The 2025 Redhead Days event features a lively assortment of activities including music, food trucks, and specialized workshops designed for the unique needs of redheads, such as makeup guidance and skin cancer prevention strategies.

Organisers expect the three-day event to draw several thousand attendees from some 80 countries.

Elounda Bakker, a seasoned participant of the festival for 15 years, enjoyed playing cards with a group of redheaded friends from different parts of the world, meeting them annually at the event.

“I came out of curiosity mostly, just to see what it would be like not to stand out in the crowd,” said Bakker, 29.

“It was really an interesting first experience and I just keep coming because I met some really nice friends here.”

Daniel Hank, a magician, journeyed six hours from Germany to partake in the celebration. He is now openly embracing the red hair that once made him a target of teasing in his youth.

“I think it’s really easy to recognise me because few people have a red beard, and even fewer men have long red hair,” he stated.

The festival is free and open to all, with the exception of the group photo on Sunday.

That event is restricted to “natural” redheads.

The 2013 edition set a Guinness World Record for the “largest gathering of people with natural red hair” with 1672 people posing for the group photo.

The festival’s origins date back two decades when Dutch artist Bart Rouwenhorst requested 15 red-haired individuals for an art project via a local newspaper. The response was overwhelming, with 150 people volunteering and gathering for a photo shoot.

The project got so much attention, Rouwenhorst organised a similar meetup the following year and has continued to oversee the festival as it has expanded into the multiday event it is today.

“The festival is really amazing because all the people, they resemble each other and they feel like it’s a family,” he said.