Nousklaer festival has been canceled at the last minute because of the heat. After the heat of yesterday the municipality has decided to withdraw their permit at the last minute. See this post by them.

Because of the weather forecast and the last minute cancellation they had to make a ton of costs that can not be reimbursed.

Nousklaer is one of the few festivals that is fully independent and supports local artists all the time. If you care about music or our scene please consider donating to their gofundme.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/nousklaer-festival?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPNTY3MDY3MzQzMzUyNDI3AAGnoMImvTME6JdAW\_J6U0v2Tinr4uDEuPrHYAzj-Fx0p\_LrFOLvEIUn-vJqK2w\_aem\_Wid4eJzVUWbpKWY3d2fTjg&utm\_id=97760\_v0\_s00\_e0\_tv6\_a1denni2wxmgae

The weather is set to be HOT this weekend, much like the lineups we got for us to enjoy. During the entire weekend you can move from bass to techno to house to latin to dub, so there is something for everyone to enjoy. Don’t forget to drink water and relax your nostrils. 

Friday

Annebel, Darwin, Peder Mannerfelt @ Club RAUM

There are some nights at RAUM that keep being on my mind, and if I am honest with myself it is often the more nerdy ones. There is something that works so so so well when all the nerds and queer folks gather up in the most non-judgmental atmosphere. In the line of that one night with Djrum and Objekt, or Pariah and Call Super, or some of the ones I missed this past club season, I expect this night to be one to remember as vividly. For those unaware of who Darwin is (if you like bass music and haven’t heard of her you must have been living under a rock), she runs the REEF parties at Berghain and Abyss in Open Ground, and is one of the DJ’s at the forefront of experimental dubstep and bass sounds with her label SP:EC. Her sound is futuristic, dark, but very very danceable. I’ve seen her close Berghain TWICE, once during a klubnacht, and once during REEF, and both have been some of the best sets I’ve ever seen. 

Joining her is none other than Peder Mannerfelt. Recently he has been getting harder and harder to catch but his label has been very active. I love the releases on there, with sounds that I can only describe as freak techno. He has also released on Voam before, so if you are a fan of Blawan, JASSS, or any of the other names I regularly list on here please do yourself a favour and go to this night. Besides that he has probably the most outspoken mullet of any DJ worldwide. 

Last on the bill is Annebel, one of the talents that gets listed by 3voor12 and others to keep an eye on. With the Studio having a sound upgrade this year, I’m very curious how it will be pushed to its limits. 

Some sets that I recommend:

https://soundcloud.com/rinsefm/pariahvoam080525

https://soundcloud.com/wavdotworld/wavworld-darwinwav

https://soundcloud.com/dkmntl/darwin-at-dekmantel-festival-2022

https://soundcloud.com/reclaim-your-city/reclaim-your-city-676-darwin

Khidi Tbilisi - RADION CLUB TOUR @ RADION

If RAUM on Friday is a bit too scary for your 4x4 loving dance moves, then head on over to Radion where Tbilisi based Khidi club is taking over for a night. On the bill are Ancient Methods and Parrish Smith, so you can expect some of the rougher side of the techno spectrum to be played here. 

Ogazón & Ryan Elliott x BRET @ BRET

Rounding out the bass-techno-house trifecta between Bret, Radion, and RAUM, is Ogazon and Ryan Elliott for an all-nighter in the red cube. 

dj Unk, Tim Reaper + bar40 hosted by ITZ3BBY @ Garage Noord

Bit of a shame that it’s on the same night as RAUM is having a nerd-fest, but jungle pioneer Tim Reaper is playing in Garage Noord. 

LATIN DIASPORA @ Skatecafe

In the more commercial spaces of dance music, the roots of some of the sounds that are trending at the moment are often forgotten. A lot of the sounds that we get to shake our asses to find their origins in African and Latin communities. This Friday you can find all sounds from the Latin Diaspora in Skatecafe. In their own words: ‘From perreo to dembow, from latincore to guaracha, estamos aquí pa’ mostrar how deep and beautiful these sounds really go.⁠’

Nerve Collect x Pauze @ export

The Export lineup craze continues, with a great bassy lineup of locals, biologists, and other talent. 

