Sport & Spel Club Balreep
2025-10-01 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London)
SSC Balreep is a weekly VoKu, sports and game night at GROND.
TONIGHT:
🏓 HoodCup: Season II
🟤 Sjoelbak Highscore Hunting
🎲 Broken Dutch Boardgames
⚽/🎦 Champions League: Barcelona – PSG / B.Leverkusen – PSV (21h)

🌶️ Vega VoKu: “Indiaas!! Lekker! 2 Gangen“ (reservations appreciated)

SSC Balreep refers to the local sporting club that was founded in 2013 out of Amsterdam squatting communities Op de Valreep and Bajesdorp. Fusing the best of evergreen canteen life, the universal benefits of sports and community building from all times for all generations!
Bring your own game, join the running competitions or just pass by for a drink, bite and chat … while enjoying major and minor events on big(ger) screens.
The GROND VoKu will offer good meals at fair prices varying from canteen food art by selected chefs to BYOP (Bring Your Own Pizza or … ).
To make a reservation for dinner, share your ideas or offer your help, please send a message to kantine@grond.community or contact us via the SSC Balreep signal-group.

Study Circle - Palestine
2025-09-30 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
We’re excited to announce a new study space initiative from Feministas en Holanda! a ritual, collective and horizontal space, a series of regular gatherings to share knowledge rooted in decolonial feminism and the many struggles that shape our activism and affects.
Dates and registration >>>
Tuesdays / 19:00–21:00
August 5, 19, September 2, 16, 30, October 7.
•⁠ ⁠Aug 5 – Decolonial Feminism(s)
•⁠ ⁠Aug 19 – Antimilitarism
•⁠ ⁠Sept 2 – Antiracism
•⁠ ⁠Sept 16 – Anticapitalism
•⁠ ⁠Sept 30 – Palestine
•⁠ ⁠Oct 7 – Revolution and Activism
If you’re interested to join, send an email to feministasenholanda@gmail.com and we’ll share more information about how to participate and co-create this space with us.
🔥 Together, we nurture a space for collective reflection, radical imagination, and embodied resistance and liberation.

Grond Sunday Session #1
2025-09-28 15:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Come to GROND, hang out with us and wrap up your weekend with a family and hangover friendly session including live music, DJs, performance, storytelling and anything else we can think of to ease you into next week. Session #1 features Marc Nukoop playing an eclectic DJ set, and David Mitchell playing a live set on electric and acoustic guitar. We serve food and drinks, and provide materials to get creative too. Bring your kids, neighbours and friends!

TEMPERATURA
2025-09-26 20:00 - 23:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
w/ DECONSTRUCTED MELODIES
20:30 (doors: 20:00)
Tickets: regular €10 (or more) / discount €7 – available at the door & online

TEMPERATURA opens this concert season with DECONSTRUCTED MELODIES, a quartet consisting of the musicians Peter van Bergen, Jeroen Kimman, Koen Nutters, and Gert-Jan Prins.

An all-star band of four Dutch musical personalities who, between them, have done everything imaginable in the field of music. Organising and improvising inside of every layer of the music business, curating concerts, series and venues, leading bands and ensembles, playing with the greats, travelling the world. Coming from different generations and directions of noisemaking, here, in this quartet setting, they share their love of melodic improvisation in a floaty memory game of pieces played and pieces heard. Deftly moving around each other, leaving space to create, each on their own, layers of tempo, punctuation, melody, and lyricism. Playing their own compositions alongside classic pieces from Dutch colleagues (Mengelberg, Altena) and American originators such as Sun Ra, Carla Bley, Anthony Braxton, Ornette Coleman, and more to blend in. Trying to find a tone, an expression, playing contemplative noise-jazz melodies in an airy space of contemplation, together alone, alone together, creating balance between space, time, and culture, with a logic of the post-modern and a sensitivity of the cultural here and now.
Peter van Bergen – tenor sax
Jeroen Kimman – electric guitar
Koen Nutters – electro-acoustic bass guitar
Gert-Jan Prins – percussion, electronics
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TEMPERATURA is a concert series initiated by composers/performers and GROND members Jasna Veličković and Fani Konstantinidou. The series focuses on contemporary music from the Netherlands and beyond, aiming to bring together its diverse expressions. By promoting the wide spectrum of contemporary musical stimuli, TEMPERATURA seeks to bridge the gap between musicians, composers, and performers from different musical backgrounds. Through these temporary crossings, we aim to create an environment—a playful space for experimentation and open ears—that fosters performing, creating, and experiencing music together. Ultimately, TEMPERATURA strives to bring fresh musical adventures to local audiences and to spread today’s artistic practices.

