Music venues in the Netherlands

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Paradiso in Amsterdam

Music venues in the Netherlands are a vivid part of the social cultural environment of the country.

In every big city there are concert halls for popular music, classical music and jazz. The ten biggest dedicated music venues are Ziggo Dome, AFAS Live, Melkweg, Paradiso in Amsterdam, Paard van Troje in The Hague, Tivoli (TivoliVredenburg & Tivoli De Helling) in Utrecht , Patronaat in Haarlem, 013 in Tilburg, Effenaar in Eindhoven and in Nijmegen. Watt in Rotterdam has shut his doors in 2010.

In every middle sized town of city (approx. 100.000 inhabitants) there's a music venue for popular music genres. In the Netherlands about fifty of these music venues receive funding from the government following the advice of Muziek Centrum Nederland. Other venues are independent or subsidiarised by the cities themselves or are local social centres, community centres and cultural centres with a stage facilitating music performances.

Furthermore, there is a number of multifunctional venues (like Ahoy in Rotterdam, Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam, Doelen in Rotterdam or Oosterpoort in Groningen) which frequently host musical acts. Furthermore, a number of sportstadiums feature on the megaconcert circuit, foremost Amsterdam Arena, De Kuip in Rotterdam and Gelredome in Arnhem.

List of music venues[]

The Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ and the Bimhuis

Arranged in alphabetical order per city

Concertgebouw at night in 2008
The main entrance of the Melkweg
Dynamo Eindhoven
    • Populair music and upcoming talents in music:
The Effenaar after the renovation in 2005
Strijp-S
Muziekgebouw Frits Philips
Patronaat in Haarlem
De Doelen
Tivoli Oudegracht

See also[]

  • Dutch rock
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