This summer, everything revolves around music at Museon-Omniversum.
Come to the free opening festival of MUSIC on July 5!
Visit the new exhibition MUSIC! Move. Feel. Connect.
Experience the new full-dome screening Baby Symphony for the little ones (0-3 years),
Swing in your chair and sing along to America’s Music, and
Experience a night out at the new fulldome experience “Resolution,” with an immersive experience about hope.
A free festival with lots to listen to, see, and do. How fun.
Opening Festival MUSIC!
On Saturday, July 5, we open our new exhibition MUSIC! Move. Feel. Connect. And we celebrate with a free festival for the whole family. Enjoy live music from (Hague) artists, participate in more than 20 workshops and activities, discover fulldome music films in the dome theater, and be one of the first to visit the new exhibition MUSIC! Move. Feel. Connect. A day for the whole family.
What does music do to you? In the new interactive exhibition MUSIC! Move. Feel. Connect., you will discover how music touches, connects, and inspires you. Listen, move, and make music yourself as you discover how sound evokes emotions and brings people together. From your favorite songs to the music of the future. From human music to rhythms and sounds from nature. In this exhibition, you experience how music is everywhere.
Every morning in the summer: Baby Symphony (0 – 3 years)
Especially for babies and toddlers, there is Baby Symphony this summer. A gentle and moving film experience full of colors, shapes, and soothing music. Watch, listen, and marvel together in the largest cinema dome in the Benelux. The specially composed music stimulates the senses of young children and makes a first visit to the cinema a special experience.
From jazz in New Orleans to rock ‘n’ roll in Memphis: together with Aloe Blacc, you discover the roots of the music we still listen to today. A cheerful big-screen film full of music, culture, and recognizable songs for young and old. Swinging in your seat and singing along guaranteed!
In addition to the exhibition and the films, there is something new to experience every day this summer.
Make your own musical instrument. Build a musical instrument together from cardboard, rubber bands, and other materials and discover how sound is created.
Music & Nature Quiz. Can spiders make sounds? Why does a woodpecker drum on trees? Discover surprising animal sounds during this interactive quiz.
Chill room. Listen to music, nature sounds, and soundscapes from various cultures. A nice place to unwind together for a moment.
All activities are freely accessible and suitable for various ages.
For music lovers: Resolution –A cinephonic rhapsody for the soul
Looking for a special night out with a musical spectacle and a story about hope?
Resolution is an impressive combination of music and visuals by the band The Polyphonic Spree. Around a campfire, stories of uncertainty, hope, and connection unfold, supported by a compelling soundtrack. Do you love Pink Floyd, Queen, or The Beatles? Then you won’t want to miss this unique fulldome experience.
On Sunday 5 July, Stichting DRAMTUNE and Stichting I’M Binck will once again host a special afternoon in the Binckhorst. This edition takes place at De Besturing, Saturnusstraat 89-91, 2516 AG The Hague, a bold and artistic venue on the quay in the heart of the Binckhorst industrial area.
For this edition of Binck’s Garden Sessions, taking place on Sunday afternoon from 15:00 to 18:30, the organisers have invited Klezmagic, a fantastic eight-piece band from Amsterdam. The band will perform a lively mix of Klezmer, Balkan and Roma-inspired music.
For a contribution of €25, visitors can enjoy two 45-minute sets by Klezmagic, including a plate of delicious pasta after the performance, at around 18:00.
The pasta sauce will be made with peeled tomatoes from Salerno, fresh red garlic from Sicily, olive oil from Bolsena in Italy, and fresh basil. Grated Parmesan cheese and spicy peperoncino oil will also be available.
Drinks can be purchased at the bar at De Besturing.
The Haagse blues-roots trio Jimding returns to the intimate confines of JAZZ, Coffee and Wines for another “jazz adjacent” session on Sunday afternoon, July 12. We’ll be featuring guest artist Konstantin Iliev on tenor sax and clarinet. Jimding has an extensive repertoire of originals inspired by blues, rock ’n’ roll, rhythm and blues, country and even Latin icons ranging from Muddy Waters and Sonny Boy Williamson to the Rolling Stones, Otis Redding, the Buena Vista Social Club and Tom Waits, among many others. But not to the exclusion of jazz giants like Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Mose Allison, Duke Ellington and on and on and on.
