Jalan Jalan Festival 2027 The Hague dates and entry

What is the Jalan Jalan Festival?

Jalan Jalan is a three-day Indisch city festival in The Hague with music, theatre, film, dance, exhibitions, talks, workshops and food. The name means strolling: you walk from venue to venue.

The organisers started it because many people missed a big Indisch gathering after the last Tong Tong Fair in 2023. They want a modern festival that also makes room for the difficult shared history, open to everyone. The foundation behind it says it is not the official successor of the Tong Tong Fair but a new organisation with its own course.

The first edition was in 2026. The central place is the Lange Voorhout, where Jalan Pedis runs the food stalls and stages.

When is the festival in 2027?

The festival is held on Friday 20, Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 August 2027, after its first edition on 21 to 23 August 2026. The festival lists these hours for 2027: Friday 16:00 to 21:00, Saturday 12:00 to 22:00 and Sunday 12:00 to 19:00. The full programme is not out yet.

Where it takes place

The festival is spread over The Hague, mostly across the city centre. The festival lists 15 venues for 2026, among them the Lange Voorhout, Museum Sophiahof, Filmhuis Den Haag, PAARD, the Koninklijke Schouwburg, Theater aan het Spui, Pulchri Studio, Hotel des Indes and the bookshop Moesson. Each venue organises its own programme within the festival.

The festival site on the Lange Voorhout runs from Hotel des Indes to Pulchri Studio. The 2027 venues will appear on the festival website.

What the first edition offered

The 2026 programme included live music on the Lange Voorhout, which Massada opened and where the Indonesian musician Emir Cello, who mixes classical and rock, played on Saturday. The poet Robin Block performed at the official opening in Hotel des Indes. There was also an exhibition on 75 years of Moluccans in the Netherlands, talks, workshops such as jiving and kite making, and a market of Indisch cookbooks and children's books at Museum Sophiahof.

A free cycling route, "Langs sporen van Indië in Den Haag", of about 12 kilometres past 14 places linked to the Dutch East Indies, is on denhaag.com. The 2027 programme is not out yet.

Tickets, parking and getting there

In 2026 the events on the Lange Voorhout were free. A few other venues charged for some of their items; the price was with the event description. The 2027 terms are not out yet.

By train it is a 10-minute walk from Den Haag Centraal. Get off the bus (24) or tram (1, 15 or 17) at Kneuterdijk or Malieveld. By car, use the Plein or Museumkwartier garage and walk from there. The festival was wheelchair accessible in 2026 and took card or contactless payments only. At the bar you paid €0.50 once for a reusable cup and swapped it for a clean one with each drink.