After a successful theatre tour and spectacular shows at Ziggo Dome and Ahoy with the Metropole Orkest, Queen Must Go On is coming to PAARD on December 19! Closer, rawer, and more intense than ever before.
Don’t expect an orchestra or velvet seats — this is Queen the way you wish you could’ve seen them back in the day: packed venues, sweat dripping down the walls, and a band that sets the place on fire from the very first note. A rock show in its purest form.
The Nijmegen-based band, winner of The Tribute – Battle of the Bands (2022), pays tribute to Queen with an explosive energy that captivates both longtime fans and new generations. With their passionate performance and eye for detail, they honor the unmatched live experience that made Queen legendary — including a frontman who channels the spirit of Freddie in an impressive way.
Since September, PAARD (in GR8) has started hosting a jam session every third Thursday of the month, in collaboration with the Royal Conservatoire The Hague and OSHI.
After short intro sets from the artist, there’s plenty of room to jam. The goal is to create a new space where musicians and music lovers can come together, connect, and build relationships through their shared love of musical exploration.
OSHI is a platform for talent development that creates fertile ground for driven musicians and aspiring creative professionals through collaboration and connection. Our vision is to become a leading entity within the Dutch music industry for R&B, soul, jazz, hip-hop, and related genres. OSHI was founded in collaboration with a strong network of partners, including House of Knowledge, Orisun Studio, PAARD, Super-Sonic Jazz, Paradiso, BIRD, Patronaat, and INI Movement.
The Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, founded in 1826, is the oldest conservatoire in the Netherlands. It combines tradition with innovation and is renowned for its excellent jazz department, providing an inspiring environment for musicians and dancers from all over the world.
The next edition, is on Thursday 20 November and the artists are:
Host: Jermaine Berkhout
Jermaine Berkhoudt joined the (at the time) local indie hiphop label ‘VanIeder1’ (2010-2015) as a 19-year old rapper. One of the highlights was the release of the album ‘Jaar v/d Blokhoofd’. After a period of growth and living life, Jermaine returns with a solo repertoire under the name ‘MAIN’. With his ‘LEEF:TIJD EP’, he explores new ways and sounds.
Roseye
ROSEYE is a young powerhouse band fresh on the international scene. ROSEYE channel Soul, Funk, Jazz, Hip-hop, Classical, Punk and Electronic music into a sound that’s both genre-fluid and unmistakably their own. Roseye formed in Amsterdam in 2023 with musicians emerging from five corners of Europe; Scotland, Poland, Lithuania, Germany, and the Netherlands.
Sonic Punishment
Sonic Punishment is a newly formed trio based in the Netherlands, led by drummer and composer Adonis David Christou, as a result of his desire to bring his original compositions to life and explore the boundaries between traditional/folk, jazz, and rock music. Characterized by complex rhythms, odd time signatures as well as polyrhythmical grooves, Adonis musical style fuses different genres into a truly unique sound.
After short intro sets from the artist, there’s plenty of room to jam. We’re creating a new space where musicians and music lovers can come together, connect, and build relationships through their shared love of musical exploration.
The Zuid-hollands Symfonie Orkest (ZSO), a local amateur orchestra which performs to a high standard and featuring a mix of Dutch and expat musicians, will be celebrating its 25th anniversary with a festive concert and afterparty on Saturday 15th November at 19:00 in De Regentes, Weimarstraat 63, 2562 GR Den Haag.
The concert will have an American theme, featuring two very well known works originating in the USA in the late 19th and early 20th centuries respectively.
Before the interval the orchestra will perform Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”), which the Czech composer wrote in 1893 whilst director of the National Conservatory of Music of America in New York.
After the interval there will be a joint performance of the orchestra with the Dario Fo Choir, together with soprano Shanice Skinner and baritone Roy van Vugt, of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess – A Concert of Songs. This is a sequence of the main songs from the opera, originally composed in 1934-5, featuring Summertime, It Ain’t Necessarily So, I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin, and many more.
Tickets are €20 in the presale (€22.50 on the door), €9 for children. The discount code for the presale is ZSO25! (including the exclamation mark) via this link:
ZSO 25th anniversary concert Saturday 15th November 2025 De Regentes
Richard Bona, the charismatic Cameroonian bass king will performing with the Asante Trio in the Amare on Tuesday 4 November.
Anyone who looks at the career of this phenomenal multi-instrumentalist and singer will find a colorful collection of musical styles, influences and exciting collaborations. With his unique sound and voice, Bona interweaves his roots with jazz, pop and global music. That, combined with his extraordinary stage personality, has turned him into a staple name in the world of these musical genres.
Richard Bona grew up in Cameroon, where he started playing on the jazz stages of the capital Douala at an early age. Inspired by the music of Jaco Pastorius, he specialized as a bassist. He grew into a Grammy-winning musician, internationally renowned bass player, composer and multi-instrumentalist, who worked with many iconic artists from different musical backgrounds. Among them Salif Keita, Quincy Jones, Sting, Cesária Évora, Mike Stern, Pat Metheny, Stevie Wonder and Bobby McFerrin. Along the diverse notable collaborations Bona also devotes a large part of his time to teaching, coaching and guiding young talents.
Richard Bona Presents: Asante Trio Amare Tuesday 4 November – 19:45
Typhoon‘s music is a celebration of being human, always with the message that we are enough: we are love. Glenn de Randamie is a storyteller who raps, speaks and sings in an honest and vulnerable way. He aptly captures big life themes in personal expressions about love, faith, choices, slavery and ambition.
Growing up in a large Surinamese family, with Portuguese, Chinese, Indian and Creole roots, it was inevitable that all these influences would find their way into his music. With a new album on the way, he will touring the Netherlands and returns to PAARD on 29 November.
With colourful, energetic and poetic musical stories, Typhoon takes you into the conversation going on in society, but especially in his personal life, and shines his light on it. Never pointing fingers, but always connecting. In his live shows, this connection becomes a real experience: you are taken not only musically, but also physically into the story he has to tell. At one song you are dancing and jumping, while at another you stay still to take in the heartfelt lyrics deeply. No matter where or how you listen to his music, Typhoon touches your soul and makes you think about your own life, vision and feelings.
