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The Metropolis Festival is a true concept in the Netherlands, where every year upcoming artists blow the audience away with great performances. Unfortunately, the festival will not take place this year. Read more below.
It was supposed to be the 36th edition of this unique, free festival in Rotterdam, where both new international and Rotterdam artists steal the show every year. Unfortunately, it has been announced that the Metropolis Festival will not take place this year, due to insufficient financial resources.
The festival is largely dependent on municipal subsidies, which will not be awarded this year.
Rutger Wolfson, chairman of the board of Stichting Nemesis, which organises the Metropolis festival, says: "A motion unanimously adopted by the municipal council still provided financial resources, for which we are extremely grateful to the council. Since the amount awarded was much lower than necessary, Stichting Nemesis tried to find additional funding. Unfortunately, this did not succeed in time. "
It is not yet clear whether the Metropolis festival will return after 2025.
This unique event in Rotterdam has been the popular free festival in the Zuiderpark for 35 years. Since 1988, a large audience has been coming together here to enjoy innovative and surprising music during fantastic live performances.
There is a good chance that during your visit to the Zuiderpark Festival you have come face to face with a new upcoming act. Metropolis has been the place where several established names have performed, such as The Black Keys, twenty one pilots, The xx, The Strokes, The Killers, Interpol, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, The Vaccines, Yungblud, Glass Animals, Snelle, Kurt Vile, Vince Staples, IDLES and Triggerfinger.
But local talent have also blown the Zuiderpark away: Naaz, Ronnie Flex, De Likt, The Kik, Winne, Kevin, Sevdaliza, Tramhaus, Sabrina Starke, Elle Bandita and Rats On Rafts.
