Sport & Spel Club Balreep
2025-05-07 18:00 - 23:00, 2025-04-30 18:00 - 23:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Sport & Spel Club Balreep is our 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.
Food Reservations can be made by emailing: kantine [at] grond.community

Apapacho Day
2025-05-03 11:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Every year, mainly after the intensity of 8M and other feminist and social justice mobilizations, many of us find ourselves exhausted, drained, and on the verge of burning out. We give our energy to the struggle, to organizing, to holding space for others, but how often do we extend that same care to ourselves and to our community?
The Náhuatl word ‘apapacho’ carries deep meaning. According to linguistic studies, it comes from the verb papatzoa or patzoa, meaning “to press or squeeze”, which evolved into the idea of bodies coming together in an embrace, a physical gesture of warmth and comfort. Additionally, some scholars connect it to pachoa, meaning “to cover or shelter, like a hen incubating her eggs”, a beautiful metaphor for care as a protective and nurturing act.
Apapacho, then, is not just affection, it is a profound act of care that holds, soothes, and strengthens. As feminists, we constantly speak about care, healing, and collective well-being, so why not take this moment to actually put that into practice, together?
✨ What to expect?
🌿 Bodywork and relaxation sessions
☕ Nourishing drinks and comforting food
🎶 Soothing music and collective reflection
💜 A space to unwind, recconnect, and nurture resilience
This is a moment just for you, a pause to breathe, to feel held, and to restore strength for the struggles ahead. Come as you are, and let’s hold each other in radical care and solidarity.
📍 Grond
Register to feministasenholanda@gmail.com
Because rest is resistance. Because care is revolutionary. Because we deserve an apapacho.

Sport & Spel Club Balreep
2025-04-23 18:00 - 23:00, 2025-04-16 18:00 - 23:00, 2025-04-09 18:00 - 23:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Sport & Spel Club Balreep is the name a weekly game night, It refers to the local football club that was founded in 2013 out of Op de Valreep an Vereniging Bajesdorp. bring your own game, weerwolven etc.
reserve for food by emailing kantine [at] grond.community

Benefit for Congo
2025-04-18 17:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
gathering for Congolese people in need
with speakers Aime Kabena and Eric Bimule
food, music, drinks
donations welcome

GROND Bijdorpstraat 1, 1096AP, Amsterdam

Cilice Orchestra
2025-04-16 20:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London)
Music starts at 20:00 – Canteen is open for food from 18:30 hrs
Tickets here regular €10 (or more) / discount €7 –
Dinner: + €12,5 (RSVP required – Reserve by purchasing online)
ABOUT the Artists
Theo Holsheimer is a man with a penchant for maximum madness on stage. His band Cilice is notorious for stretching the boundaries of heavy music like silly putty – a hard-hitting juggernaut that’s somehow also crazy nimble in its dazzling virtousity. In GROND we will get a semi-acoustic version of the new incarnation of his band Cilice.
Theo Holsheimer: gitaar, sampler
Philipp Moser: drums
Gijs Levelt: trompet
Oene van Geel: viool
Joao Driessen: sax
Vinkepeezer: Electronics

The performance of Rick & Rudie is cancelled.

Dinner–Music–Dialogue
2025-04-11 19:00 - 23:30 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Food & Music
by The String Octet, Mazen Al Ashkar, Judith Baten
GROND Bijdorpstraat 1, 1096AP, Amsterdam
Dinner–Music–Dialogue 19:00–21:00 (doors 18:30)
Tickets (inc. food & concert): regular €25 (or more) / discount €20 available at the door or online here.
▶︎ Reservation required ◀︎ Please RSVP by booking your tickets online
FREE ENTRY after 20:30 with live music by the Brazilian band Arte Feiticeira, and uplifting music until late!

ABOUT the event
Food and music go well together, but the challenge is to present it in such a way that it reinforces each other! That is exactly what this evening is. Musically, a time journey is made that starts in romanticism and extends to high-modern improvisation. The dishes will be inspired by the atmosphere created by the music. A unique experience!
The String Octet:
After coming together as a group last year in this unique composition, this is already the second project of this octet. These eight string players have been playing together for years, but this composition has proven to be a great success. They have already rehearsed a wonderful program and will play it with great dedication. This octet likes to experiment. They look for concert formats where the music can be achieved even better. Music is experienced together with the sensations of food. We look forward to the experiences of all visitors!

Judith Baten: Food
Max Bruch: Octet for strings
D.S.: Two pieces for sting octet
Bram Faber: Strands
Mazen Al Ashkar – An improvisation on two sequences exploring microtonality in modular setup.

