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Accordionist and folk singer J.R. Bathoorn plays and sings the pearls of European traditional music, preferably from South and Eastern Europe. He sings tales of everyday people, in as many languages as he has songs, about longing, the hardships of life, and feasts that go on for three days. With his accordion and his voice he by himself has the sound of a small orchestra.
You may have seen his face in many different bands like Anamesa, Slack Bird, Them Dirty Dimes, the Shoe Eating Rabbits, Limonchiki, and the Shitfaced Mermaids, as well as working on various projects with choirs, storytellers, poets and theatre performers, and worked on education projects. He performs on streets and concert halls, festivals and markets, in café’s and churches.
After tours in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, England, Scotland and Norway this experienced performer will take the audience on a journey with wild dance rhythms, romantic melodies, and compelling ballads from a wide variety of folk traditions.
Agenda 2026
26 June Dichters in de Prinsentuin Groningen
12 July care home
19-26 July Babelsound Festival Balatonboglár HU
15 August wedding
27 Augustus Noorderzon Performing Arts Festival Groningen (with Shitfaced Mermaids)
7 November care home
16-19 November Doelab Doewa with But What About Groningen
6 December stiltperformance Rheine DE
performances with Anamesa
4 July private party
25 August Noorderzon Performing Arts Festival Groningen
29 August Aardbever Festival Ten Boer
5 September private party
6 September Fest der Kulturen Leer DE
4 October Kerk Den Andel
For collaborations & performance requests: info@jrbathoorn.com
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Past performances:
Noorderzon Performing Arts Festival, Groningen NL / Museum de Buitenplaats, Eelde NL / Art Carnivale, Steendam NL / Small Seeds, Huddersfield UK / Kultbar Tübli, Schwyz CH / Teestube, Singen DE / ORKZ Bar & ORKZ Theater de Kapel, Groningen NL / Deichdiele, Hamburg DE / Die Neue Fledermaus, Karlsruhe DE / AJOKI, Hanau DE / Esperanza, Schwäbisch Gmünd DE / ZiBB, Giessen DE / Rülps, Kirchheim bei München DE / Kraaienest, Groningen NL / Living Room Concerto, Groningen NL/ De Samenscholing, Den Haag NL / Autonomes Zentrum, Aachen DE / Hafeneck, Mainz DE / Landbouwbelang, Maastricht NL/ Café Kairo, Basel CH / Boschbar, Zürich CH/ Eldorado Bar, Biel CH/ Radio Bavarois, Groningen NL/ ORKZ, Groningen NL/ De Muiterij Kollectiev, Amsterdam NL / Anarcho Folk Fest, Elgin UK, Wolimierz PO, Amsterdam NL / Joe’s Garage, Amsterdam NL / ADM, Amsterdam NL/ 1 in 12 Club, Bradford UK / Black Market, Dijon FR / Ppauw, Wageningen NL / Theaterschuur Linde NL / De Balie Amsterdam NL / Folkingestraatsynagoge Groningen NL / Biotoop Haren NL / Kultuureiland Steendam NL
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