From Thursday 29 October through Sunday 1 November, dB’s offers perhaps the week’s clearest compact picture of a working local music venue. Its three consecutive concert nights begin with Club 3voor12 Utrecht on Thursday, bring Utrecht punk-rock band TUSKY home on Friday, and finish with the multi-act Halloween Monster Rock on Saturday. The programming moves through local discovery, an established regional band and a theme-night bill without losing the room’s practical identity: dB’s grew from rehearsal spaces built by musicians into an independent concert venue, and it still presents itself as a hub where making music and seeing it remain closely connected.[1][2][3][4]

That history gives this weekend a useful frame. dB’s began in 1994 with eight plug-and-play rehearsal studios at the Jekerstraat, later expanding at the CAB building with 17 studios, a bar, concert hall, Studio Moskou and instrument storage. The venue moved to Vlampijpstraat in the Werkspoorkwartier in early 2024. Its own account describes an independent operation with a longstanding focus on local bands; the concert programme grew to more than 150 performances annually. This is the sort of infrastructure that makes a three-night run meaningful: the stage is part of a place built for bands to spend time, practice and meet each other.[1]

Thursday’s Club 3voor12 Utrecht, starting at 20:00, is the most direct expression of that local-facing role. Aluminium, Centrepiece Colourised and Mail for Sil share the bill, giving the night a three-act shape instead of a single-headliner pitch. Club 3voor12 Utrecht has a deep association with the room. A 3voor12 Utrecht article from 2005 described the local editorial team’s monthly club night at dB’s, alongside its music coverage and radio activity. The upcoming edition therefore reads as part of an ongoing Utrecht habit: use the concert hall as a place where artists can meet an attentive hometown crowd early in their trajectory.[2][5]

Friday: TUSKY returns to its home city

Friday 30 October turns the focus toward a band with Utrecht roots. TUSKY plays dB’s at 20:00 with Pomme-Grenade, placing a local punk-rock name inside the independent room that has long made space for guitar music and rehearsing musicians. Suburban Records identifies TUSKY as a Utrecht punk-rock band active since 2016, and lists this dB’s date as part of its autumn 2026 run. The label’s catalogue also situates the group in a productive recent stretch, with the self-titled album and Pure Heart Sounds both released in 2024. For the venue spotlight, the attraction is the scale of the pairing: hometown band, focused support slot, familiar room.[3][6][1]

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Saturday: Halloween Monster Rock fills the room

Saturday 31 October begins earlier, at 18:00, and stretches dB’s into festival-bill territory. Halloween Monster Rock brings together THE MONSTERS from Switzerland, Money & The Man, Tankzilla, Dead Elvis and Thee Rotten Organs. Its five-act lineup makes a different use of the same room from Thursday’s discovery bill or Friday’s band-led evening: a long Halloween programme with several distinct names moving through the night. dB’s has historically combined concert programming with its rehearsal complex and café, which helps explain why this kind of assembled scene-night sits comfortably beside a local-media showcase and a Utrecht punk date during the same three-day span.[4][1]

Plan the dB’s run

For the full dB’s route, start with Club 3voor12 Utrecht on Thursday 29 October at 20:00, return for TUSKY and Pomme-Grenade on Friday 30 October at 20:00, then arrive for Halloween Monster Rock on Saturday 31 October at 18:00. dB’s is at Vlampijpstraat 63 in Utrecht’s Werkspoorkwartier. The venue lists Thursday opening hours until 01:30 and Friday–Saturday hours until 02:00, although concert access, door times, lineups and tickets can change. Recheck dB’s official event pages before travelling.[1][2][3][4]

Sources

  1. Over dB’s — dB’s Studio
  2. Club 3voor12 Utrecht — Stichting Ruis / dB’s
  3. TUSKY — Stichting Ruis / dB’s
  4. Halloween Monster Rock — Stichting Ruis / dB’s
  5. 3VOOR12 De Kei van Utrecht? — VPRO 3voor12
  6. Tusky — Suburban Records