Booch? 2025 in and around the Nieuwe Nor on Oct. 4. Heerlen's music festival focuses on Dutch talent this year.
Free festival Booch? in Heerlen will take place this year on Saturday, October 4. In and around the Nieuwe Nor there will be performances on three stages by new trendsetting Dutch acts such as Min Taka, BUG and Isabèl Usher. There is also a lot of attention for talent development and local talent. The festival is realized in cooperation with SENA Performers and the municipality of Heerlen.
The Heerlen pop festival Booch? is free to attend, targets a young audience and takes place annually in downtown Heerlen. For the past two years, the festival took place in August on the Bongerd. This year the festival will take place on Saturday, Oct. 4, in and around the Nieuwe Nor. The all-Dutch lineup consists, in good Booch?-tradition, of trendsetting, genre-transcending new acts such as Min Taka, BUG, Isabèl Usher, ISAÏ, BlackBeach and Sofia Peters. There is also a talent stage with Limburg talent on which the new Artists in Residence of the Nieuwe Nor will be presented, among others. On the outdoor stage on the Schelmenhofje and in the various other spaces in the Nieuwe Nor there will be plenty of room for presenting various cultural initiatives.
"We are choosing this year to host a one-time smaller version of Booch? with national and local talent and lots of experience. This form fits best with the many activities this year. We believe in the concept and are working towards organizing a large-scale festival again in the future, Nieuwe Nor director Kees van den Berg explains.
The Nieuwe Nor and the municipality of Heerlen find it important that a young audience can get acquainted with pop culture in an accessible way. In the Nieuwe Nor, all facilities are present and the core values of Booch? This way, Booch? accessible for free, with an appealing program for a young audience.
The program on the main stage of Booch? comes about thanks to a contribution from the Sena Performers Fund, which supports projects in the socio-cultural field. Booch? was revived by the Nieuwe Nor in 2023 and managed to attract around 10,000 visitors per edition to the festival site on the Bongerd over the past two years. Headliners included acts such as S10, Brutus, Joey Valence & Brae and Bad Nerves, seen this year at major festivals such as Pinkpop, Down The Rabbit Hole, Rock Werchter and Graspop.
The Booch? website and their social media channels will keep you updated on the program.