Nu bij RAUM

The Street
A street on a square? Exactly! This summer, we’re transforming RAUM into a street complete with balconies, furniture, plants, rugs, and cozy seating areas. Within this “living room for everyone,” we’re hosting no less than ten street festivals, together with various Utrecht communities and Swedish artist Elin Strand Ruin. The Street will be the setting for street performers, performances, balcony scenes, BBQs, games, and more. For this edition, we’re turning The Street into a Café Trottoir.

Café Trottoir
Together with De Voorkamer, we’ll take you on a journey to countries like Syria and Lebanon, where on warm days The Street transforms into a Café Trottoir. Here, grilling, coffee drinking, dancing, discussions, and poetry readings last well into the evening. You can hang out all day long in our Café De Straat too! Come try lino printing, learn to write and perform poetry, dance along to the Dabke, and enjoy street music from musicians around the world. Brighten up the street by painting lanterns and learn the strategy of backgammon.

Schedule

16:00 – 22:00 – Sidewalk chalk and board games

16:00 – 18:00 – Lino printing on textiles (bring your own…), lantern painting, and Arabic coffee

17:00 – 18:00 – Dabke workshop

18:00 – 19:00 – Street music by Culture Shock

18:00 – 19:00 – Bread baking workshop and poetry writing workshop

19:00 – Dinner

19:30 – 20:30 – Balcony scene: Bakr reading & poetry open mic

19:30 – 20:30 – Street jam session with musicians from the De Voorkamer community

20:30 – 22:00 – Street party with DJ