⚠️GROND is CLOSED⚠️(9-15 Nov)
2025-11-09 00:00 - 2025-11-15 23:59 (Europe/Amsterdam)
From Sunday November 9th till Sunday November 15th GROND is closed due to construction works. There will be NO public activities in this period.
Coming public events:
Nov 16: Winter Warm-Up: Song, Music & a story from As-Sweida (17h–20h)
Nov 19: SSC Balreep (19-23h)
Nov 21: Falafel Friday (11-15h)
Nov 21: TEMPERATURA (20-23h)
Nov 23: Sunday Sessions #5 (15-19h)

Winter Warm-Up
2025-11-16 17:00 - 20:00 | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Hakoura Collective invites you to an evening of music, food, solidarity, and collective action to raise vital funds for local community networks working on the ground in the southern Syrian city of As-Sweida.
In the aftermath of the attack on As-Sweida in July 2025, the city has faced its largest wave of displacement. Entire villages were destroyed, leaving many families without homes and with limited access to scarce basic supplies. Today, over 187,000 people remain displaced within As-Sweida city and its surrounding areas.
At this Winter Warm-Up Solidarity Event, we come together to honour and support the resilience of the people of As-Sweida; a community that continues to show us what it means to stand with one another, even when left alone in times of crisis.
All funds raised will go directly to trusted local community networks on the ground in As-Sweida who are working tirelessly to provide displaced families in hospitality centres with essential supplies and care.
Together, we can help sustain their efforts through this challenging season. Every contribution, no matter how small, makes a real difference.
Program:
•⁠ ⁠Outlining the situation in As-Sweida & how your contribution will make an impact
•⁠ ⁠Storytelling performance by Marwa Mezher and Nadeem Kotrob
•⁠ ⁠Live Music by Belal Abu Fakher, Rebal Kurkmaz, and Talal Fayad
•⁠ ⁠A warm, home-cooked dinner by Miramea Kitchen (registration needed via this link)
📅 Sunday 16/11/2025
⏰ from 17:00 to 20:00
Doors open: 16:30
📍 GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, 1096 AP Amsterdam
Free entry. Donations are warmly welcomed throughout the evening (Click here to donate).

Sport & Spel Club Balreep
2025-11-19 19:00 - 23:00
SSC Balreep is a weekly volkskeuken, sports and game night at GROND.
TONIGHT:
On ‘International Men’s World Toilet Day‘ we celebrate the festive opening of the new indoor windows and doors of our club house with the first Oost Open Wiiathlon Championships.

🌶️ Vega VoKu: Tappas Buffet by Chef Judith (reservations appreciated)
🎮/🎦 Oost Open Wiiathlon Championships: MarioKart, Bowling, Archery, Table Tennis & Swordplay (20h30)
⚽️/📺 UEFA Women’s CL: Arsenal – Real Madrid (21h)
💈 Junglespeed: Master Table Games
🏓 HoodCup: Season II
🟤 Sjoelbak Highscore Hunting
🎲 Broken Dutch Boardgames
🚨 Cook/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.

Double Trouble: Duets at Grond
2025-11-20 20:00 - 21:30
A new series of duet performances by some of Amsterdam’s best musicians. Curated by Grond member David Mitchell, the new series will put together pairs of musicians for new and unexpected encounters, showing different approaches to the same instrument or unusual combinations of instruments, all with a common aim: to take musicians out of their comfort zone. For the first edition we put together two electric guitarists with very different approaches: Theo Holsheimer has previously performed at Grond with Cilice Orchestra, his project that puts together the power of metal with intricate arrangements for jazz and classical musicians; David Mitchell has a background in modern jazz and the classical traditions of Central Asia, and works with long form loops to create complex layered improvisations. Thursday 20 November at 8pm, tickets 10Euros/7 Euros (concessions).

Falafel Friday
2025-11-21 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-11-28 11:00 - 15:00 | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
This Month: every Friday Hawa is preparing delicious homemade Falafel sandwiches for €3,50 per sandwich. We are open from 11 am – 3 pm. Welcome!

TEMPERATURA
2025-11-21 20:00 - 23:00 | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
w/ Joana Guerra, Maria do Mar, Romke Kleefstra, Jan Kleefstra, and Orphax
20:30 (doors: 20:00)
Tickets online: regular €10 / discount €7 – at the door: €12,5

Friday 21 November, TEMPERATURA presents the latest edition of the Kleefstra brothers’ poetry-and-music project, IT DEEL IV. In this edition, Romke and Jan Kleefstra collaborate with the cello player Joana Guerra, and the violin player Maria do Mar. The same evening, a solo live-electronics performance by Orphax, aka Sietse van Erve.

