Thursday, June 4: Plugged Festival by study association CHEOPS. From 4 p.m. until midnight. Markthal MF. Free entrance.
Seven artists, all including one or more TU/e students, will be performing on June 4. Visitors can listen to lost/ctrl (nu-wave), The Heat (60s and 70s blues/garage rock), Hunting Robin (alternative rock), MOOON (surf, garage, blues, psychedelic rock), The Breaks (psych/garage rock, 60s nostalgia), Smoking Chimneys (influenced by Oasis, Arctic Monkeys, and The Libertines), The Super Soakers (‘beach-oriented garage rock’), and Cerious (‘raw jackin’deep house and tech house beats’).

Saturday and Sunday, June 6-7: Music on the Dommel, organized by SG Quadrivium (among others). Zwarte Doos. Free entrance.
This year will see the sixth edition of the classical music festival for young and old. Apart from performances by Quadrivium and Big band Student Proof, mezzo-soprano Tania Kross, and violinist Adelini Hasani, there will be hip-hop, modern dance, percussion by Circle Percussion, and a poetry reading by poet Arnoud Rigter. On Sunday afternoon, kids can try out instruments in the children’s music garden. Ayur Trio is the festival’s weekend guest.

Saturday, July 4: Doppio Theater Festival. Between Matrix, Vertigo, and Auditorium. Free entrance to festival grounds. Tickets for plays are sold separately.
On July 4, student theater association Doppio hosts ‘Metamorfosis’, a theater festival on TU/e campus. Because it’s the association’s thirtieth anniversary, Doppio has planned extra activities throughout the year. Visitors are treated to a modern adaptation of Don Juan. Doppio theater sports presents an improv show, there’s cabaret, two short films, and a dance performance by student dance association Footloose.

Friday-Sunday, July 24-26: Foodstock by Minority Events. Free entrance.
A new festival featuring food, drinks, music, and kicking back. Part of campus will be transformed into an outdoor restaurant with all kinds of food trucks. A singer-songwriter and a number of DJs will be performing, but the exact line-up is yet unknown. The new festival promotes environmental awareness and focuses on local products, organic food and drinks, sustainability, and recycling.