In The field — Hidden Agenda

Gaudeamus Festival 2026

Event Spotlight

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In The field (117)

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Out on the edges: noise, experimental, ambient, drone, avant-garde, contemporary classical & more.

All venues

All genres

All event types

Golomb

Thu 10 Sept Paradiso

Golomb

Ragdawl presents: Toendra + Helen Jewett + Crashing

Thu 10 Sept OCCII

Ragdawl presents: Toendra + Helen Jewett + Crashing

Experimental noise Shoegaze Alt rock

Maya Fridman & Storm In A Jar – The Architecture of Trees

Thu 10 Sept Stadsklooster

Maya Fridman & Storm In A Jar – The Architecture of Trees

Immersive Electronic Classical

Daniel Cross – Minami-no-tori

Fri 11 Sept Centraal Museum

Daniel Cross – Minami-no-tori

Audiovisual Installation

Bitcrush fanclub <3 presents: sewer.FM

Fri 11 Sept De Sering West

Bitcrush fanclub <3 presents: sewer.FM

Hyperpop Experimental Gabber

Bandgurl666 presents: Thank You So Much

Fri 11 Sept De Nieuwe Anita

Bandgurl666 presents: Thank You So Much

+ Birds with Jobs + DJ 666

Folk Jazz Avant-garde

Polychrome x Doka Studio

Fri 11 Sept Doka

Polychrome x Doka Studio

w/ Faited | Tanzverbot

House Techno Minimal

Daniel Cross – Minami-no-tori

Sat 12 Sept Centraal Museum

Daniel Cross – Minami-no-tori

Audiovisual Installation

Bliss Bash

Sat 12 Sept Oedipus

Bliss Bash

The Wong Janice, Jogging House, Holyoke, Panda Noir, Fjaler, Max Gramser

Ambient Electronic Alt-Rock House Techno

SOUND AS SHELTER – Anthony Sahyoun

Sat 12 Sept Instituto Cervantes

SOUND AS SHELTER – Anthony Sahyoun

Audiovisual Live performances

Marmoucha Orchestra & Toni Geitani – Wahj

Sat 12 Sept Tivoli

Marmoucha Orchestra & Toni Geitani – Wahj

Experimental electronic Ambient Arabic

Rafaele Andrade – Improvising You

Sat 12 Sept Tivoli

Rafaele Andrade – Improvising You

Audiovisual Interactive

Martine Velthuis – Mijn bedrading

Sat 12 Sept Tivoli

Martine Velthuis – Mijn bedrading

Live performances Classical Dance performance

Rostam

Sat 12 Sept Bitterzoet

Rostam

Indie pop Electronica Experimental

Elsa van der Linden

Sat 12 Sept Tivoli

Elsa van der Linden

Live performances Experimental

bela & Lawrence McGuire – Korean Love Sonnets

Sat 12 Sept Tivoli

bela & Lawrence McGuire – Korean Love Sonnets

Experimental Live performances

Doka Studio

Sat 12 Sept Doka

Doka Studio

w/ Antal (All night long)

House Minimal Techno

Daniel Cross – Minami-no-tori

Sun 13 Sept Centraal Museum

Daniel Cross – Minami-no-tori

Audiovisual Installation

SOUND AS SHELTER – Jad Atoui

Sun 13 Sept Instituto Cervantes

SOUND AS SHELTER – Jad Atoui

Electronic Electroacoustic

Joana Gama & Ivan Vukosavljević – a mind in the heart

Sun 13 Sept Tivoli

Joana Gama & Ivan Vukosavljević – a mind in the heart

Contemporary classical Experimental

Science & Cocktails:

Tue 15 Sept Paradiso

Science & Cocktails:

Emergence, Cosmic Origins and Collective Patterns

Discussion Audiovisual

Witte Gei’t? met Fueguito & Jolan Lammertink

Tue 15 Sept De Nieuwe Anita

Witte Gei’t? met Fueguito & Jolan Lammertink

Latin Surf Cinematic

Concrete Vehicles

Tue 15 Sept Cinetol

Concrete Vehicles

+ prom vagabonds

Experimental rock

HERRES op WOENSDAG + Sixes n' Sevens + Bottled Violence

Wed 16 Sept Maloe Melo

HERRES op WOENSDAG + Sixes n' Sevens + Bottled Violence

Art rock Noise rock

The Grey Space presents: Flowers/Ghosts&Echoes + Rengbird

Thu 17 Sept The Grey Space in The Middle

The Grey Space presents: Flowers/Ghosts&Echoes + Rengbird

Rengbird

Ambient Post-Rock Post-Minimalism Drone

Thu 17 Sept Paradiso

Maddie Ashman

Avant-pop Alt pop

KATYA SHIRSHKOVA (RU/FR)

