Agenda
What does experience mean to you? Tag along in the KZ culture hub and taste culture as a daily enrichment. We shall not observe, we shall take part, as art is in the living
As a culture hub we also facilitate others who strive for the same goal. In our agenda, you will find recurring events, but also one-off specials, created by artists like… you?
For the most up-to-date details of our events check:
The Vintage – swing dancing with DJ

Organizer
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SwingPhilosophy
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Website
https://swingphilosophy.wordpress.com/
Location
- Kompaszaal
- KNSM-Laan 311, Amsterdam
More Info
Next Occurrences
Are you ready to party?
Please invite your friends, and let’s introduce them to our fabulous dance and community!
Entrance is donation based. Please bring cash.
Please support the venue and check out their great selection of drinks at the bar
Check out more details about The Vintage and the live music bands on Facebook: Group and Events
The Vintage is grateful to Rock Solid Fund for supporting our events
Prohibition Party

Location
- Kompaszaal
- KNSM-Laan 311, Amsterdam
Wonderful Humans of Amsterdam – Welcome to Prohibition!
Escape your everyday life join us on a journey 100 years back in time to the Prohibition Era and the wild parties of the Great Gatsby!
For one night only we turn Amsterdam into a Roaring Twenties Speakeasy filled with 1920s music, dance and lots of champagne!
Program:
Dinner: 18:30-20:00 (kitchen closes 20:30)
Doors open (for those without dinner): 20:00
Show starts: 21:00
Dress code:
Dress in your finest 1920s attire
Prices:
Early Bird/Student: €20
Regular: €30
Tickets are also available with food:
Early Bird Student with food: €40
Regular with food: €50
Options are:
(1) vegan coconut curry
(2) vegetarian/vegan mushroom risotto
On stage there will be world class entertainers, among others the amazing Swing’it – famous from Eurovision and their Prohibition Parties – along with Miss Jolie Papillon – one of the best burlesque dancers in the world!
Get ready do dance all night long the best of hot jazz!
So let the champagne flow, dance like there’s no tomorrow and get lost in the extravagancy of Great Gatsbys Era and the music of the Roaring Twenties!
Welcome to Prohibition!
NB! As an organization, we would like to acknowledge that jazz music and jazz dance are Afro-American art forms. We are aware that we are guests in this culture and that there is a long road for us to learn how to appreciate these art forms and recognise their origins
The Vintage – swing dancing with DJ

Organizer
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SwingPhilosophy
-
Website
https://swingphilosophy.wordpress.com/
Location
- Kompaszaal
- KNSM-Laan 311, Amsterdam
More Info
Next Occurrences
Are you ready to party?
Please invite your friends, and let’s introduce them to our fabulous dance and community!
Entrance is donation based. Please bring cash.
Please support the venue and check out their great selection of drinks at the bar
Check out more details about The Vintage and the live music bands on Facebook: Group and Events
The Vintage is grateful to Rock Solid Fund for supporting our events
SalsAlive – Live music by Salsalegre!
Organizer
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Sabroso
Location
- Kompaszaal
- KNSM-Laan 311, Amsterdam
Salsa party with Llegó La Pandilla live on stage!
21:00 DJ
22:00 Salsalegre live
01:00 End
Tickets:
Tickets at the door €15,00, cash or scan the QR-code
THE VINTAGE – DROP-IN classes & by Biggles Big Band live!

The Vintage, your escape with (live) music and vintage dancing! Are you ready to party?
Please invite your friends, and let’s introduce them to our fabulous dance and community!
What: Swing dance lessons (DROP-INS are possible!) and LIVE music or DJ session!
–Program:
11:00 – 12:15 Lindy & Charleston 1
12:20 – 13:35 Solo Jazz all levels
13.40 – 14.55 Lindy & Charleston 1.5
15.00 – 18.30* Live Music Party!
–Costs:
*Drop-in class : €17,50pp (CASH or buy your ticket online: https://swingphilosophy.com/shop/).
If you follow 2 classes is EUR 30pp.
*Party: DONATION BASED! (Suggestion: €15, but any amount is fine for us)
We really appreciate if you buy drinks to support the venue
For questions contact us at +31653577930 or SwingPhilosophy@gmail.com
We are very grateful for the support of the Rock Solid Fund for this event.
Tango11
Organizer
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Tango11
Location
- Kompaszaal
- KNSM-Laan 311, Amsterdam
Tango11 at the waters of the IJ river. Looking forward to host you again in this beautiful location. Parking on Sundays is free!
Bad Ass Jazz Festival 2023