Sport & Spel Club Balreep /
2025-09-24 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London)
SSC Balreep is a weekly VoKu, sports and game night at GROND.
TONIGHT:
🏓 HoodCup: Season II
🪩 Petanque: Boules around the Block (BYOB)
🎲 Broken Dutch Boardgames
🌶️ Vega VoKu (reservations appreciated)

🚨 Cook/barkeep/helping hands wanted!
SSC Balreep refers to the local sporting club that was founded in 2013 out of Amsterdam squatting communities Op de Valreep and Bajesdorp. Fusing the best of evergreen canteen life, the universal benefits of sports and community building from all times for all generations!
Bring your own game, join the running competitions or just pass by for a drink, bite and chat … while enjoying major and minor events on big(ger) screens.
The GROND VoKu will offer good meals at fair prices varying from canteen food art by selected chefs to BYOP (Bring Your Own Pizza or … ).
To make a reservation for dinner, share your ideas or offer your help, please send a message to kantine@grond.community or contact us via the SSC Balreep signal-group.

Club De Clubavond No.1
2025-09-20 17:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London)
Er is een clubje opgericht, CLUB DE CLUB is de naam, aangenaam.
Zaterdag 20 september is de allereerste Club de Clubavond vanaf 17:00.
Wat kan je verwachten? We gaan sjoelen, ping-pongen, eten, drinken, de Balreep-reep proeven, een film kiezen en daar doorheen praten, nog meer lekkers eten, radio maken en dansen op de heerlijke muziek van Thiago.
Alle zotte ideeën, input, dromen en wensen zijn van harte welkom!
#Sjoelbak #PingPong #Eten&Drinken #Balreep-reep #Flats #Dakradio #Flats #Wunschfilm #SmakenVanMijnHerinnering

Sport & Spel Club Balreep / 🏓⚽🟤🎲🌶️
2025-09-17 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London)
SSC Balreep is a weekly VoKu, sports and game night at GROND.
TONIGHT:
🏓 HoodCup: Season II
⚽ /🎦 UEFA CL: Ajax – Inter / Bayern – Chelsea (21h)
🟤 Sjoelsalon Highscore Sessions
🎲 Broken Dutch Boardgames
🌶️ Vega VoKu (reservations appreciated)

🚨 Cook/barkeep/helping hands wanted!
SSC Balreep refers to the local sporting club that was founded in 2013 out of Amsterdam squatting communities Op de Valreep and Bajesdorp. Fusing the best of evergreen canteen life, the universal benefits of sports and community building from all times for all generations!
Bring your own game, join the running competitions or just pass by for a drink, bite and chat … while enjoying major and minor events on big(ger) screens.
The GROND VoKu will offer good meals at fair prices varying from canteen food art by selected chefs to BYOP (Bring Your Own Pizza or … ).
To make a reservation for dinner, share your ideas or offer your help, please send a message to kantine@grond.community or contact us via the SSC Balreep signal-group.

Study Circle - Anticapitalism
2025-09-16 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London)

Sport & Spel Club Balreep / 🏓🟤🚴🪩🏀🎲🌶️
2025-09-10 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London)
After a semi summer break SSC Balreep is back with it’s weekly VoKu, sports and game night at GROND.
TONIGHT:
🟤 Summer Sjoelsalon Masters (Sjoelen=Shuffleboarding)
🏓 HoodCup: Season II
🚴 Pot Belge Int. Koerscafé: La Vuelta – managertalks (join our open manager league on Scorito)
🪩 Petanque: Boules around the Block (BYOB)
🎲 Broken Dutch Boardgames
🏀 /🎦 EURO: GER – SLO (21h)
🌶️ Vega VoKu (reservations appreciated)

🚨 Cook/barkeep/helping hands wanted!
SSC Balreep refers to the local sporting club that was founded in 2013 out of Amsterdam squatting communities Op de Valreep and Bajesdorp. Pairing the best of evergreen canteen life, the universal benefits of sports and community building from all times for all generations!
Bring your own game, join the running competitions or just pass by for a drink, bite and chat … while enjoying major and minor events on big(ger) screens.
The GROND VoKu will offer good meals at fair prices, varying from canteen food art by selected chefs to BYOP (Bring Your Own Pizza or … ).
To make a reservation for dinner, share your ideas or offer your help, please send a message to kantine@grond.community or contact us via the SSC Balreep signal-group.