Vrije Ruimte Festival
2025-04-05 14:00 - 23:30 (Europe/Amsterdam) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
GROND Bijdorpstraat 1, 1096AP, Amsterdam
14:00 – 23:30
€ FREE – donations welcome
Artists: Andrea Elera, Dominique Chabot, Ivo Bol, Jasna Veličković, Judith Baten, Marc Nukoop, Mazen Al Ashkar, Nicolás Conde, Quartier Mustache, Ramon Smit, Wytze Minne de Swart, Seijiro Murayama (guest), Roger Fähndrich (guest), Pau Sola (guest)
GROND is celebrating the 10th anniversary of Amsterdam Alternative, and taking part in the Vrije Ruimte Festival: a multidisciplinary, bilingual, experimental yet accessible festival for young and old, that will take place in ten different locations on ten different dates between March and September 2025.
At GROND, we invite you to reconnect with the pulse of nature and community as we welcome the Spring. The programme brings together different ways of resilience, rebirth, and collectiveness through performances, installations, and workshops. Dive into a dynamic program where image, food, sound, and movement blur boundaries, bringing us together in organic, ever-evolving experiences. Join us as we celebrate alternative ways of being and creating, nurturing the seeds of tomorrow – together.
We start with a workshop for children that combines storytelling, performance and drawing and we finish with a collective performance and closing party. In between there will be a range of experiences happening. Feel free to spend a full afternoon and evening with us or just pop in for an hour.

Sport & Spel Club Balreep
2025-04-02 18:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London)

Sudanese Eid Benefit Party
2025-03-30 14:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Sunday 30 or Monday 31 March 14:00-22:00
check instagram/wesellreality for the date
Celebrating the end of the fasting period of Ramadan.
With DJ Fox
Free event, and donations are welcome!
Food, drinks, Music

SNCKBAR #2
2025-03-29 17:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Snacks at the bar before and during the concert!
GROND Bijdorpstraat 1, 1096AP, Amsterdam
Doors open at 17:00
Tickets: €17,5 (or more) – available at the door or online here.

Solidarity Iftar #4 with We Sell Reality
2025-03-28 17:30 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Four Iftars, fast-breaking evening meals, in March 2025
During Ramadan 2025 the artist collective We Sell Reality organizes so-called Solidarity Iftars at four Friday evenings in a row. Every Solidarity Iftar will have a focus on a certain area of conflict that is not much in the news. Together we want to break the fasting and stand still with these conflicts and developments and learn about them. We will focus on four countries: Sudan, Haiti, Congo and Syria. We will invite speakers who can tell us the ins and outs of what is going on in these countries.
The Iftars will be prepared by We Sell Reality. In return of a donation of €15 you can eat and drink. 1/3 of the sum you lay in will go to a grassroots organization in one of these four countries. Together we pray/wish/hope for a better future for all people in need.
When will the Iftars be?
The Iftars will be at Friday the 7th of March, Friday the 14th of March, Friday the 21st of March and Friday the 28th of March from 17:30 till 23:00 at GROND.
Who is We Sell Reality?
We Sell Reality is an artistic collective that makes the struggles of refugees visible through art and organizing gatherings.

Photo by Farouk Ebaiss for the Symposium Suns and Stars

Sport & Spel Club Balreep
2025-03-26 18:00 - 23:00, 2025-03-19 18:00 - 23:00, 2025-03-12 18:00 - 23:00, 2025-02-26 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-02-19 18:00 - 23:00, 2025-02-12 18:00 - 23:00, 2025-02-05 18:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London)
Sport & Spel Club Balreep is the name a weekly game night, It refers to the local football club that was founded in 2013 out of Op de Valreep an Vereniging Bajesdorp. bring your own game, weerwolven etc.

Solidarity Iftar #3 with We Sell Reality
2025-03-21 17:30 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands

SNCKBAR: NOMIII trio
2025-03-15 17:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Music by NOMIII trio & Mark Nieuwenhuis
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Snacks (or full dinner) at the bar before and during the concert!
GROND Bijdorpstraat 1, 1096AP, Amsterdam
Music starts at 20:00 – our SNCKBAR is open from 17:00
Tickets: regular €10 (or more) / discount €7 – available at the door or online here.
Full Dinner: + €17,5 – option to order individual plates at the bar.
for full dinner, please RSVP by purchasing online. All plates are vegetarian/vegan*

ABOUT the Artists
NOMIII is an Amsterdam trio consisting of Bernt Nellen (drums), Yrjana Rankka (contrabass), and Sebastian Janusz (piano). Special Guest that evenuing: Mark Nieuwenhuis (trumpet/flugelhorn).
NOMIII played in Bajesdorp in the old Muiterij several times before, this is the first time they come to GROND.
Check their music here