Organizer
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SwingPhilosophy
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Website
https://swingphilosophy.wordpress.com/
Location
- Kompaszaal
- KNSM-Laan 311, Amsterdam
Bad Ass Jazz Festival is a place of sharing, learning, inspiring each other and celebrating human expression through dance. BAZZ celebrates the legacy of Jazz by bridging dance communities like Swing and it’s descendant Street dances. With a goal of softening the borders between these styles while acknowledging their evolution and differences, BAZZ provides a space for curious movers who want to honor the richness of Afrocentric body movement and language.
This is both dance & music festival, so equal importance is on live music. So rather than music being here for dancers, we share the space equally with musicians and fuel each other with energy and inspiration!
With an intention to celebrate and acknowledge Jazz and it’s legacy, at BAZZ you can also hear and party to variety of live & DJ music that falls into that spectrum, however, we will always centre Black American Old School Jazz!
Throughout the weekend you can learn from Bad Ass teachers and get down with amazing people to LIVE music by musicians who really know how to get people moving! In a charming city of Amsterdam, a monumental art nouveau building Kompaszaal will provide us with a space to learn during the day, and in the evening Kompaszaal will turn into a sweaty nightclub where you can enjoy live music covering the wide spectrum of genres from Jazz, Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Hip Hop, Funk all the way to Amapiano, Afrohouse, and much more – Basically everything that makes us pump the chest and shake that butt.
LEVELS & PASSES:
KICK ASS level & KICK ASS PRO are oriented towards enthusiastic dancers and passionate learners that want a total immersion of various Social and Club dance styles throughout this weekend! These levels are available only within a FULL PASS package
KICK ASS is recommended for INT/INT+. You’re comfortable with weight shifts and moving through space. You’re familiar with most of the basic vocabulary, but some pieces are missing. You’re still searching to expand your knowledge on basics, transitions and body awareness. You need more guidance around improvisation and generally throughout the class, but you’re ready to push yourself outside of your comfort zone and finish the weekend like a Bad Ass.
BAZZ PRO is recommended for ADV/ADV+ dancers with good body awareness, body control, and fluent improvisation skills, who want to challenge their current limits. You easily follow combinations, you’re enthusiastic about exploring intricate rhythms, techniques and movement in greater depth, while adding your own voice to it. You’re comfortable with a faster pace of learning, you’re fluent in improvisation but want to level it up like pro!
CHILLAX is for everyone who wants a taste of BAZZ Vibes, but still wants to have enough time to explore Amsterdam and relax during the day. This group will have an easy going schedule with less number of classes than a full pass, scheduled in the afternoon. It will be an OPEN level, which means approachable to a wide range of dance experience.
The Jazz Lobby – concert Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra & jam session!

Organizer
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SwingPhilosophy
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Website
https://swingphilosophy.wordpress.com/
Location
- Kompaszaal
- KNSM-Laan 311, Amsterdam
Tickets online (€12,50) or €15 at the door (in cash) if you don’t jam, FREE entrance if you play or sing in the jam session, or if you
If you are a Swing Philosophy full course student you get access to three editions of Jazz Lobby for free
Amsterdam’s HOT Jazz Club the Jazz Lobby every last Thursday of the month! A great opening concert by guest artist(s) followed by an old school jam session. This is where the party is happening, so come and groove with us!
Program:
20:30 Bar open for drinks
21:00 Original Prague Syncopated Orchestra live
22:00 Open jam session
Find the full program on Facebook
Suited up and elegant is the suggested dress code.
The Jazz Lobby is situated in the unique monumental/art deco Kompaszaal, that used to be the waiting hall of the Royal Dutch Steam Ship Company
Bad Ass Jazz – Hot Jazz Night w/OPSO & Sam Ghezzi!

