Rotterdam Street Culture Week Festival celebrates the energy and creativity of street culture

Rotterdam Street Culture Week Festival has become the meeting place for creators, enthusiasts and professionals within Dutch street culture. On Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 August, the Delftsehof will be the vibrant centre for the free festival for young and old, with a dynamic programme full of music, street food, fashion, art, gaming and urban sports.

The music stage will feature performances by audience favourites Kaya Imani, Illie, GP from G and the internationally renowned Naaz. King of the Hill is a new music section featuring rap battles led by MC Excellent.

Besides music, urban sports have been a very popular feature for years. The unique TNT battle is one of the annual highlights. In this multidisciplinary crew battle, artists from freerunning, tricking, breaking, freestyle basketball, calisthenics and freestyle football compete against each other. The venue will also host the official World Panna Knock Out Championship. The best street footballers in the world challenge each other in fast, technical duels. World-famous influencer Mehdi Amri will come to defend his title.

Roffa Breaking also returns: a spectacular battle where the absolute top of the breaking scene will compete against each other, with, among others, multiple world champion Menno van Gorp as crowd pleaser.

Unique is the: City Clash Homecourt. Rotterdam dancers compete against dancers from other cities in the battle for the title: Streetculture Capital of the Netherlands.

On Saturday 30 August, dancers and beatboxers will compete together for a spot in the European Dance 2 Beatbox Battle and a cash prize. This unique battle combines improvisation, creativity and audience interaction and shows how powerful and versatile beatbox can be. Boom Snap Clap, the leading Rotterdam-based platform for beatbox in the Netherlands, is the organiser.

Transferring passion and love for culture

Artistic director of RSCW Rajiv Bhagwanbali: "With this festival, we want to celebrate street culture as well as show how accessible and inclusive it is for young and old. Many lovers of my generation now have children, and this way we can pass on the passion and love for culture to them as well."