Amersfoort
23-25 August 2024

Spoffin 2023 programme

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Spoffin 2023 programme

Download the Spoffin app for Android (Google)
Download the Spoffin app for iOS (Apple)
Download the handy timetable (PDF)


Amersfoort
23-25 August 2024


A city full of surprises

News

Collectief DansBlok wins the VKZ Spoffin OFF Award 2024

The Dutch dance company Collectief DansBlok won the VKZ Spoffin OFF Award 2023 on the Sunday of the thirteenth edition of Spoffin. The act received the award from festival director and artistic director Alfred Konijnenbelt and with it a cash prize of € 2,500 for creating a new performance. 

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Spoffin announces line up 2023 and new visual identity

Spoffin presents the program for the festival on August 25, 26, and 27 in the city center of Amersfoort. During the thirteenth edition of Spoffin, there will be 26 dazzling acts from both national and international artists. The entire festival is open, but the audience is asked to a contribution after each performance.

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News

Collectief DansBlok wins the VKZ Spoffin OFF Award 2024

The Dutch dance company Collectief DansBlok won the VKZ Spoffin OFF Award 2023 on the Sunday of the thirteenth edition of Spoffin. The act received the award from festival director and artistic director Alfred Konijnenbelt and with it a cash prize of € 2,500 for creating a new performance. 

Read more

Spoffin announces line up 2023 and new visual identity

Spoffin presents the program for the festival on August 25, 26, and 27 in the city center of Amersfoort. During the thirteenth edition of Spoffin, there will be 26 dazzling acts from both national and international artists. The entire festival is open, but the audience is asked to a contribution after each performance.

Read more

Information for artists

Spoffin IN: the main programme of the festival

Spoffin IN: the main programme of the festival

Spoffin IN is the main programme of the festival: performances that were seen and selected personally by the artistic director. Bookings are never made based upon videos. The artistic director visits festivals in the Netherlands and abroad on a regular basis. Feel free to send an invitation to in@spoffin.nl for upcoming shows! On invitation only, no application.

Spoffin OFF 2024: information for artists

Spoffin OFF 2024: information for artists

Spoffin OFF is the showcase part of the Spoffin Festival in Amersfoort (The Netherlands), an annual street arts festival with 25+ theatre, dance and circus companies from all over Europe. In 2024 Spoffin takes place from Friday evening, 23 August through Sunday afternoon, 25 August. Application is currently closed and will re-open from 1 January through 28 February, 2024.

Spoffin LAB: residency programme for theatre makers

Spoffin LAB: residency programme for theatre makers

Spoffin LAB is the festival's residency programme. Spoffin supports young theatre makers in the creative phase of a new project created for public spaces (streets, squares, parks, etc.). The residency takes place in Amersfoort in August, in cooperation with Scholen in de Kunst and Circus Amersfoort. On invitation only, no application.

Information for artists

Spoffin IN: the main programme of the festival

Spoffin IN: the main programme of the festival

Spoffin IN is the main programme of the festival: performances that were seen and selected personally by the artistic director. Bookings are never made based upon videos. The artistic director visits festivals in the Netherlands and abroad on a regular basis. Feel free to send an invitation to in@spoffin.nl for upcoming shows! On invitation only, no application.

Spoffin IN
Spoffin OFF 2024: information for artists

Spoffin OFF 2024: information for artists

Spoffin OFF is the showcase part of the Spoffin Festival in Amersfoort (The Netherlands), an annual street arts festival with 25+ theatre, dance and circus companies from all over Europe. In 2024 Spoffin takes place from Friday evening, 23 August through Sunday afternoon, 25 August. Application is currently closed and will re-open from 1 January through 28 February, 2024.

Spoffin OFF
Spoffin LAB: residency programme for theatre makers

Spoffin LAB: residency programme for theatre makers

Spoffin LAB is the festival's residency programme. Spoffin supports young theatre makers in the creative phase of a new project created for public spaces (streets, squares, parks, etc.). The residency takes place in Amersfoort in August, in cooperation with Scholen in de Kunst and Circus Amersfoort. On invitation only, no application.