Saturday

Phono Lake's First Night At The Lake @ Phono Lake

Phono Lake opened up last year and shot through with two lineups every weekend, often spanning some international artists and a lot of local selectors. I liked a lot of the lineups they had, but also heard through the grapevine that the venue was struggling to fill up the space every weekend. For this summer season they went back to the drawing board and decided to stretch their events less thin, and provide a few select dates that they will host international and local names that are worth a visit for sure. For their first night they invited New York based Pal Joey, Sandrien, and Lil Lawaw. Besides providing fewer nights, the nights they do host will have an extended opening time till 5. 

A Summer Jam with TLM at Beton-T @ Beton-T

For the folks that like to stick inside of De Ring, skip to the next one. Beton-T is soon celebrating its 4th birthday, but in those 4 years it has popped up as one of the best summer outdoor locations in Utrecht. Besides hosting FREE festivals all summer for people to enjoy, they also have some bigger festival days with TLM taking over this Saturday. 

Club EKKO @ EKKO

Just kidding Amsterdam folks, skip to the next one. EKKO is hosting Identified Patient and VOLPEVOLPE b2b RAGA. Identified Patient doesn’t need an introduction at this point so just leaving at that. VOLPEVOLPE and RAGA know each other from the EKKO DJ course, and will be going B2B for this night. Cool to see how EKKO keeps being a place that develops local talents. 

The Vanguard Revue @ Club RAUM

While we cover our cameras these days to give each other more privacy, it used to be different back in the day. Without mobile phones present to document nightlife, it was often left unnoticed and undocumented what happened after the sun went down. Erwin Olaf is a renowned photographer that brought queer nightlife to a much wider audience, and served as one of the key voices fighting for queer rights back when those were definitely not a given. With their ‘The Vanguard Revue’ nights RAUM puts a spotlight on those that came before us and fought for the rights we get to enjoy today. Erwin Olaf his works will be showcased throughout the club, and for a special DJ set nightlife pioneer Joost van Bellen will play in the Studio. He was one of the residents at legendary Amsterdam nightclub RoXY, and has been a staple in queer nightlife ever since. Joining him are Kleo and Doppelgang. For the rest of Pride month you will be able to see some exclusive works of Erwin Olaf throughout the club as well. 

Dubrising by King Shiloh Soundsystem @ Skatecafe

I swear I didn’t plan this but it wouldn’t be a Bleep weekly without a Dub party happening. King Shiloh is back with their Dubrising event, this time taking over Skatecafe. Skatecafe seems like the perfect place for this: slightly raw, lots of space, and one of the best smoking areas in Amsterdam. Curious where they’ll put that massive soundsystem. 

Hard Attack Summerfest @ De Fik Garden

Almost every other week we get a post asking ‘Where can I find gabber, harder styles, etc. etc. etc.’ Well, here you go. For those into those sounds and anything more hard, this is your day. Recently de Fik has had a lot of good upgrades, the weather is looking good, so this should be plenty of hakken. 

Align @ export, Rotterdam

Align is back for another edition. First starting off at 160K, aka old Poing, with daytime events, but now doing their first nighttime event at Export. Align is a queer, sex-positive party from Rotterdam. The lineup is looking cute, and with an extended opening time till 8 it should be a blast. 

Cinnaman invites Pariah (B2B) / T.NO / Helmond Lang @ PIP 

Very nice lineup with T.NO being one to watch. His productions are crazy, being inbetween most african influences but still having its own sound. Pariah and Cinnaman together as well. 

Sunday

Kármán x SUBVRS

Saw Vera Grace on the lineup and I think there are some organisers active in this community, so leaving it to them to promote it. 

Abyss @ Bar Dancing Multipla

Sun rave sound systems on a sunday with techno. 

DONT FORGET TO DRINK WATER FOLKS

We got a hot week and even hotter dancefloors coming up this weekend. With temperatures going down a bit compared to yesterday the dancefloors should be a bit more bearable. We got a birthday party going down, some German doing an all-nighter, Fiber Festival taking over as a sort of experimental mini festival across the city, and Sunday mass taking place.

Thursday

DE DANSVLOER / Cinnaman (All Night) @ NAR, Utrecht

Starting off in Utrecht we got Cinnaman for an all-nighter at NAR. While all-nighters are NAR are about as long as the general DJ set at some venues in Amsterdam, it should still be a fun night in one of the best summer venues around. Also, did I say it’s FREE?

FIBER Festival at murmur @ murmur, Amsterdam

FIBER is kicking off at Murmur with none other than Xenia Reaper. Xenia Reaper is one of those names that get fans of experimental sounds buzzing. I can only describe his sound as experimental, droney, deconstructed, or as his RA biography states ‘subtle haze of internet 2.0 sonics, detached and encased in a kind of stoned austerity.’

