Grauzone festival 2023 reviewed
As we start to look back on Grauzone 2023 after an amazing edition, we can now share a collection of nice reviews and reports by a wide range of different national and international publications and still more reviews are coming in. Also we’ve made a picture page from all the days and will be updated the coming weeks.
Ditz. Photo by Tineke Klamer
NATIONAL:
- NRC
‘‘Grauzone is a broad celebration of all countercultures where no one should feel left out’’ -NRC ★★★★
Read NRC review here
- Volkskrant
‘’There are enough ordinary music festivals already, Grauzone however has an added value’’ - Volkskrant
Read Volkskrant review here
- 3voor12
’’Visitors from all over the world have come to PAARD and The Hague ‘‘ - VPRO 3voor12
Read 3voor12 report here:
Friday Feb 10 / Saturday Feb 11 / Sunday Feb 12
- Gonzo Circus
‘’The festival does not have to not worry about the future. Their trademark is obvious. The audience is largely young, diverse and eager with the lhbtiq+ scene also strikingly present. A young, fresh program attracts ditto people. Grauzone is now much more than an underground gothic or post-punk festival. It is a statement of counterculture where being different is above all being yourself’’. - Gonzo Circus
Read the full review here
- Resident Advisor
‘’Grauzone have cultivated a loyal following for its boundary-pushing lineups, provocative art exhibitions and extensive film programme. For its tenth anniversary, the Dutch event has pulled out all the stops. Deep thinkers, nonconformists and inspiration seekers’’ — Resident Advisor
Read the full article here
- Women in Music
’’Impressive performance of Lebanon Hanover in a packed big room of Paard — Women in Music
Read the full review here
- OOR
’’Emma Ruth Rundle’s show gives us goosebumps‘‘ — OOR
Read the full review here
- Festileaks
‘’Grauzone 2023 is a ‘pearl’. The international audience has traveled from very far to be here at the festival. And rightly so, because there are many special shows on the program, unique programming’’ — Festileaks
Read the full review here
- Make a Fuzz
‘’Grauzone has become the most important Dutch festival for anyone who likes dark music’’ — Make a Fuzz
Reviews:
Friday Feb 10 / Saturday Feb 11 / Sunday Feb 12
Zanias by Niels Vinck
INTERNATIONAL:
-Luminous Dash (BE)
‘’Grauzone is a unique niche festival of its kind and combines 'gender equality' with fascinating underground music and art and brings it all together in locations that appeal to the imagination’’
Review Friday Feb 10 / Photo Report
‘’Kaelan Mikla from Iceland played a dazzlingly beautiful concert, they were so good that we really had to recover from it’’.
Review Saturday Feb 11/ Photo Report
‘’On day 3 of the amazing Grauzone festival we witnesses one of the most wonderful concerts of recent years’’
Review Sunday Feb 12
- Louder Than War (UK)
’’ Where do you go when the future and the past are getting borders blurred? You go to the excellent Grauzone Festival in Den Haag‘‘ — Louder Than War
Read the full review here
- HYMN (SWE)
‘’All the artists I saw held an extremely high musical level and it is impressive that Grauzone has put together one of the year's best festivals in Europe with relatively few funds’’ - HYMN
‘’Starstudded program’’— HYMN
Review 1 / Review 2
-Backseat Mafia (UK)
’’ One of the events leading the way in the Dutch counterculture, its popularity is only growing and with such a varied line up with the depth of talent on display, its only left to wonder where they can go next’’ — Backseat Mafia
Read the full review here
- Everlong Magazine (SP)
‘’Grauzone fills your soul with music, euphoria and inspiration, but its attention to artistic quality makes it unique and endearing. Small in size, this festival is big in originality and experimentation’’ — Everlong Magazine
Read the full review here
Interviews:
- 10 Years Grauzone festival - A conversation with Natasja Alers & Zanias — Postpunk.com (US)
- Grauzone bestiert al 10 jaar vanzelfsprekend de voorhoede — 3voor12 Den Haag
Radio:
- KINK FM
- Operator Radio
- Pinquin Radio
- Radio Capelle
- La Bestia