Art Route
The city centre is transformed by the festival, with various art installations on display. Follow the route and discover them all!
Looking back: programme 2026
This was Festival Voor de Vloed, 19 to 30 September 2026. The full programme is below — filter by day or category to look back at what was on.
High Tea picnic Table
If Dordrecht floods, you’ll need to sit high up to be able to eat with dry feet. See for yourself how high you need to place your plate and create your own little island in the air.
Waterschap Hollandse Delta presents: the Voorstraat - Shopping Street and Dike
Come to the presentation and guided tour on September 24. It’s a unique opportunity to see the Voorstraat in a whole new light. And it’s completely free. You’re more than welcome!
Festival Heart
On Het Hof and in the Kloostertuin, you’ll find the vibrant Festival Heart of Festival Voor de Vloed. This is where it all comes together: from the Safety Square, street theatre, music and art to fun activities for visitors of all ages.
Silent Nood Disco XXL
Headphones on: Ella with danceable hits and Martijn Bruinier with contemporary dance music.
The Emergency-Kit Cooking Caravan: Special Edition: Dutch as a second language
The Emergency Kit Cooking Caravan is coming to Festival Voor de Vloed—will you join us in the kitchen? Special edition for residents whose second language is Dutch.
The Art of Survival
An open studio where residents and young artists build survival art from reused materials and wreckage. The objects become the proud centrepiece of the festive parade on Saturday.
High & Dry Tour
Find out where you can take shelter if the city floods. Without light or electricity, but with art, music, and culture.
Redders van Dordt Vloedcamp
Can you guide someone through an obstacle course? Or tackle rapidly rising water before the loft floods? You might just become a real ‘Rescuer of Dordt’!
Beavers
Beavers have been spotted on Voorstraat! They’re busy dragging sandbags back and forth. Will you come and help them build a lodge?
Win or Sink
The game show where four contestants compete in a life-or-death battle: who will walk away with the prize, and who will drown?
Silent Emergency Show
Complete the tasks and get yourself and others to safety. Will you keep your feet dry?
Alive and Cooking
What do you cook with just your emergency kit? Alive and Cooking challenges you to cook creatively
Safety Square
At the Safety Market you meet the organisations that keep Dordrecht's feet dry.
Toddler Water Track
A special water track for the very young, safe, wet and lots of fun.
De Dordtse Duikers Duiken Door
Cobination of spectacular juggling with humour and a serious message
Emergency kit scavenger hunt
Find all the items in the emergency kit
Parade
Spectacular procession through Dordrecht's old town with music, theatre, dance and colourful acts. The parade is the public highlight of the festival weekend. …
The Youman
The Youman is the artist behind The Art of Survival. In the open studio he builds a sculpture from salvaged and reused materials together with the people of Do…
Natte Voeten
A sparkling, comic cargo bike opera full of misunderstandings, a sudden flood and tempers flaring.
Soulshine
A performance by Soulshine is all about passion, soul and power! The energy and joy radiate from the stage, so you simply can’t help but get swept up in the flow of this enthusiastic choir.
Open repetition VHA Mass Choir
Sing, clap and dance along with the VHA Mass Choir!
Go around the roundabout
It’s never been easier to put together your emergency kit!
Water-cycle route
The cycle route organised by the Fietsersbond Drechtsteden takes you past some special spots by the water in and around Dordrecht in 2 hours (36 km).
The Island Council
The water is coming. But nobody seems to be worried... There’s someone who says things are going to go wrong. That the water is coming. That the dykes might not hold. But nobody believes her. Not yet.
Theaterworkshop: VLOED
What would you do if the water came? Step into the world of De Eilandraad and discover how we create theatre together.
Workshop: No Need to Panic
Are you prepared for a flood? No? Join the ‘No Need to Panic!’ workshop The Red Cross is organising an interactive session to help you be well prepared for emergencies.
Klooilab: Messing around with coral reefs
Help create the large-scale artwork for the Festival Voor de Vloed!
Seahorse
There is a legend that a mighty unicorn protects the Saviours of Dordt. When the fiercest storms sweep across the city, he brings sweets and a helping hoof.
City Walk: Flood Disasters
Discover the traces of the floods that have ravaged Dordrecht over the past 600 years
In a different light
A view of the Dordrecht countryside in 1039.
The higher = The drier
The most narrow house is swarming with tiny human figures, fleeing from the water.
Hier overstroomt mijn Dordt
Some of the LED signs from the Dwaalspoor are now illuminating the area whilst preparations for the flood are underway.
Ary and his balloons
The water is rising; Ary puts on his pilot’s goggles, grabs his walkie-talkie and is ready for take-off!
Official flood barrier test
Every year, the Hollandse Delta Water Board and the City of Dordrecht test the flood barriers on the Voorstraat, Prinsenstraat, and Riedijk.
Dordrecht’s Stamp Rights
Everything used to come into the city via this harbour. Explore the bridges, jetties and shop fronts to put together your own iconic emergency kit.
Iconoclash X Voor de Vloed
Street art on the Botgensteiger
Phil's Bigband
Phil's Big Band Swings with Sinatra.For more than twenty years, Phil's Big Band has lived by one motto: “SWING and FUN – ALL THE WAY.” This time, they're featu…
De Vloedschotten
This year the flood barrier on the Voorstraat is inspected by De Vloedschotten, flown in from the Highlands and equipped with everything the job requires. To b…
Hoe?! Dichter bij Dordt
Poetry and spoken word as part of the Festival Voor de Vloed.
Zeetalage
Walk past the Zeetalage and dive into a world where dry feet are a thing of the past. Where people once shopped, shimmering guppies now live among beautifully …
Dance on the Water
A dance performance by OKK Dordrecht that brings together dance and the atmosphere of water.
Dance on the Water — youth
A dance performance by OKK Dordrecht that brings together dance and the atmosphere of water.
Gebroeders de Witt
Sou’wester on, mooring rope in hand and the dinghy inflated. Johan and Cornelis are ready for the storm season!
Groove Defender
Live vinyl groove at Het Hof and in the parade.
The calm before the storm
The calm before the storm — brass music from Hofstraat, and joining the parade.
The Emergency-Kit Cooking Caravan
The Emergency Kit Cooking Caravan is coming to Festival Voor de Vloed—will you join us in the kitchen?
Zwever
Artist Roman Nieuweboer takes you on a journey in “Zwever.”
Buurtbioscoop: Vaiana
Vaiana laat zien dat water niet alleen iets is om bang voor te zijn, maar ook een weg vooruit,
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