Showing posts with label Redhead Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Redhead Day. Show all posts

Friday, February 21, 2014

Redhead Day: Roodharigendag

Red, auburn, carrot, strawberry blonde and even scarlet are all shades of ginger that are represented at the annual Redhead Days Festival.

1000s of Redhead Gathered in Breda, Netherlands

Roodharigendag is the name of the Dutch summer festival that takes place the first weekend of September in the city of Breda. This two-day festival is a celebration of people with natural red hair

Ginger twins on Redhead Day
The festival started in 2005, and continues to grow in popularity and attendance each year. Most recently in 2013, over 5,000 people with red hair from 80 countries were in attendance at Redhead Day.

This festival currently holds the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of redheads in one place. Actually the festival continues to beat its own record each year, as the number of attendees increases.





In order to attend Redhead Day guests are required to be a natural ginger. The weekend is filled with events, picnic, motivational speeches, an annual fashion show and community building. Attendees are able to camp and the price to attend is completely free!

Every year the festival chooses a different colour in order to accentuate the flaming locks of visitors. For 2014 the theme is Wonderland, guests are asked to dress in purple and are told to expect the unexpected.

The 2013 Redhead Day gathering, guests were asked to wear blue
Personally I would love to someday attend Redhead day. Not only would it be a great opportunity to travel and see the Netherlands, it would also be something to cross off my bucket list.