Thu 17 Sept OCCII

KATYA SHIRSHKOVA (RU/FR)

Minorie presents + Tomáš Niesner (CZ) + KOUDE

Experimental Folk

Detente Group

Thu 17 Sept Cinetol

Detente Group

+ twin blade

Experimental Indie

Too Martian

Fri 18 Sept Cinetol

Too Martian

closer live

Experimental Garage

DJ UCLA

Fri 18 Sept Subcult

DJ UCLA

Subcult selectors

Ambient Jazz Electronica Post-punk

12FU

Sat 19 Sept OCCII

12FU

w/ WRACAJ BO CIEMNO + OK.KO + DJALAN-DJALAN + DJ STEVE

Noise pop Shoegaze Electronic

Todd Rundgren

Mon 21 Sept Paradiso

Todd Rundgren

Damned If I Do Tour

Prog rock Electronic

Grote Geelstaart + fernweh

Wed 23 Sept Paradiso

Grote Geelstaart + fernweh

Psychedelic noise rock

Subbacultcha presents: Carla dal Forno

Thu 24 Sept murmur

Subbacultcha presents: Carla dal Forno

Electronic Minimal Experimental pop

Trijntje Oosterhuis & Jazz Orchestra

Thu 24 Sept Bostheater

Trijntje Oosterhuis & Jazz Orchestra

Jazz Orchestra Tribute

Thu 24 Sept Cinetol

GB

i.s.m. subbacultcha

Experimental Indie

Midsummer Night's Dream

Fri 25 Sept OT301

Midsummer Night's Dream

ultra caro (live) , t0ni (live), Ms. Palace (live) + more

Experimental Pop Electronic Ambient

Kronkel Festival

Sat 26 Sept OCCII

Kronkel Festival

GEREGELD ONTREGELD, PRETTY UGLY & BANDGURL666 PRESENT

Alternative Synth punk Psych folk Noise rock Art pop

Kronkel Festival

Sat 26 Sept De Nieuwe Anita

Kronkel Festival

GEREGELD ONTREGELD, PRETTY UGLY & BANDGURL666 PRESENT

Alternative Synth punk Psych folk Noise rock Art pop

Fiachra & Manon

Sat 26 Sept Subcult

Fiachra & Manon

Subcult selectors

Ambient shoegaze Post metal Drone metal

Mad Tsai

Sun 27 Sept Bitterzoet

Mad Tsai

Experimental pop

Bas van Holt

Tue 29 Sept Tolhuistuin

Bas van Holt

Indie folk Experimental

Parra for Cuva

Wed 30 Sept Paradiso

Parra for Cuva

Electronic Ambient

The Bones of J.R. Jones

Thu 1 Oct Tolhuistuin

The Bones of J.R. Jones

+ Seba Safe

Americana Folk Cinematic

Kaizers Orchestra

Fri 2 Oct Melkweg

Kaizers Orchestra

Rock Avant-garde

Zemma EP Release Show

Fri 2 Oct OCCII

Zemma EP Release Show

w/ L'orne & DJ Duo Grachtwater

Experimental rock Metal Post rock

WOLF EYES (US)

Thu 8 Oct OCCII

WOLF EYES (US)

+ Cuntroaches + THOHH

Experimental Noise Industrial

mary in the junkyard

Thu 8 Oct Bitterzoet

mary in the junkyard

Indie rock Art rock Experimental

Amirtha Kidambi’s Elder Ones + Ludvig Søndergaard Sekstet + Czajka & Puchacz + Gerri Jäger

Fri 9 Oct Bimhuis

Amirtha Kidambi’s Elder Ones + Ludvig Søndergaard Sekstet + Czajka & Puchacz + Gerri Jäger

Free jazz Avant-pop Electronic

BBTCOR Presents: A Soft Guide to Chill

BBTCOR Presents: A Soft Guide to Chill

Elina Tapio, WyXXe (live)

Ambient Downtempo Experimental Psychedelic

Kinkajous

Fri 9 Oct Tolhuistuin

Kinkajous

Jazz Electronic Orchestral

Kazumoto Endo (JP)