*SNCKBAR Menu 🌶️
by Judith Baten & Ramon Smit
Soup
ginger / carrot / orange soup
Salad
lima beans and green beans with jasmine-yoghurt dressing
Snacks
cauliflower pie / polenta muffin with Brussels sprouts / leak pancake
Dessert
Citrus poppyseed cake

Solidarity Iftar #2 with We Sell Reality
2025-03-14 17:30 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands

Aldrich/Bol/van Dijk/Valeriano, & Ties Mellema and Robin Koek
2025-03-09 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London)
Electronic music, saxophones, keyboards, and spoken word
By Ties Mellema & the new band Aldrich/Bol/van Dijk/Valeriano. Special guest Robin Koek. Our Canteen is open, serving delicious food from 18:00 hrs onwards!
GROND Bijdorpstraat 1, 1096AP, Amsterdam
Music starts at 20:00 – dinner will be served from 18:30
Tickets: regular €10 (or more) / discount €7 – available at the door or online here.
Dinner: + €12,5 (RSVP required – Reserve by purchasing online)
Ivo Bol and Ties Mellema have played together for many years. Now they join forces with keyboardist and composer Tom Aldrich, saxophonist Michiel van Dijk and spoken word artist Jeannine Valeriano.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Jeannine Valeriano is a writer, singer, spoken word performer and actress, exploring the boundaries between language and music.

Michiel van Dijk studied classical saxophone with Leo van Oostrom and jazz saxophone with John Ruocco at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haag. Michiel has played with almost all the renowned orchestras and ensembles in the Netherlands. Additionally, he has collaborated with various theater productions and ensembles as a composer and arranger.

Tom Aldrich is the leader of the group Zolder Ellipsis and was a co-founder of the Four Bags. He has worked with artists such as a.o. Kurt Rosenwinkel, Bang on a Can, Jackie Cain.

Taking on and then overcoming challenges and telling a story are always at the heart of Ties Mellema’s work. Whether it’s the false-polyphonic cello suites by Johann Sebastian Bach on baritone saxophone, the monomaniac Gradus by Philip Glass or the extreme free jazz by his hero John Coltrane: Ties Mellema always goes in search of the boundaries of disciplines and the possibilities on his instrument.

Robin Koek is an enterprising sound artist who aspires to nurture a new cognitive understanding of the world surrounding us mediated through art and education. These realities can be experienced as dynamic environments in which sensory feedback to the interactor is an essential component.

Solidarity Iftar #1 with We Sell Reality
2025-03-07 17:30 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands

The Breaking of the Bread - Community Brunch / Comfort Food & Connection
2025-03-02 11:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
At the heart of this brunch, organised by GROND member Ramon Smit, is the simple act of coming together. A large shared table will be set with freshly baked bread, plant-based dips, and toppings, all designed to be passed around, encouraging conversation and connection.
This is a donation-based event, open to everyone. For those who’d like something extra, there will be 2-3 seasonal à la carte dishes available for order, covering basic ingredient costs and labor. These dishes are thoughtfully prepared to reflect the spirit of comfort food.

You’re welcome to drop in whenever it suits you within the set time-frame. Find your place at the table, break bread, and share not just food, but stories, laughter, and moments of connection.

No need to register!

Tejiendo resistencias / Weaving resistance with Feministas en Holanda / Feminists in the Netherlands
2025-03-01 16:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
To gather and to share are part of our bodies, of how we understand and relate to the world. These actions give us the chance to imagine new worlds, together!

We want to invite you on the 1st of March from 16:30 to 21:00 at GROND to keep weaving resistance. This is not a workshop. We want to hang out, listen, share, and get to know each other while continuing to weave a large arpillera we started last year, as a symbol of our community, hermandad, and existence in this territory. You can add your voice there, or make your banner, up to on you, we will be there to facilitate :).

A table with mixed materials for banner & textile making will be available, so we can express our voices in whatever medium feels most comfortable for each one of us.

To celebrate our togetherness, we will finish the night around the fire, starting with a small ritual and ending with an Aquelarre!

So, come join us to weave, burn, and care before 8M <3

If you want to participate, please write to us at feministasenholanda@gmail.com. We also have a chat to organize our participation in the 8M demonstration. Let us know in your email if you’re interested in being added.