100% KATOEN @ Café Katoen, Amsterdam

Familiar face and dear friend of every dancefloor around 36framez is playing a set at Cafe Katoen. Free entry and from 20:00-01:00, fun thursday night activity.

Friday

FIBER Festival at Garage Noord @ Garage Noord, Amsterdam

Continuing the experrimental dancefloor experiences that they set out the day before, FIBER has curated a lineup of textured tension in the form of music. For this night in Garage they invited some of the most fever dream-ish artists in the game, with my personal pick having to be Bobby Beethoven, who you might formerly know as Total Freedom. He is one of those DJ’s that will mix in Kendrick with whatever else you could come up with, make it work, but is also not afraid to clear a dancefloor. Besides that you’ll be in good hands with the likes of upsammy, Remma, and many more.

SR9YR @ Club RAUM, Amsterdam

9 years of Spielraum. What started off in Radion, and used most venues in Amsterdam, has now found its (hopefully) forever home in RAUM. While 9 years old is one of those ages where basically nothing changes, it is still a reason for a celebration! To celebrate, they are hosting a full weekender from Friday till Sunday evening, with one of their best lineups to date. On the bill are lots of familiar faces, but also some new faces to the club like Andy Garvey, Barker, Priori, and Garcon. On Friday we will have Ketia, Mary Lake, Peachlyfe, Talismann, and Ki/Ki with a special trance sunrise set. Last time at the SR birthday I had the time of my life with Ki/Ki and Twiena because no one knew when they would be playing, but I don’t know what kind of crowd will show up for this sunrise trance set. Could be cool though!

giegling - Konstantin ALL NIGHT @ TILLATEC, Amsterdam

One of the founders of Giegling doing an all night set means you are in for a treat. The first time I went to Giegling at Tilla a while ago Konstantin had the craziest set that made me almost totally forget what he played. And that’s a good thing. It has this crazy high tension constantly that kept me on the dancefloor for 2 full hours, something which rarely happens. I’d love to see what rare gems he has in his backlog that he can play in 8 hours.

Joos Evers, Spekki Webu, OCCA @ export, Rotterdam

OCCA is one of the most exciting techno names from Japan, a resident at Precious Hall in Sapporo and Womb in Tokyo, and one of the DJ’s that Spekki Webu allegedly looks up to. Expect a night of Japanese techno and Spekki stuff.

Saturday

HOUSE OF NAR X Call 4 Rhythm / Kléo b2b Cinthie, Rob Manga, Zjoso, Bevan @ NAR, Utrecht

Call 4 Rhythm is the label and event series of Kleo. For this night she is accompanied by Robert Johnson resident Cinthie, Rob Manga, and Rush Hour friend Bevan. If you love disco and Rush Hour adjacent sounds, this is the day for you. The party spans from 15:00-03:00, so that’s 12 hours of boogie in the sun.

FIBER Festival x Minimal Collective at TILLATEC @ TILLATEC, Amsterdam

You thought FIBER festival was done? Guess again, cause they are partnering with Minimal Collective for one of the best lineups I have seen in the past year. The night is built up of 2 parts; first several performances from 20:00, after the club night will start at 23:00. The club lineup is eye-wateringly good, with my own favourite DJ ever Batu, NVST, Formella, and a dazzling b2b of Gyrofield and Simo Cell. The switch room will be hosted by Minimal Collective and features none other than Polar Inertia, Brent Jacko and Okgwa, and Emily Jeanne. Tying together the switch room will be an art installation by Tharim Cornelisse and Annilieke Rovers.

SR9YR @ Club RAUM, Amsterdam

Round 2! This birthday rodeo is just getting started. For Saturday we got some of my own highlights playing, such as Barker, Andy Garvey, Faustin, Garcon, and Salome. Honestly the Saturday line-up for me is the most promising.

PIP meets Priori / Andy Garvey / Nassim Kajouane @ PIP Den Haag, Den Haag

If you can’t catch Priori or Andy Garvey at Spielraum, there is another opportunity for you if you head to PIP.

Sunday

Eerste Communie | 10 Years @ Bar Dancing Multipla, Amsterdam

What would a Spielraum or Ratherlost party be without Eerste Communie also shaking things up? For this one they are allegedly taking a different route than their regular techno endeavours, but I’ll believe it when I see it.

