Muziekfeest van het Jaar

Name: Muziekfeest van het Jaar
Start: 2026-12-11T18:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-12-11T23:00:00+01:00
Location: Ziggo Dome

Fri, 11 Dec 2026 — Sun, 13 Dec · 18:30 — 23:00

Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam

festival party

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Muziekfeest van het Jaar is a large-scale music event held at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam.

About the festival: Muziekfeest van het Jaar

8th edition

Edition

17.000

Capacity Ziggo Dome

Good to know

Friday 11 and Saturday 12 December: starts 20:00, doors open 18:30
Sunday 13 December: matinee show, doors open 14:30, starts 16:00
Tickets: € 45,- to € 100,- (Golden Circle, 1st ring, 2nd ring and family section)
AVROTROS members receive € 10 discount per ticket
Tickets via Ticketmaster (official sales channel)
Location: Ziggo Dome, De Passage 100, Amsterdam (accessible via Bijlmer ArenA station)
Program in Dutch; artists include Jan Smit, Donnie, Yves Berendse, Anita Meyer, Robert van Hemert and Sven Versteeg
Show will be recorded for TV broadcast on NPO3 on New Year's Eve

What's new

2026-07
An extra third show on Sunday 13 December (matinee) has been newly announced due to high demand for tickets.

Line-up

Guido van de Graaf
Justen de Wildt
Rutger van Barneveld
Yves Berendse

About: Anita Meyer

Hits like 'Why Tell Me Why' and 'The Alternative Way' have made Anita Meyer a fixture in Dutch pop history. The Rotterdam-born singer has been performing for five decades, moving between chart success and major theatre productions.

254.2K

monthly listeners on Spotify

'Why Tell Me Why' in the Dutch hit parade, 6 weeks (1981)

album 'Shades of Desire' in the Dutch album chart (1981)

debut single 'The Alternative Way' in the Dutch hit parade (1976)

What's new

2025-12
Anita Meyer is confirmed as an artist at the Music Festival of the Year 2026, which will be recorded on December 11 and 12, 2026 at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam.
2025-12
The recordings of the Music Festival of the Year 2026 will take place on December 11 and 12 at the Ziggo Dome.
2025
Anita Meyer participated for the second time in the AVROTROS television program Beste Zangers, in which artists perform each other's songs.

Tour

Amsterdam

Tracks

Why Tell Me WhyBest-selling single of 1981, six weeks at number 1 in the Netherlands

The Alternative WayBreakthrough single from 1976, immediately number 1 on the hit parade

Shades of DesireAlbum from 1981, number 1 on the Dutch album chart

Run to MeDuet with Lee Towers (1986), top 10 hit in the Netherlands

Het Spijt MeTitle song of the eponymous RTL 4 program, back on the hit list in 1994

About: Donnie

Rapper and singer Donnie (Donny Ellerström) made his name fusing hip-hop with Dutch folk song in what he calls 'kibbelingsound'. Platinum records, a co-writing credit on 'Europapa' and ten Top 40 hits make him a fixture on Dutch stages.

#38

Album Top 100 position for De kibbelingsound (2023, platinum)

Top 40 hits in the Netherlands

~2M

streams for 'Snelle Planga' at release

top 10 hits in the Dutch Top 40

What's new

2026-01
'Moët Dat Nou', a collaboration with Robert Van Hemert, becomes Donnie's tenth Top 40 hit and his third top 10 hit.
2026-04
Donnie organizes a new edition of Donnie's Party Comité on April 10, 2026 in Paradiso, Amsterdam.
2025-08
Donnie releases the single 'Snelle Jelle' in August 2025, a collaboration with Marco Schuitmaker, La$$a and Turfy Gang.

Tour

Amsterdam

Tracks

Snelle plangaViral hit from 2018, almost 2 million streams

Frans DuitsCollaboration with Frans Duijts, part of the kibbelingsound

Bon gepaktWith René Froger, featured in the NPO Radio 2 Top 2000

De kibbelingsoundPlatinum album from 2023, #38 in the Album Top 100

EuropapaCo-written for Joost Klein, Dutch entry Eurovision 2024

About: Jan Smit

Thirty years after his debut as a ten-year-old from Volendam, Jan Smit remains a major draw on Dutch stages - as a solo act, as part of De Toppers, and as the familiar face hosting Beste Zangers. His set spans early schlagers through to recent summer singles.

