{"id":4201,"date":"2022-05-22T11:59:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T09:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamroots.nl\/?post_type=meloo_events&#038;p=4201"},"modified":"2022-06-23T11:18:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T09:18:24","slug":"festival-opening-40-years-amsterdam-roots-festival","status":"publish","type":"meloo_events","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamroots.nl\/en\/events\/festival-opening-40-years-amsterdam-roots-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival opening: 40 years Amsterdam Roots Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"rootsheader\" class=\"kc-elm kc-css-73096 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-141719 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-324064 kc-fancy-title\">\n\t<div class=\"kc-inner-wrap  dark-scheme-el\">\n\t\t<div class=\"kc-fancy-title-block on-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"kc-h-style h-style-4\">Festival opening: 40 years Amsterdam Roots Festival <\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-721909 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-398657 kc_col-sm-8 kc_column kc_col-sm-8\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-99414 kc_col-sm-4 kc_column kc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\">\n\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-852776 kc-fancy-button-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"kc-fancy-button-inner  light-scheme-el\" data-parallax='{\"y\": 0}'>\n\t\t<a class=\"kc-btn btn\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\tFree entrance\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-189779 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-417198 kc_col-sm-8 kc_column kc_col-sm-8\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-45419 kc-event-date  light-scheme-el\">\n\n\t<div class=\"kc-big-event-date\" data-parallax='{\"y\": 0}'>\n\t\tTuesday 01\/01\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-963841 kc-event-details  light-scheme-el\">\n\t<h3 class=\"kc-event-details-inner\">\n\t\tTuesday January 1 2030\tin Place, City name<br>\n\t\tStart: 21:00\t<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-450057 kc-share-buttons \">\n\t<div class=\"kc-share-buttons-inner\">\n\t\t\n    <a class=\"micro-btn micro-share fb-share-btn\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.amsterdamroots.nl\/en\/events\/festival-opening-40-years-amsterdam-roots-festival\/\"><span class=\"icon icon-facebook\"><\/span><\/a>\n    <a class=\"micro-btn micro-share twitter-share-btn\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.amsterdamroots.nl\/en\/events\/festival-opening-40-years-amsterdam-roots-festival\/\"><span class=\"icon icon-twitter\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-833893 kc_text_block\"><p>This year Amsterdam Roots Festival celebrates its 40th anniversary. Since the first edition in 1983 in the Melkweg as Africa Roots Festival we have transformed into a performing arts festival on different locations in the city. Transformation is also the theme of our anniversary edition. We take a look at the transformation of the festival, but also at the transformation of our society. Social inequality has grown, and at the same time awareness about unequal opportunities and treatment has increased enormously. In recent years, the call for transformation, the call for justice is also becoming louder.<\/p>\n<p>Amsterdam Roots Festival has been working for 40 years to broaden the horizons of visitors by bringing art from all parts of the world. Initially music, but in recent years also theater, circus, spoken word and debate. During this anniversary edition Amsterdam Roots, together with artists, speakers and the public, wants to explore how music, stories and art can play a role in awareness and social transformation. What can art mean here? How can it inspire and can imagination bring about positive transformation?<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: inherit;\">festival<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit;\">\u00a0 opens at<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit;\"> New Metropolis Zuidoost on June 28, briefly looking back at 40 years of Amsterdam Roots Festival. We present the festival theme &#039;transformation&#039; and some sneak previews from the festival program.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-920759 kc-title-wrap \">\n\n\t<h3 class=\"kc_title\">Where?<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-6930 kc_text_block\"><p>\nNew Metropolis Zuidoost<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-858285 kc-fancy-button-wrap\">\n\t<div class=\"kc-fancy-button-inner  light-scheme-el\" data-parallax='{\"y\": 0}'>\n\t\t<a class=\"kc-btn line-link\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/A6zc1o1w2H41Dsnu9\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"View on Google Maps\">\n\t\t\tView on Google Maps\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-914806 kc_col-sm-4 kc_column kc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-8087 kc-parallax-el \"><div class=\"kc-parallax-wrap\" data-parallax='{\"y\": 0}' ><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-463601 kc_shortcode kc_single_image\">\n\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamroots.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/urn-gvn-IISG03-30051001874103-large-e1653658901207-2.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":4815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-4201","meloo_events","type-meloo_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","meloo_event_type-past-events"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Festival opening: 40 years Amsterdam Roots Festival - Amsterdam Roots Festival<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamroots.nl\/en\/events\/festival-opening-40-years-amsterdam-roots-festival\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Festival opening: 40 years Amsterdam Roots Festival - Amsterdam Roots Festival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Festival opening: 40 years Amsterdam Roots Festival Free entrance dinsdag 01\/01 dinsdag januari 1 2030 in Place, City name Start: 21:00 This year Amsterdam Roots Festival celebrates its 40th anniversary. 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