FAQ —

General Info

  • Founded in 2010 by a collective of audiovisual enthusiasts, in 10 editions the FIBER Festival has grown into a vibrant meeting place where experimental audiovisual and multi-sensory art forms can be experienced and celebrated. The programme offers insights, stories and perspectives on urgent developments at the intersection of technology, ecology and sound. We often ask the question: how can the world look, feel and sound different when we perceive it through the eyes and ears of artists?

    What started with a first edition in the basement of the now-defunct club TrouwAmsterdam, the festival now finds its way around the city of Amsterdam, spreading to larger theatres and concert halls, to leading clubs and DIY spaces. We offer a four-day packed programme; from concerts, DJ-sets and AV performances in the evening and nights, to inspiring lectures and knowledge exchange during the day.

  • FIBER Festival takes place from Thursday, May 28 to Sunday, May 31, 2026 across several locations in Amsterdam.

    You can find more information on the festival timetable on our website from Tuesday 26th of May. For a detailed listing of all our festival locations, you can check our venue page

  • Unfortunately, for this edition of the Festival, our sign-ups for volunteers are already closed. If you wish to take part in the Festival next year make sure to check our communication channels around the end of March 2027.

  • FIBER Festival has no age restrictions, but we recommend that children under the age of 16 not attend alone, but accompanied by a parent or guardian. Children below the age of 14 can enter the festival for free. Our club nights at Garage Noord and Tilla Tec are accessible only to those 21 and older.

  • FIBER does not personally sell any food or drinks, but works together with a few restaurants/bars located at our festival venues. Please check the information on our venue page.

  • Although we really appreciate the effort of keeping the memories of our festival on your phone or camera, we would like you to keep your fellow visitors in mind. Small cameras are advised (press photographers, please contact us at anni@fiber-space.nl), and keep your phone or camera away from other people’s line of sight. No photos are allowed at Garage Noord and Tilla Tec.

  • We try to keep our website as updated as possible, but in case you may have further questions you can still contact us at the following email addresses. 

    For press questions, please contact anni@fiber-space.nl. 

    For ticket questions, please contact tickets@fiber-space.nl. 

    If your question doesn’t fall in either category, please contact info@fiber-space.nl. 

FAQ —

Accessibility & Safety

  • Guide dogs with a visible harness are allowed in all locations except for the club nights at Garage Noord and Tilla Tec.

    We strive to make every location as accessible as possible and our hosts will be present at all venues to provide assistance. You can find information about each location on our venue page.

    In case you need further information or will be requesting special assistance, please send an email to carla@fiber-space.nl. You can also request a free ticket for a companion/caregiver by sending an email to tickets@fiber-space.nl and indicating which programme you would like to attend.

  • You can check how to get to our festival locations on our venue page.

  • Every year we work on improvements to provide a safer space for our visitors, artists, team and volunteers. If anything did happen during the festival, on boundary-violating or transgressive behaviour or an unpleasant experience that you would like to share with us, please get in touch via: safety@fiber-space.nl

    You will be in contact with someone from our team who will support you further. In doing so, we are also affiliated with MORES, which means we can also put you in touch directly with an external confidential counsellor. You can also get in touch with them directly: https://www.mores.nl/en/steun-nodig

    If you witness anything happening to others at the festival and want to report it, please go to one of our ticket desks (daytime) or the bar staff at the evening/night venues. They will inform their trusted coordinator and us of the unwanted behavior. You can also contact the above email address. We will check it regularly during the festival.

    Don't hold back on sharing things, in fact, we are here to support you should anything have happened.

FAQ —

Tickets

  • When you purchase a Full-Festival Ticket, you will still need to exchange it for a wristband to access our events. You can do it in the following venues:

    • Thursday 28/05: Contactweg, between 11:00 and 18:00

    • Thursday 28/5: Brakke Grond, between 18:30 and 22:00

    • Friday 29/5: de Brakke Grond, between 10:00 and 20:00

    • Saturday 30/5: de Brakke Grond, between 10:00 and 20:00

    • Sunday 31/5: de Brakke Grond, between 10:00 and 18:00

  • Yes. We do however encourage you to purchase your ticket online, to ensure your desired ticket is still available. Except for our club night at Garage Noord and Tilla Tec, tickets that are sold out online, will not be available at the door either. You can only pay by card at the door.

  • No need! We can scan your ticket(s) from your smartphone. Be green, keep it on the screen.

  • We offer students with a valid student card the chance to buy discounted tickets. These can be found in our ticket shop.

    It is important to bring your student ID when entering our events, and exchanging your ticket for a wristband. Please note that you cannot enter without a valid card

  • We believe it is important that as many people as possible have access to arts and culture. Please feel free to contact us with any questions regarding ticket price adjustments and reductions: tickets@fiber-space.nl

  • Full Festival Tickets allow access to the whole the Festival program (including the Exhibitions), apart from: 

    • Thu 28 May: Concert at murmur

    • Fri 29 May: Workshop: Building Responsive Worlds at de Brakke Grond

FAQ —

Policies

  • Because we find ourselves in a global climate emergency, every festival edition FIBER is working in areas to increase sustainability and reduce festival impact. We actively work to minimise flights: short-haul flights are converted as much as possible to train journeys and all flights are offset. This is a collaborative conversation and process with artists, agents and everyone who is part of the mobility of art and culture. Work is being done to cut-out and reduce (single-use) plastic use at the festival. We don’t provide plastic bottles with beverages. Artist and crew catering is always vegetarian, and often entirely plant-based. We will add more steps and areas of development in the near future.

    Travel:

    • We work with Mega Travel and Trees for All to compensate the Co2 emissions

    • In Amsterdam, we help our guests to use public transport

    Hospitality:

    • We limit single use plastic throughout the festival and pre-production by only providing glass bottled drinks

    • Our catering providers travel by bike and serve food in big containers, and we use regular reusable plates and cutlery. Food is vegan.

    • We provide artists and speakers with a refillable aluminium water bottle 

    Promotion:

    • We use sustainable printing materials for our signing boards and festival flags without pvc or 100% recycled polyester

    • We use paper wristbands

    • We gear towards a rather online digital promotion material use than paper print

    • We design promotional material that can be reused along several years

  • Yes, and so should everyone :)
    FIBER follows the Fair Practice Code (Dutch), which sets out clear fees for artists, researchers, crew, team members and interns. We engage with artists and team members to learn and continue to improve financial situations.Fair Practice Code

  • FIBER follows and acts through a Code of Conduct:

    We follow a zero tolerance policy: no racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, cissexist, ableist or otherwise oppressive behaviour is allowed, casual or explicit. This includes any harmful language, behaviour, or action toward anyone. We take extra care of creating a safe and accommodating space for the needs of people of colour, trans folks and people in need of more physical or cognitive support. We won't tolerate any harassment.

    We follow an upgraded version of the Berlin Code of Conduct. Please read about it here.