and 9 November we organize the Masquerade ( de Maskerade) Theme : Sport - Join in is more important then winning. 8 November – Facepainting ( Dutch championship ) and workshops. 9 November - Bodypainting - The Ference Hottya award.

The Masquerade organization is part contest and part meeting place for body painters and face painters. It is also a meeting grounds for people from the event line of business who seek good make up artists and body painters for their events.The Masquerade organization has many contacts with the world's best body- and face painters, both domestic and international. The Masquerade manifestation is unique in it's kind in Holland. There is no other event in Holland of this sort and calibre as the Masquerade. At no other event in this country do so many international body painting- and face painting artists come together as in Venlo during the Masquerade.

THE MASQUERADE AWARD

The Masquerade AWARD is an international body painting- and face painting contest. Around 40 body painters from Europe and the crème de la crème of Europe's face painters will compete for the Masquerade Award. In view of the Masquerade's international character this contest is already well thought of by the artists and connoisseurs of both of these art forms. Yearly the organization strives to invite the reigning world champion body painters from the three categories to exhibit their art during the Masquerade. Because of this there is very close co-operation with the organization of the word championships in Austria. The Masquerade is a member of the European Body Paint Federation contest and is headed by the organizer Bert Verstappen