Weekend Special January 19-22, 2023
weekend special
The Weekend Special focuses on the main events taking place in and around The Hague region, suitable for expats and the international community.
This weekend’s highlights include the Chinese New Celebration in The Hague city center, the ‘Memphis Recording Service’ or the storytelling concert of Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, Stadttheater Zoetel Includes concerts by mail, the new Don Quixote opera at Amare, and comedy nights in English. at the Branour Theater.
There are many other events taking place in The Hague, such as a Pink Floyd concert. It’s also your last chance to see the ice sculpture exhibition in Scheveningen.
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enjoy your weekend
On January 21, 2023, The Hague’s Town Hall and its surroundings will host the 19th national Lunar New Year celebration. For the last 2 years we have not been able to hold a celebration due to the corona crisis.
Lunar New Year in The Hague has a long tradition. In 2002, the municipality of The Hague, together with the Chinese community, LFCON and the Chinese Embassy, created a “National Chinese
New Year Celebration (CNY)” is held every year in The Hague. The festival is not only held at the Town Hall, but also in Chinatown, with parades in the streets, squares and the city center of The Hague.
Taking place Saturday, January 21st at the Stadstheater Zoetermeer, the dazzling production “Sun Records – The Concert” tells the story of the “Memphis Recording Service” or Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. This place is considered the absolute cradle of rock and roll and contemporary music. Under the stellar leadership of founder and owner Sam Philips, the small studio and his record label have achieved worldwide fame.
Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee is considered the absolute birthplace of rock and roll. Under Sam Philips’ inspiring leadership, this small studio and record label has achieved worldwide fame. Sam often recorded boycotted artists outside of Memphis. He found BB King, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley and more.
From January 2023, OPERA2DAY will present a new opera, “La Mancha’s Genius Aristocrat Don Quixote”. Together with the New European Ensemble, it will take audiences into the realities of many of the famous knights in Miguel de Cervantes’ famous novels and perform new music, including medieval music from many countries and cultures. ‘Don Quixote’ will premiere on Sunday 22 January 2023 at 15:00 at his Koninklijke Schouwburg in The Hague.
A total of six performances will take place in The Hague on 21st and 22nd January, 21st and 22nd February and 16th and 18th March.
nd Join us for The Hague Comedy Night on Saturday 21st January and have a night of laughter in English. There are two shows of him at 19:00 and 21:00.
The show will feature headliner Joe Rooney (Ireland) and feature support Mona Damanka (India), with host MC Sharon M (Ireland). The entire show is in English.
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