Kurt Vile

Name: Kurt Vile
Start: 2026-09-04T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-04T15:00:00+02:00
Location: Muziekgieterij

took place · 4 Sep 2026

Muziekgieterij, Maastricht

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American singer-songwriter Kurt Vile plays Muziekgieterij in Maastricht.

About the festival: Kurt Vile

2nd edition

Edition number

30+

Performing acts

2 000

Max. visitors per day

Stages

Good to know

Free admission (no tickets, no reservation)
Lasts 3 days: Fri 4 to Sun 6 September 2026
More than 30 acts spread across multiple stages
Maximum capacity: 2000 visitors per day (full = full)
Walking or cycling: from the Markt down Boschstraat, right at the end
No camping; overnight stay in hotel or B&B in Maastricht

What's new

2026-04-15
Muziekgieterij announces the second edition of Zero For Three Fest with Kurt Vile & The Violators as headliner and more than thirty acts.
2026-04-17
Festival info confirms free admission and the line-up featuring Cardinals, Basht. and Yasmine Hamdan, among others.
2026-05-29
Kurt Vile releases his tenth studio album 'Philadelphia's Been Good to Me' via Verve Forecast Records, on which he also tours in Maastricht.
2025-08-27
At the first edition in 2025, 33 acts performed on four stages in and around Muziekgieterij, with free admission.

Line-up

The Bony King of Nowhere
Rats On Rafts
ryan davis & the roadhouse band

About: Kurt Vile

After his time with The War on Drugs, Philadelphia's Kurt Vile carved out a solo path that made him one of indie rock's most respected figures. Ten studio albums in, he remains a guitarist of rare instinct, always backed by The Violators.

1.1M

monthly listeners on Spotify

announced concerts on the current tour

studio albums released

What's new

2026-05
Kurt Vile released his tenth studio album 'Philadelphia's been good to me' on May 29, 2026 via Verve Forecast Records.
2026-04
Vile announced the 'KV's Been Good to Me Tour', an extensive North American and European tour starting in June 2026 in Toronto and also visiting the Netherlands.
2026-04
The single 'Chance to Bleed' was released on April 7, 2026 as the first preview of the new album.

Tour

TorontoMontrealChicagoLos AngelesNashvilleBrooklynPhiladelphiaParisAmsterdamCopenhagenTrondheimBrusselsLondonBristolManchesterGlasgow

Tracks

Pretty Pimpinone of his most famous songs, regular closer of his live shows

Wakin on a Pretty Dazetitle track of the highly acclaimed album from 2013

Smoke Ring for My Halotitle track of the breakthrough album from 2011

Bottle It Inepic nine-minute track from the 2018 album

Chance to Bleedlead single from the album 'Philadelphia's been good to me' (2026)

Recent shows

Dec 6, 2025 Crosstown Theater, Memphis (US)
Nov 8, 2025 Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago (US)
Nov 7, 2025 Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago (US)

About: Kaat Van Stralen

From Aarschot, Kaat Van Stralen delivers a raw blend of punk, psychedelia and spoken-word poetry - all in Dutch, with a feminist edge. After winning De Nieuwe Lichting and a MIA for Best Alternative, the band clocked over 60 shows in 2025, from Pukkelpop to the Rock Werchter main stage.

23.1K

monthly listeners on Spotify

60+

concerts played in 2025

winner De Nieuwe Lichting 2025 (Studio Brussel)

MIA 2026 - category Best Alternative

What's new

2026-07
Kaat Van Stralen opened the Main Stage of Rock Werchter on 5 July 2026, less than two years after their victory at De Nieuwe Lichting.
2026-06
The band released the new single 'Straaltjes' on 20 June 2026.
2026-02
Kaat Van Stralen won the MIA 2026 in the Best Alternative category, at the expense of Soulwax and Tamino.

Tour

GroningenNijmegenBredaLeuvenWerchterIJzendijkeVenlo

Tracks

Stop Met WenenDebut single (2025), winner of De Nieuwe Lichting, viral on TikTok - described by HUMO as 'the most important Belgian song in years'

Vieze VlinderTitle track of the debut EP (November 2025), about the struggle with one's own body and societal pressure

StraaltjesNew single, released on June 20, 2026

Recent shows

Sep 5, 2026 Schutterslokaal St. Harlindis - Relindis, Ellikom (BE)
Sep 4, 2026 Muziekgieterij, Maastricht
Aug 29, 2026 Trax Beversesteenweg, Roeselare (BE)

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