SPRING Utrecht

You have only today and tomorrow to visit IsLand Bar 🍸

Imagine this: you’re sitting at the bar, but instead of the usual menu, you’re served a unique experience. At IsLand Bar, you’ll meet international creators who have migrated to Europe. They blend their personal histories, family stories, and identities into a unique cocktail. In an intimate setting, you’ll listen to a story about displacement and finding a new home.

How does it work?
🩷Choose one of the nine cocktails from our website
✨Then choose a day and a time
🩷Each cocktail comes with a venue and a story

Would you like to hear more stories and enjoy cocktails, either all in one evening or spread over several evenings? That's possible, because you can buy multiple tickets.

🗓When and where?
Friday May 22 18:30-22:30
Saturday May 23 17:00-21:00
a time slot system is used

📍Participating venues:
Café Voortuin, De Achtertuin, Theater Kikker, Twintig Utrecht, Café & Poppodium Stathe and Ubica Utrecht

IsLand Bar is a part of AECFest, a multidisciplinary public arts festival that alternates annually between Asia and Europe. In 2026, it will be presented as a festival-in-a-festival within SPRING, taking place from May 14 to 23. This edition marks the third consecutive year that AECFest is hosted within a major international festival platform, following editions in Italy (2024) and China (2025).

The Asia-Europe Cultural Festival ( ) is organized by with the financial support of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark.

Made possible by@culture360
Realised by

📸 Alex Heuvink