WIEL KLANKEN

@DIFFERENT LOCATIONS
Tickets tour incl evening programme € 25-35,-
Only evening programma at NDSM Treehouse € 15,-
Dinner ticket € 17,50
Start music 13:15 h

On Saturday 19 September, the fourth edition of Wiel Klanken will take place, a unique musical bike tour through the picturesque Waterland and the lively Amsterdam-Noord – co-organised by Space is the Place. Expect captivating concerts in a stadshoeve (city farm), restaurant, church & open air. With five locations and ending at the NDSM Treehouse, where you can also enjoy a vegan dinner.

Line-up
Adulis | Gershwin Bonevacia | Meral Polat | Sakina Abdou | Circusbende: Leles |
Treehouse NDSM presents Yakua | Zuco 103 | Woody & Cat | Atlas’ Echo | Martina Effy

Dinner
Pasta with Sicilian ragù + bruschetta with smoked aubergine // walnut chocolate tartlet – everything vegan

LOCATIONS
Hotel de Goudfazant – Aambeeldstraat 30, Amsterdam
Kerkje Durgerdam – Durgerdammerdijk 76, Amsterdam
Waterlandplein – bij Huis aan de Wijk, Waterlandplein, Amsterdam
Boerderij Stadshoeve Zunderdorp – Zunderdorpergouw 33, Amsterdam-Zunderdorp
Treehouse NDSM – tt neveritaweg 55-57, Amsterdam

ROUTES & TIMES

Route A & B
12:30 Welcome
13:15-13:55 Hotel de Goudfazant: Meral Polat & Chris Doyle

Route A
14:45-15.30 Zunderdorp: Adulis
16:15-16:40 Kerk van Durgerdam: Gershwin Bonevacia & Micah D Graves
17:10-17:35 Waterlandplein: Sakina Abdou

Route B
14:45-15.10 Kerk van Durgerdam: Gershwin Bonevacia & Micah D Graves
15:40-16:05 Waterlandplein: Sakina Abdou
16:45-17:30 Zunderdorp: Adulis

Evening program route A & B (also tickets available for only the evening program)
18:15-19:45 Dinner at Treehouse NDSM
19:45-00:00 Circusbende, Zuco 103, Yakua, Treehouse artists

FURTHER INFO
The entire route is approximately 20 kilometers, a 1,5 hour bike ride. You’ll have plenty of time to cycle from one concert to the other.

We’ll finish at NSDM Treehouse, where a two-course dinner will be served and an evening program will be organised featuring Zuco103, the Surinam band Yakua and Leles. Treehouse will present their artists Woody & Cat, Atlas’ Echo and Martina Effy. Visitors can also enjoy a guided tour through the Treehouse area and visit the Art Park exhibition.

MERAL POLAT & CHRIS DOYLE
Meral Polat is an actress, singer-songwriter, and theatre maker. In her music, she explores, among other things, her Kurdish background. In 2025, her trio released the album Meydan, a bold ode to female strength and independence. On the album, the trio weaves Anatolian and Mesopotamian music with vibrant influences from Malian blues and Nigerian afrobeat. Meral opens Wiel Klanken 2026 together with keyboardist Chris Doyle.

Meral Polat – vocals | Chris Doyle – keyboards

SAKINA ABDOU
Experimental saxophonist and composer from Lille, known for her bold and expressive approach to contemporary and improvised music. With her solo Goodbye Ground, she pushes the boundaries of jazz, free improvisation, and experimental sound, creating a unique voice that combines intensity with subtlety. For Wiel Klanken, she takes on the challenge of interacting outdoors with the surroundings and with you as the listener! Join the adventure and experience the sonic possibilities of the saxophone.

Sakina Abdou – tenor sax

ADULIS
Adulis plays music from East Africa. Ethiopian jazz and traditional Eritrean music, centering on the voice and the electric krar of Semere Welday. For years, Adulis has played in Eritrean restaurants or at underground parties and festivals. But they have never played in a Zunderdorp farmhouse next to the cowshed: a dream location. Expect rousing improvisations and inviting, danceable melodies and rhythms.

Semere Welday – vocals, krar | Oscar-Jan Hoogland – keyboards | Ada Rave – tenor sax | Zenzele Mthembu-Salter – bass guitar | Marcos Baggiani – drums

GERSHWIN BONEVACIA & MICAH D GRAVES
Gershwin Bonevacia, former City Poet of Amsterdam, is a writer, theatre maker, filmmaker, musician, and podcaster. He is known for his moving lyrics, rhythmic performances, and catchy wordplay. His work is sometimes intimate and deeply personal, yet at other times offers a broader perspective, detached from time, society, or culture. Today, he recites his powerful texts accompanied by pianist Micah D Graves in the magnificent church of Durgerdam.

Gershwin Bonevacia – spoken word | Micah D Graves – piano

EVENING PROGRAM

YAKUA
Yakua is an exciting eleven-piece band led by Gerard Doorson, featuring an exhilarating mix of percussion and rich vocal melodies. The band is known for their powerful Kaskawi and captivating Kawina, but also plays other Surinamese music styles such as Samboera and Lala. In the rhythm section, you can hear instruments like the skratjie, hari, bangi, koti, sek seki, and timbal. With their energy and strong sound, they get every audience moving.

ZUCO 103
A Dutch band with a unique musical style of its own: ‘Brazilectro’ – a combination of Brazilian, jazzy, and electronic elements. Zuco has played at just about every music festival in the Netherlands and experiments without becoming inaccessible. With deep grooves and led by the charismatic frontwoman Lilian Vieira, it will be hard to sit still. Their new album was recently released, in which 25 years of experience and many new ideas fly at you. Lilian Vieira – vocals | Stefan Schmid keyboards | Stefan Kruger drums

CIRCUSBENDE
Circusbende has quickly become a well-known name in Amsterdam. The multi-day festivals are stimulating total experiences for all ages, in which all senses, and especially the imagination, are stimulated to the extreme. During Wiel Klanken, the Brazilian Leles (Brazil/Belgium) will perform two acts in which she uses her body and sense of humor in full glory.

TREEHOUSE NDSM
This year, the final location of Wiel Klanken is Treehouse, right in the middle of the NDSM site. In this playground for serious artists, countless creatives work on their art daily inside stacked containers. Dinner takes place in the center of this site, where you can experience various performances and concerts on two stages. Treehouse itself will also make its presence known with tours of the complex and performances by artists active there.

Het project is mede mogelijk gemaakt door een subsidie voor eenmalige kunst- en cultuuractiviteiten van stadsdeel Noord, Amsterdam