Spoffin LAB

Information for professionals

Spoffin PRO - 25 to 27 of August, 2023

Spoffin PRO - 25 to 27 of August, 2023

The 13th edition of Spoffin festival is coming to the streets of Amersfoort with an intense and diverse programme of 120+ performances represented by artists from more than 10 countries of the world - France, Italy, Czech Republic, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom, Lithuania, Israel, Portugal, Netherlands and others. The complete programme is available here: spoffin.eu/programme/2023/

Italian outdoor art is in the focus of this year festival edition. “Due to the renewed interest towards the street arts and numerous artistic attempts to reimagine circus and street theater over the past decade, the Italian outdoor art has made tremendous progress. This has led to a new flourishing of these disciplines, and this year we are reaping the benefits", says Alfred Konijnenbelt, artistic director of Spoffin.

Spoffin PRO

Information for professionals

Spoffin PRO - 25 to 27 of August, 2023

Spoffin PRO - 25 to 27 of August, 2023

The 13th edition of Spoffin festival is coming to the streets of Amersfoort with an intense and diverse programme of 120+ performances represented by artists from more than 10 countries of the world - France, Italy, Czech Republic, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom, Lithuania, Israel, Portugal, Netherlands and others. The complete programme is available here: spoffin.eu/programme/2023/

Italian outdoor art is in the focus of this year festival edition. “Due to the renewed interest towards the street arts and numerous artistic attempts to reimagine circus and street theater over the past decade, the Italian outdoor art has made tremendous progress. This has led to a new flourishing of these disciplines, and this year we are reaping the benefits", says Alfred Konijnenbelt, artistic director of Spoffin.

Spoffin PRO

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 2023

Alfred Konijnenbelt general and artistic director
Julia Droogers financial director
Jantien Tap executive producer
Annemarie Degens PR and communications
Ingelise de Vries marketing and sales
Sasha Manuilenko Spoffin PRO coordinator and hospitality
Marcoen Hopstaken master of ceremonies
José Kistenkas (KEES cultuurvrijwilligers) volunteers coordination
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 2023

Alfred Konijnenbelt general and artistic director
Julia Droogers financial director
Jantien Tap executive producer
Annemarie Degens PR and communications
Ingelise de Vries marketing and sales
Sasha Manuilenko Spoffin PRO coordinator and hospitality
Marcoen Hopstaken master of ceremonies
José Kistenkas (KEES cultuurvrijwilligers) volunteers coordination
Martin Wolber graphic design
Bert Meijers administration
Helma Keller office manager
+50 volunteers from the city of Amersfoort

Grants, partners and networks

Gemeente Amersfoort
Provincie Utrecht
Adviesbureau VKZ
VSBfonds
Ondernemersfonds Amersfoortse Binnenstad
K.F. Hein Fonds
Mr. August Fentener van Vlissingen Fonds
Sociaal Cultureel Fonds De Amersfoortse
NOVÁ SÍT z.s.
City of A
NEOS cultuuronderwijs
De Observant
Scholen in de Kunst
Lionsclub Amersfoort
Federazione Nazionale Arti in Strada
Amersfoort Ontketent
Onesti
Landgoed ISVW
Wijkjury Amersfoort
Komt het Zien!
Buddy to Buddy
Circus Amersfoort
Filalethes
Tijd voor Amersfoort
POT Verhuizingen / Logistiek
Amersfoorts Theater Terras
Spoffin CIRCLE
InterSpazi
VBFN
Circostrada
Europe for Festivals - Festivals for Europe

Grants, partners and networks

Gemeente Amersfoort
Provincie Utrecht
Adviesbureau VKZ
VSBfonds
Ondernemersfonds Amersfoortse Binnenstad
K.F. Hein Fonds
Mr. August Fentener van Vlissingen Fonds
Sociaal Cultureel Fonds De Amersfoortse
NOVÁ SÍT z.s.
City of A
NEOS cultuuronderwijs
De Observant
Scholen in de Kunst
Lionsclub Amersfoort
Federazione Nazionale Arti in Strada
Amersfoort Ontketent
Onesti
Landgoed ISVW
Wijkjury Amersfoort
Komt het Zien!
Buddy to Buddy
Circus Amersfoort
Filalethes
Tijd voor Amersfoort
POT Verhuizingen / Logistiek
Amersfoorts Theater Terras
Spoffin CIRCLE
InterSpazi
VBFN
Circostrada
Europe for Festivals - Festivals for Europe