• IT DEEL IV | Joana Guerra, Maria do Mar, Romke Kleefstra, Jan Kleefstra •
Poetry and music in an annually changing Frisian-international ensemble — that’s IT DEEL, a residency project by the Kleefstra brothers. Last summer, the Kleefstras invited cellist Joana Guerra and violinist Maria do Mar for a week-long creative residency at a special location: the Thomas Church in Katlijk. IT DEEL IV is out on vinyl LP on Moving Furniture Records. As part of their Dutch concert tour, they will make a stop at GROND to present their album in the Amsterdam audience.
The central theme running through all IT DEEL collaborations: the relationship between humans and nature, in all its beauty and complexity. It’s not a light topic, but one that is universal and deeply connecting. Each year, it’s remarkable to witness what has emerged from the Fryske grûn (Frisian soil) in the dialogue between the Kleefstras and their European guest musicians. Missed earlier editions? This is your last chance: IT DEEL IV is the final instalment of the project. Already a long-time follower? Excellent—we’ll see you there!
• Orphax •
Amsterdam based musician and trained drummer Sietse van Erve (Orphax) was introduced to electronic music in the early nineties. After playing around with tracker software for a couple of years, he eventually recorded his first more serious attempts of music with beats and melodies in 1998, though soon lost interest in both these.
He started researching new sounds and new ways of working – always with an organic touch, often incorporating sounds that would be regarded by others as errors or mistakes. Considering life isn’t without errors either. During this search, he found his way into drone and microtonal music. As a result in his most recent work, time and spatiality become more important factors. The goal of the music is for the listener to lose the sense of time and place.
Live, this is combined with room for improvisation. This way of working results often in an organic form of drone and minimal music.
Orphax – photo by Harold Zijp
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TEMPERATURA is a contemporary music concert series, improvisation hub, and everything in between, initiated by composers/performers J. Veličković and F. 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. Ultimately, TEMPERATURA strives to bring fresh musical adventures to local audiences and spread today’s artistic practices.
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*If you wish to attend but can’t afford our entry fee, please let us know–we ll make sure you can join us.

NOMIII
2025-11-22 20:00 - 23:00
NOMIII is an Amsterdam trio of Bernt Nellen (drums), Yrjana Rankka (contrabass), Sebastian Janusz (piano) making music like this: https://vimeo.com/208023420
open: 20h00
begin: 20h30

Sunday Sessions
2025-11-23 15:00 - 19:00, 2025-12-07 15:00 - 19:00, 2025-12-28 15:00 - 19:00, 2026-01-04 15:00 - 19:00
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.
Every edition of the Sunday Sessions we open the bar, mellow sounds will permeate the space and each time we will have a varying program.
Check website
You can just chill or read your favourite poem for us; drawing, painting and crafts table available; mini-pancakes too! open from 3pm.
Hope to see you there!
GROND
Bijdorpstraat 1
1096AP
Amsterdam

TEMPERATURA
2025-11-25 20:00 - 23:00 | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
w/ Leah Asher, Maya Bennardo, Christian Streit Smith
20:30 (doors: 20:00)
Tickets online: regular €10 / discount €7 – at the door: €12,5*

Tuesday 25 November, TEMPERATURA presents an acoustic popup event with selected compositions and improvisation sets by Leah Asher, Maya Bennardo, and Christian Streit Smith.
Violinist/violist, composer, and visual artist Leah Asher is an avid performer of contemporary music and creator of new artistic works. Leah is the executive director and violinist of The Rhythm Method string quartet and co-creator of performance art duo Meaningless Work with Nicolee Kuester. Leah regularly performs with New York-based ensembles such as International Contemporary Ensemble, Talea Ensemble, and S.E.M. Ensemble. She formerly served as solo violist of NOSO Sinfoniettaen and co-principal viola of the Arctic Philharmonic. As a composer, Leah has been commissioned by ensembles including andPlay, Chartreuse, Periapsis, NorthArc Percussion Group, The Great Learning Orchestra, and Ensemble Hybrid. She serves on faculty at Lake George Composer’s Institute, the Composers Conference, and the Lucerne Festival Academy, and has conducted many residencies at universities including NYU, Columbia University, Berklee College of Music, Hunter College, and BGSU. Recent releases include Leah’s solo album ‘Retreat into Afters’ on SCRIPTS records, The Rhythm Method’s ‘Pastorale’ on New Focus Recordings, and The Rhythm Method’s ‘Seaglass’ on Gold Bolus Recordings. Leah joined the faculty of Manhattan School of Music in 2022.
Maya Bennardo is an active performer and composer living in Stockholm, Sweden. Maya is interested in opening the dialogue and blurring the boundaries between composers and performers, and is devoted to performing music of the present. She is a founding member of the violin/viola duo andPlay, described by I Care If You Listen as “enthusiastic champions for new music and collaboration.” She performs new and traditional repertoire for violin and piano with pianist Karl Larson in their Bennardo-Larson Duo and is a former member of the internationally renowned Mivos Quartet. Maya’s compositions are characterized by slow, unfolding timbral movements–exploring the co-existence of pitch and noise. Her compositions have grown naturally out of her improvisational practice on the violin, and the two continue to inform each other.
Christian Streit Smith (USA/NL) is a percussionist based in The Hague. He performs experimental music (composed and improvised), in many different constellations from solo to large ensemble to theater. In addition to his work as a musician, he works part time as a landscaper.

