Get your Betweter Festival anniversary ticket now

This year we’re celebrating the tenth edition of the Betweter Festival. Your annual dose of art and science at TivoliVredenburg. Featuring a unique programme of talks, interviews, music, art installations, film and live research. Make a note of Friday evening, 25 September, in your diary.

Who can you expect to see on stage?

Neurobiologist and podcaster Brankele Frank explains why music puts us in a state of zen; writer Joris Luyendijk, together with public administration expert Femke van Esch, explores whether – and how – Europe can stand on its own two feet; and writer Roxane van Iperen, alongside social researcher Marcel Lubbers, examines the emancipation of the ‘angry citizen’. Comedian Saman Amini calls for radical nuance, up-and-coming pop star jet van der steen delivers bratty club bangers, and astrobiologist Inge Loes ten Kate explores the possibility that we are not alone in the universe. 

Take part in live scientific research

Jump into the ring with doctor and researcher Amber de Vries and take on your friends in an old-school pillow fight, or climb onto social psychologist Marijn Zeijen’s rodeo bull and test your stamina. Find out just how culinary your taste buds are and step into a thought-provoking installation exploring the question of which lives we preserve and why. That and much more.