For the coming Thursday-to-Sunday stretch, 29 October to 1 November, De Roma offers a compact lesson in what a long-lived room can hold. The Borgerhout venue began life as Kinema Roma in 1928, served for decades as both cinema and local gathering place, then sat empty before volunteers and staff revived it in 2003. Its Art Deco hall now carries a calendar that reaches across pop, rock, jazz and classical music; this week’s three chosen dates narrow that breadth into a sharper arc: a standing Fat Dog show, a seated acoustic Amenra performance, and a Sunday bill led by Pothamus with Midwife and Siem Reap. The architecture is part of the invitation. A former picture house brings a sense of occasion before any artist begins.[1]

That programming sequence matters because each night asks the room to function differently. Thursday sets the pace in public, social terms; Saturday turns attention inward; Sunday restores the standing-floor format for a bill whose listed tags span post-rock, shoegaze and metal. The same hall shifts its physical arrangement alongside the music: Fat Dog and the Pothamus bill are standing concerts, while Amenra’s acoustic date is seated. De Roma’s stated identity as a volunteer-supported venue with music, film and social programming gives this movement a local logic. The venue is built around changes of use, and its late-October calendar lets listeners experience those changes over four days.[1][3][4][5]

Thursday, 29 October: Fat Dog tests the standing floor

Fat Dog arrives at De Roma on Thursday 29 October at 20:00, with the venue listing a standing concert and a 20:50 start for the band after the support slot. It is an apt opening move for a room whose old cinema scale can absorb a collective rush. Domino identifies Fat Dog as a South London seven-piece and frames its October 2026 album Cancel Me (I’m Tired) through a collision of electro-pop, rave energy, psychedelia and country-shaped detours. Those descriptions need no embellishment here: the useful point is that the group’s current material carries multiple rhythmic and stylistic impulses into a concert advertised by De Roma under pop/rock, post-punk and electropop. Arrive with time to take in the full room before the floor fills.[2][3]

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Saturday, 31 October: Amenra in a seated configuration

On Saturday 31 October at 20:00, De Roma changes the frame for Amenra (akoestisch), part of Tere Zielen Festival. The listing specifies a seated concert, a significant detail for a band placed by the venue under both rock and metal. Tere Zielen runs across 31 October and 1 November and is presented by De Roma as a programme of music, workshops, theatre, art and moments of reflection shaped around darkness, memory and death’s place in life. Within that larger context, an acoustic Amenra set has a practical and spatial clarity: this is the evening for the balcony sightline, the fixed seat and the quieter concentration that a theatre-format room can offer. The concert begins at 20:00; doors are scheduled for 19:15.[4]

Sunday, 1 November: Tere Zielen closes with Pothamus, Midwife and Siem Reap

Sunday 1 November brings the standing configuration back at 19:30 for Pothamus, Midwife and Siem Reap, also within Tere Zielen Festival. De Roma labels the bill Belgian, post-rock, shoegaze and metal, a concise map for an evening where texture and weight share the programme. It also puts the weekend’s booking identity in focus. Fat Dog’s outward, kinetic hybrid opens the run; Amenra’s acoustic performance alters the room’s listening posture; Pothamus, Midwife and Siem Reap bring the festival’s final concert bill into a heavier, layered space. This is a venue spotlight with a useful route through it: choose Thursday for motion, Saturday for a seated encounter, or Sunday for the densest ensemble bill. Each option uses the same hall on different terms.[5]

Plan the room, then recheck the listings

De Roma is at Turnhoutsebaan 286 in Borgerhout. For this 29 October–1 November run, Fat Dog begins at 20:00 on Thursday, Amenra (akoestisch) begins at 20:00 on Saturday, and Pothamus with Midwife and Siem Reap begins at 19:30 on Sunday. The official pages distinguish standing and seated formats and publish door information for the first two shows. Recheck De Roma’s official event pages before leaving, since door times, access arrangements, support details and ticket status can change.[1][3][4][5]

Sources

  1. About us — De Roma
  2. Fat Dog — Domino
  3. Fat Dog — De Roma
  4. Amenra (akoestisch) — De Roma
  5. Pothamus + Midwife + Siem Reap — De Roma