Study Circle - Antiracism
2025-09-02 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London)

Sport & Spel Club Balreep /🚴🏓🪩🏀🎲🍕 COPY
2025-08-20 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
SSC Balreep is a weekly sports and game night at GROND.
TONIGHT:
🚴 Pot Belge Int. Koerscafé: La Vuelta – managertalks (join our open manager league on Scorito)
🏓 HoodCup: Season II
🪩 Petanque: Boules around the Block (BYOB)
🎲 Broken Dutch Boardgames
🏀 Streetball /🛠️: Court setup pt. XV
🍕 BYOP

🚨 Cook/barkeep/helping hands wanted!
SSC Balreep refers to the local sporting club that was founded in 2013 out of Amsterdam squatting communities Op de Valreep and Bajesdorp. Bringing together the best of evergreen canteen life, the universal benefits of sports and community building from all times for all generations!
Bring your own game, join the running competitions or just pass by for a drink, bite and chat … while enjoying major and minor events on big(ger) screens.
The GROND VoKu will offer good meals at fair prices varying from canteen food art by selected chefs to BYOP (Bring Your Own Pizza or … ).
To make a reservation for the food, share your ideas or offer your help, please send a message to info@grond.community or contact us via the known signal-group.

Sport & Spel Club Balreep /🏓🚴🟤🪩🏀🎲🍕
2025-08-20 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
SSC Balreep is a weekly sports and game night at GROND.
TONIGHT:
🟤 Summer Sjoelsalon Masters (Sjoelen=Shuffleboarding)
🏓 HoodCup: Season II
🚴 Pot Belge Int. Koerscafé: La Vuelta – managertalks (join our open manager league on Scorito)
🪩 Petanque: Boules around the Block (BYOB)
🎲 Broken Dutch Boardgames
🏀 Streetball /🛠️: Court setup pt. XV
🍕 Bring Your Own Pizza (VoKu – summer break)
🚨 Cook/barkeep/helping hands wanted!
SSC Balreep refers to the local sporting club that was founded in 2013 out of Amsterdam squatting communities Op de Valreep and Bajesdorp. Bringing together the best of evergreen canteen life, the universal benefits of sports and community building from all times for all generations!
Bring your own game, join the running competitions or just pass by for a drink, bite and chat … while enjoying major and minor events on big(ger) screens.
The GROND VoKu will offer good meals at fair prices varying from canteen food art by selected chefs to BYOP (Bring Your Own Pizza or … ).
To make a reservation for the food, share your ideas or offer your help, please send a message to info@grond.community or contact us via the known signal-group.

Study Circle - Antimilitarism
2025-08-19 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands

Sport & Spel Club Balreep /🏓🪩🏀🎲🎾⚽🚴🌶️
2025-08-13 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
SSC Balreep is a weekly sports and game night at GROND.
TONIGHT:
🪩 Petanque: Boules around the Block (Bring Your Own Boules)
🏓 HoodCup: Season II
🎲 Broken Dutch Boardgames
⚽ /🎦 UEFA Super Cup: PSG – TOT(21h)
🎾 /🎦 ATP1000: Cincinnati
🚴 Pot Belge Int. Koerscafé: La Vuelta – managertalks (join our open manager league on Scorito)
🏀 Streetball /🛠️: Court setup pt. XIV
🌶️ Deliciousness by chef Rustig (reservations appreciated – by mail or emoji in the signal-group)

🚨 Barkeep/helping hands wanted!
SSC Balreep refers to the local sporting club that was founded in 2013 out of Amsterdam squatting communities Op de Valreep and Bajesdorp. Bringing together the best of evergreen canteen life, the universal benefits of sports and community building from all times for all generations!
Bring your own game, join the running competitions or just pass by for a drink, bite and chat … while enjoying major and minor events on big(ger) screens.
The GROND VoKu will offer good meals at fair prices varying from canteen food art by selected chefs to BYOP (Bring Your Own Pizza or … ).
To make a reservation for the food, share your ideas or offer your help, please send a message to info@grond.community or contact us via the known signal-group.

