Artist Info

Welcome to Patronaat!

Since 1984 Patronaat is located on the west side of Haarlem’s city center. Previously the old building functioned as a boy school, but we have now become one of the top venues in the Netherlands. In Stage 1 (950 cap), Stage 2 (350 cap) and Stage 3 (120 cap), we host concerts, dance nights and other cultural activities from international acts to local heroes.

We look forward to your performance and production. To make sure the production runs smoothly, we ask you to read the information on this page. More extensive information can be found in Venue Rider Patronaat 2026.

The technical specs of our halls can be found here:

Contact us:
Advancing: prepro@patronaat.nl
PR/Marketing: publiciteit@patronaat.nl
Contact on show day: +31 (0) 23-5175 876/ bedrijfsleiding@patronaat.nl

Artist entrance / loading dock:
Ruychaverstraat opposite of number 16, Haarlem

Public entrance:
Zijlsingel 2
2013 DN Haarlem

Accessibility & parking:
Our loading dock is situated inside our venue with space for about two full size night liners plus trailers. The entrance is at the backside of the building, the exit is at the front side; both are at street level.

We will try to arrange parking in our loading dock for you, but it might be necessary to park your car in the streets behind our venue or in the secured parking garage across the street. Please follow the parking instructions from the floor manager to make these logistics as smooth as possible.

Load-in will either be from our loading dock, or in some cases at the front of our building (this only applies to Stage 3). Upon arrival you can ring the bell next to the grey rolling door at the back of the building (Ruychaverstraat).Your floor manager will let you know where you can park to load-in upon arrival.

More information about our loading dock and information for large vehicles can be found in our Venue Rider Patronaat 2026.

Safety & noise restrictions:
Patronaat strives towards creating an open and unique pop culture for everyone. As part of that, we commit to creating a safe environment for staff, artists and the audience where all are treated with dignity and respect.

This includes wearing the right footwear and hearing and face protection, but also to pay attention to the correct working posture and to follow the noise restrictions according to the covenant on the prevention of hearing damage by amplified music. According to Dutch sound regulation, sound levels are restricted to 100 dB(A) Leq / 15 minutes. Sound levels are continuously monitored and logged. Please respect these levels!

Also, the use of fire, fireworks, CO2, confetti, streamers or foam is not allowed without explicit permission from the production department. Stage diving by artist or audience is prohibited in view of physical injury.

Safety extends beyond physical measures; all forms of bullying and harassment are not tolerated. We want to ensure that our venue is free from prejudice, discrimination, harassment and bullying.

Thanks for reading, see you at the show!