NEB Festival 2026 Events

Across Europe, a new generation of city projects demonstrates how sustainability can drive true transformation.

The Americas collection brings together more than 40,000 works, presenting a panorama of the different civilisations that developed from Alaska in the north to Tierra del Fuego in the south over a period of 5,000 years.

Visit ZIN, awarded World's Best Tall Building, and learn how an outdated landmark was transformed through adaptive reuse.

Open heritage: accessibility, innovation and the future of cultural institutions

Institutional language often hides what truly drives change. In this hands-on workshop, inspired by the Systemic Narratives project, you’ll explore your work through a people-centered lens.

This hands-on workshop introduces Hempforma, a bio-based acoustic material developed from hemp agricultural waste.

s interactive workshop introduces the BAUHAUS4EU European University approach to Regional Living Labs, where local communities, researchers, students, and regional stakeholders come together to co-create sustainable futures.

Step into the NEB Stewardship Lab and unleash your imagination to discover your inner hero!

Grow microgreens and mushrooms in this interactive gardening workshop. Visitors will get demonstrations of circular food practices, a hands-on experience, and a ‘taste-and’talk’ session.

Explore the tools, materials, processes, and ideas behind the making of the ‘From Tagus to the Tile’ project with Fahrenheit.works. Participants will be able to engage members of the project on how they reimagined Lisbon’s azulejo tiles.

erience the exemplary renovation of Peterbos 9, a social housing block transformed while residents remained in occupation.

This interactive workshop brings the NEB Academy Alliance and its partners together to explore how the Alliance learns, tests and scales.

We Who Do Not Belong combines Zimbabwean rhythmic traditions and contemporary performance to explore migration, identity, and belonging.

Manuela Pauk reimagines coins made out of metal as seed bombs, with an experience that blurs the boundary between gallery and landscape and between humans, insects, and plants.

Make lamp shades, window curtains, decorations and other interior elements from sustainable materials like paper made from dried plants.

How can my living environment support my future project?
To search for answers to this question, we propose workshops of collective resonance, mediated by an interdisciplinary team that connects social science and dance.

Europe's housing crisis is still met mainly with new construction, yet costs, carbon limits, land scarcity and capacity gaps make this insufficient.

The Americas collection brings together more than 40,000 works, presenting a panorama of the different civilisations that developed from Alaska in the north to Tierra del Fuego in the south over a period of 5,000 years.

This performance workshop invites participants to feel the sensations that weave through our everyday moments and appreciate how different elements come together to influence our lives, including the tensions and conflicts we hold within.