DATE: 1ST MARCH
TIME: 16:30 – 21:00
PLACE: GROND – BIJDORPSTRAAT 1, AMSTERDAM

F. Konstantinidou & I. Pavlopoulos・GROND Improvisers Group
2025-02-27 20:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Contemporary music / Electronic music / Improvisation
UNDERTONES by F. Konstantinidou & I. Pavlopoulos・GROND Improvisers Group
w/F. Konstantinidou, I. Pavlopoulos, M. Al Ashkar, M. Nukoop, M. Baalman and more t.b.a.
GROND Bijdorpstraat 1, 1096AP, Amsterdam
20:30 (doors: 20:00)
Tickets: regular €10 (or more) / discount €7 – available at the door or Online

On Thursday 27 February, you are cordially invited to the premiere of Fani Konstantinidou‘s new work, UNDERTONES: a four channel composition for percussion (metal idiophones), electronics, and variable field recordings. Together with her on stage, the percussionist Iakovos Pavlopoulos.
The same evening, members of our GROND Improvisers Group will present their versatile performances in spontaneous collaborations. Expect contributions by Mazen Al Ashkar, Marc Nukoop, Marije Baalman, and more.
F. Konstantinidou – I. Pavlopoulos

Mazen Al Ashkar

Opening GROND Kitchen and Music of Rubakov trio + Moonshine
2025-02-14 18:00 - 22:30 (Europe/London)
AN EVENING WITH MUSIC OF RUBAKOV TRIO & MOONSHINE AND FOOD FROM OUR **NEW** KITCHEN!
Price for dinner sliding scale starting from € 12,50,
Price for concert sliding scale starting from € 5

PROGRAMME
18:00 / GROND Kitchen Opening – A Taste of Things to Come
GROND, the new art space and collective at Nieuwe Bajesdorp, is rooted in collectivity, sustainability, cross-pollination, and process-based work. As part of this vision, we are excited to introduce the GROND Kitchen, a space where food becomes an extension of our artistic and communal practice.
On February 14th, we invite you to join us for the official opening of the GROND Kitchen. From 18:00 onwards, you are welcome to explore our food offering, followed by a live concert later in the evening. (En feestje)
What to Expect?
We will serve a diverse selection of small dishes, offering you a taste of what GROND Kitchen has to offer. The evening will feature an assortment of vegetarian (mostly vegan) bites, along with a soup & salad buffet inspired by Eastern-European cuisine, in harmony with the music of the night.
A Preview of the GROND Kitchen
This event is a first introduction to our culinary approach—an opportunity to share our vision through food and give you a glimpse of what’s to come. The chefs are Ramon Smit and Judith Baten (with the support of Lianne van Roekel).
We are looking forward to sharing this moment with you! Join us at GROND on February 14th at 18:00.

20:00 / Music of Rubakov Trio & Moonshine
We offer you this evening improvisation and freewheeling poetic compositions and local country music!
The music of the Rubakov Trio is inspired by the work of the Soviet artist Alessandro Rubakov (Messina 1912 – Jrkoetsk 1981), Eric Dolphy, Leo Wadada, and artist Maria Basile. Hansko has been playing with Bas for decades in the phenomenal band Plan Kruutntoone.

Ruggero di Luisi (Palermo/amsterdam) drums and fruleta.
Hansko Visser (bonn/groningen) otwin guitar and rattles
Bas Alblas (haarlem/den andel) double bass
Lyrics by Hansko, Wadada, Luetzi and Brodsky

The music of Moonshine is a soulful country/bluegrass ‘met een lach en een traan’ (with a smile and a tear). From Hank Williams till Henk Wijngaard. Moonshine is Marita (voice, guitar) Nico (banjo, voice), Lucas (bass).

Aca Abujevic Rubakov (Giampilieri 1912- near Irkutsk 1981?) was the fruit of love of an afro-russian sailor and the priests daughter in a sicilian village… they met in the aftermath of the 1911 earth quake in Messina, where the russian fleet tried to help out, Maria was a voluntary nurse, and the little Allessandro (aca) was conceived.
When he was born, his father had been re-allocated to Russia already. Turning 17 he left the warmth of his Sicilian mothers home to find traces of his father and his background. during his time in the soviet union studied a few years at a leningrad art collective, but then dissapeared for decennia.
it was known only much later (in the end of the eighties), that he spent time with the Tengeri people near Irkutsk, where his father Abu was said to have died in a Stalin camp in the thirties, and where Aca enventually fell ill. He was taken care of by the local Shaman and spent his last year painting on literally everything he could find.
Hansko met his work the first time he played in Vilnius with I Zimbra visiting a semi legal art exhibition ( 1988!) where among the work of contemporay lithuanian artists, some of the found objects of A A Rubakov where shown. Later, while at work in Messina we found more drawings and dug op fragments of the story of his life. With the help of people in Petersburg and Dusanbe (!) later paintings were retrieved. To us , the most intrigueing element of the work is the search of an artist for his (black) roots, mixed with the siberian shamanistic influences of his last dwelling place. We try to combine it with our search for a musical background where we try to belong, to feel at home.
