Popronde 2025 The largest traveling festival in the Netherlands

Popronde is a nationwide travelling showcase festival that visits dozens of Dutch cities every weekend from September to November. In each city, the centre is transformed into a festival site for one evening, with performances by around twenty acts at various locations: cafés, galleries, churches, theatres, record shops, clubs and pop venues. Admission is always free.

The festival offers young, talented artists the opportunity to present themselves outside their own region, gain valuable performance experience and be discovered by audiences, the press and programmers. The programme covers virtually all genres, from hip hop to metal and from singer-songwriters to electronic music, and showcases what is happening outside the mainstream in the Netherlands.

For the cities and venues where Popronde takes place, this is an accessible way to showcase new talent, attract a wide audience and temporarily transform the city centre into a vibrant music festival. Well-known names such as Froukje, Racoon, De Staat and MEAU started their careers at Popronde, proving time and again that the festival is a breeding ground for Dutch pop music.

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