1.4M

monthly listeners on Spotify

91K

subscribers on YouTube (official channel)

115M+

video views on YouTube

first number one in the Dutch charts (1997)

What's new

2026-08
Jan Smit celebrates his 30-year anniversary with two concerts at the Marinapark in Volendam on 7 and 8 August 2026.
2025-11
For autumn 2026, Smit announces three jubilee concerts in Flanders under the title 'Jan Smit - 30 years in Flanders', in Lommel, Wieze and Roeselare.
2025-10
In the new season of Beste Zangers, Jan Smit sang on stage himself for the first time in years, in a duet with Paul de Leeuw.

Tour

VolendamVughtLommelWiezeRoeselareBlankenbergeDrouwenermondNijmegenUreterp

Tracks

Ik zing dit lied voor jou alleendebut single from 1997, his first number one in the Netherlands

Als de morgen is gekomenone of his best-known hits, widely known to the general public

Leeg om je heenpopular single from his solo career

Tranquilosummer single from June 2025, collaboration with Alain Clark

Mamadebut duet with BZN singer Carola Smit, with which his career began

Recent shows

Aug 16, 2026 Goffertpark, Nijmegen
Aug 7, 2026 Marina Park Volendam, Volendam
Aug 3, 2026 Kruisstraat, Veldhoven

About: Robert van Hemert

Leiden-born singer Robert van Hemert went from winning the TV talent show De Hollandse Nieuwe in 2022 to scoring one of the biggest Dutch-language summer hits of 2024 with 'Zoet, Zout, Zuur', earning gold records and a growing string of chart hits.

~70M

streams of 'Zoet, Zout, Zuur' on Spotify

10M+

streams of 'Mona Lisa' (gold record)

#20

highest position 'Mona Lisa' in the Top 40

weeks in the Top 40 with 'Mona Lisa'

What's new

2026-06
Van Hemert announced his biggest solo show to date: on April 23, 2027 he will perform 'Daar Moët Je Heen' for the first time at AFAS Live in Amsterdam.
2026-06
Alongside the announcement of the AFAS Live show, Van Hemert released the new single 'Zandloopster'.
2026
Van Hemert participated in the sixth season of the RTL 4 program De Verraders and won the program together with Géza Weisz.

Tour

Amsterdam

Tracks

Zoet, Zout, Zuursummer hit of 2024, almost 70 million streams, gold record

Mona Lisahit from 2025, 10 million+ streams, gold record, 15 weeks in the Top 40

Moët Dat Noucollaboration with Donnie, released early 2026

Ik zal er zijnduet with Kimberly Fransens (January 2025), Orange Crown from TV Oranje

Wegenwachtcollaboration with Donnie and Trobi (end of 2024)

About: Sven Versteeg

After his 2024 party hit 'Blikkendag', Amsterdam-born Sven Versteeg became one of the most in-demand names in Dutch-language pop. Collaborations with Lange Frans, Donnie and Corry Konings show his ease at bridging different corners of the Dutch music world.

40.5M+

streams of 'Blikkendag' on Spotify

#16

highest position 'Blikkendag' in the Dutch Top 40

'Blikkendag' in the Sterren NL Top 25 (December 2024)

weeks in the NL Top 20 with 'Blikkendag'

What's new

2026-07
Sven Versteeg released the single 'Vuurwerk' together with Senna in July 2026.
2026-04
In April 2026, 'Boevenpad' appeared, a collaboration with rapper Lange Frans, released via Dino Music.
2026-01
In January 2026, Sjaky, the manager and best friend of Sven Versteeg, with whom he had built his singing career from the beginning, passed away.

Tracks

Blikkendag (ft. Likke Pêhp)national breakthrough in 2024, peak #16 Top 40 and #1 Sterren NL Top 25, 40M+ streams on Spotify

Heb lak aan wat ze zeggensingle May 2025, Hollandse Nieuwe at RADIONL

Boevenpad (ft. Lange Frans)single April 2026, collaboration with rap legend Lange Frans

Baas Van Het Caféearlier hit, Paradeplaat at SterrenNL and Dutch-language top 25

Kroegentocht (ft. Donnie & LA$$A)single 2025, collaboration with Donnie and LA$$A

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