AGORA Events

22/10/2022

29/07/2022

💖 𝗨𝗞𝗙 × 𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗔 💖
📸 by: Wi******er Creatives

I got interviewed by Dave Columbo Jenkins for UKF! We talked about PANACEA: the first Q***r & Inclusive event in The Netherlands! Read all about our lineup, our artwork by Tom Jager and everything else Drum&Bass.

A variety of important topics are being discussed in it as well, such as women in dnb, sexism/misogyny, LGBTQ+, homo- and transphobia, etc. It also explains why diversity, equality, inclusion & safety are essential when it comes to creating a safe place for marginalised groups & minorities.

I am super grateful for the opportunity to be featured on this platform, as it is the biggest bass platform in the world. It feels great to have such a big & influential organisation standing behind you, being supportive of what you do and showing diversity to their massive following. Visibility is key and I hope this will cause a big step in the right direction within the Drum&Bass scene.

Have a nice read and feedback is always welcome!

X Mailo 💜
AGORA Events / PANACEA

Event: PANACEA @ PALACE ◈ w/ Urbandawn, Stay-C, AMA & more
Tickets: bit.ly/PANACEAxPALACE

The q***r drum & bass movement continues to gain exciting and inspiring momentum. Next stop: The Netherlands

20/07/2022

🧚🏽‍♂️🧚🏻🧚🏿‍♀️ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊 & 𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐔𝐏 🧚🏿‍♀️🧚🏻🧚🏽‍♂️
+ 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄!

Time to drop the artwork and giveaway for PANACEA @ PALACE ◈ w/ Urbandawn, Stay-C, AMA & more! This piece of art was created by our favourite designer of all times: the one and only Tom Jager. We wanted to choose role models in Drum&Bass to be depicted on the artwork, and for this first one, we chose AMA to be featured as the character. Here's why: she is a true inspiration for all women, girls and people of colour in dnb, she's breaking through the glass ceiling in such a rapid tempo, she's mad good behind the decks and her energy is out of this world. Enough reason for us to pay tribute to this amazing woman!

𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗬! 🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁
Let's find out what you can win:

🥇 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 🥇
◈ 2x Ticket or Full Refund for PANACEA @ PALACE ◈ w/ Urbandawn, Stay-C, AMA & more.
◈ 2x Backstage Access for the entire night.
◈ 2x Meet&Greet with all of the artists on our lineup.
𝗽𝗹𝘂𝘀
◈ 3x Tray of BOZU Hard seltzer from hardseltzer.nl.
◈ 2x Hangover Package from Nachtmarkt Groningen.
◈ 2x Meet&Greet with the sexy boys from Nachtmarkt Groningen.

🥈 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 🥈
◈ 2x Ticket or Full Refund for PANACEA @ PALACE ◈ w/ Urbandawn, Stay-C, AMA & more.
◈ 2x Meet&Greet with all of the artists on our lineup.

𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗢 𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥:
➙ Share this post (publicly, otherwise we can't see it!).
➙ Attend the Facebook event: PANACEA @ PALACE ◈ w/ Urbandawn, Stay-C, AMA & more.
➙ Follow .bass on instagram.
➙ Follow + + .nl on instagram.

𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆.
Good luck! 🤩

07/04/2022

🎉 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 & 𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗬 🎉

Behold, the most colourful Drum&Bass artwork in existence! This amazing piece of art was created by our all-time favourite designer Tom Jager. The longer you look, the more you see! Now, let's celebrate the fact that we can finally rave again by doing a nice giveaway.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗻:
• 2x Tickets AGORA III: Into The Vault • w/ Alibi, Shimon B2B Trimer [Extended Set] & many more (if you already bought tickets for this one, you'll get 2x Tickets for our next event).
• 2x Tickets Bassface is back! | Rizzle, Fre4knc, Framer | 16 april | Simplon.
• 2x Octopus plushie (very cute🐙).

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿:
• Like & Share this post.
• Tag your buddies.
• Follow .bass on Instagram
• Bonus chance: share our insta post with the artwork on your story.

The winner will be announced tomorrow evening! Good luck.💜

31/03/2022

🏳‍⚧ 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 🏳‍⚧

The 31st of March is Transgender Day of Visibility and for the first time in history, Groningen raised the transgender flag at the Martini Tower today. We love to see it! Proud of our little city.