Study Circle - Decolonial Feminism(s)
2025-08-05 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands

Sport & Spel Club Balreep /🏓🪩🟤🎲🏀🌶️
2025-07-30 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
SSC Balreep is a weekly sports and game night at GROND.
TONIGHT:
🟤 Summer, Sun & Sand Sjoelen
🎲 Broken Dutch Boardgames
🏓 HoodCup: Season II
🪩 Petanque: Bring Your Own Boules
🏀 Streetball /🛠️: Court setup pt. XII
🌶️ Deliciousness by chef Rustig (reservation appreciated)
🚨 barkeep/helping hands wanted!
SSC Balreep refers to the local sporting club that was founded in 2013 out of Amsterdam squatting communities Op de Valreep and Bajesdorp. Bringing together the best of evergreen canteen life, the universal benefits of sports and community building from all times for all generations!
Bring your own game, join the running competitions or just pass by for a drink, bite and chat … while enjoying major and minor events on big(ger) screens.
The GROND VoKu will offer good meals at fair prices varying from canteen food art by selected chefs to BYOP (Bring Your Own Pizza or … ).
To make a reservation for the food, share your ideas or offer your help, please send a message to info@grond.community or contact us via the known signal-groups.

Sport & Spel Club Balreep /⚽🏓🪩🎲🏀🚴🌶️
2025-07-23 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
SSC Balreep is a weekly sports and game night at GROND.
TONIGHT:
🏓 HoodCup: Season II
🎲 Broken Dutch Summer Boardgames
⚽ /🎦 EURO: GER vs SPA (21h)
🪩 Petanque: Bring Your Own Boules
🚴 Pot Belge Int. Koerscafé
🏀 Streetball /🛠️: Court setup pt. XI
🌶️ Deliciousness by chef Rustig (reservation appreciated)
🚨 Barkeep/helping hands wanted!
SSC Balreep refers to the local sporting club that was founded in 2013 out of Amsterdam squatting communities Op de Valreep and Bajesdorp. Bringing together the best of evergreen canteen life, the universal benefits of sports and community building from all times for all generations!
Bring your own game, join the running competitions or just pass by for a drink, bite and chat … while enjoying major and minor events on big(ger) screens.
The GROND VoKu will offer good meals at fair prices varying from canteen food art by selected chefs to BYOP (Bring Your Own Pizza or … ).
To make a reservation for the food, share your ideas or offer your help, please send a message to info@grond.community or contact us via the known signal-groups.

Sport & Spel Club Balreep /🚴🪩🏓🎲⚽🏀🍕
2025-07-16 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London)
SSC Balreep is a weekly sports and game night at GROND.
TONIGHT:
🚴 Pot Belge Int. Koerscafé: TdF’25 (join our open Tour manager league on Scorito)
🪩 Petanque: Bring Your Own Jeux des Boules
🏓 HoodCup: Season II
🎲 Broken Dutch Summer Boardgames
⚽ /🎦 EURO: NOR vs ITA (21h)
🏀 Streetball /🛠️: Court setup pt. IX
🍕 BYOP
🚨 Cook/barkeep/helping hands wanted!
SSC Balreep refers to the local sporting club that was founded in 2013 out of Amsterdam squatting communities Op de Valreep and Bajesdorp. Bringing together the best of evergreen canteen life, the universal benefits of sports and community building from all times for all generations!
Bring your own game, join the running competitions or just pass by for a drink, bite and chat … while enjoying major and minor events on big(ger) screens.
The GROND VoKu will offer good meals at fair prices varying from canteen food art by selected chefs to BYOP (Bring Your Own Pizza or … ).
To make a reservation for the food, share your ideas or offer your help, please send a message to info@grond.community or contact us via the known signal-groups.

