There are few clubs in town that can really stay open day and night. RADION can. With a 24-hour permit in hand, parties here can simply go on without anyone turning on the lights at five o'clock. That is the basis of what makes RADION different from most places in the city.
The building on Louwesweg 1 has a past as a dental practice, and you can see from the building that it was never intended for music. It is precisely that industrial character that gives the club its atmosphere. Dark hallways, rough walls, multiple stages where you can switch between artists and sounds. Co-founder Staas Lucassen started RADION together with four others, and those five made a conscious choice for a space that was not immediately recognizable as a club. The industrial aesthetic is no accident; it is at the core of how the place feels.
What also typifies RADION is that it does not operate as a rental venue. The club chooses who they work with. Promoters and artists are selected based on whether they match the content of the community's values, not purely on commercial grounds. That sounds like a logical choice, but in practice it means that by no means just anyone can put on an evening there. The cooperation with OZON Studio for website and design fits that same pattern: parties that understand what the club stands for.
With a 24-hour permit in hand, parties here can just go on without anyone turning on the lights at five o'clock.
The capacity of 1,500 to 1,600 visitors makes RADION big enough for serious lineups, but not so big that it becomes an anonymous arena. For those who love electronic music and don't shy away from an industrial building far from the ring of canals, this is just the place. And thanks to that 24-hour permit, at least there's no rush.