TakeRoot

Name: TakeRoot
Start: 2026-11-07T16:00:00+01:00
Location: De Oosterpoort

Sat, 7 Nov 2026 · 16:00

TakeRoot returns for its 28th edition at De Oosterpoort. The line-up includes Willow Avalon, American Aquarium, and The Del Fuegos.

About the festival: TakeRoot

28th edition

Edition number

~3 000

Visitors per edition

Stages

since 1998

Year of establishment

Good to know

One day: Saturday 7 November 2026
Doors open 15:00, start 16:00
Ticket approximately € 70,-
Payment at De Oosterpoort by card only
18+ event
No camping
Location: De Oosterpoort, Trompsingel 27, Groningen - within walking distance of Central Station
Parking: P-Oosterpoort, P-Damsterdiep or P-Rademarkt (card only)

What's new

2026-07
The line-up for the 28th edition is almost complete, featuring Willow Avalon, American Aquarium, The Del Fuegos, Eli 'Paperboy' Reed, Grace Cummings, Henry Wagons and Lance Roark.
2026-03
Ticket sales for TakeRoot 2026 have started via takeroot.nl.
2025-11
The 27th edition of TakeRoot in 2025 was sold out.

Line-up

Willow Avalon

About: American Aquarium

More than twenty years on, BJ Barham and American Aquarium bring the same drive to every stage: over 4,000 shows, a string of albums and a crowd that keeps coming back. The band pairs full-throttle rock energy with the emotional directness that has always set their songwriting apart.

150.1K

monthly listeners on Spotify

59.7K

monthly audience on YouTube Music

4000+

live shows played in 20 years

announced concerts in 2026

What's new

2026-06
American Aquarium released the new album New Ways to Lose on June 26, 2026 via Losing Side Records/Thirty Tigers, again produced by Shooter Jennings.
2026-06
The band announced a European tour for November 2026, with a performance at the Take Root Festival in Groningen on November 7.
2026-06
New Ways to Lose was largely recorded live in Los Angeles in a ten-day session, with three-part harmonies and horn arrangements as additions.

Tour

GroningenLondonCambridgeManchesterBristolNashvilleCharlotte

Tracks

Burn.Flicker.Dietitle track of the breakthrough album from 2012, most acclaimed album by the band

Things Changetitle track of the album from 2018, widely regarded as one of their strongest works

Lamentationsalbum from 2020, produced by Shooter Jennings

The Fear of Standing Stillalbum from July 2024, recorded at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles

New Ways to Losenewest album, released on 26 June 2026 via Losing Side Records/Thirty Tigers

About: The Del Fuegos

Born out of Boston's early-1980s club circuit, The Del Fuegos became one of their generation's most beloved garage rock acts, with Tom Petty among their fans and a Miller Beer TV spot bringing them national exposure. Led by the Zanes brothers, the band still plays with the raw drive of their early years.

#87

Highest position Billboard Hot 100 with 'I Still Want You' (1986)

#46

Highest position Billboard Mainstream Rock with 'Don't Run Wild' (1985)

#33

Highest position Billboard Mainstream Rock with 'I Still Want You' (1986)

What's new

2025-12
The Del Fuegos performed two shows in December 2025 in the 'Home for the Holidays' series at City Winery in Boston and a performance in Montclair, New Jersey.
2025-03
The band performed for a sold-out audience in Barcelona in spring 2025.
2024-12
On 21 December 2024, The Del Fuegos played two sold-out reunion shows at City Winery in Boston.

Tracks

The Longest DayDebut album from 1984, produced by Mitchell Froom

Don't Run WildSingle from 1985, used in the national Miller Beer commercial

I Still Want YouBiggest hit, #87 Billboard Hot 100 and #33 Mainstream Rock in 1986

Boston, Mass.Second album (1985), considered by critics as their strongest work

Backseat NothingFan favorite, later used in the TV series Rescue Me (2007)

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