Program
‘Discrete Species’ by Douglas Farrand and Christian Streit Smith
‘silver birch vignettes’ by Maya Bennardo
‘Upon the Wheel’ by Leah Asher
Solo improvisation – Leah Asher
Trio improvisation – Leah Asher, Maya Bennardo, and Christian Smith
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TEMPERATURA is a contemporary music concert series, improvisation hub, and everything in between, initiated by composers/performers J. Veličković and F. 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. Ultimately, TEMPERATURA strives to bring fresh musical adventures to local audiences and spread today’s artistic practices.
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*If you wish to attend but can’t afford our entry fee, please let us know–we ll make sure you can join us.

Sport & Spel Club Balreep
2025-11-26 19:00 - 23:00
SSC Balreep is a weekly volkskeuken, sports and game night at GROND.
TONIGHT:
🌶️ Vega VoKu: Crispy Korean by chefs Judith & Romina (reservations appreciated)
⚽️/📺 UEFA CL: Liverpool – PSV / Arsenal – Bayern (21h)
💈 Junglespeed: Master Table Games
🏓 HoodCup: Season II
🟤 Sjoelbak Highscore Hunting
🎲 Broken Dutch Boardgames
🎮/🎦 MarioKart

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.

Collective Care Learning Sessions
2025-11-29 10:00 - 17:00 | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Collective Care Learning Sessions
29th of November 11 am – 5 pm @ GROND
It is not always easy to stay close to your ideals – especially when we are working and living together. Community and collectivity are beautiful and powerful agents for change. However, it also involves a lot of challenges. The demands of society keep on knocking on our collective door. Against our best intentions, we are conditioned by the neoliberal structures that we want to get rid of, and we bring this into the groups we formed to fight them. How do we stay with this trouble and also take care of each other and ourselves? It takes learning and unlearning to find healthier ways forward.
Sounds familiar? Join us for the Collective Care Learning Sessions – a day to explore how to rethink, create and sustain collectivity in these challenging times in the wild west world we live in.
Come as you are: alone, or together with members from the collective or community you are in.
Let’s (un)learn, care, and create together on Saturday 29 November from 10:00 – 17:00 @ GROND, including a delicious Ethiopian lunch by Teferi Mekonen (7,50 euros, including tea / coffee). Location: GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam.
Programme

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee & Tea
11:30 – 13:00 Collective Learning by Sharing – a conversation with Gertrude Flentge (Lumbung Practice, Documenta 15) and Danielle van Zuijlen (Kunsthal Gent) about how to translate collective values into practice and learning curves.
13:00 – 14:00 Food for thought – a warming collective lunch prepared by Teferi Mekonen & Betty (7,50 euros)
14:00 – 15:30 Embodied Learning – a somatic workshop by Marc Nukoop and Mazen Al Ashkar
15:30 – 16:30 From Social Safety to Collective Care – a presentation by the GROND Collective on the process of defining collective values
16:30 – 17:00 Drinks

Registration
Please register through this link. We want to prevent food waste 🙂
GROND is a collectively run art space rooted in connectivity, sustainability, and cross-pollination. We explore new ways of living and working together to deepen our connection with ourselves, others, and the world around us. We hope and believe this leads to the change we desperately need for all of us.

