Queen's Day in San Francisco
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Dutch Queen’s Day 2013 MURPHY WINDMILL Contact:
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The Dutch Consulate, together with the local Dutch community organized another great celebration of Dutch Queen's day in San Francisco! Last year, we celebrated Queen’s Day in the Golden Gate Park, next to the beautiful Dutch Windmill at the Queen Wilhelmina Garden.
This year the celebrations were centered around the MURPHY WINDMILL on the South end of the Golden Gate Park. [See pictures]
Schedule Queen's Day 2013
Children’s activities
11.00 – 12:00 Soccer
11:00 – 15:15 Games
11:00 – 16:00 Flea market ('vrijmarkt')
Teen activities
12:00 – 13:00 Soccer
13.00 – 17.00 Teen club house (with games)
Musical performances
12.00 – 13.15 Performance live band ‘Once Again’
13.15 – 13.30 Opening remarks and national anthem
13.30 – 14.45 DJ set Marc van Brabant
14.45 – 16.00 DJ set Jesse Voorn (Amsterdance)
16.00 – 17.00 DJ set Sam O’Neall (Amsterdance)
Specials
09:30 – 12.30 Bicycle tour from South Park to Pacific
12.00 – 17.00 Beer garden
13:15 - 16:00 Silent disco
After Party
20:00 – late Annual NLBorrels Queen's Day Party at Monroe [tickets]
Orange Night
Friday April 26, 17:00 – 20:45 at De Young Museum [more info]
Dutch Queen's Day or King's Day
Beginning in 1949, the birthday of Queen Juliana was marked by a national celebration on April 30. To this day, Queen’s Day is celebrated by Dutch citizens all around the world and by those connected to or interested in the Dutch culture. Queen’s Day is a festive celebration for the whole family with a host of activities, including food, drinks, music, and games. In the Netherlands the biggest celebration takes place in Amsterdam, where orange-clad crowds take to the streets to mark this day of national pride with vrijmarkts (“flea markets”), open air concerts, and orange-themed food and beverages.
In January Queen Beatrix announced that she will abdicate the throne on April 30th after 33 years as head of state, clearing the way for her eldest son, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, to become the nation’s first king in more than a century. This will make this year’s celebration a special one and the last one to be called “Queen’s Day” as next year it will be “King’s Day”. For the second time we will celebrate Queen’s Day in Golden Gate Park. This year the festivities will take place around Murphy’s Windmill (MLK drive & Great highway).
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Last Year's Celebrations in the Press
- SF Chronicle:
- CBS: Restored Dutch Windmill in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park Set to Spin
- Ocean Beach Bulletin: Murphy Windmill reopens in Golden Gate Park
- Examiner: Queen's Day in San Francisco, Spijkerpoepen spoken here on April 28, 2012
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