We're wrapping up the night with spooky doom country premiering the never-seen-on-stage Suu by local heroes Segadeath and Ryan Cherewathy. The Brazilian/Berlin based Mary Lee Family Band is known for their energetic live shows combining prayers, punk-rock and their love for whiskey. Hurricane Joe takes his notorious yet incognito narcobilly sound, mixing Tex-Mex style with the raw energy of punk and grindcore. Beware: this underground garage hero likes to undress his leopard leotard during shows. Nestter Donuts, all the way from the south of Spain, is the only Flamenco Trash One Man Band bringing dirty wild rock’n’roll garage punk and super LO-FI Trash. Together with the festival we’ve compiled a beautiful line-up of international and local acts taking you on a trip through all the experimental honky tonk corners with Spanish flamenco trash, country doom, narcobilly and Brazilian honky tonk.
This year’s official Rotterdam Bluegrass festival afterparty takes place in the nooks and crannies of space, time and the country genre at Roodkapje. The festival has the ambition to continue to grow and to bring more people in contact with both bluegrass/roots music and the good vibes of this neighborhood.Hey Y’all! Country-lovers and honky tonk haters alike, come and let your ass get dragged on the dirty old road that’s called Honky Tonk Trash Fest! Roodkapje and Rotterdam Blue Grass Festival will take you by the hand and lead you all night long from hillbilly avant-garde to blue grass on acid and leave you down the road at country karaoke. From lovers of the genre from all over the Netherlands and beyond to local residents. The most recent edition in 2019 saw 16,000 visitors.
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The Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival is a free and inclusive festival where bluegrass and other forms of roots music such as country, folk and Americana take center stage. The repertoire is constantly expanding and The Switchbacks would like nothing better than to show off their skills on the spot where they took their first step. This has already paid off: Van Hoek is a gifted finger-picking guitar player and Veelenturf can rightly be called a virtuoso on the violin. The pair threw themselves into the genre almost maniacally, with many hours of individual training and joint rehearsals, in order to become proficient in the game. They decided on the spot to start a bluegrass band. Both graduated from the conservatory and met each other as visitors of the Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival. The Switchbacks are Maurice van Hoek and Tijmen Veelenturf. Also on the provisional bill are Yonder Boys, Johnny & the Yooahoos (DE) and Thee Scarecrows AKA (UK). High-quality bluegrass from our own country is provided by the Blue Grass Boogiemen and Tennessee Studs. Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival furthermore offers Gangstagrass with a mix of hip-hop and bluegrass and the one man countryfolk band: Possessed By Paul James. Pert Near Sandstone has a voracious musical appetite. The Legendary Shack Shakers bring a rock attitude.
The Henhouse Prowlers play speedy bluegrass, using authentic instruments like banjo, acoustic guitar, contrabass and violin. The first names are already booked for this year’s edition. There are more stages, more entertainment, more food and drinks, and more bluegrass during the internationally regarded event. To mark the 10th edition Rotterdam Bluegrass Festival goes extra-large after online editions. This historic square with an old-fashioned bandstand has been making way for banjos and mandolins once a year since 2009. In the Northern part of Rotterdam, you’ll find the Pijnackerplein.