Muzikaal Bootwateren

Date: 20 June 2026

Location: Hollum, Hollum, Ameland, Netherlands

Organizer: Muzikaal Bootwateren

Annual maritime music festival in Hollum, Ameland on the third Saturday of June, with brass bands and shanty choirs performing on eight stages around the village. Tribute to a 19th-century horse-drawn lifeboat rescue tradition; the famous horse-drawn lifeboat is launched the Friday before.

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