WHITSUNDAY WEEKEND FAVORITES

Did you already made plans for your Whitsunday weekend? Unfortunately the weather promises us no good… Still, we would like to share a few weekend favorites with you:

One. This week the RIGHTABOUTNOW Festival kicked off at the Amsterdam MC Theatre. The festival is one of MC’s annual festivals that includes a razor sharp  evening and night program full of cool and innovative musicians, dancers, theatre makers and artists presenting various ways and forms of art, cultures and subcultures. RIGHTABOUTNOW takes place until Sunday May 19.

Two. Tonight Westerunie is hosting a brand new clubnight named KAROUSEL. Karousel is exploring new movements, inspiring artists and musical directions with a strong focus on solid performers, who both strike as individual characters as well as artistically… Curious? Click here, buy your ticket and start celebrating the weekend with some fine house and techno beats.

Three. The infamous SFFEERVOL clubnight at Bitterzoet will be celebrating their 5th birthday on Saturday May 18. You will find dj Snelle Jelle, dj Irwan is presented as special guest of the evening and as the icing on a cake mr. Sffeervol Cream  himself will be there as well.

Extra. And for our true dare devils who don’t care what the weather is going to bring, there’s DYINAMIC Festival on Saturday May 18. Deephouse label Diynamic and Studio 80 present this brand new, high quality spring festival together at the Arena Park in Amsterdam! In the summer of 2008, dj Solomun (Diynamic headhunter) made his Dutch debut in the Amsterdam club Studio 80. He returned to the club in 2009 for his first Diynamic label night. As for now, four years later… The collaboration between Studio 80 and Solomun reached a compleet, new high: the worlds first Diynamic Festival. See you there?

Have a nice weekend!

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THE ROLLING KITCHENS

Come visit the fantastic open air restaurant at ‘Het Weekend van de Rollende Keukens‘. The event started yesterday May 9th and will end on Sunday May 12th 2013. Find your favorite dish(es) at this cool open air cuisine, created by countless mobile kitchens at the park of the Westergasfabriek.

After five successful years of outdoor mobile food fun, The Weekend Of The Rolling Kitchens (Rollende Keukens) will be back for its sixth edition.

There is no entrance charge, so it is that simple to stop by and have a few bites. A cool thing to know about the festival is; after the sun goes down there might be a chance to catch an open-air screening of a popular film…

Have a nice weekend!

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BLUE BLOOD X ORANJEBITTER IN THE PICTURE

On Queens Day, Blue Blood hosted the Old Dutch game, named ‘Spijkerbroekhangen’ at Oranjebitter Rotterdam. Hereby we would like to share a first impression of our Queens day 2013.

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Dear friends from Oranjebitter and 11AM, photographer Delicia Celik, hostesses Iris and Josine from Our Crew… Thank you al for a fantastic day and the cool pictures!

Enjoy!

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MINI GETAWAY TO HOTEL THE EXCHANGE

At Blue Blood we sure can appreciate a nice mini-getaway. Today we like to introduce you to Our Friends from The Exchange Hotel.

Hotel The Exchange is a concept by Otto Nan and Suzanne Oxenaar, instigators of Lloyd Hotel & Culturele Ambassade.

The Exchange shares a love for fashion. Each room of the Exchange has been decorated by Students of Amsterdam Fashion Institure (AMFI). This way around the hotel presents a unique place, in which fashion and architecture come together.

Altogether the hotel counts 61 rooms, varying from one to five-star rooms. As the complete Exchange estate, occupies three buildings, of which one dates from the 17^th century… Within the same building you may find the  ’contemporary department store Options!‘ and restaurant Stock for a late breakfast or lunch.

Sleep tight!

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ORANGE FEVER IN AMSTERDAM

Since this year’s Queens Day is going to be very special, of course you have to celebrate this fact.
After informing you about the Oranjebitter festival in Rotterdam, we’d also like to share some Amsterdam ‘Orange Fever’  favorites with you…

Queens Night
One. Beatrash comes with a one of a kind, royal dinner at Roses Cantina and of course after dinner you are able to celebrate to the fullest, on three floors.
Two. Roest is presenting W.A.R.E.H.O.U.S.E. together with Deep House Amsterdam & NGHTDVSN.
Three. Meet the new King and his Prinses during Koninginnenacht Spektakel at Edel. There’s a Freemarket, you are able to participate in some ‘Beer-ping pong’ or simply come and enjoy the music.
Four. Raven is Leven at the base of Techno, Deephouse en Tech-House BARKODE.

Queens Day
One. The Royal Dutch Party League is hosting a special Kingsday Festival at Olympisch Stadion.
Two. Four stages taken by multiple artists at Kingsland Festival at de RAI organized by the Dutch television channel Veronica. The festival is both indoor as outdoor…
Three. At Loveland Queens Day you can find it all, from coffee to sandwiches as from ice cold beers to cool village fair (kermis). Pay a visit to the Oosterpark and take free ride in the carrousel.
Four. Span Die Kroon at NDSM Vrijhaven. Too much to handle from 9.00 in the morning until 22.00 at night.
Five. Klassenfeestje & Le Patron organize ‘Het Buurtfeest’ at the parkingspot right in front of Le Patron. Deejays and lots of Jägermeister will set a royal mood.

And if you still have the energy…

Kings Night
One. De Nachtkerk will be entertaining at night, with love and music, put in future modern settings of the infamous Paradiso.
Two. Take it away at Oranjebal in Chicago Social Club. Over nine hours with some of the best DJ’s in two rooms.

Let’s celebrate, cheers!

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REMINDER: ORANJEBITTER ROTTERDAM

Time is ticking as we started counting the days… Only nine days left until this year’s amazing Queens Day! If you still have’nt decide what to do and where to go, come visit Oranjebitter in Rotterdam.

On April 30th you may also find Blue Blood at Oranjebitter and you are able to participate in an Old Dutch game, named ‘Spijkerbroekhangen’. Two people strive to hang down on a jean, as long as they possibly can.

Those who maintain the longest, wins a Blue Blood Denim Cheque… We dare you to show your solid biceps!

In addition of the infamous Spijkerbroekhangen, there’s also lots of other great stuff to enjoy at the festival, such as the famous XXXXXXL Foodcourt, the finest but secretly Oranjebitter line-up and a Silent Disco Rave! For tickets click here.

Would you like to take part in Oranjebitter yourself? We give away 2×2 tickets to Oranjebitter Rotterdam!
How to participate:
One. Like the Blue Blood Facebook page;
Two. Like the Oranjebitter Facebook page;
Three. Like & share the Oranjebitter Facebook post and tell us why you need to win these tickets!

Next week we will announce the lucky winners… We feel that it’s going to be Legendary, enjoy!

P.S. Don’t worry; you’ll be able to follow the honoring of Queen Beatrix and King Willem-Alexander live, by multiple video screens located at the festival fields.

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