North Sea Jazz.
And everything after it.
The festival tells you who's on stage. We'll tell you where to eat before the gates open, and which bars are still going when the last set finishes.
The weekend, in one video
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The line-up
Where to go after the show
The gates close and the island doesn't. These are the places our directory has confirmed running past midnight on each festival night — real opening hours, not rumours.
Running an after-party?
Official after-parties get announced late and half the good ones are word of mouth. Bar, club or promoter putting something on between the 3rd and the 5th — tell us here and it goes on this page, free. Takes about thirty seconds.
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Eat first
Piscadera is fifteen minutes from Pietermaai and ten from Punda. Doors are early evening, so this is a proper dinner window — not a hot dog in a queue.
Getting there
World Trade Center Curaçao, Piscadera. Roughly 10 minutes from Willemstad, 20 from Jan Thiel. Parking fills early on the Friday and Saturday — a taxi both ways is the calmer option, and you're not driving home at 2am.
Set times
Official programme ↗The rest of the island
Ninety places on Bati Kaya — beaches for the daytime, and every confirmed party night for the rest of the week.
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