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De Nacht van Strijp-S takes over the district

Stages, artists and urban sports share the same district this September, leaving the straightest route through Strijp-S looking decidedly unimaginative.

De Nacht van Strijp-S spreads across Klokgebouw, Ketelhuisplein and the wider district on 19 September. Around it, there are opportunities to make, taste, play and produce.

De Nacht van Strijp-S spreads across the district: De Nacht van Strijp-S
De Nacht van Strijp-S arrives on Saturday 19 September, spanning Klokgebouw, Ketelhuisplein and other locations across the district. The official programme brings together music, art, makers and urban sports, making this considerably broader than a conventional night of gigs. Announced participants range from Plug-in-City Bigstage and POPEI de Pub to DIY Garage and Art of Strijp-S. The wonderfully named Stoeprandje Buts Buts also appears, proving a festival title can survive a collision with the kerb. STR’EAT Foodhall and the Eindhoven By Night pop-up stage add further turns to the programme. One heroic dash across Strijp-S will not explain everything, but the line-up gives the evening its many competing directions. Saturday, 19 September 2026 at 12:00 · Strijp-S.
United Cowboys takes over NatLab: WHAT U.C. IS WHAT YOU GET
One neatly labelled discipline is emphatically not the point of WHAT U.C. IS WHAT YOU GET. Across three evenings at NatLab, United Cowboys brings new regional work together with international productions. The announced programme moves between dance, music, performance, video and visual art in a continually changing mixture. Its second edition begins on Friday 18 September, treating the overall programme as more important than any single genre label. NatLab also lists the event as ‘No Dutch Required’. The title may therefore be the evening’s hardest language test; fortunately, the performances do not impose the same requirement. Friday, 18 September 2026 at 20:30 · NatLab.
The Collective Response starts with collaboration: The Collective Response
The Collective Response begins not with one artist, but with the question of what happens when makers work together. Its official introduction connects that enquiry with climate change, economic uncertainty and growing inequality. The exhibition places social and economic connection at its centre, without pretending art is a quick repair kit for the world. The exhibition is scheduled at Torenallee from Friday 18 September 2026 through Sunday 3 January 2027. The subject is enormous, yet the chosen perspective is precise: collective movement rather than the familiar myth of the solitary genius. For anyone tired of that old cliché, this exhibition offers a distinctly different starting point. Ongoing, until Sunday, 3 January 2027 at 23:59 · Torenallee.
De Ontdekfabriek puts building before theory: De Ontdekfabriek
At De Ontdekfabriek, technology becomes a verb: the organiser says children and families make, build and take part in workshops. That is rather more concrete than staring at machinery and hoping curiosity eventually locates the correct button. The venue lists public family visits, while groups use a separate reservation arrangement. Advance booking is required for a visit. The emphasis stays firmly on making and discovering, rather than promising a particular result. The name says factory, but the proposed output is really investigation conducted with the hands. Book ahead · De Ontdek-fabriek.
Rabauw follows brewing with a tasting: Rabauw brewery tour and tasting
Rabauw Craft Beer’s tour has a clear two-part structure: first see how brewing works, then finish with a tasting. Rabauw says the tour shows how its beer is brewed before the tasting closes the visit. The proposition therefore covers both the production process and what eventually reaches the glass. Tours and tastings take place at the brewery on Strijp-S and require advance reservations. No grand tasting notes are needed before the first sip. Sometimes restraint is simply good editorial thirst management. Book ahead · Rabauw Craft Beer.
POPEI gives DJs and producers studio space: POPEI DJ and producer studios
Not every piece of music at Strijp-S needs to begin on a stage. POPEI says DJs and producers can book dedicated studios for production and recording in the Klokgebouw. The focus is consequently on working with music, rather than attending a performance or being promised a finished track. Advance reservations are required. The studio itself remains the concrete attraction, without assumptions about experience, equipment or guidance. There will be time to invent an impressive track title later; first, something needs to exist that deserves one. Book ahead · PopEi.
Pearl-S: West Coast Swing steps up to Level 3
The series runs from Thursday 27 August through Thursday 1 October 2026. West Coast Swing Eindhoven is explicitly labelled Intermediate: Level 3 and takes place at Torenallee 30-26 in Eindhoven. Anyone who recognises their level in the title will find an unusually specific dance appointment. Ongoing, until Thursday, 1 October 2026 at 22:30 · Torenallee 30-26, 5617BD Eindhoven.
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We spotted a concrete clue from app-api.ddw.nl about “Verkiezingsdebat: Onze digitale samenleving | Dutch Design Week” at Strijp-S. Open the source and follow how this story develops.
Paint or clay at Rembrandt van Wine
Rembrandt van Wine’s Paint Cafe offers painting, air-drying clay and announced sip-and-paint sessions. The organiser lists both walk-in visits and bookable sessions at its Leidingstraat address. A creative interlude therefore need not begin with an empty diary and a weighty course folder. Those seeking a particular format can instead look to the dated sessions.
Joto’s puts the game choice on the table
At Torenallee 22-02, Joto’s Board Game Cafe says visitors can choose from its extensive board-game collection and play using a day pass. The proposition is straightforward: a board, some rules and, ideally, nobody creatively rewriting them halfway through. The collection itself supplies the reason for a gaming pause at Strijp-S, whether the table wants strategy, luck or a spirited dispute over the instructions.
StuntStepCenter puts tricks on the timetable
StuntStepCenter offers dedicated lessons in which, according to the provider, children learn stunt scootering and tricks. The sessions appear on a weekly timetable, and a course package is also offered. Here, the scooter is not merely transport to the lesson but its entire subject. That leaves the tricks themselves exactly where they belong: on the teaching programme rather than in an advance review.