Welcome to
HILLYWEIRD
Bringing noiseheads, punks, shoegazers and other musical weirdos together. DIY, no one else will do it for you.
Upcoming shows
Check out the shows we have planned!
09/03/2026
Tummyache (UK) w Loveth Besamoh and Rockpool Dramas
On the 30th of July we’ll have a queer punk night headlined by @bigtearspunk from Dublin and are supported by @bleedroot and @foftheband. Show up for a night of music, queerness, joy, rage, community, resistance and a lot of dancing!
Dublin finest Big Tears will headline the evening with their bubblegum trannycore garage punk band, made by the girls for the girls and queers.
Bleedroot describe themselves as “Leftwingbabyeatingantifascistprochoicemanhatingp ussybleedingcistemstompingcrazyfeministangryqueervegetablepunx music” and are not shy about it either.
F*ggots on Fire is a fresh and new chaotic queer punk band from Utrecht. Their lyrics focus on topics like queerness, feminism, neurodivergence, while always keeping an element of silliness and playfulness.
Poster by @maxim.linker ❤️
19/09/2026
Evanora Unlimited at Hillyweird! Get your spot now!
On the 19th of August we are happy to announce another heavy hitter in Hillyweird! We are expecting a full house so make sure to pre-donate at our shop to ensure your spot!
Headlining the night is multidisciplinary artist @evanora.unlimited (also known as Marjorie W.C Sinclair) blending dreamy textures, raw intensity, and genre-bending sounds into a performance that feels both intimate and explosive. We’re beyond excited to have them with us!
Joining them is Emirhan X! (@emi.mp3) Friends and collaborator with our own @clittebandband he’s no stranger to our scene. As the city poet of Venlo and as a musical artist, he’s been pissing of racists on a national scale and igniting crowds with activistic fury. Mixing hiphop and punk into a volatile concoction you don’t want to miss!
@MaeveChustar will blast off the evening with their own distinct noise pop sound: a blend of wild production choices, screamo, pop and digital hardcore blowing up speakers left and right.
You’ll find us at @vonkindewijk, kleine drift 41. A 4 minute walk from Hilversum Centraal.
Go to Hillyweird.nl and get your spot before it’s gone!
Shout out to @maxim.linker and @criminillo for the poster
Agenda
30/07/2026 Big Tears (IR) + Bloodroot + Faggots on Fire
19/08/2026 Evanora Unlimited + Emirhan X + Maeve Chustar
22/08/2026 Afterparty Professoren buurt with Jongens Toch (Maximum Rock-'n'-roll) and Dangerous Times for the Dead (Heavy Metal)
25/08/2026 DIY night
28/08/2026 Nillo's bday bash with EDLP + Zakmes + All Dogs Go To Heaven
29/09/2026 Unique Hillyweird Floorshow at Open035: 5 bands in 50 minutes on the market square of Hilly
29/08/2026 Dnb Party
12/09/2026 Official opening VONK in de wijk 3
15/09/2026 Carlton Melton + Gula + Xeeland
26/09/2026 Planespotting DIY Fest 2026
04/10/2026 Junejunejuly
22/11/2026 Popronde
ABOUT US
HILLYWEIRD
Since 2022 Hillyweird has been organizing DIY shows in Hilversum, the Netherlands. Our aim is to grow, inspire and encourage the local scene after it was decimated by COVID-19, overgrowth of cover bands and the disappearance of grass roots venues. Our first event was the yearly Planespotting Music Festival next to the Hilversum Airfield.
In 2024 we found a home at Vonk In De Wijk where we converted a basement into a DIY venue. There, we've hosted over 55 shows with more than 200 artists, from local acts to artists from all over the world and from many different alternative genres.
In early 2026 we moved along with VONK in de wijk to the new location at Kleine Drift 41, a stone's throw from Hilversum Centraal.
We are non-profit and volunteer run. One of our core principles is accessibility, both financial and in other ways. Entrance to our events is donation based, our basement has an elevator so we are wheelchair friendly.
It is also very important to us that everyone feels safe and welcome. Age, gender, etc. is very diverse in both our volunteer group and our audience.
We have multiple shows every month, so have a look at our upcoming events and come by!