SR9YR @ Club RAUM, Amsterdam

Third day’s the charm, I will be heading here myself for none other than Priori, who had the number 1 set of ADE according to 3voor12, and an alleged Objekt closing of Studio 🫪👀

Freï invites Robyn @ nachbar, Amsterdam

I don’t really know where this party suddenly came from but they got ISAbella and BELLA on the lineup. Seems like the perfect capital letter related match for a B2B called ISABELLA. Besides that I do have to add that I think it's a bit odd to invite an artist, for the artist to then not play at said party. But good lineup so I guess I'm just being a downer.

Good luck have fun! See you on Sunday!

Every year, Amsterdam has over 20 million tourists browsing around in its stroopwafel shops, buying overpriced tulips, and hoping to get a glimpse of a windmill. The city is often the staging ground of tourists trying to get a taste of its club culture, with ADE spanning the crown, but last week we unexpectedly got hit with an overwhelming amount of Brits whose festival suddenly got canceled. While walking back from Raum on Sunday morning I had three separate wide eyed groups in track suits shout at me ‘ANY CLUB STILL OPEN BRUV?’ This weekend is one of those rare chances where locals have their own little ADE with the parties starting on Wednesday with friends from Berlin taking over, and stuff happening all the way till Monday morning. The bender ‘o meter is striking red hot, so relax your nostrils and enjoy the ride.

Wednesday

Multisex

After taking over The Loft last year for the first time, Multisex is back. One time a guy in a smoking area somewhere described Multisex as what happens when you take the fashionable degeneracy of Eerste Communie, put it in a more heroin chic venue, and throw in a slight sprinkle of Berlin ego. In Berlin Multisex is known for its strict door policy and amazing house programming. Last year I unfortunately missed it and this year I will again unfortunately, but this promises to be a 24 hour party for the books.

SMAAD w/ Clarisa Kimskii @ Export

The total opposite of the attitude you might encounter with Multisex can be found in Rotterdam, where Clarisa Kimskii is playing in Export. I am a big fan of her and recently she has moved to Rotterdam I believe so I expect to see her a lot more on lineups around here. Check out her set with Juana at Draaimolen.

Thursday

HORST Festival @ Asiat Park Vilvoorde

Worth a mention is HORST festival, where I will be heading myself. I have already discussed HORST in the festival thread so I’ll just leave the mention here that because of the mildly uncomfortable weather you can snag a weekend ticket for 100 euros.

RAW w/ Wes Lee @ Radio Radio

Starting in the afternoon RAW is taking over Radio Radio for a daytime-into-nighttime afrobeat get together. Wes Lee is one of my favourite DJ’s and after his 25 years of Waxfiend celebration last year this should be a more chill night for him.

Intergalactic FM Festival

Hopping over to The Hague, Intergalactic FM is taking over PIP for the entire weekend. See the festival thread for a more indepth discussion.

Friday

Jezabel w/ MMIV and Shady Lady @ NAR

Going to 030, Jezebel is here and she’s ready to make you dance. For this mini edition we got MMIV and Shady Lady, your favourite Adonis DJ couple.

Sissi's w/ SENNES b2b Lieke TR

Only giving this a shoutout for SENNES b2b Lieke TR, which I think is such a cool booking.

RAUM invites Orphic

Orphic is back at RAUM with one room of Orphic techno, and the other filled with more bassey and experimental sounds. I’d be particularly excited about Vera Grace b2b SAMA and mul/anna.

Pariah & Monty DJ @ Radio Radio

I don’t think I need to go any further into why I think this night should be fun.

Animalia x Traumgarten @ LAAK

The other massive highlight of this weekend, which I am actually very sad to miss as I will be in Belgium. Animalia is teaming up with the Traumgarten team for a takeover of LAAK. Animalia is the Australian label run by Kia, who has become one of my favourite DJ’s after seeing her in De School first. I would describe the Animalia sound as very progressive bush techno that always has this trippy rolling sound to it. Check out their podcast for sure to get a feel of what they sound like. I’d be particularly curious about Ghost Dubs their live set.

