3JS

Name: 3JS
Start: 2026-11-07T00:00:00+01:00
End: 2027-03-18T00:00:00+01:00
Location: Het Speelhuis

Sat, 7 Nov 2026 · — Thu, 18 Mar

3JS performs on Sunday, 30 August at Het Speelhuis in Helmond. The Dutch folk-pop band celebrates twenty years with a show featuring musical highlights from two decades. This is one of four Dutch dates on the anniversary tour; the band also plays in Almere, Assen and Noordwijk. Het Speelhuis is Helmond's leading live music venue, hosting both national and international acts. Tickets cost € 35.

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About: 3JS

The Volendam trio of Jan Dulles, Jaap Kwakman and Robin Küller has been making Dutch-language folk-pop for over two decades, equally at home in a packed pub or a theatre. Twelve albums and sing-along hits like 'Wiegelied' and 'Zoutelande' have earned them a loyal following that turns every show into a collective experience.

studio albums released

40+

cities on the jubilee theater tour 2027

What's new

2026-08
3JS announces jubilee concert on 9 October 2027 at AFAS Live Amsterdam, as the finale of a theatre tour through forty cities.
2026-05
3JS releases the reggae single 'Los Vast', created in the TV programme 'Onvergetelijke Liedjes' based on a demo by Broederliefde.
2026-02
3JS releases 'Wiegelied 2.0' on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the original song, together with trumpeter Jeffrey Parmentier.

Tour

Amsterdam

Tracks

WiegeliedClassic from 2006, re-released in 2026 as 'Lullaby 2.0' with Jeffrey Parmentier

ZoutelandeOne of the band's most well-known songs

KomFirst hit by the band, from the debut album Watermensen (2007)

Mooie TijdenAlbum from 2023, recorded in Los Angeles with producer Bob Clearmountain

Los VastReggae single from May 2026, based on a demo by Broederliefde

About: Jaap Kwakman

As guitarist and co-founder of 3JS, Jaap Kwakman has been central to the band's distinctive Volendam folk-pop sound for two decades. The trio, which also represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2011, has twelve studio albums to its name and continues to sell out theatres across the country.

12+

studio albums released

albums with gold status

cities on the anniversary tour 2027

highest position Album Top 100 with debut 'Watermensen'

What's new

2026-08
3JS announced their twentieth anniversary in August 2026 with a theater tour through forty cities in spring 2027 and a closing anniversary show on 9 October 2027 at AFAS Live in Amsterdam.
2026-08
On 7 August 2026, 3JS released a new single.
2026-08
According to their own account, ticket sales for the 2027 anniversary tour are exceeding expectations.

Tour

AmsterdamDe RijpZuidoostbeemsterAlkmaar

Tracks

WatermensenDebut single and title track of the breakthrough album from 2007, 87 weeks in the Album Top 100

WiegeliedEarly hit from the debut album, permanent audience favorite

Geloven In Het LevenOne of the band's best-known songs

Mooie TijdenAlbum from June 2024, produced by Bob Clearmountain

(Die Man Is) VerliefdPopular song, among others sung with Jan Smit during the Muziekfeest van het Jaar 2025

About: Jan Dulles

The voice behind 3JS for two decades, Jan Dulles has played stages across the Netherlands ranging from intimate theatres to the Concertgebouw. Together with guitarist Jaap Kwakman, the Volendam duo delivers Dutch-language songs that audiences know by heart.

582.2K

monthly listeners on Spotify

debut album 'Watermensen' in the Dutch Top 100 (2007)

What's new

apr 2025
3JS released the new single 'Dit Is Zo'n Dag', a Dutch-language spring single whose music video is a nod to the 1980s.
mrt-okt 2025
3JS toured throughout the Netherlands with the theater tour '3JS in Amerika', a musical road trip through the major music cities of the US.
aug 2026
3JS performs twice on August 22, 2026 at the Openluchttheater Caprera in Bloemendaal.

Tour

BloemendaalLeeuwardenOosterhoutPurmerendTerneuzenAmsterdam

Tracks

Watermensendebut album from 2007, brought the breakthrough

Hou van mijhit single from the album 'Kamers van m'n hart' (2008)

De zomer voorbijone of the best-known songs by the duo

Jij lacht en de schaduw verdwijntfrequently played song, regular concert classic

Dit is zo'n dagnew single, April 2025

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