Jimding brings together three old souls who’ve paid their dues — blues growler Jim Wake on lead vocals, guitar and blues harp, with Nico Hart on bass, and John den Exter on percussion. In an extensive repertoire of originals that somehow seem familiar, Jimding ponders love and loss, trial and error, betrayal and abandonment, the sublime and the ridiculous, and good times and bad, with a mix of irony, exasperation, and an appreciation for the absurdities of life.
Following last year’s great success, Ensemble Klang and organist Geerten van de Wetering return to the Waalse Kerk on July 3 for an atmospheric French summer evening. With the brand-new program Tour de France!, they build upon a fresh tradition: an annual summer concert with a French atmosphere, perfectly attuned to warm temperatures.
The concert offers a unique crossover in which the contemporary instrumentation of Ensemble Klang – saxophones, trombone, guitar, percussion, and piano – merges with the organ. Organist Geerten van de Wetering: “The concert centered on Erik Satie last year was so well received that we want to make a tradition of it. Not too heavy fare, but music that suits the summer. The beautiful French Cavaillé-Coll organ in the Walloon Church is, of course, perfectly suited for this. We already have the ideas ready for the coming years!”
Cycling rhythms and French lyricism
The program Tour de France! bridges the gap between the lyricism of French music from the fin de siècle and the driving minimalism of composers such as Philip Glass and Tom Johnson. Pete Harden, artistic director of Ensemble Klang, explains the link to the race: “The repetitive, incessant rhythms of cycling form a beautiful contrast with the lush French countryside. The evening includes, among others, the sublime melodies of Ernest Chausson – who tragically lost his life in a cycling accident – and works for organ by Tailleferre and Chaminade. Claude Debussy’s impressive La cathédrale engloutie will also be performed.”
Nod to Spain and harbinger of minimalism
Because the real Tour de France starts this year with a Grand Départ in Barcelona, the concert will have a Spanish touch. The evening concludes with one of the most recognizable works of classical music: the famous Bolero by Maurice Ravel, given a brand-new arrangement especially for this ensemble.
Harden: “The swirling repetitions in the Bolero are undoubtedly a harbinger of the minimalism that would emerge later in the twentieth century. It is the perfect, rousing conclusion to a dreamy summer evening.”
Tickets and drinks
Tickets for this Tour de France on July 3 from 8:15 PM can be ordered via https://podium21.nl/ . After the concert, visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy a drink.
Pi Quartet is looking forward to presenting their newest program: (R)evolution, featuring music by Joey Roukens, Caroline Shaw, and Gabriella Smith. This environmentally focused, fully vegetarian program conjures strong imagery of a carrot revolution, the scents of a garden in bloom, and ghostly ruins of the earth’s past. Their performance can be heard on 27 June 2026 at 19:30 at SoundHouse, an intimate musician-run venue in the hart of The Hague.
Address SoundHouse: Constant Rebequeplein 20b, The Hague
This year’s summer concert will be celebrating the choir’s roots with a selection of British music, some with international influences, reflecting the evolution from The British Choir to The Cecilia International Choir of The Hague with members from many different countries. Our concert title “All Awaits” beautifully encapsulates a moment of transition—bridging the legacy of the past with the limitless potential of what lies ahead.
Our programme includes pieces by Sir John Rutter, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Herbert Howells, Gerald Finzi and Charles Villiers Stanford.
Conducted by Sanda Audere, the choir will be accompanied by the RBO Sinfonia and organist Bert Mooiman.
CECILIA INTERNATIONAL CHOIR OF THE HAGUE 50 years of singing – 50 years of friendship ALL AWAITS
Our concert will once again be held at the historic Lutherse Kerk, in the centre of The Hague, on Friday 26th June at 20:00.