Everyone should be able to be who they are and instead of being discriminatory, or even 'tolerant' and 'accepting', let's all be kind, wholesome and supportive towards transgender and non-binary people. They're just people. People who face lots and lots of struggles for simply just existing. There's no need for that. Be kind, y'all.

💙💗🤍💗💙

16/09/2021

🔊 𝗨𝗡𝗠𝗨𝗧𝗘 𝗨𝗦 #𝟮 🔊
𝗚𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻 • 𝟭𝟭.𝟬𝟵.𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭

Thank you all for being there to support our beloved culture, music and events industry. We missed you too! 😍

With 27 wagons and 15.000 protestors in Groningen alone, and with 150.000 protestors in total all over The Netherlands, I think we can call it a success! Sadly, the government still doesn't allow nightclubs and venues to reopen during night time (as if Covid is suddenly more deadly after 00:00😳) and they even said they weren't able to lawfully prohibit dancing, which is why they 'politely asked' the event sector not to have dance events, so this way, they can still 'prohibit' dancing a bit longer.

Unbelievable, unexplainable, unacceptable. This is why Unmute Us - together with Apenkooi, ID&T & MOJO - has filed a lawsuit against the government regarding the arbitrariness of the Covid measures. Hopefully this will lead to something, hopefully we don't have to hit the streets for the third time. We'll just have to wait and see.

Big ups Unmute Us for all the hard work and good luck! ❤️

📸 by: Jake Copier // ig:

10/09/2021

A bit late, but better late than never:
our lineup for Unmute Us #2!
🚚🚛🚙🚜🚐🛺

We're done with the arbitrariness of the Covid restrictions, so we'll be hitting the streets again this Saturday to protest for the second time and this time we'll have our own little Drum&Bass pick up truck. In total, there will be 27(!) trucks in Groningen, from all kinds of organisations and venues. It's amazing to see the unity between all kinds of people and the amount of support is unbelievable. History will be written, so be there and leggooo! 🔊🔥

𝚂𝙿𝙾𝙽𝚂𝙾𝚁𝙴𝙳 𝙱𝚈:
Nachtmarkt Groningen • Peter Kuil Holding • 2join • De Loods

Local event: Unmute Us! Protestparade Groningen - 11 September
National event: Unmute Us - 11 September

26/08/2021

11/08/2021

Must read! Dynamics did an article on inclusion riders, which will hopefully be the start of a new era, which will eventually lead to way more types of role models than just your average white male DJ. Role models are key in changing the way things are right now.

With AGORA Events, I've tried from the beginning to be as inclusive as possible - which is quite a difficult thing to do in our little country where there's almost no diversity when it comes to promoters and DJ's/Producers. My main goal is to have more women and LGBTQ+ers on the lineups and to make this event a safe environment for all kinds of people, such as women, transgender people, people of color etc. Within the organisation, I try my best to only work with a diversity of open-minded people and I refuse to work with people who are homophobic, transphobic, sexist or racist. I think these 2 things should be the default if you want to host events where everyone needs to feel welcome and safe.

As stated above, in The Netherlands it's really hard to put together a diverse lineup, but you gotta start somewhere, isn't it? At least I hope everyone feels safe at our events and that some of my bookings will cause a spark in women and q***r people who attend the events and who start DJing, as I try to bring the crowd a variety of role models to look up to.

Thanks for reading and big ups Dynamics. It's time for a change.❤️🔥

Link to the full article: https://dynamics-music.com/lets-talk-about-inclusion-riders/

Cheers,
Mailo from AGORA Events

28/07/2021

De Nederlandse nachtburgemeesters en nachtraden van Groningen, Den Haag, Nijmegen, Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Nijmegen, Haarlem, Utrecht en Leiden hebben zich verenigd in de DNA: de Dutch Nighttime Alliance. Deze is opgericht om de krachten te bundelen en om samen goed onderbouwde aanbevelingen tot stand te brengen en deze vervolgens aan de overheid te overhandigen. De focus ligt op onze geliefde en ontzettend waardevolle nachtcultuur en hoe deze behouden kan worden én op hoe de nacht wél weer -op een zeer verantwoorde manier- geopend kan worden.

Ga naar www.dutchnighttimealliance.nl voor meer informatie en onderteken de petitie vanuit jouw organisatie!

25/07/2021

Yee-haw! Part 2/2 of the pictures from AGORA × De Loods: Sitdown in Italy are here. Enjoy! 💜☀️

📸 by: Copyr Photography [aka Jake Copier]