DE OPENING
28-30 August / UNITED COWBOYS ARTHOUSE
FREE EVENT
DE OPENING is the free national festival marking the start of the cultural season (the successor to the Uitmarkt). Eindhoven is the host city in 2026, from August 28 to 30, 2026. For three days, the city transforms into a giant stage featuring theater, music, dance, and art.
United Cowboys is hosting DE OPENING this year and will welcome its visitors with a mix of activities in the Arthouse in the heart of Eindhoven.
WHAT U.C. IS WHAT YOU GET
A Multi-year Festival at Natlab Eindhoven - Podiumzaal
curated by United Cowboys
SECOND EDITION: SEPTEMBER 17-18-19, 2026 / 8:30pm
The second edition of WHAT U.C. IS WHAT YOU GET, curated by United Cowboys, will ‘invade’ the iconic Natlab Eindhoven with three evening-filling programs, in which new regional and international work will be presented to a live audience.
The project focuses on offering a sensory art experience. The audience is invited to encounter dance, music, performance, video, and fine arts in an ongoing flow. The space of Natlab will be peeled back; the main stage (Podiumzaal) will be conquered step by step.
The Thursday of this edition highlights artwork from the archive of United Cowboys. There will be a unique chance to see the iconic ‘Glass Performance’. In addition, there will be a combination of intimate performance, video, sound and installation work that has, for many decades, heavily characterized United Cowboys.
The program on Friday and Saturday features work by a new generation of artists from the Netherlands, Portugal, France, Denmark, Belgium, a.o. Various art forms will alternately take centre stage every evening, the starting point being a white canvas, from which anything can happen.
Due to the personal and intimate approach implemented by United Cowboys, the presented live art becomes more accessible and has the ability to deeply connect audiences.
The photo portrait series created by Maarten van der Put and David Galjaard will be continued.
NO DUTCH REQUIRED.
With the support of the ASML x Brabant C, SCE Eindhoven and the Province of Noord-Brabant
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ROUGH & READY - DUTCH DESIGN WEEK 2026 - Main Location
October 17-25
ArtHouse, Kleine BErg
During this year’s edition of the Dutch Design Week, United Cowboys participates yet again as one of the main locations of the largest design event in Northern Europe.
We present a jam-packed 9-day, curated exhibition and program under the title Rough & Ready.
The exposition will present a wide range of conceptual work - design, installations, performances - by invited local and international visiting designers and artists. The works presented will have a strong performative and physical focus.
Curation in progress…
SEASONING FALL
October 23 & 24
Art house kleiner berg
Seasong is a quarterly curated event series welcoming diverse performance art to the art house in Eindhoven.
Around every turn of the season United Cowboys needs to witness its live art developments. We open our doors to local, national and international guests to showcase their new work and research.
More details to be added soon.
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Cover photo: Maarten van der Put
*The above program may be subject to change.
