The next Rockit Festival in beautiful Groningen is coming up this November. By the way, Groningen is one of the top 5 cities in Europe where the quality of life, education, social care and healthcare are well taken care of. Groningen is also known for its progressive city policy, no-nonsense character, non-stop nightlife and the…
The seventh Rockit Festival last Saturday was a blast, once again. It was my third time in Groningen and the lineup was as promising as ever. I started out with a pretty intense performance by Immanuel Wilkins who was just nominated for a Grammy so this was, as he said from the stage, their Grammy…
One of our favorite festivals just announced its first names for this year’s edition: named after Herbie Hancock’s eponymous hit from the early 80s, Rockit strives for an adventurous, innovative, and progressive programming. I had the chance to visit the last two rounds and both visits still resonate to this day. The festival will take…
The sixth edition of this year’s Rockit Festival, located at Groningen’s SPOT, ended on Saturday night with a rousing, highly entertaining, and crazy set by MonoNeon. The bassist, whose real name is Dywane Thomas Jr. and who is known for his hilariously extravagant costumes, also released a pretty spacy Moog EP earlier this year called…
We’re currently on our way to the 6th edition of the Rockit Festival in beautiful Groningen. There have been a few changes and adds in the last weeks and we’re really looking forward to this year’s edition, our second visit to this great festival. Expect our report this Sunday. A day prior to the festival,…
The sixth edition of the Rockit Festival is ready to go on November 9th. I was lucky enough to visit this brilliant festival in Groningen last year and will make sure to be back at De Oosterpoort, the festival’s attractive location. And speaking of attraction, this year’s programme is really cool: Los Angeles-based saxophonist Kamasi…
So when Madison McFerrin told the audience about her brandnew Christmas tune last Saturday, she said that she was inspired by Mariah Carey who keeps on topping the charts every year since her Xmas “classic” “All I Want For Christmas Is You” came out and earning 2.6 million Dollars on average. Each year. On this…
On November 11th, Groningen will once again be the hotspot for the latest innovative mix of live jazz, soul, alternative, r&b and more artists. On six stages, this year’s one-day festival will host an eclectic, and once again highly adventurous mélange of establised and up-and-coming musicians such as Marcus Miller, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Butcher Brown,…