Femme Fugazi during Popronde 2023. Photo Jessie Kamp More than 25 acts in one evening sounds like a recipe for stress. In Popronde, 14 venues in Wageningen town centre will host performances by new bands. Biology student Myrthe van Dok is the person responsible for figuring out this complex puzzle.
‘Popronde is a showcase for new musical talent,’ explains Van Dok. ‘The bands that take part are relatively unknown. They can apply for Popronde and a committee then selects the bands they think have the potential to make it big. Rondé and WIES took part in previous editions, for example.’
This year, you can see the bands not just in the usual cafes, the public library and the Unitas youth centre, but also in more unusual venues such as the town hall and the new cinema Visum Mundi. ‘Elsa Birgitta Bekman will be performing in the cinema. She makes video clips and we will project them on the big screen while the band plays in front of it.’
Wageningen concert organizer PopUPop is running two of the Popronde venues. One, the Binnenstadwinkel, will start with ‘jazzy electronic music’ by Quanza, says PopUPop member and Resilient Farming & Sustainable Food Systems student Jes Kallen. This will be followed by Blackbeach, a three-person act from Amsterdam that play techno with synthesizers and live drums.
Instead of the queues for new passports, the town hall will have electronic duo Enjako Yoyo performing from the balcony. ‘They are originally from Japan, which you can hear in their music,’ says Kallen. ‘We think it’s really cool to be able to have an act perform in this unique location.’
Thurs
3 – 10 – 2024
Wageningen town centre
From 19:30
Free admission
More tips:
13 September Xtort (industrial/dark electro) in the Superette
15 September Rotfest (an ode to the art of fermentation in Proeftuin Ede).
21 September Barbaboefjes (house, techno, drum ‘n bass) in Loburg
Fancy helping? Popronde is always on the lookout for volunteers willing to lend a hand during the evening. Email wageningen@popronde.nl for more info.
