Bevrijdingspop, Haarlem
I spent the day hanging out in the backstage visitor area of Bevrijdingspop, the Haarlem Liberation Day Festival. It was quite intriguing to see what goes on behind the scenes of such an event. I was mostly interested in the technical and organization going ons, but there was also some funny drama in the form of a bunch of non-VIP guests trying to get into the VIP area. It’s also nice to know that the artists and presenters who look so big and unreachable on stage are, in fact, neither in real life - they’re all just normal folk like you and me.
The only downside of being so close to a big stage, for me as an artist, is that I can’t escape the desire to be on it, not next to it…
