ZXZW

Incubate
Genre	Rock, Alternative rock, Indie rock, Dance, World music, Punk rock, Electronic music, Reggae, Folk music, Metal, Visual arts, Film.
Dates	Medio September
Location(s)	Tilburg, Netherlands
Years active	2005 - 2009 (as ZXZW) 2009 - present (as Incubate)
Website
http://www.incubate.org

2005 - 2009 (as ZXZW)

Incubate was an annual multidisciplinary arts festival held in Tilburg, Netherlands. It took place every September, beginning in 2005 as ZXZW, but changed its name in 2009 to "Incubate" after a request from the Austin, US-based festival SXSW.

The festival exhibited indie culture events including music, contemporary dance, film and visual arts. It hosted more than 200 artists to an international audience, with performances of black metal, free jazz, street art and academic dance taking place alongside one another.

The organisation also hosts regular showcases of bands under the name Incubated.

In 2005 ZXZW started as a two-day underground punk, hardcore and electronic music festival with 47 artists. Within three years it developed into a festival held over eight days with over 200 artists. The festival broadened its program by adopting a wide range of musical styles (from jazz to free folk and dance), along with film, lectures and visual arts. It was held in small clubs, pubs and galleries around Tilburg. In 2008 the people of Tilburg voted for ZXZW as the best event in their town.

Incubate had an independent culture blog, a blog on non-Western dance music, hosts several art-nights throughout the year and released the Social Festival Model, a platform where attendees could read and alter the business, marketing and policy plans.

By 2015 the festival had financial problems, and a grant was provided by the Province of Noord-Brabant and the Municipality of Tilburg. Three editions of Incubate were held in 2016, but in February 2017 the festival's organizing foundation announced that the grants from Tilburg and Noord-Brabant were withdrawn, and no festival was held in 2017.

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