BKS—Club: BKS25 Pre-party x Hall of Fame

For the second edition of BKS—Club, we’re proud to announce that we are heading to Hall of Fame in our hometown Tilburg for the official Best Kept Secret 2025 pre-party! 

On Saturday, May 24, you can join us to get a taste of what’s to come at BKS25. With performances by Mood Bored, MOOON, NORE, Joost van Bellen, Bob2Bob, Cosmic Coco and Ringbaan. You can also check out the KIJK expo by Wout Peeters and Sebastian van der Born, grab a bite at The Cat’s Back Tilburg kitchen takeover or hit the skate bowl!

In the heart of the Spoorzone lies the unique industrial building of Hall of Fame, a cultural epicenter in Tilburg buzzing with activity. This creative haven is home to various organizations focused on culture and the skate scene — a place where we’ll feel right at home.

BKS—Club is a series of events for the Best Kept Secret community, where we’re teaming up with new and familiar BKS cultural partners, music acts, visual artists, creative initiatives, and more.

If you have a ticket for BKS25, you’re automatically a member of BKS—Club! This means, among other things, that you receive a 50% discount on these events.

BKS—Club: BKS25 Pre-party x Hall of Fame

• Saturday 24 May 17:00 – 02:00
• Capacity is limited – Get your tickets now
• As a BKS-Club member you get a 50% discount on your tickets. Find your personal invitation in your mail!

PROGRAM

Music by
Mood Bored, MOOON, NORE, Joost van Bellen, Bob2Bob, Cosmic Coco and Ringbaan. Get to know the acts below.

Expo by
KIJK (Wout Peeters & Sebastian van der Born)

Kitchen Takeover by
The Cat’s Back Tilburg

+ skate bowl open
+ vintage clothing by KUNSTROOF

MUSIC PROGRAM

Mood Bored
Everyone has a plan until they get hit. Fortunately, Dutch-alt rock charmers Mood Bored have found a potent way to deal with life’s sucker punches: winsome indie tunes peppered with shine and scorn, played with that unteachable loose-limbed cool of Sonic Youth and DIIV. It takes special talent to pen songs that make life on the dole seem entertaining, and suffice it to say, we’re not getting bored with this bunch anytime soon.

MOOON
MOOON are like a band out of time in the best way possible: their howlin' mad songs make your heart feel like you left it somewhere in the house of the rising sun, or below that chilly sunset over Waterloo underground. It’s been passed along over time over many places and faces, and here are MOOON coming on stage, handing it back to you perfectly intact. Blues, folk, garage, rock & roll… this bunch gets it straight from the source.

NORE
Local heroes NORE are one of those bands that ignite all kinds of fuzzy feelings: they evoke yearning and melancholy, but are too keen to descend all the way to Downerville. Plenty of sweet elements here as contingents: crisp melodies, playful rhythms, reverie-like vocals and quirky synth melodies. Their winsome indie rock songs are like a daydream that seems all too real.

Joost van Bellen
DJ, novelist and professional enthusiast Joost van Bellen is the light that never goes out. The monolith of 2001 A Space Odyssey degenerates into ephemeral odds and ends when Joost towers over the turntables.

Bob2Bob
Thank heavens the decks aren’t a moving vehicle, otherwise these two Bobs, Bobby Della and Bobby Wells, would have four hands on the steering wheel – and things would fly off the rails pretty quickly. Having two designated drivers – both of ‘em super infatuated with disco, house and everything in-between – in a more stationary setting, however, will most certainly unchain all kinds of amazing vibes on the dancefloor.

Cosmic Coco
Obsessed with curating music for any mood, diving into sample trivia, and celebrating everything groovy and joyful, Cosmic Coco is from another galaxy putting us in ecstasy. Okay, actually she is from Tilburg, but that doesn’t stop her from flying into hyperspace pushed forward by the music she grew up on. Expect a retro-futuristic take on afro, jazz, pop and disco. Like a modern day Jamiroquai, transmitting on your frequency. She’s cosmic.

Ringbaan
In and out, round and round, front-to-back: indeed, RINGBAAN’s DJ-sets are a continuum of four-to-the-floor bliss where the night springs eternal. This notorious Tilburg resident will be working his magic on house money tonight with a sharply curated selection of house classics: from sweet sounds from across the pond to the better club bangers across time and space.