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Toekoer Festival is OPENDOEK's family theater festival. At various locations in and around Herkenrode Abbey (Hasselt), you can enjoy theater and entertainment for the entire family.

The next edition of Toekoer Festival will take place on Sunday, August 31, 2025. Do you have a performance that would look great at Toekoer Festival? Don’t hesitate and apply here.

Your performance at Toekoer Festival. What to expect?

  • Enthusiasm guaranteed. Sunday, August 31, is all about playful theater performances, magical storytelling and creative workshops for children under 12 and their families.
  • Give the young visitors a fantastic last day of vacation. Toekoer Festival is the ideal finale to summer.
  • Connect with other theater companies and artists across national borders.

Seize this unique opportunity and register your performance below (deadline: May 4, 2025).

Want to know more first? Read more at the bottom of this page.

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Sign up for Toekoer Festival 2025

Sign up for Toekoer Festival 2025

General information

Information about the performance

Theatre discipline 
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Dates, times and locations of the performance

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Your performance at Toekoer Festival

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You are who we are looking for

  • Both established names in amateur theater and new talent have their place at Toekoer Festival. Be part of a diverse program consisting of text theater, figure theater, circus, street theater, music concerts....
  • A basic fee is provided to cover festival expenses.
  • Before you register, check out the potential venues and technical info.

What after your application

Sign up through Sunday, May 4, 2025. Then the Toekoer Festival committee will make the selection, considering diversity in genres, quality, content, target audience and references. The selection will be announced during May.

Questions? Contact toekoer@opendoek.be.

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