Buy your tickets for SPRING 2026
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Opening night – double bill
Thu May 14 20:00
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Wait To Be Seated
Thu May 14 18:00 & Fri May 15 18:30
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Home Bound
Thursday May 14, 4 p.m. opening, Friday May 15 till Saturday May 23, 12 p.m. - 9 p.m. programme, 9:30 a.m. - 11 p.m. installation on view
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The big stage
Are you a lover of the big stage? We got you! We have listed all the big stage productions for you in this post.
AECFest, a festival-within-a-festival
SPRING Performing Arts Festival is joining forces with the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) for the Asia-Europe Cultural Festival (AECFest) during SPRING 2026. This collaboration underlines the shared ambition to strengthen artistic exchange and creative dialogue between Asia and Europe. Together, SPRING and ASEF invite the public to 12 different programme components. We have highlighted them in this newsitem.
Our colleague Niek is looking forward to…
We asked our colleague Niek: "What are you most excited about for SPRING 2026?" Watch the video for his answers!
SPRING co-productions 2026
SPRING is not only a presenter, but also a (co-)producer of new creations, many of which premiere at the festival. We build long-term partnerships with innovative, interdisciplinary artists from home and abroad to provide them with ongoing support in developing their artistic careers and creating new work. This year, our festival features 9 SPRING co-productions. We’ve highlighted them for you in this news item.
Press release: SPRING PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL 2026: INTERNATIONAL THEATRE AND DANCE PERFORMANCES IN UTRECHT
From 14 till 23 May, Utrecht in The Netherlands is the stage for the 14th edition of the SPRING Performing Arts Festival. For ten days, the city welcomes urgent and innovative international theatre and dance performances, art installations, and more, both in theatres and in outdoor locations across the city, such as the Neude and Central Station. The full programme is now online and ticket sales have started. This year, SPRING’s theme is “Extended Bodies/Expanded Minds.”
Ticket sales start now!
Have you had a look at the programme on our website yet? Good news: ticket sales for SPRING 2026 start today! Get your tickets for your favourite shows now and be surprised by unexpected perspectives on urgent themes!
The SPRING Academy Trajectories are live!
Do you want to discover more about contemporary performing arts? Apply for one of the trajectories on our website. Please note: there is space for 20 participants per trajectory.
Festival theme: EXTENDED BODIES / EXPANDED MINDS
Once again, it is SPRING-time! Artists gather in Utrecht bringing their art and ideas to create a space for practice.
Our programme is live!
From now on, you can view our programme and buy your day tickets and passe-partouts. There’s currently an early bird discount on those passe-partouts!
Become a volunteer at SPRING!
Do you want to be involved behind the scenes of an international festival and experience the thrilling, artistic ambiance? Sign up as a volunteer of the SPRING Performing Arts Festival!
10 Days of Dance, Theatre and More
May 14 — 23 2026
SPRING Performing Arts Festival is a ten-day international festival with innovative dance, theatre, performance and more in the city of Utrecht. You will find SPRING in the theatres, at special locations and in public spaces. At the festival you will see more than 25 adventurous and urgent performances from both near and far that dare to ask questions about the state of the world.
Images of SPRING 2025 by Allard Willemse, Alex Heuvink en Luz Soria.
Aftermovie 2025
