Come listen to the songs of Stan Vreeken, visit a concert by Bony Macaroni and Snow Coats, get under the skin of Talitha Nawijn or experience the British flea market in Zeijen. You will find this and more outings this week in Groningen and Drenthe.
Bony Macaroni and Snow Coats
Bony Macaroni (photo) and Snow Coats go on tour together and come to play their catchy indie pop songs in Simplon. Bony Macaroni is known for their undisguised millennial sorrow and sincere life questions, packaged in fast and hard-played songs. Within a year they played exactly 52 shows through the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium from scratch. They’ve been working hard over the past year on a debut album full of potentially addictive earworms.
Snow Coats, from Arnhem, makes indie pop inspired by emo and folk. They have toured Europe and the UK as support acts for bands such as Pinegrove, Ratboys, Remember Sports and Future Teens and recently signed a recording contract with the English label Alcopop! Records. Their new album If it wasn’t me, I would’ve called it funny , released in September last year, was recorded during the 2021 lockdowns in the rehearsal space in Arnhem. For the album, the band collaborated with American producer Joe Reinhart (known for Beach Bunny, Hop Along and Modern Baseball).
Groningen – Simplon, Fri 8.45 pm, 13 euros
Under the skin of Talitha Nawijn
Talitha Nawijn takes visitors into her performance Under my skin into the lives of people from the Bible. She does this by putting herself in their shoes. Sometimes moving, raw, or liberating, but always honest and recognizable. Nawijn comes together with a pianist who accompanies her and gives the performance musical wings.
Nawijn is at home in many markets; from singing to coaching people with their voice, from conducting to writing songs and stories. She says: “I am just as happy with communicating creatively through songs and stories, as I am with coaching others to get the best out of their voice and performance.”
Grootegast – Good Shepherd Church, Fri 8 p.m., free
Drenthe Architecture Day
This Friday is the Drenthe Day of Architecture again, organized by ArchitectuurPunt Drenthe in collaboration with Libau and Stichting Berlagehuis Usquert. This day is all about the preservation and development of Drenthe’s environmental quality and landscape. The morning program of the day offers a cycling excursion called “Assen aan de Aa”, where the landscape is central. In the afternoon the focus is on the urban area, the environmental quality and the housing construction challenge.
To conclude, the presentation and awarding of the Drenthe Architecture Prize will be organised. You can register via the registration form on the ArchitectuurPunt Drenthe website architecturepuntdrenthe.nl/inschrijvenFORM.
Assen – Theater DNK, Fri 10am-5pm, free
Jan Kuiper and Digmond Roovers
It is time for music on Friday at the Onstaborg site in Sauwerd. Jan Kuiper and Digmond Roovers, both renowned guitarists from The Five Great Guitars Foundation, will take the stage that evening. Groningen guitarist Jan Kuiper has been living and working from the Yogahuis in Saaxumhuizen since 2018. He has been playing in his guitar group The Five Great Guitars for 25 years. Digmon Roovers is also part of the guitar group and played the guitar for the first time at the age of eight.
He has been in bands since he was 16, where he plays guitar, drums and bass guitar. Roovers was named the funkiest bassist on the guitar in 2006. The two top guitarists will experiment, improvise and innovate during the performance. They integrate different music styles, but mainly emphasize jazz, pop and world music. Tickets can be found via kunstvlucht.nl/muziek-2023.
Sauwerd – Onstaborg site, Fri 8 p.m., 12.50 euros
Stan Vreeken’s imagery
Stan Vreeken is a songwriter with a subtle imagination and a surprising sense of imagery. His lyrics are light-hearted and layered. His soulful and melodic songs exude a fresh melancholy. His debut album was released in 2021 Just Like That was widely praised.
This weekend he will show off his skills in the Mennonite Church of Middelstum. During this intimate solo concert with singing and guitar, Vreeken plays repertoire that he wrote for the various musical theater performances with which he has often appeared at the traveling theater festival De Parade. Tickets can be found via ticketkantoor.nl/shop/scrmstan.
Middelstum – Mennonite Church, Sat 8.15 pm, 16 euros
Brocante the British way in Zeijen
It’s time again for Brocante the British way in De Oranjerie in Zeijen. The store will be decorated in an English flea market atmosphere for three weeks from September 17 to October 7. Come enjoy a special collection of everyday objects, from antique to vintage. Stroll among tableware, glassware, chandeliers, paintings, prints and more, collected with passion in England. Everything outside is also beautifully decorated.
In the tearoom or outside on the terrace you can enjoy a ‘Cream Tea’ with freshly baked scones, clotted cream and jam, carrot cake and cheese cake. On Sunday, September 17, you can have your ‘Art of Kitsch’ (maximum two) valued and assessed by antique dealer and appraiser Henk Sprik. The Orangery can be visited during this period from Tuesday to Friday from 1:00 PM to 5:30 PM, on Saturday from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM and on Sunday from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM.