager
+50 volunteers from the city of Amersfoort

Grants, partners and networks

Gemeente Amersfoort
Amersfoort European City of the Year
Provincie Utrecht
Adviesbureau VKZ
VSBfonds
Ondernemersfonds Amersfoortse Binnenstad
K.F. Hein Fonds
Zabawas
Mr. August Fentener van Vlissingen Fonds
Sociaal Cultureel Fonds De Amersfoortse
het Cultuurfonds
Rabobank Amersfoort Eemland
Ars Donandi - Russel-ter Brugge fonds
Ramon Llull
Baltic Culture Fund
European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists (EFFEA)
Ministerie van Cultuur van Estland
Acción Cultural Española
Pro Helvetia
Scholen in de Kunst
Theater De Lieve Vrouw
Spoffin CIRCLE
Onesti
Landgoed ISVW
Komt het Zien!
Bistro 't Kannetje
De Vier Broers
Circus Amersfoort
Buddy to Buddy
Theater De Kamers / FamilieFestival Vathorst
Tijd voor Amersfoort
Lepeltje Lepeltje
POT Verhuizingen / Logistiek
Amersfoorts Theater Terras
De Nieuwe Stad
VBFN
Circostrada
Ecooperation
Europe for Festivals - Festivals for Europe

Grants, partners and networks

Gemeente Amersfoort
Amersfoort European City of the Year
Provincie Utrecht
Adviesbureau VKZ
VSBfonds
Ondernemersfonds Amersfoortse Binnenstad
K.F. Hein Fonds
Zabawas
Mr. August Fentener van Vlissingen Fonds
Sociaal Cultureel Fonds De Amersfoortse
het Cultuurfonds
Rabobank Amersfoort Eemland
Ars Donandi - Russel-ter Brugge fonds
Ramon Llull
Baltic Culture Fund
European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists (EFFEA)
Ministerie van Cultuur van Estland
Acción Cultural Española
Pro Helvetia
Scholen in de Kunst
Theater De Lieve Vrouw
Spoffin CIRCLE
Onesti
Landgoed ISVW
Komt het Zien!
Bistro 't Kannetje
De Vier Broers
Circus Amersfoort
Buddy to Buddy
Theater De Kamers / FamilieFestival Vathorst
Tijd voor Amersfoort
Lepeltje Lepeltje
POT Verhuizingen / Logistiek
Amersfoorts Theater Terras
De Nieuwe Stad
VBFN
Circostrada
Ecooperation
Europe for Festivals - Festivals for Europe