This weekend 31 July to Aug 2, turns Amsterdam into a 3 Day musical fiesta and welcomes many of our ‘friends and family’ to the canals and parks ! Yeah c’mon it’s not just for our obvious extra thoughtful smokey ‘hospitality’ but also cause it’s a music and culture lovin’ country ! To match that, there’s a thriving and exportable local scene and this 3 dayer looks set to show just that. What makes this weekend extra ‘gezellig’ is the diversity of the locations as well as the music …..

The weather forecast for Friday night around the Sugar Factory in Amsterdam: sunny and dry. For on Friday 25 January, Kindred Spirits is about to express their love for Brazilian music once more. Steven de Peven, Antal and Tom Trago will be providing the beats and Lilian Vieira takes care of the vocals. If you [...]

Sonar Kollektiv at a young and vibrant 10 years of fresh and fantastic dance music asks ‘Who Cares’ ? – well for sure we all do ! A superb output of top artists from Jazzanova to Ame to Benny Sings to Clara Hill to Dimlite and the list goes on ! Imminent from SK is [...]

Don’t you just hate getting out of bed around this time of the year? Well, there is no cure for that daily agony yet, but we will keep you posted about our findings on that subject. Meanwhile, you can get comfy outside with this fashionable Sonar Kollektiv scarf. In Amsterdam, an icy cold wind is [...]

Busy bee Christian Prommer is touring Europe with his Drum Lesson band, covering the shiniest house and techno jams with a high quality jazz ensemble. As a member of VOOM:VOOM, Fauna Flash and Trüby Trio his influence on contemporary leftfield dance music is huge. Two weeks from now he will be doing a dj set [...]

On 21 and 22 December, Santa Sonar Kollektiv brings Amsterdam a very welcome Xmas Weekender present in celebration of their 10 glorious musical years. The many ho ho ho’s at the Sugar Factory including local heroes Dutch signing Benny Sings, + Antal (Kindred Spirits/Rush Hour) and 11’s Olaf Boswijk. Coming in from the east are [...]