Popronde 2026
OOR Stage
- Musicdancing
Popronde is the largest traveling festival in the Netherlands, where you can see artists—who might just be headlining the big festivals next year—perform at all kinds of unexpected locations throughout the city. Every fall, a selection of about 100 acts spanning all musical genres tours 40 Dutch cities.
Popronde Rotterdam takes place on Saturday, November 7, and promises to be a massive musical celebration, with 86 performances at 47 venues, including well-known Rotterdam landmarks as well as surprising locations. During Popronde, you’ll see performances not only in bars, clubs, concert halls, and music venues—but also in places like bookstores, art lending libraries, offices, pizza places, museums, shoe and handbag stores, hostels, hotels, or even a rooftop garden. Everything is free.
Popronde is the largest traveling festival in the Netherlands, where you can see artists—who might just be headlining the big festivals next year—perform at all kinds of unexpected locations throughout the city. Every fall, a selection of about 100 acts spanning all musical genres tours 40 Dutch cities.
Popronde Rotterdam takes place on Saturday, November 7, and promises to be a massive musical celebration, with 86 performances at 47 venues, including well-known Rotterdam landmarks as well as surprising locations. During Popronde, you’ll see performances not only in bars, clubs, concert halls, and music venues—but also in places like bookstores, art lending libraries, offices, pizza places, museums, shoe and handbag stores, hostels, hotels, or even a rooftop garden. Everything is free.
Merle
Merle makes Dutch-language alt-pop that gets under your skin. Synthesizers, intimate piano songs, and breakbeats alternate, while her songs constantly shift in tone. Catchy and unpredictable at the same time, with lyrics that resonate deeply. In concert, Merle blends vulnerability with humor and self-deprecation, making her show feel personal.
The Gliding Club
De Zweefclub creates a unique sound: loud and sweet, sleek and DIY. Unpredictable music full of humor, with new wave and punk influences, and a gentle undertone. The songs are about: flying kites, deep-sea diving, polka dancing, mud wrestling, and sleeping in. After winning the Grote Prijs Van Nederland and playing to a packed house at Noorderslag, they’re ready for eternal fame.
Girlhead
Girlhead is a dream pop and shoegaze band with members from The Hague and Amsterdam that combines the hazy soundscapes of Slowdive and the Cocteau Twins with the heavier edge of the Deftones. Their music moves between dreamy dissonance and emotional clarity, where vulnerability and volume come together.
