Night of the Kaap

Life songs and powerful stories

Night of the Kaap may well be the most fun festival in Rotterdam. Get ready for life songs and powerful stories from Katendrecht!

The request

The collaboration between festival producers JMR and Webkracht goes back many years. JMR asked Webkracht to develop a reusable format for recurring festival editions. Night of the Kaap is the first festival developed within this format.

The challenge

Can a website look good, contain many photos, be easy to manage and also be fast? That was the underlying question and the biggest challenge for this project. Additionally, the format had to be designed to be reusable for other festivals. JMR needed to be able to work on new editions of festivals themselves.

The result

Based on the style instructions, we developed the graphic design for all pages. Our development team then built the website in the Exolog platform. The CMS part of Exolog ensures that the editions are easy to manage. The website can also easily handle high peaks in visitor numbers during festival days, thanks to the web hosting of Exolog optimized for speed.

Webkracht ensured that people could find Night of the Kaap and read all the information about the program, locations, and how to visit the festival. Visitors can also order tickets for the different performances via the website.

About the Night of the Kaap festival

Night of the Kaap is the most fun festival in South Holland. It takes place on the last weekend of June and lasts two days. During the festival, you can enjoy music, theater, dance, and visual arts. There are also tours of the peninsula and workshops you can participate in. The festival is free to attend.

How did Night of the Kaap get its name?

Night of the Kaap owes its name to the old nickname of Katendrecht: 'De Kaap'. During the festival, an image is painted of the history of the peninsula, when it was still a red-light district and sailor's quarter. Katendrecht used to be a place where sailors from all over the world docked. In the 1960s, this changed when the port was closed and the peninsula became a disadvantaged neighborhood.

The origin of the festival

In the 1990s, Katendrecht came back to life. New cafés, restaurants, and clubs opened. The peninsula became a place where young and old could enjoy music, theater, and visual arts. In 2006, the Night of the Kaap festival was introduced. It was an immediate success and has been organized every year since.

Results

Reusable format
Easy to manage
Graphically appealing
Clear and functional
Delivered quickly

Diensten

Web hosting Responsive website Maintenance contract Web design

In the festival industry, we're always used to switching quickly. In Webkracht we have a good partner who understands this too!

- Jennifer Buitendijk, JMR Event Makers

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How quickly can you get started?

Our motto is 'as quickly as possible!' That means we can often schedule a meeting the same week. This could be an online meeting, but also a meeting at our office in Tilburg, at your company, or somewhere in between.

The start of your project, so the beginning of the functional design or the design, always takes place within 2 weeks. We then proceed with programming, testing, and delivery to keep the lead time as short as possible.

Are you already a customer? Then we’ll of course help you on the same day if possible!

What do you expect from me upfront?

When you start your web project, it's helpful to think about a number of things. This also applies if you have a question about marketing, website translation, or improving your SEO or conversion.

We’ve also written a great blog post about five things you should know before starting a website.

Furthermore, we naturally expect that we can work together in a pleasant and productive way. In our view, we do this in the easiest and most transparent way possible. With us, you’ll always be talking to people who know their field inside out and are passionate about what they do.

Do you also offer hosting and maintenance?

Absolutely! We handle all technical maintenance for your website. This includes not only hosting, but also the maintenance of your website, application, or dedicated server.

Often, our customers choose to manage their website and content themselves. However, if you don’t have the time or simply prefer to outsource it, we can take care of that for you as well.

Together with you, we’d be happy to set up, migrate, and maintain your website and social media.

Which software or CMS do you recommend?

Which software or CMS is best for you depends entirely on your needs. There is a lot of software available that you can use to set up great websites and web projects.

We prefer to work with open source systems, or systems where we have extensive experience, so that we can guarantee the quality of our work. We work with WordPress, Drupal, Magento and TYPO3, among others. We also work with the Laravel framework and the Laravel-based CMS Exolog.

Every system has its advantages and disadvantages, which we would be happy to discuss with you, so that you always make the best choice for your project. Do you have an interesting system, clever software or a great CMS that we should know about? Feel free to discuss it with us!

How much does my new website cost?

A good question, but a difficult one to answer, since the answer depends precisely on your wishes and needs.

Building a custom-designed and programmed website is a different story than simply choosing and adjusting a template. Extensive websites, portals, extranets and webshops with various integrations naturally come at a significantly higher cost than simple websites. Please feel free to contact us with your question!