What a party! The first Efteling Zomerfeest event kicked off at Thursday July 2nd 2026, organised by Looopings, Kleine Boodschap, Niels Kooyman and De Vijf Zintuigen, in cooperation with ThemeTalk, Eftepedia and the generous support of the Efteling Themepark Resort. The event was staged at the park, the Fata Morgana event palace which is a themed venue.
See the video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waXz9hAut1U
More than 800 fans wich were lucky to get a ticket had a evening filled with music, sketches, welll known Efteling figures like Pardoes, pardijn and of course O.J. Punctuel (aka Jeroen Verheij, main designer/imagineer of the Efteling), whcih for this special occasion retuned to his character played when Sybolica openend in 2017. And of course many more on stage.
The evening started at 20:00 (8pm) with an video of Steven van Gils (official spokesman of the Efteling) which in a parody played the well known Youtube vlogger Niels Kooyman. After this video the introduction of the evening was given by O.J. Punctuel.
The evening was filled with Efteling Sprookjesshow characters like Wolf and Little Red Hood, of course the Efteling mascotte Pardoes with Pardijn made an apperance at the stage. And a lot of music! The red Nose Boogie Boys entertained the public.
The visitors we're able to participate with a "Pub Quiz" and one of the highlights was Jürgen Freilich!
Jürgen Freilich is known at the Efteling for his song abou the the popular bobsled roller coaster at Efteling which closed permanently in September 2019 after 34 years of operation. The park organized a special celebration during its final weeks.
After 23:00 (11pm) the official program ended but the party continued with Thomas van Groningen As DJ.
We hope this very succesfull evening will get a sequal next year with maybe a larger venue as there was a huge waiting list for tickets, and the avialable ones we're sold out within 30 minuted of the start of the sale.
