Chill Bar Evening: Pink Pony Club
https://acu.nl/events/20240910/chill-bar-evening-pink-pony-club
September 10th. Waiting for the Intl Open Stage.
ACU opens early today! Come for a drink and celebrate/commiserate with us.

ACU Utrecht

September 10th: Chill Bar Evening: Pink Pony Club

Waiting for the Intl Open Stage

LGBT+ Book Club
https://acu.nl/events/20241006/lgbt-book-club-haunting-of-hill-house
October 6th. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.
Come discuss queer books, have a (non-alcoholic) drink, and make new friends ?✨ Together with Utrecht LGBT+, we’re facilitating a monthly book club. Specifically, we’re reading stuff by queer authors about queer things. Check out the event page on MeetUp!
October’s book, written by Shirley Jackson, is a gothic horror classic with queer undertones.
Dr. Montague, an occult scholar, and his team — Theodora, his assistant; Eleanor, a fragile young woman with a close acquaintance with the paranormal; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House — conduct an unusual research project in a reputedly haunted house.
Everyone is welcome who has read the book (or DNF, and is okay with spoilers) by the time of the meetup. Meetings take place at ACU, a queer-friendly political-cultural centrum which resides in the city center.
Please update your RSVP if you find out you cannot attend. Hope to see you there!

ACU Utrecht

October 6th: LGBT+ Book Club

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

? ACU Bar Night.
https://acu.nl/events/20240906/%f0%9f%8d%ba-acu-bar-night
September 6th. No live music tonight, but we are still open to serve you drinks..

ACU Utrecht

September 6th: 🍺 ACU Bar Night.

No live music tonight, but we are still open to serve you drinks.

Riot Grrl: BRENDA (UK) + somesurprises (US) + Chela (NL)
https://acu.nl/events/20241020/riot-grrl-brenda-uk-somesurprises-us-chela-nl
October 20th. Rotten Food Booking Presents....
Come for a dreamy evening of post punk synth pop at ACU! Pro tip: a donation-based meal is served at 7 before the show.
BRENDA
BRENDA is every woman you’ve ever seen, met, smelled, heard, feared. BRENDA is from Glasgow. BRENDA is Apsi Witana on drums. BRENDA is Litty Hughes on guitar and synth. BRENDA is Flore De Hoog on synths, and more synths. BRENDA sings sweet harmonies. BRENDA is riot grrrl meets fourth wave feminism. BRENDA is butch synth-punk dressed in drag.
somesurprises
somesurprises is the musical project of Egyptian/English American songwriter and guitarist Natasha El-Sergany. Born in Letterkenny, Ireland, and raised in the north of England before moving to Florida at age ten, El-Sergany eventually found home in the evergreen mist of Seattle, WA. What began as a bedroom project focused on spectral balladry and late-night exploration has evolved into a dynamic four-piece band. Motorik beats, reverb-drenched vocals, washes of fingerpicked guitars, and hazy synths expand El-Sergany’s delicate and blissful songwriting.

ACU Utrecht

October 20th: Riot Grrl: BRENDA (UK) + somesurprises (US) + Chela (NL)

Rotten Food Booking Presents...

PΞB, Mehrnaz Khorrami, A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers, Radical Vitality
https://acu.nl/events/20241002/p%ce%beb-mehrnaz-khorrami-a-plague-of-lighthouse-keepers-radical-vitality
October 2nd. Noise, Metal & Experimental live music.
PΞB [Drum & Noise]
PΞB is a Duo based in Berlin. Tricky drum loops form gripping scenes.
No-language Rap screamed and whispered. Harsh noises cut the soundscapes into pieces.
Too simple for the gifted, too heavy for elevators.
https://www.instagram.com/iamchainsaw/
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Mehrnaz Khorrami [Experimental Noise]
A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers [Sludge Metal / Noise]
Whilst the name ‘A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers’ refers to multiple different artworks, including the song by Vandergraaf Generator of the same name and the Robert Eggers 2019 film, the Haarlem based metal band has developed a style that is uniquely their own. It’s perhaps because the struggle and isolation of the Lighthouse Keeper became so much more vivid to all of us, during the extended periods of isolation during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Using Sludge, Post and Doom-Metal as a vehicle for free artistic, political and personal expression, the quartet is currently working on their debut both in the studio and on stage.
Musically, the Lighthouse Keepers sound like a disturbed lovechild between OM, Sumac, Swans, Miles Davis and Pandit Pran Naath. They combine lengthy improvisations with ear shattering explosions of intensity. Lyrically, their songs deal mostly with death, personal struggle, religion and political philosophy, hence using their desperate shrieks, earsplitting cymbals, noisy guitarpalette and thumbing repetitive basspaterns to create a dialectical counterpoint to contemporary pop culture. It’s the punk rock of a failed generation, drowning in anger and filth yet too tired to organize a revolution. Still, The Lighthouse Keepers also manage to find small moments of undeniable beauty and fragility as so to perhaps spark a glimmer of hope in a world torn by pandemics, war and systemic oppression.
? Joost Verhagen – vocals, synths, tanpura, shruti
? Tristan “Lama Waaien” – guitar, saxophone
? Derek Twiss – drums
? Sterre Marrée – vocals, bass
https://aplagueoflighthousekeepers.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/a.plague.of.lighthouse.keepers/

