This year, a new edition of Intents Festival can finally take place. Intents Festival can call itself one of the biggest players in the Netherlands when it comes to harder dance styles. One of the biggest game players we should say, this year’s theme is ‘Step into the Game’. We spoke with Remko Hermans, co-organizer
Every year tens of thousands of music lovers of the harder styles come to Intents Festival. The Saturday and Sunday tickets are sold out this year, just like every year. In previous years, only camping visitors could enter the festival on Friday. Remko Hermans: “Unfortunately no pre-party this year, but for the first time in history Friday is a full festival day! We want to give more people the opportunity to experience the well-known Intents feeling. The entire weekend was already sold out in 2020, so we decided to put an extra full festival day to it: the Friday”. On Friday 27 May 2022, visitors can already put their Step into the Game in the afternoon from 14:00.
“We’ve really made something big of this extra day!”
This year the festival will be in the Ascension weekend. An extra long weekend! Most people are free from work on the Friday after Ascension. The visitors can start their Intents Festival weekend from 14:00 o’clock. “For the past few years we had a pre-party on Friday exclusively for the visitors at the campsite. Over the past years, the pre-party caught people’s attention more and more. Non-camping visitors also wanted to be there. That is why we have renamed this day into a full festival day. We’ve really made something big of this extra day: 4 areas filled with an awesome line-up, the booster and the Ferris wheel are open and the mainstage is hosted by Dirty Workz. We expect a lot from them. We’re also busy directing a big opening show” says Remko. Don’t have a free day of work that day? Don’t wait too long to arrange it, otherwise the rest will be ahead of you. You can buy tickets at www.intentsfestival.nl/en/tickets
“We’ve heard that the youth is ready for a party!”
On Saturday and Sunday the minimum age is 18 years old. The 17-year-old ones from two years ago, who were eager to enter the festival, had just missed the boat. But they are all two years older now. Remko explains: “We want to give the new generation a chance to go to Intents Festival. We’ve heard that the youth is ready for a party again! That’s why we have a minimum age of 17 on the Friday. So that generation, which has never attended a major festival, can also experience the Intents feeling.” A lot of people want to go to Intents Festival. Several party buses from various European countries have registered. Many people from different countries come to Oisterwijk to attend Intents Festival. “This really resonates with people, even across the border” says Remko.
“Inactive?! We have certainly not been idle!”
Intents Festival has not taken place for two years because of corona. But the team hasn’t been inactive! There’s a lot to do behind the scenes of a festival as big as Intents Festival. “inactive?!” Remko Hermans says with a laugh and a bit indignantly. “We have certainly not been idle in the past two years. Despite corona, we have still fully deployed our team to make the next edition of Intents Festival even more spectacular than ever. There are so many thing to do, it can’t be arranged within one day. Most people don’t know how many work it is to arrange a festival. We’ve also been busy making the festival more sustainable every year.” Do you want to know more about a sustainable Intents Festival? Go to www.intentsfestival.nl/en/sustainability. Are you curious about what go’s on and needs to be arranged behind the scenes? A mini documentary has been developed that will take you through the journey to Intents Festival. “We filmed at various locations and at various suppliers. For example, in episode 1 we explain how a theme is created.” The mini documentary is named ‘Steps before the Game’ and the reviews are already very positive about the first episode!
In this documentary you see how everything has been thought of, down to the last detail. You will see some never shown shots and a glimpse of the new mainstage. Definitely a must see! And it’s also definitely recommended to visit Intents Festival this year. “The Friday as a full festival day is new! That’s why there are only a few limited tickets available. So you have plenty of space to dance all day long. Don’t hesitate to buy your ticket, otherwise it’s GAME OVER” says Remko Hermans.