Common Ground Festival 11th of October 2025

Saturday, October 11, 2025, music will once again fill the cellars, ships, churches and warehouses of Zwolle's historic city center in the Netherlands. The program features a mix of jazz, world and classical music performed by musicians from the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Turkey, Portugal and Germany, among others.

There are several routes, and each route includes a visit to the most beautiful bookstore in the Netherlands: Van der Velde in de Broeren. This year, Austrian handpan player Manu Delago (known for his collaboration with artists such as Björk) will perform there among the books, together with the vocal group Mad About Lemon.

They will alternate with soprano Elisabeth Hetherington and the Adam Quartet. Hetherington received the Dutch Music Prize in 2024. Author and journalist Raounak Khaddari will act as host at this location.

In total, the audience will experience four different 30-minute concerts, half of which will be a surprise.