After a two-year hiatus, Amsterdam Denim Days, the two-day shopping and educational festival that connects consumers to denim artisans, global brands and the supply chain, will return as a live event on April 22-23 at De Hallen and Denim City, will follow Kingpins’ return to live trade shows April 20-21 at Sugar City. As per a Sourcing Journal report, the event will help reignite Amsterdam’s struggling denim retail sector.

Denim Day’s online platform—be it videos, webinars or written content—will focus on fashion processes and content based on sustainability. Being known as the market edition, the eventwill center on small brands and young designers as well as workshops and talks featuring leading denim players. This focus on fresh talent echoes the denim industry’s greater shift to one-of-a-kind designs, local production, handcrafted garments and sustainability in general.