Founded in 1947, The Holland Festival is now the trend-setting performance arts festival in the Netherlands. The festival highlights a mixture of all the performance arts and a mix of daring experiments and thus audience can expect Music Theater and music performances, and other events like visual arts, literature, and architecture. After its founding, the first performance took place in June 15, 1948 at Amsterdam City Theater. Genres that can be witnessed during the festival include classical and contemporary music, opera, Music Theater, dance, multidisciplinary theater productions, pop music, world music, and film and incidental presentations. In order to complete the June Festival Atmosphere, delicious foods and drinks are also available nearby the festival location for the spectators to hangout before or after the show. The stansislavski is a café-restaurant that serves art, culture, hospitality, and catering in a way customer will feel that they are special. Another great restaurant to dine in is the Star Ferry that serves hospitality and catering. Dinners will also definitely love the beautiful terrace with sweeping views of the IJ this restaurant has. Ticket Purchase Purchasing for the festival ticket is more comfortable when done at their website. Tickets can also be purchased over their Holland Festival ticket phone line or at heir festival box office in Amsterdam. Tickets would only cost the spectator €2 per ticket with a maximum of €10 per order. However, they also accept group bookings for a group of fifteen or more. Getting there If you have plans of visiting Amsterdam for the Holland Festival, you can easily reach the venue via public transport and by car. For those who take the public transport, directions are as follows. From Amsterdam, Central Station Tram 25 and 26 Central Station / IJburg then stop at the Music Building – Bimhuis. Those who are taking it by car, they can take Armersfoort / Utrecht / Den Haag / Zaandam Eastern ring road A10, exit S114 direction Centrum. At the end of the Piet Hein tunnel, turn right towards Central Station and after the third traffic light, take the second right.