FFWD Heineken Dance Parade - the Biggest Dance Parade in Europe - Saturday August 13th in Rotterdam, The Netherlands

FFWD Heineken Dance Parade - the Biggest Dance Parade in Europe - Saturday August 13th in Rotterdam, The Netherlands

ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands, June 22/PRNewswire/ --

- Eight Stages With an International Line-up (Including Audio Bullys Live and Ferry Corsten) for Only EUR17.50

On Saturday, August 13th, the biggest dance parade in Europe is taking place in Rotterdam, Europe's biggest seaport. Forty floats with hundreds of DJs and dancers will be travelling for five hours all the way through the centre of Rotterdam. The parade, which attracts around 350,000 visitors every year, finishes with a big party - the FF3D Festival - where an incredible eight stages will be packed with Dutch and international DJs like Audio Bullys Live, Ferry Corsten, Sander Kleinenberg and Michel de Hey. In the evening on the main stage, VJs will be projecting spectacular 3D animation, which can only be viewed with special 3D glasses: these will be handed out free at the festival. Check out the complete program for all the stages at www.ffwdheinekendanceparade.nl.

Tickets for the festival are EUR17.50 each (excluding fee) and are available at info@ffwdheinekendanceparade.nl.

Participants from England, Poland, Brazil and South Africa

The organisers of the FFWD Heineken Dance Parade have had a record number of requests to take part in the parade, from the Netherlands and overseas. Henk Witteveen, one of the organisers, said: "It would have been so easy to organise the longest parade in the world, but it wasn't about that for us: we wanted it to be the best parade. So we limited the parade to an eclectic mix of 40 floats from the Netherlands and overseas, with commercial as well as underground music and established names alongside newcomers."

The parade is now in its ninth year, and never before has there been so much interest from overseas. There will be floats from England, Belgium, Poland, South Africa and Brazil.

Route

The parade starts with a warm-up between 11:00 AM and 12:00 PM in the centre of Rotterdam. At the stroke of noon, the first of the 40 floats will set off, via the Erasmus Bridge, a famous Rotterdam landmark. At about 4:00 PM, they'll reach the end point where the FF3D Festival, with eight stages, will begin.

Bloody Mary Breakfast

After the FF3D Festival, the official after-party starts at 11.00 PM at Nighttown in central Rotterdam. For anyone thinking of staying out late, the nearby Bilderberg Park Hotel is offering a special deal. For EUR59 per person you get a room at the Bilderberg Park Hotel, entry to the FF3D Festival and a Bloody Mary for breakfast the following morning. For more information go to www.ffwdheinekendanceparade.nl.

Source: FFWD Heineken Dance Parade

For further press information or pictures: FFWD Heineken Dance Parade Press Centre, Leo Noordergraaf, Admiraal de Ruyterweg 8A, 3031 AB Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tel: +31-6-24622252, Fax +31-10-2447094, Email: info@ffwdheinekendanceparade.nl.

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