With Rewire 2019 just two days away, we’ve put together a guide to help you prep for thefestival weekend.

With the first Rewire 2019 concerts kicking off just after 7pm this Friday, 29 March, we’re looking forward to an adventurous festival weekend full of multidisciplinary crossovers and forward-thinking artists who push boundaries and rewire the idea of what music and performance can be today. Knowing full well you will need all of yourtime and energy to soak up the entire Rewire 2019 programme,we’ve compiled a list ofeverything you need to know ahead of this year’s festival.

1. Tickets & Wristbands

The Rewire 2019 Ticket Office & Info Centre is at Het Nutshuis – Riviervismarkt 5. The Ticket & Info Centre is your go-to for picking up your Rewire wristband, purchasing festival tickets, daily updates, and any other general info you might need. There will be Rewire staff manning the desks and ready to field your questions during opening hours. Once Het Nutshuis closes, you will be able to exchange wristbands and purchase tickets at Paard.

On Friday, there will also be a ticket desk at the Koninklijke Schouwburg, home to Jlin & Company Wayne McGregor and Tim Hecker & Konoyo Ensemble. You can exchange your tickets for wristbands here before heading off to the rest of the Rewire 2019 programme.

Ticket Office Opening Hours:
Friday ………………………………………. 17:00 – 00:00 (from 00:00 at Paard)
Saturday …………………………………… 11:30 – 00:00 (from 00:00 at Paard)
Sunday .……………………………………. 12:00 – 23:00

Rewire 2019 Day Passes and Club Tickets can be purchased online at Tickets.

2. Check the Rewire 2019 timetable

To kickstart your festival planning, we’ve put up a digital version of this year’s timetable. It’s going to be a busy weekend, so grab that marker and draw your personal Rewire 2019 route. There will be plenty of printed copies at the Ticket & Info Centre and each of the festival venues.

See timetable online | Download timetable

3. Festival venuesand capacity

Rewire 2019 is spread across 12 different venues in The Hague’s city centre. Most venues are within walking distance of each other, and it shouldn’t take you more than a quick stroll to get from one to the other. Koninklijke Schouwburg and West Den Haag can be reached by taking Tram 16 from Het Nutshuis or Central Station to the Korte Voorhout stop. You can find information about each of the Rewire 2019 locations at Venues. To give you a quick overview, we’ve made a handy map.

Please note that it will be a busy festival weekend and each of the venues has a max capacity. Be sure to arrive early for each performance, and if a space is full, check out some of the other incredible artists at Rewire 2019.

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4.Daylight Saving Time

This year’s festival conveniently coincides with Daylight Saving Time. At 2:00 AM on the night of Saturday, 30 March to Sunday, 31 March, the clocks will move forward by one hour. We’ve accounted for this in the programme and printed timetables. All you need to know is that there won’t be a break in the performances and that the Saturday of Rewire technically runs until 7 AM on Sunday morning.

5. Card vs. Cash

While most of the Rewire 2019 venues accept both cash and card, the bars at venues like Grote Kerk, Lutherse Kerk and Oude Katholieke Kerk will only accept payments by debit and credit card.

6. Read the Rewire 2019 programme book

You can read all about this year’s festival in the programme book. We’ve included in-depth explorations of our festival themes, special performances and collaborations, as well as a complete overview of the music programme, talks, workshops and screenings at Rewire 2019. You’ll also find a series of pressing and captivating texts by six different writers and thinkers that serve as a window into our festival themes. You can read the programme guide online or grab a copy at the Ticket & Info Centre or one of the festival venues.

Read the programme guide online

7. Listen to the festival playlists

Once you’ve flicked through the programme book, dive into the sounds of Rewire 2019 with this year’s festival playlist. We’ve collected our favourite songs by upcoming festival artists into comprehensive Spotify and Apple Music playlists for your listening pleasure. For other sights and see, check out our playlists on Youtube and Soundcloud.

Listen to the Spotify playlist | Listen to the Apple Music playlist

8.Rewire 2019 context

With each edition of Rewire, we strive to locate music’s place within wider social and cultural conversations. This year, we focus on the shifting nature of music and musical performance, inviting a selection of inspiring artists and speakers to engage with and reflect on two festival themes: Instrumental Shifts and Staging Sounds.Learn more about both thematic programmes via the following links:

Instrumental Shifts | Staging Sound

9.Prelude to Rewire 2019

In a Rewire first, we’re teaming up with the Royal Conservatoire to present a special prelude concert at the conservatory’s Arnold Schönbergzaal on Thursday, 28 March 2019. The Prelude to Rewire 2019, which is free to attend, sees French-Argentinian composer Daniel Teruggi and American electronic music composer Nic Collins perform works of classical and contemporary music on a spatially-distributed loudspeaker installation, followed by an improvisational performance on trumpet, electronics and piano by Collins and Gabriel Paiuk.

Attend the Prelude

10. Rewire 2019 Discourse programme: Symposium and workshops

The Rewire 2019 themes are explored through an extensive discourse programme of artist talks, lectures, screenings, workshops and our very first symposium. Taking place at West Den Haag on Rewire Friday, the Instrumental Shifts Symposium brings together leading researchers, academics and artists for a one-day programme that explores new frontiers of computer science, music, and future technologies. The symposium is free to attend, but registration is required.

In addition to the symposium, we’re teaming up with Studio Loos’s Crab Music collective for the all-ages, walk-in workshop Creative Sound Lab – a buzzing sound laboratory where you can discover and mix your very own sound – and Music Hackspace for a Machine Learning for Artists and Musicians workshop with Goldsmith’s resident computing expert Dr. Rebecca Fiebrink. Registration is required for Music Hackspace workshop and costs €10.

Register for Symposium | Register for Music Hackspace

11. Register for the sound walk

British-Dutch artist Justin Bennett will be hosting a series of specially-commissioned sound walk experiences throughout the festival weekend. Entitled, ‘Central Imaginary District’, these sound walks combine spatial recordings, found sounds, archival material and interviews with residents to respond to The Hague’s latest development project, ‘Central Innovation District’. Registration is required for the sound walks and only a handful of spots remain on Saturday and Sunday afternoon.

Please note: the sound walk takes approximately 45 – 60 min and starts from Stationsweg 32 in The Hague. You do not need a Rewire 2019 ticket to attend the sound walk.

Register for Central Imaginary District

12. Film programme

This year’s programme extends into the cinematic realm, exploring the festival themes and artists through the lens of four short films and a documentary. The screenings will take place at the Filmkluis in Het Nutshuis on Saturday and Sunday.

See the full programme

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