Tulip Time 2015

The stage is set for eight days of colorful authentic Dutch festivities when the city of Holland host Tulip Time 2015, May 2-9. Join in the celebration when more than six million tulips cover miles of streets, gardens and fields and traipse along tulip-lined streets known as Tulip Lane. Step back in time at the marktplaats, reminiscent of 19th-century Netherlands with Dutch foods, crafts, dancing and shopping. 

Take time to stop by the marktplaats Tuesday through Saturday for lectures from a master tulip gardener. Watch as a white-gloved inspector checks the streets before wooden-shoe-wearing scrubbers clean for Wednesday’s Volksparade. The town gets involved in action as the jubilee continues with Thursday’s Kinderparade which consists of 7,000 local youngsters and during Saturday’s Muziekparade, featuring Holland High’s Marching Dutchmen, complete with wooden shoes. 

Festival patrons will witness Artisan demonstrations of traditional wooden shoe carving and weaving keep the old world charm alive at the marktplaats. Stick around for live entertainment every evening, and keep an eye out all week for 1,300 authentically clad Dutch dancers. 

Downtown Holland is a great destinations for unique, first-class shopping and dining. For Holland travel information and suggestion, visit the  Holland Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.