All Access One Day Passes Now On Sale For NEW ISLAND FESTIVAL 9/10-20

All-access one-day Passports are now on sale 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, at www.NewIslandFestival.com. 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 from the Battery Maritime Building in lower Manhattan and from the Fulton Ferry Landing in Brooklyn.

To experience the full range of theatrical productions and events at the New Island Festival, it is recommended that patrons purchase a $35 all-access one-day Passport. When you arrive on Governors Island and pick up your Passport at the Festival box office on the "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", you'll have a chance to choose from a wide variety of shows taking place at the Festival that day. With your Passport, tickets to nearly everything are FREE and will be provided by the box office exclusively to Passport holders on a same-day, first-come, first-served basis until one hour prior to showtime. For additional information and to purchase Passports, visit www.NewIslandFestival.com.

To view the program guide for the festival, click the following link to download the PDF 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 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 The Joyce Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Performance Space 122, St. Anne's Warehouse, Dance New Amsterdam, The Figment Festival, HERE Arts Center and The Under The Radar Festival.

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 Governors Island Ferry departs from the Battery Maritime Building located at 10 South Street, adjacent to the Staten Island Ferry in Lower Manhattan. Ferries between Manhattan and Governors Island will run Thursday - Sunday during the festival. Ferries between Governors Island and Brooklyn will run on Saturday and Sunday only. Ferries departing from Brooklyn leave from the Fulton Ferry Landing, located at the end of Old Fulton Street. All ferries to Governors Island are free. For schedules and information, visit www.NewIslandFestival.com.

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