Club Romantico w/ Florentino, Styn, and Dengue Dengue Dengue @ Garage

Club Romantico is the label/party series run by Florentino, and they are taking over your favourite Garage in Noord for a night. This should be a night of a whole lot of latin booty shaking mixed with a ton of experiment, and perhaps a sprinkle of drum n bass. I saw Florentino tear down the Pit three years ago at Draaimolen, and he has a ton of good releases on labels like Tratratrax. Dengue Dengue Dengue is a producer/DJ duo that has gotten very good spots at parties like Abyss and REEF. Definitely check out their release on Club Romantico. It combines a lot of reggaeton influences with crazy experimental sounds. I love their track Paxagone especially, it has this very sexy but slightly dark sound to it.

Saturday

Upclose @ Spaarnwoude

Upclose! I’ll leave my description to the one I put in the festival thread.

Alex Kassian, Delano Legito and 36framez @ Export

I feel like Export has slowly been taking over the ‘gets-mentioned-every-night’ spot for its lineups and this one is no different. You might (or should) know Alex Kassian from his releases on Love on the Rocks, and he is joined by Rotterdam local Delano Legito and our favourite nightlife photographer/DJ/dancer 36Framez.

Het Festival @ NAR

I actually forgot to post this in the Festival thread, but NAR is back with their annual festival. While last year they had some more bands playing as well, this time around it is mainly DJ’s on the bill. Wildeburg ochtendgloren duo Elias Mazian and Tsepo are back, along with Natalie Robinson and a bunch of local selectors.

Labyrinth @ Radion

While I am definitely not a Radion fan and rarely include them in my weeklies, I have to commend them for developing their own Labyrinth concept for the past year. I actually really like the lineups of these and think that this one has a nice mix of locals and international DJ’s. I’d be curious about Red Rooms and P.E.A.R.L.

Mantis Records @ Garage Noord w/ forest drive west, Lynne, Matikk

Mantis Records is taking over Garage for a night of techno, drum n’ bass, ambient, and anything that sort of comes in between.

Upclose after @ Lofi

For those who are not done yet after Upclose, they are also hosting an after at Lofi. The lineup is fairly stacked, with DJ Red being forced to the Colorfloor even. I usually don’t like afters of festivals because half of the people there didn’t even go to the festival, while the other half should just go home, so do with that what you want.

Raum invites Clone Records

The vinyl and fishnet combo is back again, with Clone Records being invited by RAUM for a takeover. One of our esteemed readers will be particularly happy to finally see Legowelt live at RAUM. Mell G her B2B with Serge last year is still fresh on my mind, where they completely tore down the Expo room. This time she is playing a solo set, so get your electro boots on.

Sunday

Upclose @ Spaarnwoude

Upclose is still happening at Spaarnwoude, see my festival discussion for my limited breakdown of the lineup.

Antidote anti war fundraiser @ Tilla Tec

Just like last year, Antidote is back with their anti war fundraiser for War Child. There are some really good names on the lineup like Delano Legito, Kr!z, LOLSNAKE, and a mystery guest (which could be pretty sick as Upclose is in town).

Like always: don’t be a dick, enjoy the ride, and stay hydrated.

Not entirely the music preference of this sub but pretty shit to have it happen

We’re back with the monthly festival posts! Last year we weren’t exactly on track to post it every month and I do have to take the blame for posting this one a bit too late (woopsie) but from now on you can expect a highlight of all summer festivals you could possibly visit. For most of these posts the highlights will be in The Netherlands, but I will also take the opportunity to highlight some of the festivals abroad that you could keep an eye out for or that have amassed a legendary status by now. 

May 1st in Berlin
Just missed this by 2 days, but besides Berlin Pride or the Love Parade one of the bigger holidays in Berlin is Labour day. I’ve never been myself but from the stories the entire city becomes a giant open air festival. 

Bevrijdingsfestivals 
Where: basically every large or small city
When: 5th of May (liberation day)
Taking place today! On the 4th of May we remember all casualties from wars worldwide, but on the 5th of May we celebrate our freedom. All over The Netherlands Bevrijdingsfestivals are taking place. I would have to admit that most festivals that take place tend to not be the preference of this sub (at all), but there are some fun outings to go to. 

Transcendence festival Where: Japan
When: May 8 - 10
Who: 
Heading all the way to Japan for Transcendence festival. Transcendence has been taking place for the past 5 years and has featured techno talent from all over. It is organised by DJ MARIA and this year features names like Garcon, Dj Nobu, Timnah, upsammy, Paquita Gordon, and a ton of local Japanese talent. I’d be most excited for Zurkin b2b Zitto. 

