Poppodium de Meester

What Poppodium de Meester does

Poppodium de Meester is a non-profit live music venue and event space operating from a single location at Rentmeesterstraat 2, 1315JS Almere, Netherlands, founded in 2007. The venue runs two halls (small and large) hosting a dense 130+ annual event calendar spanning concerts, festivals, and themed parties across genres including heavy metal, punk, R&B, soul, ska, jazz, folk, hip hop, and anime culture. Key recurring event series include NEXT | Teen Party (a youth-focused brand with tiered pricing €6–€9.50), 1300s By The Books Open Mic (monthly free hip hop open mic), Meesterlijk Metaal (heavy metal, 36 editions), Schemerlampfestival (singer-songwriter), GROF (hip hop), Wall to Wall: Live & Local (democratically programmed local talent), and the newly launched Op de Radar (emerging artist discovery). The venue serves four primary segments: teenagers and young adults (13–20), general music enthusiasts, local/emerging artists, and private event hire.

Name

Poppodium de Meester

Legal name

Poppodium de Meester

Website

https://demeesteralmere.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Poppodium de Meester is a non-profit live music venue in Almere, Netherlands, hosting 130+ annual concerts, festivals, and themed events across genres for general audiences, teenagers, and emerging artists, with a dedicated youth sub-brand and volunteer-driven community programming.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Music Venue

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Live Music Clubs & Venues (MPAGAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Live Music Venues & Concert Bars (THAFAEAD)

Keywords

• Live music venue
• Concert hall programming
• Music event management
• Youth entertainment events
• Live event ticketing

Headquarters

HQ city

Almere

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Event ticket sales: Primary revenue driver. Tickets sold across multiple price tiers: online pre-sale (early bird, regular), door/box office (higher walk-up price), and premium tiered events (e.g., Het Goede Doel at €32.50–€38.00 door). Ticket revenue split between online and at-door channels.
2. Food and beverage sales: Bar revenue generated during events. The venue operates a bar serving drinks to concert-goers. No specific revenue breakdown disclosed.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Poppodium de Meester operates a two-hall live music venue and event space in Almere, Netherlands, hosting more than 130 concerts, festivals, themed parties, and youth events each year across genres including metal, punk, R&B, soul, ska, jazz, folk, hip hop, and indie. The venue self-programs its calendar through branded recurring event series and sells tickets directly via its own online pre-sale and door box office, supplemented by bar revenue during events.

Product overview

Poppodium de Meester is a music venue and event space in Almere, Netherlands, operating as a single-venue platform rather than a multi-product software company. The venue hosts a diverse portfolio of recurring and one-time events including live concerts, festivals, teen parties, tribute shows, and cultural festivals. Key recurring event series include NEXT | Teen Party (teen-focused R&B/pop events), By The Books Open Mic (hip hop showcases), Meesterlijk Metaal (heavy metal programming), Op de Radar (emerging artist discovery), Wall to Wall: Live & Local (democratically programmed local talent shows), and GROF (hip hop events). The venue also hosts seasonal events like Oktoberfest Almere, PINT Flevoland Bierproefavond (beer tastings), anime conventions, and tribute bands.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NEXT | Teen Party: Teen party event series organized by the venue targeting young audiences.

Products and services

• NEXT | Teen Party

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Effenaar: Eindhoven-based live music venue and cultural institution operating multiple halls with a similarly diverse genre mix including metal, indie, hip-hop, and electronic. Closest analog in scale, programming philosophy, and non-profit cultural institution status within the Dutch pop venue ecosystem.
• Doornroosje: Nijmegen live music venue programming rock, metal, punk, indie, and hip-hop across multiple halls. Comparable mid-sized Dutch pop venue with similar genre breadth, multi-room structure, and reliance on community/ticket-driven revenue model.
• Poppodium 013: Tilburg live music venue with multiple halls programming rock, pop, metal, hip-hop, and electronic. Comparable mid-sized Dutch regional pop venue with similar multi-room structure, genre versatility, and community-driven cultural mandate.
• Bibelot: Dordrecht pop venue and cultural institution operating multiple rooms for concerts, parties, and youth events. Closely comparable as a smaller Dutch mid-tier live music operator with youth-focused sub-brands and tiered ticketing.
• Hedon: Zwolle-based live music and cultural venue with multiple halls programming concerts and events across genres. Comparable mid-sized Dutch regional pop venue with similar non-profit/cultural mandate and community-oriented programming.
• Patronaat: Haarlem live music venue with three halls hosting concerts across pop, rock, hip-hop, electronic, and world music. Directly comparable as a mid-sized Dutch regional pop venue with multi-format programming and a focus on emerging and established artists.

Broad incumbents

• Tivoli Vredenburg: Larger multi-hall music venue in Utrecht operating five halls across genres from classical to pop and metal. Comparable as a Dutch mid-to-large live music operator combining event promotion with facility management, but at materially greater scale and broader programming mandate.
• Melkweg: Amsterdam multi-room live music and cultural venue hosting concerts, dance events, and media arts. Comparable business model (facility-based promoter), genre versatility, and youth/alternative programming emphasis, though at much larger scale.
• Paradiso: Iconic Amsterdam live music venue and cultural institution programming concerts across genres. Comparable as a Dutch live music promoter with its own facility, but with national/international artist pull and far larger capacity than the subject venue.

Regional players

• P60: Amstelveen live music venue hosting concerts and club nights across genres in the greater Amsterdam area. Operates in an adjacent Randstad geography with overlapping programming philosophy but in a smaller, more commuter-belt catchment than the subject venue.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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