Program Announced For New Island Festival At NYC's Governors Island 9/10-13, 9/17-20

The program and shows have been announced for the New Island Festival, an international arts festival coming to New York's Governors Island from September 10-13 and again from September 17-20. The festival will kick off the fall with provocative theatre, stunning site specific performance, dazzling visual arts and exhilarating DJ sets, performed by world class Dutch performers. More than 150 artists will perform during the festival. Governors Island is easily accessible via a free and very short ferry ride that departs lower Manhattan regularly throughout the day.

Click the following link to download a PDF of the New Island Festival program guide directly from the Boneau/Bryan-Brown website: http://boneaubryanbrown.com/FinalNIFProgramGuide.pdf

The New Island Festival brings the greatest elements of European outdoor performing arts festivals to Governors Island. It will combine works that have previously been featured in the world-renowned Dutch "Oerol" and "De Parade" festivals and provide opportunities for artists to create site-specific works on the island. All of Governors Island will be the stage for the Dutch, who will utilize the waterfront promenade, historic homes, barracks and open green spaces to re-imagine this island in the middle of New York harbor. The New Island Festival marks the first time Governors Island has been open at night.

The New Island Festival features a variety of free theatre, music and dance performances. However, to experience the full range of theatrical productions and events, the festival recommends the purchase of a $35 all-access one-day Passport. Upon arrival on Governor's Island, patrons who pre-purchased a Passport will proceed to the box office on the "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," show their email receipt, and are issued their Passport for the day. Box office staff will suggest a program of shows and events taking place at the festival that day. Free show tickets will be provided by the box office exclusively to Passport holders on a same-day, first-come, first-served basis.

Passports will be available to pre-purchase online on Monday, August 17th at www.NewIslandFestival.com.

The New Island Festival is part of NY400, which celebrates the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's voyage from Amsterdam to New York Harbor, and commemorates 400 years of enduring friendship between the Netherlands and the United States.

PRODUCERS/SPONSORS

New Island Festival comes to New York under the artistic leadership of Joop Mulder (Oerol Festival) and Terts Brinkhoff (de Parade/Mobile Arts). David Binder is the producer, and Henk Scholten (Theater Instituut Nederland) is the executive director. Co-presenters are Dance New Amsterdam, The Figment Festival, The Joyce Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Performance Space 122, St. Anne's Warehouse and Under the Radar.

Amstel Light, Heineken, ING and Time Out New York are the official sponsors of the festival.

New Island Festival is made possible by NY400, Oerol Festival, Mobile Arts, Netherlands Theatre Institute, City of Amsterdam, Flanders House, The Province of Fryslân, and the Consulate General of The Netherlands in New York.

New Island Festival thanks the Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation, Mayor Bloomberg and the City of New York.

HOURS OF OPERATION

New Island Festival will play Thursday-Sunday on the following schedule:

Thursday 4:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Friday, Saturday, Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.

TRANSPORTATION TO GOVERNOR'S ISLAND

The festival will be accessible via a free ferry from southern Manhattan. The Governors Island Ferry departs from the Battery Maritime Building located adjacent to the Staten Island Ferry. The ferry terminal is accessible by subway: the 1 to South Ferry, on weekdays the 4 or 5 to Bowling Green, weekdays the W to Whitehall and R on weekends and weekdays to Whitehall.

www.NewIslandFestival.com