Sunday Sessions
2025-11-30 15:00 - 19:00
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.
Every edition of the Sunday Sessions we open the bar, mellow sounds will permeate the space and each time we will have a varying program.
Poet Andrew Gebhardt is reading some of his work, we will play some (live) music.
You can just chill or read your favourite poem for us; drawing, painting and crafts table available; mini-pancakes too! open from 3pm.
Hope to see you there!
GROND
Bijdorpstraat 1
1096AP
Amsterdam

Sport & Spel Club Balreep
2025-12-03 19:00 - 23:00
SSC Balreep is a weekly volkskeuken, sports and game night at GROND.
TONIGHT:
🌶️ Vega VoKu: menu to be announced (reservations appreciated)
💈 Junglespeed: Master Table Games
🏓 HoodCup: Season II
🟤 Sjoelbak Highscore Hunting
🎲 Broken Dutch Boardgames

🚨 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.

Falafel Friday
2025-12-05 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-12-12 11:00 - 15:00 | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
In December we are open at the 5th, the 12th and the 19th of December from 11:00 till 15:00. Hawa and Mohamed Alnoor are preparing delicious homemade Falafel sandwiches for €3,50 per sandwich. Welcome!

Orb Weaver
2025-12-05 20:00 - 22:00
Orb weaver is a new musical trio featuring Grond members David Mitchell (electric guitar) and Dominique Chabot (double bass), and drummer Robbert van Hulzen. Improvised freely, but not free improvisation, the group creates long form pieces that evolve subtly over time, like the intricate and transitory webs of spiders. With special guests Finn Peters on saxophone and flute, and Marc Nukoop (projections). For fans of the necks, Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, David Torn, Miles electric. Tickets 10Euro/7 Euro (concessions)

Sport & Spel Club Balreep
2025-12-10 19:00 - 23:00
⚠️ CALL FOR (FEMALE) SINGERS – VOICE RECORDING ⚠️
TONIGHT:
🎵/🎤️ Secret Super Hit – voice recording with Doc Dynamite (20h)
🌶️ Vega VoKu: Chili con Deliçinvierño by Judith & Kasper (reservations appreciated)
⚽️/📺 UEFA CL: Real Madird – Man City / BVB 09 – Bodø/Glimt (21h)
🏓 HoodCup: Season II
🟤 Sjoelbak Highscore Hunting
🎲 Broken Dutch Boardgames

🚨 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.

TEMPERATURA
2025-12-13 18:30 - 23:30 | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
Stage and Bar will be open from 18:30
FREE ENTRY – Donations welcome: support GROND by making a donation online here.

On Saturday, December 13, TEMPERATURA celebrates its first 10 editions and the end of 2025 with a special event!

We’ll start the evening with a non-stop free improv jam session, open to anyone who would like to participate.*The stage opens at 18:30 and runs until everyone is exhausted. Bring your sounds, or simply join us for drinks and snacks at any time!After that, we’ll keep the party going with DJ sets until late.

* If you’d like to participate, you can jump in at any time with no commitment. We’ll have several mics and guitar amps ready for those who need electronic equipment. Keep it simple and make sure you can blend in smoothly (no soundcheck provided!).
If you have any questions, send us an email to temperatura.amsterdam (at) gmail (dot) com

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TEMPERATURA is a contemporary music concert series, improvisation hub, and everything in between, initiated by composers/performers J. Veličković and F. 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. Ultimately, TEMPERATURA strives to bring fresh musical adventures to local audiences and spread today’s artistic practices.

Free Sudan
2025-12-14 13:00 - 17:00 | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
With a Sudanese lunch by Mohamed Alnoor, a performance by The Black Pharaohs and the screening of ‘What’s next?’ by SSMG.
The massacre of hundreds of Sudanese civilians after the Darfur city of El Fasher was captured by the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is the latest chapter in a brutal conflict that has killed more than 150.000 people over the past two and a half years. We need this horrific war to end, and Sudan needs your support and awareness. Therefor we will organize ‘Free Sudan’ – an event in which we celebrate the rich Sudanese culture, in which we mourn all the victims and in which we will inform you about the situation in Sudan.
We will start our gathering with a traditional Sudanese lunch prepared by Mohamed Alnoor. Then ‘The Black Pharaohs’ will perform traditional dance and music from the Nuba Mountains area. The performers will explain the meaning of the different songs and dances. A stop motion animation titled ‘What’s next?’ made by SSMG (Sudanese Stop Motion Group) will be screened. This animation takes you along the route of fleeing Darfur towards Uganda.
We hope you will join us in solidarity!

