There are concerts, klezmer and yiddish song workshops lectures and a concours The Jiddisch Festival Leeuwarden was first held in 2008. Jiddisch Festival Leeuwarden presents the yiddish culture to a wide audience and shows her the many facets of this culture. It does so through music and language workshops, symposia, lectures and concerts. It seeks the dialogue between different culture by linking
them. Since its first festival in 2008, the Yiddish Festival Leeuwarden has a good reputation within the Yiddish- and Klezmer World. The Yiddish Festival Leeuwarden has developed itself into a phenomenon: Beautiful international artists, good locations and a great atmosphere. But the fact that several cultural institutions contribute from their own discipline in this festival makes the festival unique. The Yiddish Festival Leeuwarden tries to connect people in an artistic way and tries to show similarities between cultures. She believes that in this way there will be understanding to another culture.