OPSO is a Czech jazz band formed in Prague, in what was then Czechoslovakia, in 1974. It is best known for painstaking reconstructions of performances of music of the 1920s, using authentic instruments, and improvisation in the style of the time.
They will be accompanied by Sam Ghezzi on vocals!
Link to the general event
Bad Ass Jazz – New Orleans Night w/Gumbo Night Band & Dj Remy!

Saturday Party from BAZZ!! (Bad Ass Jazz Festival)
Live Music by Gumbo Night Band & Dj Remy!! Stay tuned for more info!
This concert is a part of a Bad Ass Jazz Festival. So buy your PARTY PASS here, as we are not sure we will have space for single night tickets!
Bad Ass Jazz – Party w/Live Music by Sachee & Dj Kanini!

Sachee is not just a band. Sachee is an experience: eight unique artists that together put forth a raucous yet perfectly coordinated ambiance. Sachee brings the vibes, and Sachee is the party.
A mix of creative genius, norm-breaking and shattering of expectations, Sachee captures ears and opens eyes. Through the combination of different cultural and musical backgrounds, this coming together of minds and vibes is utterly singular, and something to pay close attention to.
This concert is a part of a Bad Ass Jazz Festival. So buy your PARTY PASS here, as we are not sure we will have space for single night tickets!
Link to the general event
The Jazz Lobby – concert Sara Oschlag & jam session!

Organizer
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SwingPhilosophy
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Website
https://swingphilosophy.wordpress.com/
Location
- Kompaszaal
- KNSM-Laan 311, Amsterdam
Tickets online (€12,50) or €15 at the door (in cash) if you don’t jam, FREE entrance if you play or sing in the jam session, or if you
If you are a Swing Philosophy full course student you get access to three Jazz Lobbys for free.
Amsterdam’s HOT Jazz Club the Jazz Lobby every last Thursday of the month! A great opening concert by guest artist(s) followed by an old school jam session. This is where the party is happening, so come and groove with us!
Program:
20:30 Bar open for drinks
21:00 Sara Oschlag live
22:00 Open jam session
Find the full program on Facebook.
Suited up and elegant is the dress code suggested.
The Jazz Lobby is situated in the unique monumental/art deco Kompaszaal, that used to be the waiting hall of the Royal Dutch Steam Ship Company.
The Vintage – swing dancing with DJ

Organizer
-
SwingPhilosophy
-
Website
https://swingphilosophy.wordpress.com/
Location
- Kompaszaal
- KNSM-Laan 311, Amsterdam
More Info
Next Occurrences
Are you ready to party?
Please invite your friends, and let’s introduce them to our fabulous dance and community!
Entrance is donation based. Please bring cash.
Please support the venue and check out their great selection of drinks at the bar
Check out more details about The Vintage and the live music bands on Facebook: Group and Events
The Vintage is grateful to Rock Solid Fund for supporting our events
The Vintage – swing dancing with DJ

Organizer
-
SwingPhilosophy
-
Website
https://swingphilosophy.wordpress.com/
Location
- Kompaszaal
- KNSM-Laan 311, Amsterdam
More Info
Next Occurrences
Are you ready to party?
Please invite your friends, and let’s introduce them to our fabulous dance and community!
Entrance is donation based. Please bring cash.
Please support the venue and check out their great selection of drinks at the bar
Check out more details about The Vintage and the live music bands on Facebook: Group and Events
The Vintage is grateful to Rock Solid Fund for supporting our events
Santi & Euge swing dance Special

