Cultuurhuis De Lindenberg, Gemeente Nijmegen

With this year's theme Love, we explore love in all its facets. Portraying it’s romance, warm family love, and the dark sides of love. Celebrating that love is love, and the power of love to bring about change.

A weekend full of storytelling, accompanied by music, dance & comedy. We will be joined by storyteller and comedian Soula Notos to guide us through three days filled with stories as our host extraordinaire. As we see every night as a package experience curated with love for a full night of stories, we sell only daytickets. The language of all performances and shows is English.

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Thursday December 12 - Opening Night with Love Stories

On this night we kick of the 4th edition of the Storytelling Festival Nijmegen with a grand line up of short love filled stories, music and dance. Introducing a line-up of diverse and refreshing artists diving in to all that is love, being romantic, portraying love in our ancestry and the love of family, learning to love yourself and what can come from loving your fellow man instead of hatred and fear. Featuring Soula Notos (host), Anas Al Halabi, Erwin Kiene, Roxana Gravilit, Geoffrey Haynes, Başak Layiç, Ekram Jalboutt, Rocco Ostermann & Omar Alshahari (De Niemanders).

Friday December 13 - Performance by Sunni Lamin Barrow + Queer Story Night

On the day of Purple Friday (Paarse Vrijdag), a national day of solidarity with our rainbow community, we celebrate diversity and freedom to love and be loved as you desire. Love is Love!

A Fist of Tongues is a poetic performance in which Spoken word artist Sunni Lamin Barrow takes you through different stages of a journey he himself made: his flight from The Gambia to The Netherlands because of his sexual orientation.

Followed by the Queer Story Night. After all, what’s a better way to strengthen the community and to fight bigotry than sharing stories. Featuring Soula Notos (host), Crystal Hassell, Geoffrey van der Ven, Sandro van der Leeuw, Kourara & Emma Voerman.

Saturday December 14 - Stories on love & family by Meysam Forooz, Soula Notos & David Labi

On then last day we share stories around the love we find, lose, take pride in and celebrate within our families. A rich night depicting three personal stories in which love takes on different forms, for love can be bright as well cover us in darkness and grief.

Workshop: Along side the saturday program is offered David Labi’s Parental Storytelling Workshop, for participants to process family stories with creativity and joy.

Every evening the Vintage Sound System will brighten up the foyer with their signature sounds! They have been around for more than 15 years, revealing themself in more and more guises and collaborations, but sticking to its analog base: two turntables, a mixer, a set of analog amplified speakers and, of course, always Fresh Fat Vinyl'. The collaboration with Meneer Otis goes way back, therefore once again with 'plus plaisir': three nights, three DJs and lovely beats!

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Check the pictures from 2023's edition below!