Sophie Straat is Guest Curator of Brainwash Festival 2026

Music can comfort, but it can also unsettle. Sometimes it is an outlet, sometimes a mirror. And increasingly, it is a form of resistance. What happens when listening turns into participation?This year, Sophie Straat is guest curator of Brainwash Festival.

Brainwash moves to Tolhuistuin

From 2026, Brainwash Festival will have a new home. The next edition will take place at Tolhuistuin in Amsterdam-Noord. At the same time, the festival’s dates are also changing. Brainwash Festival will take place on 31 October and 1 November 2026. Will you be moving with us?

the shape of us

However much we might like to believe we can manage on our own, we need one another. Perhaps more than ever, in this world full of forces that drive us apart. It is precisely along these fault lines that new perspectives emerge. Visions of the future that set us in motion.