Sport & Spel Club Balreep /🏀🚴🏓⚽️🪩🌶️
2025-07-09 18:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Sport & Spel Club Balreep is a weekly sports and game night at GROND.
TONIGHT:
🏓 HoodCup: Season II
🪩 Petanque: Bring Your Own Boules
🏀 /🛠️ Streetball: Court setup pt. VIII
⚽ /🎦 EURO: ENG vs NED (18h) / WORLD CLUB: PSG vs RMA (21h)
🚴 Pot Belge Int. Koerscafé: TdF’25 – manager talks
🌶️ Falafel, humus and salad by chef Rustig (reservation appreciated)
🚨 Help/barkeeping hands wanted!
SSC Balreep refers to the local sporting club that was founded in 2013 out of Amsterdam squatting communities Op de Valreep and Bajesdorp. Bringing together the best of evergreen canteen life, the universal benefits of sports and community building from all times for all generations!
Bring your own game, join the running competitions or just pass by for a drink, bite and chat … while enjoying major and minor events on big(ger) screens.
The GROND VoKu will offer good meals at fair prices varying from canteen food art by selected chefs to BYOP (Bring Your Own Pizza or … ).
To make a reservation for the food, share your ideas or offer your help, please send a message to info@grond.community or contact us via the known signal-groups.

Creative Reading Session 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘝𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘌𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘢𝘨𝘦
2025-07-08 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘝𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘌𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘢𝘨𝘦 is a creative reading session organised in the context of the retrospective exhibition Sensing Interdependence, with works by the art collective A4C-Artsforthecommons, curated by Aria Spinelli and Angelo Castucci and showcased at de Appel from 27 June to 10 August. The purpose of the session is to present an overview of the Mesoamerican Caravan to Belém (COP30): a caravan traveling from Mexico to Brazil organized by Indigenous and campesino social movements, a space of encounter and mobilization for the peoples and communities that fight in defense of Mother Earth and of territories.
We aim to amplify the stories and demands of communities defending their land and advocating for environmental justice, while sharing our support, dialogue, and alternative approaches with participants. This initiative is a people-driven mobilization, from the local community to the global stage. Now is the time to support land defenders and indigenous communities in their fight for life. Let us stand together to resist violence, embrace pain, and organize our rage.
This event will take place on Tuesday 8 July, between 7-9pm, at GROND (Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam) and is organized by Joint Cultural Initiatives, Debt for Climate, Feministas Holland, and Grond.

Double triple acoustic night: Packx & The Epic Elixir
2025-07-04 20:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Packx: Werner van de Vrede, Camilo Fernandez, Jussi Schmidt
The Epic Elixir: Paul Whittlesea, Frank van Schagen, Martin Kaffarnik

GROND Bijdorpstraat 1, 1096AP, Amsterdam
20:30 (doors: 20:00)
Tickets: regular €10 (or more) / discount €7 – available at the door & online

In reference to the very first Bajesdorp Festivals that were focussing on singer-songwriters in legendary unplugged living room concerts, this evening will unite 2 acoustic trios:
One of Bajesdorps mainstay homebands, „The Epic Elixir“ and „Packx“, a brand new venture of singer-songwriter Werner van de Vrede will share a variety of different tastes and recipes from the acoustic singer-songwriter kitchen.

Packx is the pact that singer/songwriter Werner van de Vrede closed with bassist Camilo Fernandez and trumpet player Jussi Schmidt. Dutch songs with pepper and honey. Passion and poetry. https://www.wernervrede.nl/blog/

The Epic Elixir is brought to you by Australian novelist, singer-songwriter, guitarist/ukulelist Paul Whittlesea and his companions Frank van Schagen (accordeon, piano, flutes and whistles) and Martin Kaffarnik (Cello). An eclectic tincture of acoustic indie, sweet folk pop, spicy jazz and crunchy rock.
pjwhittlesea.com/music/

TEMPERATURA
2025-07-03 20:00 - 23:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Free Improvisation
w/ SpOp & Bruinsma (Dirk Bruinsma & Marit Shalem), Christian Smith, schoco mune, and Fred Marty
GROND Bijdorpstraat 1, 1096AP, Amsterdam
20:30 (doors: 20:00)
Tickets: regular €10 (or more) / discount €7 – available at the door & online

TEMPERATURA is a new concert series initiated by the composers/performers Jasna Veličković and Fani Konstantinidou. The series is focused on contemporary music from the Netherlands and beyond, aiming at bringing together all its current expressions.

