Events

Wednesday, November 25th, 2026 18:30 doors open 19:00 start Melkweg, Amsterdam TICKETS HERE With our next screening we will go back to the early years of Sun Ra. Before the world (and the cosmos) came to know him as the Afro-futurist pioneer of "space jazz", he was born as Herman Poole Blount in Birmingham, deep in the heart of Alabama. The Belgian documentary 'The Magic City - Birmingham According to Sun Ra' sheds light on how this often-overlooked yet magical music city hel

Wednesday, October 14th, 2026 18:30 doors open 19:00 start Melkweg, Amsterdam TICKETS HERE We're back with a special curated night of three short Afro-jazz documentaries and an online Q&A with saxophonist James “Plunky” Branch. Juju to Oneness of Juju (2026) The story of the evolution of the legendary African spiritual jazz group Juju into Oneness of Juju, known from tracks like 'African Rhythms'. The Black Fire Documentary (2023) The Black Fire Documentary uncovers Washingt

Wednesday, December 16th, 2026 18:30 doors open 19:00 start Melkweg, Amsterdam TICKETS HERE For our final screening of the year we will watch a new documentary about jazz legend Miles Davis, who would have turned 100 years old this year. Numerous films have already been made about him, but director Patrick Savey is taking a different approach. MILES does not attempt to explain who Miles Davis was, but explores how he created. Through the stories of musicians who played with h

Sunday, September 27th, 2026 Time: 19:00 - 23:00 Doka, Amsterdam TICKETS HERE Paramaribop, Funky Kawina & Su-Fusion 'Journey through the blend between Surinamese traditions and Black American music traditions' In celebration of the vinyl release of a unique 80s recording by Surinamese keyboardist Sonny Khoeblal and the band Thalamus, Steppin’ Into Tomorrow provides a sonic journey through various Surinamese music traditions. After the country’s independence in 1975, experimen

Screening: 'Sample Not For Sale' Saturday, October 3rd, 2026 Haarlem Station, Haarlem Tickets & Info Recycling within literature, architecture, the internet and art is all the rage. But that doesn’t make it any less delicate an issue. On one hand, creatives prefer to keep the sources of their samples secret because they don’t want to be imitated, while on the other hand there’s always the threat of a court case for violation of copyright. Documentary maker Mike Redman himself

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026 18:30 doors open 19:00 start Melkweg, Amsterdam TICKETS HERE "After our brief summer break we're back and first up we will watch 'The Blind Couple from Mali'. This new documentary tells the story of the extraordinary duo Amadou & Mariam as they work on their final album and perform a unique concert in their homeland, Mali, which is torn apart by internal tensions. Since the 1980s, they have reached millions of people around the world and have b