TREACLE · Editorial Column
Field Notes.
Place-based features. Festivals, venues, scenes, cities. What this place is and why it matters.
ADE 2026: what a day actually looks like
The 30th Amsterdam Dance Event runs 21 to 25 October, from an aquarium at nine in the morning to hundreds of club nights. Here is the shape of a day.
Coda · 5 Oct 2026
From a Brampton tape to W.I.T.C.H. at Lee's Palace: three nights at Second Summer
Toronto's newest festival said it booked bands on how they feel live, not on follower counts. Zach Aureliano picked six sets from three nights in the west end.
Zach Aureliano · 4 Oct 2026
GoldFord left business for music. Frankfurt gets the result.
Eleven years after his first album, GoldFord is touring the EP that finally broke. The tour has one German date: Batschkapp, Frankfurt, 16 October.
Damien Töpfl · 13 Sept 2026
Apache 207 returns to Mannheim for two more arena nights
Three sold-out nights in February were not enough. On 22 and 23 September he is back at SAP Arena, a home game for somebody from Ludwigshafen.
Damien Töpfl · 9 Sept 2026
Songs in the Key of Life turns 50. Stevie Wonder is playing it in full again.
Four weeks after the album's fiftieth birthday, Stevie Wonder brings it to Hannover, and four days later to Amsterdam, start to finish.
Damien Töpfl · 9 Sept 2026
Seven years, 100,000 women, and a dancefloor without fear
Femmazing filled two stages at IJland on Saturday without putting a single man on either bill. That is not a booking quirk. It is the whole argument.
Annelies · 8 Sept 2026
Where to see live music in Amsterdam: a guide to the rooms
A church, a dairy factory, a horse-tram depot and a former film academy. The Amsterdam rooms worth knowing, what plays in them, and what to expect when you walk in.
Coda · 25 Aug 2026
Sziget 2026, Day -1 and Day 0: the year the festival got itself back
For the first time since 2017, Sziget belongs to the people who built it. You can hear it in what they programmed before the festival even opened.
Coda · 11 Aug 2026
Where to see live music in Berlin: a guide to the rooms
From a 200-capacity former canteen to a 22,000-seat amphitheatre in the woods. The Berlin rooms worth knowing, what plays in them, and what to expect when you walk in.
Coda · 7 Aug 2026
WorldPride Amsterdam is not over: the Reguliersdwarsstraat, and what is still to come
We photographed Regulier Celebrates in the Reguliersdwarsstraat this weekend. Half the programme is still ahead, including a march that carries the flag of every country where being gay is still a crime.
Coda · 5 Aug 2026
Ten European festivals worth your August, and where you can still get in
August is the heaviest month in the European festival calendar. Ten of the best, in date order, with what is still on sale as of this week.
Coda · 4 Aug 2026
Sziget for first-timers: the island festival, explained
Five days on an island in the middle of Budapest, running 11 to 15 August. What Sziget actually is, and what to know before your first one.
Annelies · 23 Jul 2026
What is a festival secret set, and how to actually catch one
Surprise shows, fake names, TBA slots on the clashfinder. Here is how secret sets actually work, and how to be in the right field at the right time.
Annelies · 21 Jul 2026
Roskilde 2026: Why we keep coming back
A festival run as a non-profit since 1971, with sustainability you can see and art that makes you stop walking. Why Roskilde keeps earning the trip back, and why this year might be the one to put on your list.
Annelies Vollmuller · 19 May 2026
Paradiso Amsterdam: Spring Concert Photography Recap 2026
Song one for the engineers, song three for the lighting designer. A spring of live photography at Paradiso, and what the room teaches you about timing.
Colin Darbyshire · 24 Mar 2026
Live Music in Leeds: March and April 2026
A working city with an unaffected relationship to its music scene. What that means for the photographs that come out of it, March through April 2026.
Colin Darbyshire · 17 Mar 2026