Live@BIRD was originally started as a stage for jazz, hip-hop, and related genres because the initiators did not feel represented by the cultural institutions in the city. The pursuit of inclusivity and diversity in the Rotterdam cultural offering is embedded in the DNA of our stage. Live@BIRD wants to continue providing a cultural offering that reflects the plurality of the city and its inhabitants, with jazz and hip-hop culture as the main core values.

The music programme of Live@BIRD is a unique combination of originality, quality, topicality, and tradition, with a focus on both local emerging talent and international names. Jazz and hip-hop form the solid foundation, mixed with other contemporary genres such as R&B, grime, soul, funk, afrobeat, and electronic music.

ANBI Status

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Company details

Chamber of Commerce number 24456860
RSIN 820602929
Legal form Foundation
Statutory name Stichting Jazzpodium Rotterdam
Registered office Rotterdam
Postal address Zomerhofstraat 84 Unit 2.08, 3032 CM Rotterdam

Objectives

Live@BIRD has formulated the following objectives:

• Offering a current, innovative, and adventurous music programme in a club setting within the frameworks of the artistic profile.
• Making a proactive contribution to the development of young (local) talents and thereby promoting a vital music scene in our city.
• Ensuring accessibility for a wide audience, with special attention to 'culture-avoiding' target groups.
• Collaborating within and outside the city to achieve the objectives mentioned above and to increase our impact.

It is important to emphasise that the target groups in the third objective (regarding ensuring broad accessibility) in our view are not 'culture-averse'. These are target groups who do not yet feel at home in the current offerings in our city. For this reason, their participation in cultural activities is not yet customary. Live@BIRD wants to change this.

Main points of the policy plan

You can view the multi-year policy plan as drawn up for the period 2025-2028 via this link .

General Director / Administrator

Hugo Dirkson
hugo@bird-rotterdam.nl

Supervisory Board

Chairman: Rob Steenhoek

Treasurer: Ben Giezenaar

General Member: Giovanni Campbell

General Member: Michelle Kuypers

General Member: Nina Draaijers

The Supervisory Board members are unpaid

The remuneration policy

The staff at Live@BIRD consists of both salaried employees and freelance staff. Employees receive fair pay that is equal to or higher than the CAO Dutch pop venues and festivals. The remuneration policy concerning the director/administrator can be found in the 2023 annual report.

The supervisory board of Stichting Jazzpodium Rotterdam is unpaid.
You can view the 2023 annual report through this link.
An overview of the number of activities realised in 2023 can also be found in the 2023 annual report.

A financial accountability

View here the standard form ANBI 2023 publication requirement with the abbreviated operating statement and balance sheet of Stichting Live@BIRD.