HORST Arts & Music Festival
Where: Vilvoorde (near Brussels), Belgium
When: 14-16 May 2026
A little closer to home we got HORST festival. This will actually be my first time visiting the festival but I have heard only positive stories about it. HORST takes place in Asiat Park, an old military site that has been transformed into a park. During the festival all stages are designed by architects or artists, and most of them actually turn into permanent sites for the park. Besides the breadth of musical exploration that you can do there is also an extensive art programme that you can indulge in. HORST in the last year has taken an even sharper turn to basically only programming local talent with just a few international headliners which makes me even more excited for getting lost and ending up at whatever weird stuff they have put there for me. 

Intergalactic FM festival Where: PIP/The Hague
When: 14 May
Who: A bunch of names I don’t know but all curated by I-F. 
Intergalactic FM Festival takes over PIP for 4 days with a super long programme with among others Legowelt, David Funk, I-F, and a bunch of stuff I don’t know but that I trust is curated carefully. 

Wire festivalWhere: New York
When: 14 May
Who: Every name that is cool in techno, including Dax J, CEM, MCMLXXXV, Voices from the lake, Quelza, Salome, Boris, Tama Sumo, ISAbella, Lakuti, Akua, Amelia Holt, Chlar, D.Dan, Holden Federico, Philippa Pacho, Yanamasta, Avalon Emerson, Pablo Bozzi, BASHKKA, Courtesy, Massimiliano Pagliara, and many many more. 
Taking place in the Knockdown Centre, Wire Festival is a 50 hour spanning festival. Different nights are hosted by Herrensauna, Mutek, WHOLE festival, and FOLD. It is organised by the team behind Basement.

Awakenings Upclose
Where: Spaarnwoude
When: 16-17 May
From the pipeline of Awakenings themselves, Upclose is the smaller scale, more nerdy/underground and dancefloor focussed version of Awakenings. In recent years Awakenings has been expanding their summer festival to crazy numbers (over 100K visitors over the entire weekend), but also decided to make their spring edition a lot smaller and rebranded it to Upclose. The lineup focuses a lot more on underground names and stages are a lot smaller. Personally I do actually have a lot of FOMO for Four Tet b2b Ben UFO, but there are lots of other cool names on the lineup such as Claudio PRC b2b Cio D’Or, Collabs 3000, DJ Red, Dr. G, Ignez x Rodhad, LSD, Ogazon, Rene Wise, Ryan Elliott, and the closer of all closers: Jeans b2b Spekki Webu b2b Woody92. 

Lentekabinet 
Where: Het Twiske
When: 23 24 May
The ‘little’ brother of Dekmantel that is not so little anymore. Lentekabinet is taking over Het Twiske with four stages. CCL & Verraco, DJ Chuckie & DJ Moortje, Goldie, Identified Patient, all on the same stage. Besides that the regular suspects of Call Super, Job Jobse, Peach, BASHKKA, and many more are making a return to Het Twiske. I’d be most curious though about Chris Stussy and Shanti Celeste. Believe it or not and shoot me, but I have seen Chris Stussy twice and he’s actually such a good DJ that pulls such a dogshit crowd of frat bros and UK fucked up punters. I wouldn't have too much faith for this gig honestly but it did make me curious. 

MovementWhere: Detroit
When: 24 May
Taking place in Detroit, the birthplace of this all, is Movement. Spanning 3 days and bringing everything techno back to its home. The lineup brings together a lot of new stuff with Detroit legends like Mark Flash, Richie Hawtin, and Delano Smith. 

Fiber FestivalWhere: Amsterdam
When: 28-31 May
Fiber Festival has been taking place since 2010 and brings together contemporary audiovisual art, experimental electronic music, and daring conversations in relation to technological developments and societal issues. Its first edition started in the basement of Trouw, and these days takes over multiple venues over four days. Its lineup has a ton of cool experimental artists like Bobby Beethoven, Batu, upsammy, Xenia Reaper, and many more. 

Soenda
Where: Utrecht
When: 30 May
A mainstay in Utrecht, Soenda Festival takes place in Groenekan on the edge of Utrecht, and has grown to one of the biggest festivals in The Netherlands by now. Its lineup has some cool names but leans more towards the mainstream stuff like Tjade, Partiboi69, whatever hardtechno DJ with Ø in their name, and also some cool stuff like Saidah, Mama Snake, Philippa Pacho and Yanamaste. 

Hope that good weather blesses your souls for this festival season! Let us know what you’re up to and be safe :)