Past Shows
30/09/2022 Planespotting DIY Music Fest #1 with Clitteband + Servals + Bug, Drekka + Criminal Criticologists + Panterprint + Rebetiko Against The Machine (in collab with Stichting Magdalena and Discomfort Dispatch)
17/11/2022 Hate & Merda (IT) + Skuv (IT/DE)
10/06/2023 Lifeless Past + Park and Ride at the original Vonk In De Wijk
30/09/2023 Planespotting DIY Music Fest #2 with Clitteband + Servals + Staatseinde + Dear Omens + Karnabahar + Tonto (IT) + Dunebender + Kraters (in collab with Stichting Magdalena)
24/02/2024 Toprot + Burlers + Velveteen Rabbit at the original Vonk In De Wijk
19/05/2024 First show at the Hillyweird venue with Battery Farm (UK), the Pagans SOH (UK) and debut of Aquelarre
07/06/2024 Leslie Nielsen (IT) + Meteor (IT) + Secret Drummer Trio
21/07/2024 Discomfort Dispatch #52 with ao Alma Juhlin
10/08/2024 Escalpo (BR) + Rattenburcht + Kort door de Bocht
06/09/2024 Insect Ark (US/DE) + Nistaa
27/09/2024 Planespotting DIY Music Fest #3 with Clitteband + BB & the Binkie Boys a Who Cares Frank? + Catsnout + Worst Karaoke and debut show of Crashing (in collab with Stichting Magdalena)
01/10/2024 Omni Selassi (CH) + Tonto (IT) + PEB (DE)
16/10/2024 Pamphlets (US) + Crashing
02/11/2024 Death Sells + EDLP + Servals
05/11/2024 Thisquietarmy (CAN) + Eternal Void in the stairwell at Vonk
15/11/2024 Discomfort Dispatch #54 with ao Markus Warheim
16/11/2024 San Leo (IT) + SARRAM (IT) + Sunwell (FR)
23/11/2024 Ottone Pesante (IT) + Rettungspunkt + Velveteen Rabbita
03/12/2024 Feral + Poo Poo Talks (IT)
18/01 Refugiadas (BR) + Stachel + Bot Mes
19/01 Discomfort Dispatch #56
30/01 035 Popprijs: Clitteband + Tonto + Fl1pperkast + Cherry Hayes
02/02 Speelman, solo debuut van Clitteband's Emmi bij Gluren bij de Buren
06/02 Spurn + Ultragoblin + The Mono Kids
15/02 Plant een Olijfboom benefit with Woody Grooves, Citrus Blossom, Zialaida and Pandaemon (Cyprus)
23/02 Battery Farm (UK) + The Pagans SOH (UK) + Bogwater (NL)
01/03 Torena (US) + Curselifter + Swell
15/03 Eyesores + Rotzorg + Arbeidsongeschikt + Valerian Swing
23/03 Discomfort Dispatch #57
28/03 Clitteband + Aquelarre + Shitman benefit show
29/03 Pillowcase Shoegaze night: Crashing + Thrilled + Plant Garden
13/04 Escalpo (BR) + Toprot + Combimagnetron
18/04 Lady Lazarus (AUS) + Clitteband + The Wicked Cones
30/04 Joliette (Mex) + Dooie Mus + Grozlan
25/05 Karnabahar + Ineptitude + 3 Eyed Kids
05/06 Hoon (AUS) + Outahead + Ratsmack
15/06 Discomfort Dispatch #58 with Dalila Kayros
19/06 Los Intrusos (MX) + Holocausts (ISR) + Pissebed
27/06 Gula + The Benzo's + Psytrance DJ night
10/07 Hardcore night with Extinguish (US) + Provisional + Premonition
18/07 Discomfort Dispatch
19/07 L'orne + Grote Geelstaart + Idleyes
25/07 Mannequin Death Squad (AUS) + Ioana Iorgu + Servals
Designer Violence Release show + Kerol + Consensual Peggy
15/08 Hiphop night by Project 16 with Suilju, Mino, XNMI, Bl4ckout, Noka, Kuro, Eyesciv Soundsytem, Rdizzy and open mic
17/08 Grind night with Nganga (UK) + NN17 and The Night Templars
22/08 Aquelarre Release fest including Shitman, Staplers, Surfer Rosa, Geestdrift, Caracea, OK.KO, a special performance by Jasper of Crashing and debut of locals Tray!
01/09 Don't Try, hardcore from Canada
27/09 Planespotting DIY Music Fest #4 with Clitteband, Abdomen, Servals, Klezkopf, Mary Scoovy and more!
10/10 Discomfort Dispatch
23/10 Vorstin x Hillyweird: Gloan (CA) + Empty Threats (AUS) + Apeshit
26/10 Unofficial Left of the DIal afterparty: Fuzz Lightyear (UK) + House Arrest (UK) + Grandad
20/11/2025 Caspers bday bash! Graaflandgraaf + hard voor weinig + blind to the bars
30/11/2025 Girlhead + Magnoliac + Bitterlemon
04/12/2025 Ralph's bday bash: Stroomstoot + Chattermag + Prom Vagabonds
09/12/2025 Bo.senberg + Spooky J + Tonto + Teresa Riemann
12/12/2025 Emfest: Helen Jewett + Limerent + Muf and surprise show by Aquelarre*
13/12/2025 Drum and bass night by Graveyard Session with RSS + Ritual X + Madmazzo + Graved and more
27/12/2025 Hillyweird x VONK goodbye benefit show! Heide + Tray + Bawler + Crashing + Bogwater
22/01/2026 Popprijs #2 at Gate 51 (aka Planespotting location) with Aquelarre* + Tray + De Mis + Bandietos
01/02/2026 Hillyweird at Grafisch Atelier Hilversum with Daniel Bennett + HHEATDEATHH + Rrradiant
NEW VENUE AT KLEINE DRIFT
18/04/2026 Hillyweird Shakedown! Try out show at the new location. Junejunejuly (DE) + Hatsu No Hado (DE) + Fernweh (NL)
25/05/2026 Muelas (US) + Shitman + Grozlan
16/06/2026 Febuary (US) + Teardrinker + Aquelarre* + Turmeric
03/07/2026 Tummyache (UK) + Loveth Besamoh (NL) + Rockpool Dreams (NL)
What We Do
Although our main activity is the organization of concerts, we also work beyond that. For instance, we give workshops in live sound engineering and screen printing. Our volunteers also get a chance to get experience in stagecraft and help out putting on shows. We also give starting bands the opportunity to rehearse on a stage and even better play their first show to an audience. Bands Aritsts like Clitteband, Servals, Aquelarre and Crashing played their first show at one of our events.
