Progressive adventurous concerts with a focus on jazz and improvised music in Amsterdam and beyond Music is alive!
SPACE IS THE PLACE is a jazz/impro concert serie in Café de Ruimte (Amsterdam-Noord). Musicians who have performed ao: Nate Wooley, Thomas Johansson, Gard Nilssen, Ola Høyer, Kristoffer Alberts, Nate Wooley, Jasper Stadhouders, Terrie Ex, Onno Govaert, Jim Black, Oscar Noriega, Trevor Dunn, Chris Speed, Ziv Taubenfeld, Boi Akih, Ab Baars, Frank Rosaly, Mars Williams, Wilbert deJoode, Martin van Duynhoven, Joris Roelofs, Honest John, DUOT ...
08/11/2025
Throwback to our end of the summer event at De Nijverheid. Together with Keep It Moving, we hosted adventurous improvisers, acoustic soloists, energetic rock and electronic acts… and we even had a limbo challenge!
We’re already looking forward to more events in Utrecht, but for now take a look at these beautiful shots by Jim Dermois
06/11/2025
The magic of improvised music is in the details. Every note is a surprise and every session a new adventure. With their unique approach, personality and instrumentation, each musician crafts their own world. That ecosystem is where Space is the Place exists.
We create space for both emerging and established musicians across genres, all driven by a shared passion music in the moment.
By doing so, we support artists locally and beyond, encouraging them to cross disciplines, experiment with new collaborations, and take creative risks on stage.
If this resonates with you, check out our upcoming events or join the Friends of SITP to support our activities and get discounted tickets!
Photos by Cem Altinoz & Jim Dermois
04/11/2025
What a mesmerizing night under stunning drapes 🪐 thanks again to all the artists and visitors who joined our Interplanetary Night last Saturday. See you next time and might perseverance flow!
Photos by Cem Altinoz
29/10/2025
We are delighted to present the second edition of Interlinie: a compact concert tour aimed at cross-pollinating Dutch and Belgian improvisation, experimental music and jazz.
The band Old Adam on Turtle Island will perform on 5 different stages both in Belgium and The Netherlands, joined by the collective G A B B R O – initiated by Hanne De Backer - in Amsterdam, Antwerp and Ostend. During their tour they will be joined by Berlinde Deman (Eindhoven and Ghent) and Imane Guemssy (Antwerp).
Organised with the main goal to connect musicians and organisations from the improv scene, Interlinie 2025 is made possible with the support of Space is the Place, Bimhuis, Ha Concerts, POM, Sound in Motion, Rataplan and KAAP.
Interlinie | 10 - 14 December 2025
Eindhoven —> Ghent —> Amsterdam —> Antwerp —> Ostend
More info —> spaceistheplace.eu/interlinie/
27/10/2025
It’s almost time! This Saturday night we’re embarking on an interplanetary journey with a pushing boundaries program of jazz and improvised music. Closing the night, our in-house duo of DJs: Paroah & Spooky-J join forces behind the decks for a genre-defying set. Spooky-J (of Nihiloxica) brings UK bass and footwork while Paroah weaves in trap, heavy percussions and hybrid club textures. Join us at BIMHUIS starting at 20.30!
An Interplanetary Night 🪐
📅 Saturday, 1 November 2025
📍 BIMHUIS, Amsterdam
🎷 Line-up: Natural Information Society | Dovetail | Sofia Borges & Ada Rave | Lida Brouskari | Paroah b2b Spooky-J
🎟️ Tickets & info: spaceistheplace.eu | bimhuis.nl
20/10/2025
The Space is the Place universe is always in motion: this fall we gravitate around more wonderful events in Amsterdam. We aim to stimulate the scene by giving financial, promotional and/or productional support to specific concert evenings & events.
This week we land on planet ADE, supporting a nigh of live electronic dance music: //ALIVENESS// Neon River+FEVER
On the 6th of November there’s a new event of the Orbits series, featuring Tangerine (Aviv Noam & Danielle Friedman), Spooky-J and Vera Morais/ Oscar Jan Hoogland / Lida Brouskari.
And if you really want to be one of us, this Saturday we’ll be visiting our friends Minute Made Music at BIMHUIS: a melting pot of some of the best improvisers in Amsterdam - orchestrated by the great Jan Hoogland.
19/10/2025
Wiel Klanken recap video 🚲 cross again our route of live music and landscape through the footage filmed by Arttu Sesselaar
Op zaterdag 13 september vond de derde editie van Wiel Klanken plaats, een bijzondere muzikale fietstour door het schilderachtige Waterland en het levendige ...
