Art Route
The city centre is transformed by the festival, with various art installations on display. Follow the route and discover them all!
Program 2026
From 19 to 30 September 2026, Dordrecht comes alive again. Filter the program by day or category. The program is still growing: items labelled 'concept' may change.
High Tea picnic Table
If Dordrecht floods, you’ll need to sit high up to be able to eat with dry feet. See for yourself how high you need to place your plate and create your own little island in the air.
The Art of Survival
An open studio where residents and young artists build survival art from reused materials and wreckage. The objects become the proud centrepiece of the festive parade on Saturday.
High & Dry Tour
Find out where you can take shelter if the city floods. Without light or electricity, but with art, music, and culture.
Redders van Dordt Vloedcamp
Can you guide someone through an obstacle course? Or tackle rapidly rising water before the loft floods? You might just become a real ‘Rescuer of Dordt’!
Beavers
Beavers have been spotted on Voorstraat! They’re busy dragging sandbags back and forth. Will you come and help them build a lodge?
Win or Sink
The game show where four contestants compete in a life-or-death battle: who will walk away with the prize, and who will drown?
Silent Emergency Show
Complete the tasks and get yourself and others to safety. Will you keep your feet dry?
Alive and Cooking
What do you cook with just your emergency kit? Alive and Cooking challenges you to cook creatively
Safety Sqaure
At the Safety Market you meet the organisations that keep Dordrecht's feet dry.
Toddler Water Track
A special water track for the very young, safe, wet and lots of fun.
De Dordtse Duikelaars Duiken Door
Cobination of spectacular juggling with humour and a serious message
Emergency kit scavenger hunt
Find all the items in the emergency kit
Saturday afternoon parade
Spectacular procession through the Dordrecht city centre with music, theatre and colourful acts. This is the festival weekend's biggest public highlight.
The Youman
Street theatre by The Youman: a captivating act surprising festival visitors in Dordrecht's city centre.
Natte Voeten
A sparkling, comic cargo bike opera full of misunderstandings, a sudden flood and tempers flaring.
Soulshine
A performance by Soulshine is all about passion, soul and power! The energy and joy radiate from the stage, so you simply can’t help but get swept up in the flow of this enthusiastic choir.
Open repetition VHA Mass Choir
Sing, clap and dance along with the VHA Mass Choir!
Go around the roundabout
It’s never been easier to put together your emergency kit!
Water-cycle route
The cycle route organised by the Fietsersbond Drechtsteden takes you past some special spots by the water in and around Dordrecht in 2 hours (36 km).
The Island Council
The water is coming. But nobody seems to be worried... There’s someone who says things are going to go wrong. That the water is coming. That the dykes might not hold. But nobody believes her. Not yet.
Theaterworkshop: VLOED
What would you do if the water came? Step into the world of De Eilandraad and discover how we create theatre together.
Workshop: No Need to Panic #1
Are you prepared for a flood? No? Join the ‘No Need to Panic!’ workshop The Red Cross is organising an interactive session to help you be well prepared for emergencies.
Workshop No Need to Panic #2
Are you prepared for a flood? No? Join the No Need to Panic! workshop The Red Cross is organising an interactive session to help you be well prepared for emergencies. This time, there will be a special focus on a scenario that is particularly relevant in our water-rich region: a flood.
Klooilab: Messing around with coral reefs
Help create the large-scale artwork for the Festival Voor de Vloed!
Seahorse
Magical creatures live underwater, just like this seahorse, which leaves magical farts and sweet poo everywhere it goes.
City Walk: Flood Disasters
Discover the traces of the floods that have ravaged Dordrecht over the past 600 years
In a different light
How did Dirk IV of Holland view the landscape from where he is standing now, and what was it like in 1039?
The higher = The drier
The most narrow house is swarming with tiny human figures, fleeing from the water.
Hier overstroomt mijn Dordt
Some of the LED signs from the Dwaalspoor are now illuminating the area whilst preparations for the flood are underway.
Ary and his balloons
The water is rising; Ary puts on his pilot’s goggles, grabs his walkie-talkie and is ready for take-off!
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