On Thursday 3 July, TEMPERATURA presents the trio Dirk Bruinsma, Marit Shalem, & Christian Smith, and the duo schoco mune & Fred Marty.
ABOUT THE EVENT
Tribolumina
Tribolumina is an ongoing audiovisual project by SpOp & Bruinsma in collaboration with percussionist Christian Smith . The metariality of played upon objects is a central topic for our audiovisual performance. While playing and projecting we are following the phenomenon of Triboluminiscence, in which light may appear while hitting, shaking, rubbing or scratching solid material.
The composition evolves as a live improvisation: a combination of percussion and a set of recorded samples in correlation with projected video. The duo percussionists achieve a unique in between meditative and extatic sound, with rhythms emerging out of found metal objects and fabricated instruments. Machinery pieces, chains, bells, plates, dishes and more. These are arranged as a sprawling landscape on surfaces as well as hanging mid-air. Added to that are drums, flexible plastic tubes and electronics manipulated by controllers and pedals.
The live visuals are projected on a single or double screens in a way which is either limited to a screen or scattered over the space. While a second projection might appear on a transparent theater screen partly overlapping the main screen. The images contain filmed and manipulated loops of the very played upon objects with glimpses on the musicians themselves, in combination with architectural designs, frozen or gleaming landscapes, light beams and textures in a bath of fluid to dusty substances.
Dirk Bruinsma works as a composer and musician in various settings, ranging from chamber music to soundtracks for film and dance, free improvisation and experimental rock music. He appears on well over a thirty CD productions, mostly of his own groups and worked with various artists for exhibitions or stage productions.
Marit Shalem, also active as SpOp, is a visual artist, creating experimental video works and projects. Her recent work Milk, a documentary installation has been exhibited at MU Hybrid Art House recently. Her projects often introduce multiple linearities while dealing with identity, communication and commercialism.
Christian Streit Smith is a percussionist living in The Hague. Before moving there in 2016, he received master’s degrees from the Basel School of Music and McGill University, as well as a bachelor’s degree in music from the Oberlin Conservatory. He is a core member of Oerknal (NL) and Gyre (CH), and has played for four years with the Rosa Ensemble and Opera Spanga.

schoco mune x Fred Marty
The collaboration between schoco mune and Fred Marty started in 2022, at Multiversal summer retreat in Besançon, France. They release the first new CD “tempête de sable – 砂嵐” (Eng. Sandstorm) the end of June 2025. Carefully exploring the boundary and connection between two different instruments —acoustic double bass and electronic instrument— delivering a prickly sensation of the frequency on your skin, overwhelming soundscapes will make your senses numb, and you will feel absolute silence finally, like you are in a sandstorm
Fred Marty studied classical double bass at the La Roche-sur-Yon and Boulogne- Billancourt Conservatories, and jazz in Bordeaux. Moving to Paris in 2007, he delved into improvisation, developing a unique style that blends everyday sounds with experimental playing techniques. Since 2009, he has explored musique concrète, often incorporating recorded voice and sound materials that evolve slowly. A member of L’Onceim orchestra since 2012, Marty currently works on his solo project, composes for his quartet, and performs with Elizabeth Czerczuk’s company.
schoco mune is a sound performance project that delivers explosive, noisy, chaotic soundscapes with a strong focus on physicality and intuitive action. It started to liberate from all conventional musical approaches and traditional gender norms in 2020. Using sounds as a tool to embody human perception, pain, emotion, feeling, thoughts, and imagination, “schoco mune” explores its cognitive process, share its experience and sense unheard sounds and voices through its performance.

Sport & Spel Club Balreep – 🚀🚴🎦🏓⚽🌶️
2025-07-02 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Sport & Spel Club Balreep is a weekly sports and game night at GROND.
TONIGHT:
🚀 Lancering: De Bal Reep – Vitamine Bar
🚴 Pot Belge Int. Koerscafé: pre Tour Manager Talks II
🎦 Wunschfilm theme: HOT!?!🌞 (20h15)
⚽ EURO /🎦: SWI vs NOR (21h)
🏀 Streetball /🛠️: Court setup pt. VII
🏓 HoodCup: Season II Summer Kick-off
🌶️ Vegabuffet by chef Juud (reservations appreciated)
🚨 Help/barkeeping hands wanted!

SSC Balreep refers to the local sporting club that was founded in 2013 out of Amsterdam squatting communities Op de Valreep and Bajesdorp. Bringing together the best of evergreen canteen life, the universal benefits of sports and community building from all times for all generations!
Bring your own game, join the running competitions or just pass by for a drink, bite and chat … while enjoying major and minor events on big(ger) screens.
The GROND VoKu will offer good meals at fair prices varying from canteen food art by selected chefs to BYOP (Bring Your Own Pizza or … ).
To make a reservation for the food, share your ideas or offer your help, please send a message to info@grond.community or contact us via the known signal-groups.

