Big names in the Burger Garden
In June, the atmospheric courtyard of Poppodium Burgerweeshuis will again be the setting for a versatile series of garden concerts by, among others, XZIBIT, DOOL, Brant Bjork Trio, MEAU and Sticks.
The Citizen Orphanage has now built up a good track record with special concerts and big names in the courtyard. For example, De Dijk, Danny Vera, Eliades Ochoa, Curtis Harding and Karsu have already appeared.
Program
The program for June 2025 is now complete and on stage:
The guys from DeWolff are today's sixties garage rock virtuosos.
Altin Gün plays an exciting mix of Turkish folk, psychedelia, funk and rock. The band has built a strong reputation for playing brilliantly catchy, upbeat pop music.
Raven van Dorst's Rotterdam band returns with a powerful mix of progressive rock, metal and post-rock on their latest album 'The Shape Of Fluidity'.
MEAU, a Dutch singer-songwriter, captivates listeners with her distinctive sound characterized by synths, warm guitar sounds, compelling melodies, and dreamy chords.
In almost twenty-five years, Erik de Jong aka Spinvis has grown into one of the most idiosyncratic and versatile artists in the Dutch pop landscape.
With a combination of a huge amount of classics, inexhaustible energy, raw Westcoast beats and a good dose of fun, X puts on a legendary hip-hop show time and time again.
June 27 - Brant Bjork Trio// King Buffalo
Multi-instrumentalist Brant Bjork delivers a quality release every 2 to 3 years. At the end of October, Brant Bjork Trio's album “Once Upon A Time in The Desert” was released, where the unmistakable desert sound can be heard loud and clear.
The American band King Buffalo is a psychedelic trio that makes a powerful blend of heavy psych, blues, and stoner rock.
Sticks broke through with the rap band Opgezwollen and is now one of the biggest names in Dutch hip-hop.
In recent years, a book and several albums have been published. With the latest album 'Zonneschijn', he gave a solo concert at AFAS Live at the beginning of this year.