The Nieuwstraat is an average street in the centre of Dordrecht. In this street you will find trees, houses, shops, terraces, a cinema and a weekly market. On an unannounced Saturday in July 2025, between sunrise and midnight, the 3rd Nieuwstraat Festival will take place.
The performances take place in everyday settings, hiding the unusual within the ordinary. Passers-by will perceive the acts but, outside of a distinctive artistic context, may not recognise them as performances. The works will be performed by volunteers, unannounced and without explanation.

The 3rd Nieuwstraat Festival will present works of:
Albert Van Der Weide, Andrew McNiven, Annie Abrahams,Cloudst Collective, Carron Little, Clare Charnley, Deirdre MacLeod, Ed Woodham, Elizabete Beāte Rudzinska, Evgenia Taratynova, Heinrich Obst, Helinä Hukkataival, Jack Madden, Jeff Rufus Byrd, Josue Amador, Kashyap Krishna, Kimvi, Konstantin Bukovetskii, LuLu LoLo, Manuela Macco, Martine Viale, Nico Parlevliet, Osvaldo Cibils, Petra Dubach & Mario van Horrik, Shervin Kianersi, Sifra Coulet, Soufïa Bensaïd, Timo Kahlen, Topp & Dubio, Vladimir Bovt.

Check here for the works of the 1st and 2nd New Street Festival:https://unnoticedartfestival.com/the-nieuwstraat-festival/ and https://unnoticedartfestival.com/2nd-nieuwstraat-festival-the-works/

If you want to know more about these types of festivals in general,
read this interview about the Unnoticed Art Festival (2014):
https://unnoticedartfestival.com/interviewmetropolism/

The Nieuwstraat festival is organised by
UnnoticedArt.com / TheConceptBank.org.