Sun 11 Oct OCCII

Kazumoto Endo (JP)

+ Violent Shogun (FR) + Corpse Magnetism (CZ/NL) + Musica Divina (FI/BE) + Awenydd

Electronic Experimental Noise

Roomer

Wed 14 Oct Cinetol

Roomer

Experimental rock

Curbside Lambsear + From 2

Fri 16 Oct Cinetol

Curbside Lambsear + From 2

Experimental Pop Folk

Allie X

Sat 17 Oct Melkweg

Allie X

Goth pop Avant-pop

Sananda Maitreya

Sun 18 Oct Paradiso

Sananda Maitreya

$quib + Chris Olsen

Mon 19 Oct Cinetol

$quib + Chris Olsen

Electronic Experimental Folk

FRED FRITH, TIM HODGKINSON & LIZ ALBEE (US/UK/DE)

Tue 20 Oct OCCII

FRED FRITH, TIM HODGKINSON & LIZ ALBEE (US/UK/DE)

+ LUKRAAK (Marcus Wärnheim & Thomas Jaspers)

Electronic jazz Experimental

ADE Opening Concert:

Wed 21 Oct Melkweg

ADE Opening Concert:

KYBBA & Metropole Orkest + special guests

Orchestra Electronic

Eastern Margins & Natural Mind- ADE

Thu 22 Oct Parallel

Eastern Margins & Natural Mind- ADE

Pop Experimental electronic ADE

Saba Alizadeh & Farzané (NL/IRN) + Vehicle/Passenger (US/CW/DE)

Fri 23 Oct OCCII

Saba Alizadeh & Farzané (NL/IRN) + Vehicle/Passenger (US/CW/DE)

Experimental Electronic

Speedy J presents STOOR Live

Sat 24 Oct Paradiso

Speedy J presents STOOR Live

- ADE 2026

Electronic Audiovisual ADE

Oh Hiroshima

Sat 24 Oct Patronaat

Oh Hiroshima

+ Barrens

BBTCOR Presents: A Soft Guide to Chill

Sat 24 Oct W139

BBTCOR Presents: A Soft Guide to Chill

Gizem Öz (live), Archetype (live), Sarah Saleh, LNR

Chill Out Downtempo Ambient Experimental Psychedelic

Uriah Heep

Sat 24 Oct Phil

Uriah Heep

Hard rock Prog rock Heavy metal

Speedy J presents STOOR Live

Sun 25 Oct Paradiso

Speedy J presents STOOR Live

- ADE 2026

Electronic Audiovisual ADE

Chanel Beads

Mon 26 Oct Tolhuistuin

Chanel Beads

+ urika's bedroom

Experimental Dream pop

Bel Cobain

Wed 28 Oct Paradiso

Bel Cobain

Art pop Soul Psychedelic

12FU w/ YOUFF (BE) + BOTTLED VIOLENCE (NL) + PETER GRIFTING (NL) + DJ STEVE

Thu 29 Oct OCCII

12FU w/ YOUFF (BE) + BOTTLED VIOLENCE (NL) + PETER GRIFTING (NL) + DJ STEVE

Noise rock Noise punk

Kabeaushé

Thu 29 Oct Paradiso

Kabeaushé

Experimental rap Electronic

Angine de Poitrine

Sat 31 Oct Paradiso

Angine de Poitrine

e.v.a. @ London Calling

Experimental Math rock

nykolaes & Daniël Paul

Sun 1 Nov Cinetol

nykolaes & Daniël Paul

Experimental Folk Electronic

Teenage Fanclub + Euros Childs

Sun 1 Nov Tolhuistuin

Teenage Fanclub + Euros Childs

Power pop Noise pop

underscores + umru

Mon 2 Nov Paradiso

underscores + umru

MGNA Crrrta

Mon 2 Nov Cinetol

MGNA Crrrta

Electronic Experimental pop

Discovery Zone

Wed 4 Nov Cinetol

Discovery Zone

Experimental Pop

Noonzy

Noonzy

Indie pop Experimental

O.R.k.

Thu 5 Nov Patronaat

O.R.k.