Improvised Music and Dance Laboratory-Pilot + food
2025-06-28 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Pilot — Improvisation Meets Storytelling ‘Marsh Marigold’

On June 28, Grond hosts the pilot edition of IMDL — a new interdisciplinary performance series exploring the theme of Relationality. Blending live improvisation, food, rituals, and personal storytelling, this event invites artists and audience into a shared sensory landscape where plants, memory, and embodied presence intertwine. Curated and performed by artists from the fields of dance, sound, and art-science, the pilot acts as a living score for future monthly editions launching this fall.
Performance: Iris van Peppen (dance), Wenchin Fu (music), Maria Mavridou (dance), Marc Nukoop (dance/music) and Miri Lee (dance) with Production coordinator Youn Choi.

Food by Mohamed Alnoor.

Date: June 28, 20:00-22:00, at GROND
Bijdorpstraat 1 1096 AP Amsterdam.

tickets € 10, discount € 7,50, with dinner + €15 (reservations required for dinner: Mahmmednoor954@gmail.com)
tickets available at the door or online

Sport & Spel Club Balreep - HoodCup: Season Finals /🏓🚴⚽🏀🍕
2025-06-25 18:30 - 23:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Sport & Spel Club Balreep is a weekly sports and game night at GROND.
TONIGHT:
🏓 HoodCup /🏆: Season I Finals (19h)
🚴 Pot Belge Int. Koerscafé: pre Tour Talks
⚽ U21 EURO /🎦: HOL vs ENG + FRA vs GER (18h30)
🏀 Streetball /🛠️: Court setup pt. VI
🍕 BYOP
🚨 Help/barkeep/cooking hands needed!
SSC Balreep refers to the local sporting club that was founded in 2013 out of Amsterdam squatting communities Op de Valreep and Bajesdorp. Bringing together the best of evergreen canteen life, the universal benefits of sports and community building from all times for all generations!
Bring your own game, join the running competitions or just pass by for a drink, bite and chat … while enjoying major and minor events on big(ger) screens.
The GROND VoKu will offer good meals at fair prices varying from canteen food art by selected chefs to BYOP (Bring Your Own Pizza or … ).
To make a reservation for the food, share your ideas or offer your help, please send a message to info@grond.community or contact us via the known signal-groups.

Future in Action
2025-06-21 13:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Join the creative collective We Sell Reality for an engaging and thought-provoking workshop designed for children aged 8–12. This session invites young participants to explore themes of home, identity, and belonging through hands-on art activities. Half of the participants will be kids residing at the AZC Bijlmer and we have places for 7 kids to subscribe.
You can subscribe by sending an email to: elke@bajesdorp.nl
The workshop is part of the program of Refugee Welcome Week

Sport & Spel Club Balreep + vegetarian buffet
2025-06-18 18:30 - 23:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Sport & Spel Club Balreep is a weekly game night, It refers to the local football club that was founded in 2013 out of Op de Valreep and Vereniging Bajesdorp. Bring your own game, weerwolven etc.
To make a reservation for the food (13,50 euros), send a message to info@grond.community.

TEMPERATURA
2025-06-14 20:00 - 23:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Free Improvisation
w/ trio Mulder, Willems & Zn (Nora Mulder, Karen Willems, Lukas Simonis), duo Veličković-Prins (Jasna Veličković, Gert Jan Prins)
GROND Bijdorpstraat 1, 1096AP, Amsterdam
20:30 (doors: 20:00)
Tickets: regular €10 (or more) / discount €7 – available at the door & Online

On June 14 we are hosting the next TEMPERATURA.
An evening filled with (un)beaten sounds and (un)expected silences, marked by special performances by the trio Mulder, Willems & Zn, and the duo Veličković-Prins. A free improvisation music event, with some of the musicians meeting on stage for the very first time.
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About the Event
Mulder, Willems & Zn – Not a plumbing firm, but a sonic excavation team.
A performance by Mulder, Willems & Zn is a journey through textures and tensions — from near silence to sonic mayhem. You’ll hear scraping springs, breathing rhythms, piano like you’ve never heard it, spontaneous rituals, derailed grooves, and feedback loops that feel almost organic. This is music in conversation: instruments listening, interrupting, transforming one another. There are no setlists, only settings. No solos, only shared disruptions. Sometimes it’s playful. Sometimes disturbing. Often both. And yes — they bring their own instruments, but they might also use a fan, a tin toy, or a discarded piece of metal to unlock new sonic possibilities.

