You must see this during art spectacle Bosch Parade 

Tenth edition focuses on our modern-day demons

On 20 June, art spectacle Bosch Parade will kick off for the tenth time. For four days, enjoy nineteen extraordinary works by artists from home and abroad from the banks of the Dommel river. The floating and moving creations are dedicated to modern-day demons. 

Symbolic sailing ship and held mirror

The works sailing and bobbing along during Bosch Parade are inspired by the imagination and madness of artist Hieronymus Bosch. Participant and artist Bart Eysink Smeets sees an inspiring kindred spirit in Bosch. His surrealism led him to his eccentric artwork for Bosch Parade 2024: a sailing boat blown forward by a huge fan. It symbolises our society, says Smeets: if we want something, we want it now. It doesn't matter how. The work 'Egrotripper' by Mieke Goris, Geert Verbist and Bart Vankrunkelsven confronts us with selfishness by holding up a mirror to us in the form of a giant reflecting balloon. The ego portrayed by the balloon will literally have to be lifted over the bridges. The artists' collective therefore hopes that the audience will help in doing so.

Megalomaniac Medusa

That our imagination knows no bounds and can lead to a loss of common sense is a current problem. Artist Rob van Dam shows the danger of conspiracy theories with ZZNAKE by moving a mechanical Medusa across the water in a caterpillar-like motion. The snake is over 15 metres long, four metres in diameter and weighs almost a thousand kilos. Rob: "The size emphasises the importance of the message I want to convey: beware of conspiracy theories. People are shouting more and more and listening less and less. I translated the idea of a monstrous snake poisoning people with vague assumptions, like Medusa in the painting by Hieronymus, to this artwork."   

View here the full programme and a preview of all the artworks.

Meet the artists at the Garden of Delights

Part of Bosch Parade is the Garden of Delights: the summer open-air studio at the medieval fortress the Citadel. Until 23 June, you can see and meet artists at work in this incubator. Like the Curaçao artists David Bade and Tirzo Martha. For their work 'Your contemporary demons', they collaborate with colleagues, students from St Joost School of Art & Design and the Instituto Buena Bista (IBB) in Curaçao, which they founded themselves. The Garden of Delights is also a good place to enjoy one of its sunny terraces and pop-up restaurant La Cucina del Diavolo. 

Historic city of Den Bosch

On foot, by bike or by water: Den Bosch is all kinds of ways to explore. Such as the workshop of Hieronymus Bosch, The North Brabant Museum and the Hieronymus Bosch Art Center where you can admire the work of the medieval artist. Or take a look at Het Zwanenbroedershuis with its 16th-century choir books. On the Binnendieze you can see the centuries-old city from the water from a whisper boat. From the Sint-Janstoren you have the best view of the city.

Free event

Bosch Parade and the Garden of Delights are free to enter. Along almost the entire route of Bosch Parade, you can take a seat on one of the bridges, ramparts or green banks to see the artworks. The route is within walking distance of Central Station and is perfect to combine with a day in 's-Hertogenbosch.