The Hague band Wodan Boys will play the biggest show of their career in the concert hall at Amare on 18 September 2027.
The announcement comes with the promise of a big Hague concert full of energy, local pride and rough-edged swagger, and the organisation itself speaks of the “biggest Wodan Boys show ever”.
Ticket sales for the concert start on Monday 12 October, and newsletter readers get access to a presale beforehand.
Amare and PAARD join forces again
The concert is part of the renewed collaboration between Amare and PAARD.
Under the name AmarePAARD, the two cultural institutions will from now on organise standing concerts in Amare’s concert hall.
The arrangement is meant to make clear that both organisations present concerts in the hall together.
The partnership was already used for the announcement of Clouseau, who perform on 21 February, and tickets for that concert go on sale on Tuesday 6 October at 10.00 through Amare.
New concerts at PAARD
Alongside the Wodan Boys show, PAARD has announced a string of other dates.
Norwegian band Slomosa play on 5 March with what the band calls Tundra Rock, a form of desert rock shaped by the rugged northern landscape.
Dutch pop artist Wende takes the stage on 4 March.
According to the newsletter she has made eight albums since 2003 and won Edisons in several categories, with her album MENS taking the Edison Pop and Sterrenlopen reaching second place in the Album Top 100.
American artists Apollo Brown and Skyzoo follow on 1 December with what PAARD describes as contemporary boom bap, pairing the producer from Detroit with the rapper from Brooklyn.
The Rotterdam collective Another Taste play on 29 January, and JOB Dutchtuber and Billy The Kit bring their ECHTE VRIENDEN tour to The Hague on 31 January.
For fans of alternative rock, The Lemonheads return to PAARD on 18 October, known for songs such as Into Your Arms and If I Could Talk I’d Tell You.
There is international talent on the calendar too.
The Colombian latin band Los Cumbia Stars come to The Hague on 13 October for their first visit to Europe.
The band from Medellín play cumbia and música tropical and, according to the newsletter, have given 130 live performances in nine years.
On 28 October, Cuban singer, guitarist and composer Eliades Ochoa plays PAARD.
He is known as a member and founder of Buena Vista Social Club and as one of the leading names in traditional Cuban son.
SUPAFLY on 10 October
A major part of the programme is SUPAFLY 2026 on 10 October.
The festival is built around neo-soul, R&B, hiphop and UK jazz, and it runs through the whole of PAARD.
The line-up in Paardcafé includes the Hague neo-soul, modern R&B and hiphop artist Sabri, soul artist Salimata and Bonsai, and the performances are followed by an open jam from Dune Sessions led by the band 21 SHARK.
Nectar Woode and Latanya Alberto are also among the artists appearing during SUPAFLY.
Two events lead up to the festival, and both have separate ticketing.
On Thursday 8 October there is a special edition of the Mulatu Listening Bar with DTM Funk, and on Friday 9 October Greentea Peng gives an exclusive concert in the Grolsch Zaal.
Soundcheck returns to Paardcafé
Paardcafé also has a run of free evenings in October.
Marou & Massin, two rappers from Purmerend who PAARD describes as rising names in the Dutch hiphop scene, play on 11 October.
The Hague rapper NOAH YSP follows on 18 October, mixing rap, R&B and electronica, and the newsletter says his viral breakthrough with F5 grew into a series of releases with millions of streams.
On 24 October it is the turn of Hague rapper and producer Djani, who combines hiphop, soul, latin and R&B and released his debut album Wolken & Daken last summer.
The rest of the PAARD diary holds other performances and activities.
On 13 October, the Hague musician Jorn ten Ham presents his project The Rebel as Poet.
On 23 October, music critic and writer Simon Reynolds is a guest at BorderKitchen, where he talks to White Rabbit publisher Lee Brackstone about his book Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984 to 1994.
The evening ends with an afterparty from 22.00 at Club Jam de la Crème at Papestraat 38, with DJs from Grauzone.