Sunday Sessions LATE EDITION
2025-12-14 17:00 - 20:00
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.
Every edition of the Sunday Sessions we open the bar, mellow sounds will permeate the space and each time we will have a varying program.
For this edition we will open after the Sudanese solidarity event with dance and food also at GROND
Check website
You can just chill or read your favourite poem for us; drawing, painting and crafts table available; mini-pancakes too!
Hope to see you there!
GROND
Bijdorpstraat 1
1096AP
Amsterdam

Sport & Spel Club Balreep
2025-12-17 19:00 - 23:00
SSC Balreep is a weekly volkskeuken, sports and game night at GROND.
TONIGHT:
🌶️ Vega VoKu: fantabulous finger food by Jessica & Judith (reservations appreciated)
⚽️/📺 KNVB Beker: Excelsior – Ajax (19h)
🎲 Broken Dutch Boardgames
🏓 HoodCup: Season II
🟤 Sjoelbak Highscore Hunting

🚨 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.

Falafel Friday
2025-12-19 11:00 - 15:00

Sunday Sessions
2025-12-21 15:00 - 19:00
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.
Every edition of the Sunday Sessions we open the bar, mellow sounds will permeate the space and each time we will have a varying program.
ON THE 21st OF DECEMBER WE HOST A SPECIAL EDITION; SUNDAY SESSIONS AT THE MOVIES, CLASSIC FILMS @ GROND!
We make a shortlist of 3 movies to choose from; whoever is there votes, and….. the magic starts at 4pm
You can also just chill or read your favourite poem for us; drawing, painting and crafts table available; mini-pancakes too!
Hope to see you there!
GROND
Bijdorpstraat 1
1096AP
Amsterdam

Sport & Spel Club Kerst-Balreep
2025-12-24 18:00 - 23:00
SSC Balreep is a weekly volkskeuken, sports and game night at GROND.
TONIGHT:
🌶️ Vega VoKu: Fondue au fromage by Jessica, Judith & Kasper (reservations appreciated)
📺 Weihnachtswunschfilm
🏓 Round the Table
🟤 Sjoelbak Highscore Hunting
🎲 Broken Dutch Boardgames
💃🏼 Dresscode: Ugly Xmas Sweater

🚨 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.

New Marshall Plan
2026-01-10 20:30 - 23:00 | GROND, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1096AP, Netherlands
The world is full of noise. On Saturday 10 January, New Marshall Plan turns the knob toward hope.
With 80s synths, 90s guitars, and lyrics about politics, love, and life, the band brews catchy indie pop that heals, lifts, and sticks in your head: musical vitamins for those who want to feel again.
20:30 (doors: 20:00)
Tickets online: regular €10 / discount €7 – at the door: €12,5 (sliding scale)

About
New Marshall Plan is a Dutch indie band creating music rooted in the rich traditions of synthpop, rock, and new wave. They were formed more than 20 years ago out of a shared love for bands like Depeche Mode, Joy Division, Radiohead, Interpol, and The Whitest Boy Alive—but for a long time, the songs stayed close to home. In June 2023 they recorded the album “Escalate” at Mailmen Studio with Martijn Groeneveld, known for his work with Blaudzun and Klangstof. The first single dropped in October 2023, and the full album was released on April 4, 2024. Each of the 10 tracks is accompanied by a music video—many of them made using AI, pushing the boundaries of what indie can look like as well as sound like. Lyrically, they don’t shy away from anything. These songs cover themes like corporate greed, war, inequality, misinformation, and the messy reality of human relationships. But there’s also hope in the noise—because for them, making music is an act of rebuilding. The band’s name, New Marshall Plan, reflects that—a nod to Europe’s post-war reconstruction and a metaphor for picking up the pieces in your own life. In 2025, they also released “Bermuda,” a self-recorded album from 2007 that they never properly put out back then. It’s a raw snapshot of who they were, and releasing it now bridges their early ideas with what they are creating today. It’s not as polished as “Escalate”—but it’s real, and it completes their story until now.
New Marshall Plan are Rogier Werschkull, Roeland van der Put, David van Putten, and Bart Koopman.

Sunday Sessions JAM
2026-01-11 15:00 - 19:00
Sunday Sessions is cancelled this week due to extremely slippery roads and paths in the area.
Take care everyone, and we’ll see you next week.

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.
Every edition of the Sunday Sessions we open the bar, mellow sounds will permeate the space and each time we will have a varying program.
TODAY WE WILL HAVE A JAMSESSION WITH MARC, DAVID AND MAZEN
Check website
You can just chill or read your favourite poem for us; drawing, painting and crafts table available; mini-pancakes too! open from 3pm.
Hope to see you there!
GROND
Bijdorpstraat 1
1096AP
Amsterdam