Organizer
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SwingPhilosophy
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Website
https://swingphilosophy.wordpress.com/
Location
- Kompaszaal
- KNSM-Laan 311, Amsterdam
Registere here!
Join us for a weekend full of playfulness and creativity with two wonderfully talented dancers from Buenos Aires, Santi Arana & Euge Diaco!
PROGRAM SATURDAY
11.30 – 13.00 Int/Adv Class
13.00 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 15.00 Int/Adv Class
15.15 – 16.45 Adv/Adv+ Class
17.00 – 18.30 Adv/Adv+ Class
19.00 – 20.00 Dinner
20.00 – 00.00 Party w/ Lucky Losers Jazz Band
PROGRAM SUNDAY
15.15 – 16.15 Int/Adv Class
16.30 – 17.30 Adv/Adv+ Class
17.30 – 18.30 Dinner
18.00 – 21.00 Party w/ Blue Tone Bigband
PRICES
Full Pass Regular price EUR 95
Only Workshops Pass EUR 75
Party Pass EUR 35
Saturday Party EUR 25 (cash at the DOOR)
Sunday Party EUR 17.50 (cash at the DOOR)
Food package (1 lunch & 2 dinners) EUR 38
Lunch on Saturday EUR 10
Dinner on Saturday or Sunday EUR 16
Can’t pay the above mentioned prices? Check out our solidarity policy!
For questions contact us at +31653577930 or swingphilosophy@gmail.com
Tango11
Organizer
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Tango11
Location
- Kompaszaal
- KNSM-Laan 311, Amsterdam
Tango11 at the waters of the IJ river. Looking forward to host you again in this beautiful location. Parking on Sundays is free!
The Jazz Lobby – concert Luca Filastro & jam session!

Organizer
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SwingPhilosophy
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Website
https://swingphilosophy.wordpress.com/
Location
- Kompaszaal
- KNSM-Laan 311, Amsterdam
Tickets online (€12,50) or €15 at the door (in cash) if you don’t jam, FREE entrance if you play or sing in the jam session, or if you
If you are a Swing Philosophy full course student you get access to three Jazz Lobbys for free.
Amsterdam’s HOT Jazz Club the Jazz Lobby every last Thursday of the month! A great opening concert by guest artist(s) followed by an old school jam session. This is where the party is happening, so come and groove with us!
Program:
20:30 Bar open for drinks
21:00 Luca Filastro live
22:00 Open jam session
Find the full program on Facebook.
Suited up and elegant is the dress code suggested.
The Jazz Lobby is situated in the unique monumental/art deco Kompaszaal, that used to be the waiting hall of the Royal Dutch Steam Ship Company.
Crash Course Lindy Hop Complete Beginners

Organizer
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SwingPhilosophy
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Website
https://swingphilosophy.wordpress.com/
Location
- Kompaszaal
- KNSM-Laan 311, Amsterdam
Wanna work-out, socialize and have fun? Try Lindy Hop! In 3,5 hours (with breaks) we will teach you the basics of Lindy Hop and some fun moves which will get you dancing in no time.
What is Lindy Hop and in general Swing Dance? Check these video’s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fDIPCuGpjE
Prices:
– come alone = € 45 (we make sure you have someone to dance with)
– come with a friend = € 80
Everyone dances with Everyone during this Crash Course and you will learn both roles!
For questions e-mail to: Swingphilosophy@gmail.com
The Vintage – swing dancing with DJ

Organizer
-
SwingPhilosophy
-
Website
https://swingphilosophy.wordpress.com/
Location
- Kompaszaal
- KNSM-Laan 311, Amsterdam
More Info
Next Occurrences
Are you ready to party?
Please invite your friends, and let’s introduce them to our fabulous dance and community!
Entrance is donation based. Please bring cash.
Please support the venue and check out their great selection of drinks at the bar
Check out more details about The Vintage and the live music bands on Facebook: Group and Events
The Vintage is grateful to Rock Solid Fund for supporting our events
The Vintage – swing dancing with DJ

Organizer
-
SwingPhilosophy
-
Website
https://swingphilosophy.wordpress.com/
Location
- Kompaszaal
- KNSM-Laan 311, Amsterdam
More Info
Next Occurrences
Are you ready to party?
Please invite your friends, and let’s introduce them to our fabulous dance and community!
Entrance is donation based. Please bring cash.
Please support the venue and check out their great selection of drinks at the bar
Check out more details about The Vintage and the live music bands on Facebook: Group and Events
The Vintage is grateful to Rock Solid Fund for supporting our events