We are also open to other organizers that share our principles and are looking for a non-commercial space to have events in. Besides concerts this can also be for other performing arts, comedy, rehearsals, recording sessions (our mixer can do 32 channel multitrack), movie screenings, etc. Have an idea? Send us a message!
Partners
What Hillyweird does would be impossible without the support of our volunteers and specifically two partners.
The majority of our sound system comes from Stichting Magdalena. They have been converting temporary empty spaces in the Hilversum area into art studios, exposition spaces, ateliers, etc. for a very long time. They were also the first place who offered a space for us to organize shows. This became the Planespotting Music Festival.
Our venue is housed in the Vonk In De Wijk building. An office building that has temporarily been converted into a space for artists, freelancers, startups and bands. Without them we wouldn't have the semi-permanent space we have now.
The Hilversum Scene
CLITTEBAND debuted at our first Planespotting Festival, Clitteband has been playing all over the place, becoming one of the most well known HIlversum acts. Punkrock with a riotgrrl attitude with outspoken Dutch Lyrics.
AQUELARRE*'s debut was opening the very first show at our venue, but it sure as hell didn't feel like it. Intense screamo mixed with shoegaze influences, flailing limbs and sweaty bodies.
SERVALS is inspired by post-hardcore and noiserock like Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Cloud Nothings and Drive Like Jehu, sinc their debut at Planespotting Servals play a dynamic mix of snarling riffs, melancholic arpeggios and walls of noise, often within the same song.
CRASHING is the shoegaze project led by Jasper Smits, inspired by the noisy side of shoegaze and alt-rock like Dinosaur Jr. and My Bloody Valentine.
HHEATDEATHH is the solo project of Serval's Ralph Lindsen. Modular synths, drumsynths and vocals through guitar fx are used to create an ominous and anxious form of industrial techno(?).
SPEELMAN is the acoustic solo singer/songwriter project of Emmi Speelman, the singer of Clitteband.
DVDOK is the mysterious black metal outfit inspired by the history of Hilversum.
Frequently asked questions
Yes but also so much more than that. It is the hub of the Hillyweird community where we of course organize shows, but also other activities revolving around community building. Like open stages, DIY nights, hangouts, film nights, all kinds of stuff.
However we are also there to be a breeding ground for all kinds of artists and communities. We strive to be accessible and low risk to enable people who normally don't get the chance to organize something, the opportunity to do so.
Normally we are an all ages venue. Sometimes there are events that have an age limit but that is rare and will be explicitly mentioned.
Please bring ID with you though so we can check your age.
Yes! We want our place to be accessible for organizers as well, especially those that don't have the means for more expensive venues. We can guide you with organizing it, especially the first time. But the more you do yourself, the cheaper it gets.
Yes you can! It is cheaper than most and you'll directly support us by doing so. The fees depend on what kind of activity, who is renting it, how public it is and how much it serves the common good. Send us a message if you want to do something! We've had birthday and wedding parties, karaoke nights, private shows, recordings etc. Everything is possible. It's also available for seminars, presentations, meetings, conferences etc.
Yes, this is also possible. It's in 3 hour blocks for 50 Euro.
We are incredibly proud of how safe Hillyweird is for everyone, especially people who struggle to find that safety in other places. And we want to keep it that way. If someone makes people uncomfortable or unsafe with their behavior we will kick them out.
If anything happens to you, find one of our volunteers and they'll help you and we'll deal with the situation. If not in the moment, you can always reach out to us later too through this website or our socials.
Hillyweird was founded by Ralph Lindsen in 2022. Soon he was joined by Casper. This has been the core of Hillyweird. But we can only exist because of the help of many people who have helped us these years and of course our amazing volunteers.
Let's get in touch
Kleine Drift 41
1221 JX Hilversum
Questions? Want to play at Hillyweird? Want to volunteer? Or organize your own event at our venue? Contact us!
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