As a cornerstone of the Rewire programme, we believe that music and art belong to everyone. That’s why we’re presenting a vibrant lineup of free events and activities for those who don’t have a festival pass. Enjoy live musical performances, engaging talks, creative workshops, immersive sound walks, and captivating art installations.
Alvin Curran is an American composer, performer, improviser, sound artist, and writer. Curran’s piece Maritime Rites, a signature work of his, has been evolving since the 1970s across many iterations and changes – always relating anew to his life-long enjoyment of bodies of water. Performed at the opening event of Rewire 2025 on 3 April at 20:15, Maritime Rites takes to The Hague’s own inner-city body of water, the iconic Hofvijver beside the parliament building, for a performance of numerous musicians in multiple boats – passing one another like ships in the night, performing for the landlocked onlookers. Registration is not required. More info here.
Situated around its music and performance line-up, Rewire’s context programme provides a space for reflection and brings the various practices of artists into conversation with each other. Through workshops, conversations, sound walks and listening sessions, the context programme offers free-to-attend events throughout The Hague’s city centre. A full overview of the context programme can be found here.
Proximity Music is a joint exhibition program initiated by iii and Rewire. It seeks to connect music, architecture, technology, ritual, and play through sensory experiences. Proximity Music: Echoes of Entropy explores how chaos and entropy act as both forces of creation and catalysts for change. Drawing inspiration from the second law of thermodynamics, where entropy signifies the inevitable drift towards disorder, the exhibition delves into the consequences of these forces on our environment, socio-political systems, and human interactions. A full overview of the Proximity Music line-up can be found here.
On the Saturday afternoon of Rewire 2025, we return to our favourite record store 3345 to host an in-store event. The line-up and timetable for this freely accessible event is:
13:00–14:00 Lulu
14:00–15:00 alys(alys)alys
15:00–16:00 Ana Roxanne (DJ set)
16:00–17:00 DJ Python
The event is freely available, and offers the perfect moment to grab some records by your favourite artists, while enjoying the special sounds of the in-store's artists.