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◈ Amsterdam’s guide to anything and everything loud • launching autumn 2026

Find where it gets loud in Amsterdam

The city’s got EDM covered. This is for the other half — rock, metal, punk, hardcore, goth, alternative, noise and industrial. Every gig, show, party, pub, set, screening, pulled into one guide instead of scattered across ten.

The listings aren’t live yet. Drop your email and you’ll be first through the door when they are.

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◈ What is loud.amsterdam?

A city guide
for the loud
half of town

The tourist maps stop at the canals. We keep going — into the basements, squats and back rooms where the amps are too big for the space. No algorithm, no ads. Just the people who actually show up, telling you where to be tonight.

Curated by ears, not clicks

Every pick comes from someone who was in the room — no paid placement, no promoted posts, no feed deciding your Friday for you.

We don’t just list it — we make it

loud.amsterdam books and hosts its own gigs, club nights and screenings too. Same crew behind the guide and the guest list.
◈ For the crowd

What you’ll find

Everything worth leaving the house for — the night, the room, the record, the noise

Festivals

All-dayers and weekenders in and around the city — worth planning your summer around.

Concerts & events

Gigs, tours and one-offs — stadium metal to squat-basement hardcore.

Venues & bars

The rooms, the metal pubs and the late-night dives — mapped across the city.

Parties & DJs

Club nights and crews — industrial techno through to doom and EBM.

Screenings

Music docs, cult films and midnight showings at the city’s loud cinemas.

Shops & records

Record stores, band merch, instruments and collectibles — where to spend before the show.
◈ For the scene

If you make the noise

Not just for the crowd — a home base for the people making the racket

Music labels

The independent imprints putting the city’s noise on wax — who’s releasing what, and where to send your demo.

Clubs & zines

The collectives building the scene, and printed zines documenting the underground — where to read it and where to be seen.

Radio & shows

Local radio slots, online shows and podcasts — the voices keeping it loud between the gigs.

Studios & gear

Recording and rehearsal rooms, plus the amp techs and repair shops that keep it all running.

Bands in town

The local acts to know — who’s active, who’s touring, who just put out a record.

Connect musicians

Looking for a drummer, a support slot, a rehearsal room or a split 7″? A board to find bandmates, book each other and start something loud.
Not just a listing

We don’t just
list the noise —
we make it

We’re a promoter too. loud.amsterdam books and hosts its own gigs, parties and screenings — DIY bills in places all over the city. Subscribers get first word and a spot on the guest list.

Get on the guest list →

We book the bills

Curated line-ups — touring acts matched with the sharpest of the local underground.

We run the nights

Parties and one-offs with resident DJs, in the city’s loudest rooms.

We host the screenings

Music docs and cult films, played at the volume they were meant for — loud.
◈ In the booth
The man behind the noise

Mr. RÖCK!

Organizer · MC · vinyl DJ · VJ

He picks the records and books the noise — if it’s loud and happening in Amsterdam, odds are his hands are on it. Come say hi, and tell him what deserves to be played loud.