Thu 5 Nov Bitterzoet

Ão

Electronica Art pop Afro pop

Kelsey Lu

Fri 6 Nov Tolhuistuin

Kelsey Lu

Art pop R&B Experimental electronic

This Leo Sunrise

Fri 6 Nov De Nieuwe Anita

This Leo Sunrise

Folk rock Experimental

Nick Hakim

Mon 9 Nov Tolhuistuin

Nick Hakim

Neo soul Atmospheric

Dagmar Zuniga

Mon 9 Nov Cinetol

Dagmar Zuniga

Folk Experimental Pop

Lido Pimienta

Mon 9 Nov Bitterzoet

Lido Pimienta

Afro-Indigenous Electronic Experimental

YARD

Thu 12 Nov Toekomstmuziek

YARD

IMMERSION

Sat 14 Nov Patronaat

IMMERSION

Colin Newman (Wire) + Malka Spigel (Minimal Compact)

Art rock Electronic

Feeble Little Horse

Sun 15 Nov Tolhuistuin

Feeble Little Horse

Flower Face

Mon 16 Nov Melkweg

Flower Face

Indie Dream pop Cinematic

HACKEDEPICIOTTO (DE) + GLICE

Fri 20 Nov OCCII

HACKEDEPICIOTTO (DE) + GLICE

Experimental Avant-garde Industrial

Sat 21 Nov Cinetol

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Experimental Indie folk

SLIFT

Mon 23 Nov Paradiso

SLIFT

+ Yoo Doo Right

Psychedelia Krautrock

Liturgy (solo)

Tue 24 Nov Cinetol

Liturgy (solo)

Metal Experimental

Shaking Hand

Thu 26 Nov Cinetol

Shaking Hand

Joshua Burnside

Wed 2 Dec Paradiso

Joshua Burnside

Experimental Folk

Abel Ghekiere

Wed 2 Dec Cinetol

Abel Ghekiere

Experimental Jazz Folk

Jam With Humans Fest

Sun 6 Dec Cinetol

Jam With Humans Fest

Electronic Avant-garde Rock

Polyphia + Pertubator and RJ Pasin

Tue 8 Dec AFAS Live

Polyphia + Pertubator and RJ Pasin

Instrumental rock

Xillan

Sun 13 Dec Bitterzoet

Xillan

Hermanos Gutiérrez

Sun 13 Dec Paradiso

Hermanos Gutiérrez

Latin Americana Desert blues Ambient rock

Jungle by Night

Wed 16 Dec Paradiso

Jungle by Night

Nu-disco Krautrock Electro

NEPTUNE (US, SGG records)

Sat 19 Dec OCCII

NEPTUNE (US, SGG records)

+ POLARIZED

Experimental rock

Focus

Sun 20 Dec Patronaat

Focus

Clean Pete's Kerstshow

Mon 21 Dec Paradiso

Clean Pete's Kerstshow

Christmas Classical

LudoWic

Tue 12 Jan Paradiso

LudoWic

Experimental electronic

Genesis Project – Philled with Collins

Sat 23 Jan Patronaat

Genesis Project – Philled with Collins

Prog rock Pop rock Tribute

Gilla Band + Makeshift Art Bar

Sat 23 Jan Tolhuistuin

Gilla Band + Makeshift Art Bar

Noise rock Post punk Industrial electronic

Station to Station – David Bowie Tribute

Sun 31 Jan Patronaat

Station to Station – David Bowie Tribute

Tribute Art rock Soul Pop rock

HENGE

Wed 3 Feb Melkweg

HENGE

Rave Psychedelia Prog rock

Joan As Police Woman

Sun 14 Feb Zonnehuis

Joan As Police Woman

Alternative soul Art rock Chamber pop

Camille

Wed 3 Mar Paradiso

Camille

Experimental pop Chanson Folk

Trentemøller

Tue 9 Mar Paradiso

Trentemøller

Post rock Electronica Dark wave

Kalandra + Finnegan Tui

Sat 27 Mar Paradiso

Kalandra + Finnegan Tui

Prog rock Folk Nordic pop

Thomas Bergersen

Wed 14 Apr AFAS Live

Thomas Bergersen

Neo orchestral Electronic

Thomas Azier

Thu 15 Apr Paradiso

Thomas Azier

Art pop Experimental Electronic

Thirty Seconds to Mars

Sun 25 Apr AFAS Live

Thirty Seconds to Mars

Alternative rock Prog rock Electronic rock

Rumours of Fleetwood Mac

Sun 9 May Patronaat

Rumours of Fleetwood Mac

Pop rock Art pop Tribute

Nederlands Blazers Ensemble

Wed 19 May Paradiso

Nederlands Blazers Ensemble

- Raga & Rasa - van guru tot shishya

Indian classical World music