Kenny B at new Summervibes campus festival

Next week will see the first Summervibes festival on the terrain between Atlas and Forum.

The festival is for ‘campus residents’ (students and staff) and admission is free. The idea is to make it an annual festival to mark the start of the summer on campus.

Omnia manager Chris van Kreij took the initiative for the festival. ‘During the pandemic, students organized the Globus festival. There was supposed to be a second edition of Globus but it didn’t go ahead. I thought that was a shame. Then I thought: what if WUR takes over some of the tasks to do with permits and security from the students? That frees the students up to concentrate on the programme and other aspects.’

Van Kreij approached Sjef Moling with his idea. Moling has a lot of experience with organizing festivals on the campus through his position as AID project manager. Last March, Van Kreij got together with Moling and four students to organize the Summervibes festival.

The idea is for Summervibes to have broad appeal, which is reflected in the wide-ranging programme. ‘It starts with the cover band THUNK. Then the successful Surinamese-Dutch singer Kenny B will be performing with a live band. That will be followed by an ABBA tribute band. In the evening, student party band Jazza- like will take to the stage; they previously played at the Zwarte Cross festival. In between and at the end, Wageningen DJs will be playing music.’ There will also be a swing carousel. ‘Live music, lazing on the lawn and a ride on the swing carousel: we want it to be a really nice festival atmosphere. Now all we need is some good weather.’ lz

Summervibes: 22 June from 15:00 to 23:00. Tokens: 2.25 euros.