03/10/2025
Natural Information Society (NIS) returns to the Netherlands on the 1st of November, performing on An Interplanetary Night at BIMHUIS 🪐
The acclaimed Chicago-based band combines traditional and electric instruments, drawing from minimalism, jazz, krautrock and more. On their
upcoming album - and for their show in Amsterdam - NIS brings back its core formation of Lisa Alvarado on harmonium, Mikel Patrick Avery on drums, Jason Stein on bass clarinet, & composer/multi-instrumentalist Joshua Abrams on guimbri.
Under the guise of An Interplanetary Night, Space Is the Place organizes spectacular evenings with multiple artists who are pushing boundaries
and crossing borders. With its roots in jazz and improvised music, the program explores a variety of genres, presenting an extraordinary international line-up:
Natural Information Society | Dovetail | Sofia Borges & Ada Rave | Lida Brouskari | Paroah b2b Spooky-J
This year, SITP crash-lands into one of the most gloriously unruly festivals around: Murf/Murw
From beat-driven chaos to poetic resistance, expect sonic experiments from Aquarius Zen Garden, Carta Pesto, Jacob Maskell-Key and Mother Tongue.
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Since 2015 Space is the Place organizes a progressive and adventurous concert series. With De Ruimte (Amsterdam) as a home base, Space is the Place curated over 600 concerts with a focus on jazz and improvised music. We initiate concert evenings and at the same time try to form a creative breeding ground stimulating the scene, also by crossing genres and disciplines.
In 2017 Foundation Space is the Place was born. The official goal according the statutes: organizing improvised music based concerts in which sounds the necessity and pleasure of adventurous music.
ARTISTS
Over 1000 musicians and other artists played in the Space is the Place series, also in cooperation with the multidisciplinary series ditdit-dada-ditdit. Some of the musicians who have performed (in random order): Nate Wooley, Thomas Johansson, Gard Nilssen, Kristoffer Alberts, Jasper Stadhouders, Terrie Ex, Onno Govaert, Jim Black, Oscar Noriega, Trevor Dunn, Chris Speed, Ziv Taubenfeld, Boi Akih, Ab Baars, Frank Rosaly, Mars Williams, Wilbert de Joode, Peter Evans, John Butcher, The Ex, Han Bennink, Chris Pitsiokos, Martin van Duynhoven, Joris Roelofs, Honest John, Ingrid Laubrock, Tom Rainey, Wolter Wierbos, Ches Smith, Mary Halvorson, John Dikeman, Simon Toldam, Joachim Badenhorst, Reinier Baas, Harmen Fraanje, Raphael Vanoli, Anton Goudsmit, Jaap Blonk, Marta Warelis, Guus Janssen, Kaja Draksler, Luc Ex, Bobby Few, Teun Verbruggen, Jozef Dumoulin, Sannety, DJ Marcelle, Michiel Braam, Bo van de Graaf, Oscar-Jan Hoogland, Salvoandre Lucifora, Jonas Cambien, Felicity Provan, Ada Rave, Michael Moore, Michael Vatcher, Flin van Hemmen, Niels Broos, Wolfert Brederode, Ferry Heijne, Xavi Torres, Bruno Calvo Anillo, Dario Trapani, Bjork Nielsdottir, Laura Paulence, Morris Kliphuis, Gerri Jäger, Wim T. Schippers, Peter van Bergen, Julie Kurris, Dodó Kis, Jesse van Ruller, Aaron Lumley, Raoul van de Weide, Michiel Scheen, Jan Klare, Bram Stadhouders, Joost Buis, Mary Oliver, Nora Mulder, Miguel Petruccelli, Guy Salamon, Marcelo dos Reis, Talibam!, Tobias Klein, Ken Vandermark, Ben van Gelder, De Beren Gieren, Knalpot, Ernst Reijseger, Ernst Glerum, Christian Wallumrod, Ruben Machtelinckx, Thomas Jillings, Dirk Serries, Conjunto Papa Upa, Bacchanalia, LAB Trio, How Town, Allistair Payne, Matteo Myderwyk, Diamanda Dramm, Mark Morse, Keiko Shichijo, Saartje van Camp, Gideon van Gelder, Peter Zegveld, Kenzo Kusuda, Felix Strategier, Jochem van Tol, Yannis Kyriakides, Ig Henneman, Mark Haanstra, Oene van Geel and the list goes on and on...