New collaboration: Asia-Europe Cultural Festival during SPRING 2026

SPRING Performing Arts Festival partners with the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) to present the Asia-Europe Cultural Festival (AECFest) 2026 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. This collaboration reflects a shared commitment to artistic exchange and creative dialogue between Asia and Europe.

AECFest is a multidisciplinary public arts festival that alternates annually between Asia and Europe. In 2026, it will be presented as a festival-in-a-festival within SPRING, taking place from May 14 to 23. This edition marks the third consecutive year that AECFest is hosted within a major international festival platform, following editions in Italy (2024) and China (2025). The Asia-Europe Cultural Festival (AECFest) 2026 is funded by the People’s Republic of China and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.

Together, SPRING and ASEF invite audiences to engage with creativity, diversity, and cross-cultural exchange. The full programme will be announced in March 16. Follow our channels for updates.

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Photo: Home Bound – Luke George and Daniel Kok, taken by Gregory Lorenzutti, part of AECFest.