Radical Vitality [Harsh Noise]
Radical Vitality from Utrecht has been making anti-ironic harsh noise for the last ten years, inspired by the US noise and Japanoise classics, while also bringing a personal touch to his sound. His debut album ‘Anti Ironic Harsh Noise’ is coming out later this year. Play loud or do not play at all.
https://eternalrecurrence.bandcamp.com/

ACU Utrecht

October 2nd: PΞB, Mehrnaz Khorrami, A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers, Radical Vitality

Noise, Metal & Experimental live music

Designer Violence / L’orne / Hetzat
https://acu.nl/events/20240920/designer-violence-lorne-hetzat
September 20th.
Designer Violence
Queert artpunk formation
L’orne
Melancholic alternative band from Rotterdam/The Hague, currently exploring their love for slowcore and post-rock.
Hetzat
Utregse poserpunk

ACU Utrecht

September 20th: Designer Violence / L’orne / Hetzat

ACU is a political-cultural center in Utrecht. ACU hosts various activities: bar, vegan restaurant, DIY concerts, disco nights, political events, punk and hardcore gigs, jam sessions, benefit events, parties, movies, library, and meeting place for political…

Donderslag Presents: Pool Party
https://acu.nl/events/20240928/donderslag-presents-pool-party
September 28th. Time For a Deep Dive Into Drum&Bass.
Time for a deep dive in the world of Drum&Bass with the Donderslag collective. From smooth liquid to heavy neuro and filthy rollers, nothing is off limits.
Expect a night full of the best Drum&Bass tunes combined with the best visuals for a fully submersive experience.

ACU Utrecht

September 28th: Donderslag Presents: Pool Party

Time For a Deep Dive Into Drum&Bass

Sugerlady + Batbürger
https://acu.nl/events/20240912/sugerlady-batburger
September 12th.
Are you ready for some old school punk rock?
2 great bands with a classic sound!

ACU Utrecht

September 12th: Sugerlady + Batbürger

ACU is a political-cultural center in Utrecht. ACU hosts various activities: bar, vegan restaurant, DIY concerts, disco nights, political events, punk and hardcore gigs, jam sessions, benefit events, parties, movies, library, and meeting place for political…

Hard Voor Weinig + Who Cares, Frank?
https://acu.nl/events/20240906/hard-voor-weinig-who-cares-frank
September 6th. Punk, herrie.
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME POLITICAL NOISE IN OUR LITTLE HOME?!
NO? TO BAD!
2 bands!
Hard Voor Weinig!
Absolute legends in the punk scene for many years!
With their hard songs and strong lyrics they will make you angry!
Who Cares, Frank?
Who does not like young punks? Especially if they are also involved in local activism!
Dont ask who frank is, we dont know either

ACU Utrecht

September 6th: Hard Voor Weinig + Who Cares, Frank?

Punk, herrie

EECtronic open stage
https://acu.nl/events/20241015/eectronic-open-stage-10
October 15th. Experimental live eectronic music. .
Setup 19:00
Door visitors: 19:30
Start performances 20:00
All forms of eectronic projects are welcome. Everyone gets 10 minutes to play. This is the place to be if have been planning to try out your looper pedal to make clever poetry , wanted to use your synthesiser for a crowd, like to make some harsh noise walls, want to live code visuals on your laptop or are a DIY instrument enthusiast.. Go wild.
We have DI’s, a projector with an HDMI cable, tables to put your gear on, microphone stands, microphones lights and a PA system .
Our assumption is that everyone has a single mono or stereo output.
Let us know if you need more than that hour to setup (this includes the line check), or if you have some unusual outputs. ->  eectronicopenstage at acu dot nl.
To the guitarist: This is a night to be experimental with your guitar and mangle the sound beyond any form of recognition.
If you want to try out your new shredding solo the the international open stage might be more suited, and the Flying carpets is perfect for those who want to jam.

ACU Utrecht

October 15th: EECtronic open stage

Experimental live eectronic music.