Festival Downtown is an electronic music event in the heart of Rotterdam showcasing exciting acts, many of them accessible for free. This year marks the eighth edition of this amazing festival.
Festival Downtown venues
The main daytime stages are at Eendrachtsplein and Skatepark Westblaak. As the sun goes down, there are also many performances taking place in bars and clubs in Rotterdam. Here are the venues of the festival:
Free Venues
- Eendrachtsplein
- Skatepark Blaak
- Boomgaardstraat
Ticketed Venues
- Worm
- Club Centraal
- Cannibale Royale
Find your new favourite artists and listen to big names as well as undiscovered gems of the electronic music scene. Make the most of your night out in downtown Rotterdam by seeing artists perform in some of Rotterdam's prime venues.
Artists at Festival Downtown 2024
The artist line-up includes:
- Martha Da'ro
- Samurai Breaks
- Blck Mamba
- Collignon
- Cavolo Nero
- Beraadgeslagen
- Imaginarium
- and more!
The music programming is cleverly devised: the daytime line-up is full of music anybody and everybody can enjoy, even those who don't regard themselves as electronic music fans. As the evening rolls along, the music becomes more and more innovative and niche, for the die-hard electronic music fanatics.
Getting to Festival Downtown
For festival-goers arriving by public transport, it's recommended to take trams 4 or 7 going directly from Rotterdam Central Station to Eendrachtsplein. For those driving, the City Garage Museum Park is close by. If you're cycling, there are plenty of places to park your bike, so this is the recommended travel option.
Get your tickets
You don't need tickets for the free events, but for the evening programme you can buy your tickets online on the Festival Downtown website. You can choose to either go to a single performer, buy a ticket to everything playing that day, or splash out for a pass to everything playing for the whole weekend!
Photos: Lars Hidding