Veličković-Prins
Gert Jan Prins focuses on the sonic and musical qualities of electronic noise and percussion and investigates its relationship with the visual. While he started his career as a drummer, his works include performances, sound-installations, compositions, electronic circuits
and collaborations with other musicians, visual artists, composers, and dancers.
Jasna Veličković is a Belgrade-born composer and performer based in Amsterdam. Her artistic output has been developed through an interaction between a life-long fascination with the sound, an enduring interest in an intricate encounter between music and technology, and an inclination towards experimentation.

Sport & Spel Club Balreep
2025-06-11 18:30 - 23:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Sport & Spel Club Balreep is a weekly game night, It refers to the local football club that was founded in 2013 out of Op de Valreep and Vereniging Bajesdorp. Bring your own game, weerwolven etc.

Inter Acts: Jonathan Reus, Jaap Blonk, Marije Baalman
2025-06-08 16:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Amsterdam)
16:00–18:00 (doors 15:30)
Tickets: regular €10 (or more) | solidarity €7,5 – available at the door & online
On June 8th, Jonathan Reus will present his work Bla Blavatar vs Jaap Blonk and Marije Baalman will present her works Composing an Interaction and The Machine is Learning.
Inter Acts is an afternoon with performances that deal with interactions between the human and the machine in different ways. The goal of the event is also to create a dialogue between audience and performers on these interactions, and thus the event also gives space for a Q&A with the artists, both for the visitors to learn more about the works, as well as for the artist to get feedback on their work.
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About the performances
Bla Blavatar vs Jaap Blonk
BLA BLAVATAR vs JAAP BLONK – an experimental collaboration between Jonathan Reus and the reknowned sound poet Jaap Blonk, exploring voice dataset making as a laborious, improvisational and absurdly banal performance form.
The performance is an absurdist take on the cultural obsession with generative AI avatars and the goldrush to capitalise on creative automation. Rather than focusing on the uncanny realism of voice clones, the performance foregrounds the physical, creative and mental effort of performing sound poetry precisely according to an AI-friendly score, inspired by traditions of phonetically balanced reading scripts in speech research, and artistic traditions of typographical musical scores in sound poetry.
Reus performs as BLA BLAVATAR, using a custom real-time voice synthesis instrument called Tungnaa, which is trained on previous dataset poem performances by Blonk. The dynamic between Blonk and Reus sways from moments of precise and controlled material to improvised duets between Blonk and his vocal avatar. During the performance all of Blonk’s vocalisations are recorded and added to a growing public dataset, and will be used as training data for making BLA BLAVATAR a better public speaker. Together, Blonk and Reus bring the vocal labor behind AI voice models to the stage, as well as use datasets and dataset making as a vocal art form that is fundamentally creative and exploratory, rather than a dehumanising means to an end.

Composing an Interaction
Composing an Interaction is a lecture-performance in which Marije Baalman explains how a modern artist might use her book in the creation process of an interactive art work, in casu quo a sock puppet.
Composing an Interaction was created for the launch of the book Composing Interactions
Marije Baalman – Photo by Pieter Kers, at Flipchart #5, October 22nd, 2022.
The Machine is Learning
The performance the machine is learning is a theatrical performance highlighting the process of training a machine with realtime gestures: the labour that is absent from most dialogues on machine learning. In an attempt to livecode with gestures, the performer finds herself directed by the machine to repetitively make gestures to generate time series data samples for the machine to learn from.
Machine learning is both hailed as the solution to our current day problems, as well as claimed as one of the most threatening things to life as we know it. The popular discussion on AI criticizes issues of privacy with regard to data collection and the use of this data to take decisions that affect the life of people in possibly negative ways. At the same time, with the possibilities of AI further automating work, jobs are at danger and the fear is that this will leave many without a job in the future. On the other hand, the labour involved in making machine learning algorithms work, is less prominent in the popular discussion. The labour involved in AI consists not only of designing and programming algorithms, but also in generating and categorising these data samples. The working conditions of these tasks are generally not known.
Marije Baalman
