North Sea Jazz · Crossing Border · Lago Lago
Host & Stage Presenter
On festival stages I introduce artists and speakers, lead conversations and present programmes, sometimes briefly between acts, sometimes in longer conversations on stage.
- North Sea Jazz · 2025–2026Host of my own panel on spiritual jazz with two Grammy-nominated artists, and curator and presenter of the festival’s three-day live broadcast on national television (NPO 2 Extra & NPO Start). In 2026 I returned to the festival as a stage presenter.
- Crossing Border Festival · 2023–Host of the Attic stage, The Hague, every year.
- Lago Lago Festival · June 2025Marieke McKenna’s Morning Salute: my own stage, which I curated, hosted and presented, with live music, artist conversations, storytelling, sonic landscapes, field recordings and a DJ set.
- Super Sonic Jazz · 2021Festival presenter at Paradiso, Amsterdam. I have since returned as a DJ.