A spotlight on the Friday program with expexted highlights

26 September 2025

No markets yet, but there’s plenty of program to enjoy around town. Visit PHIL for the final bits of Making Vinyl and the start of our listening program, or make your way to the freely accessible World Protest Day program at Slachthuis.

All tickets are available here

Daytime

Q&A Mohammed Zaanoun + exhibition at Slachthuis
Experience a powerful visual and cinematic journey through two decades of living and surviving in Gaza.
10:30 - 11:00 & 15:45 - 16.15, Slachthuis - free entry

Freedom lecture Jip van den Toorn
How can you protest with an image? In her freedom lecture, cartoonist Jip van den Toorn (de Volkskrant, Vrij Nederland) demonstrates how drawings can irritate, challenge, and disrupt, thus becoming a powerful weapon in public debate.
11:00 -12:00 & 13:30 -14:30, Slachthuis - free entry

Vergeet mij nietjes - A vinyl tour around care centers
Together with the Kennemerhart Foundation and the Antonius Community we organize a vinyl tour along three care centers in Haarlem.
Invite only

Guided Tour at Record Industry
Take an exclusive look behind the scenes at Europe's largest vinyl pressing plant.
12:00 - 14:00 (sold out)

Public Panel: This Is How We Do It - The Path To More Sustainable Record Manufacturing
Join the conversation, hosted by Making Vinyl x HVF, and be part of the progress the vinyl industry is making.
14:00 - 15:00, PHIL - free entry

Public panel: The Cult of Gear – Resisting Elitism in Audio Obsession and a Great Sounding Future for All
This compelling panel brings together HiFi manufacturers, trade fair organizers, designers, critics, and grassroots enthusiasts to challenge the growing elitism in the audiophile world.
15:00 - 16:00, PHIL - free entry

Hiqpy x Danton Supple - The Art of Recording
In this special talk, rising Amsterdam band Hiqpy sits down with legendary producer Danton Supple (Coldplay, Elbow, Amy Macdonald) to explore the emotional and technical layers behind recording music that lasts.
15:00 - 15:45, PHIL - accessible with Friday ticket/weekend wristband

Venice Q&A and listening session
Americana-Pop legends Venice invite you to a special Q&A and listening session just ahead of their full concert that same evening at the venue.
16:00 - 17:00, PHIL - accessible with Friday ticket/weekend wristband or a Venice concert ticket.

Sounds Instore - Isabèl Usher
Enjoy an in-store concert and search for new records for your collection - at a discount.
17:00 - 18:00, Sounds - free entry

Evening

Folkways Recordings: 77 Years of Vinyl Visionaries - a lecture by Huib Schippers

Huib Schippers traces the remarkable history of the label, focusing on the people who shaped a fiercely independent and enduring force in releasing recorded sound on vinyl, now once again the most popular format for physical sales.
20:00 - 22:00, Noord-Hollands Archief - free entry

Zwarte Liefde ft. Rob Manga 
After the festive Sunday afternoon at Haarlem Vinyl Festival 2023, Zwarte Liefde now takes over the Friday night at the Jopenkerk, and for this special edition, they have secured none other than Rob Manga.
19:00 - 01:00 - Jopenkerk - free entry

The Yearlings
Alt-country band with a special album release show.
20:30 - 22:30 - Theater de Liefde - accessible with concert ticket/weekend pass wristband

Min Taka + MICH
A genre-bending sound that drifts between indie, liquid drum & bass, synth, and hyperpop and a mix of new wave and melancholic post-punk to indulge in. 
19:30 - 22:00, Patronaat - accessible with concert ticket/weekend pass wristband

Pussy Riot: Riot Days (RU) + Eric. J. Breitenbach (New Age Doom) 
Riot Days is not an ordinary performance - it is a fiery performance based on the memoirs of Maria Alyokhina of Pussy Riot. Clad in an explosive mix of concert, protest, theater, and political happening; about resistance, oppression, and revolution.
20:00 - 22:00, Slachthuis - accessible with concert ticket/weekend pass wristband

Remy van Kesteren + Luwten + Nana Adjoa
Internationally acclaimed harpist Remy van Kesteren at the Nieuwe Kerk. With a fresh and creative approach to both playing and developing the harp, Remy is constantly finding unique ways to bring the harp to new audiences, and new audiences to the harp. Van Kesteren will be accompanied by Nana Adjoa and Luwten
20:30 - 22:00, Nieuwe Kerk - accessible with concert ticket/weekend pass wristband

Night

Crazy P (DJ set) with support from Kyra Khaldi and FIGI.
The iconic British formation Crazy P will close the Friday evening of Haarlem Vinyl Festival with an exclusive DJ set at Patronaat.
23:00 - 04:00, Patronaat - accessible with Patronaat ticket/weekend pass wristband

Club3 x PURESOUNDS: Carlos Valdes, Dora & more
Club3 invites Haarlem-based collective PURESOUNDS for a night of the very best house music.
23:00 - 04:00, Club3 - accessible with Club3 ticket/weekend pass wristband

All tickets are available here