Protomartyr live in Vera (foto: © Bob de Vries, 2016)

Concerten Grote Zaal // Concerts Mainstage

1. Protomartyr (USA)
2. A Giant Dog (USA)
3. Wand (USA)
4. Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band (GHA)
5. Methyl Ethel (AUS)
6. Dinosaur Jr (USA)
7. Scott & Charlene’s Wedding (AUS)
8. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (AUS)
9. Unsane (USA)
10. Pé & Rinus & de Containers (GRO)
11. July Talk (CAN)
12. Lorelle Meets The Obsolete (MEX)
13. Jambinai (ZKO)
14. Seratones (USA)
15. The Franklys (UK)
16. Freakwater (USA)
17. Royal Headache (AUS)
18. Blanck Mass (UK)
19. Metz (CAN)
20. Bombay (NL)
21. Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds (USA)
22. Monomyth (NL)
23. Deaf Wish (AUS)
24. De Staat (NL)
25. Bettie Serveert (NL)
26. Destruction Unit (USA)
27. Parquet Courts (USA)
28. Monophonics (USA)
29. The Blind Shake (USA)
30. The Body (USA)
31. Truckfighters (ZWE)
32. together PANGEA (USA)
33. traumahelikopter (GRO)
34. Birth Of Joy (NL)
35. Ultimate Painting (UK)
36. Twin Peaks (USA)
37. SKIP&DIE (NL)
38. Kadavar (DUI)
39. Slim Cessna’s Auto Club (USA)
40. Motorpsycho (NOO)
41. Mike Krol (USA)
42. Peter Pan Speedrock (NL)
43. Doomsquad (CAN)
44. Guy One & the Polyversal Souls (GHA)
45. Sivert Høyem (NOO)
46. T-99 (NL)
47. Júníus Meyvant (IJS)
48. Whitney (USA)
49. Bixiga 70 (BRA)
50. Tjing Tjing (NL)
51. Full Of Hell (USA)
52. Meindert Talma (GRO)
53. Black Oak (NL)
54. Audacity (USA)
55. NI (FRA)
56. Big Ups (USA)
57. DeWolff (NL)
58. Ryley Walker (USA)
59. Vant (UK)
60. Blind Idiot God (USA)
61. Lucky Fonz III (NL)
62. Tal National (NIG)
63. Imarhan (ALG)
64. Animal House (AUS)
65. Roald van Oosten (NL)
66. Rooie Waas (NL)
67. Shearwater (USA)
68. Bauer (NL)
69. Rule Of Thirds (AUS)
70. Bökkers (NL)
71. Holly Golightly (UK)
72. Spidergawd (NOO)
73. Red Snapper (UK)
74. White Fang (USA)
75. My Baby (NL)
76. Mudhoney (USA)
77. Saturnalia Temple (ZWE)
78. Town Of Saints (GRO)
79. Bewilder (NL)
80. Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar (DUI)
81. Yuko Yuko (NL)
82. Roger Damawuzan & Vaudou Game (TOG-FR)
83. Indian Askin (NL)
84. Wallace Vanborn (BEL)
85. Die Goldenen Zitronen (DUI)
86. Bob Wayne (USA)
87. Kurt Vile & The Violators (USA)
88. Zuco 103 (NL)
89. Dilly Dally (CAN)
90. Ferocious Dog (UK)
91. Downtown Boys (USA)
92. Cult Of Dom Keller (UK)
93. Spain (USA)
94. The Bonnevilles (UK)
95. Night Beats (USA)
96. Mozes & The Firstborn (NL)
97. Richmond Fontaine (USA)
98. Blaudzun (NL)
99. Flying Horseman (BEL)
100. The Rumjacks (AUS)

Support van het jaar // Best support act

Avery Plains (foto: Peer © , 2016)

1. Avery Plains (GRO)
2. Sauna Youth (UK)
3. 30.000 Monkies (BEL)
4. Cosmic Psychos (AUS)
5. Joost Dijkema (GRO)
6. Menhir (GRO)
7. Death Alley (NL)
8. Solids (CAN)
9. Happyness (UK)
10. Green Hornet (GRO)
11. The New Poor (GRO)
12. David Lamain (GRO)
13. We Hunt Buffalo (CAN)
14. The New Poor (GRO)
15. Das Audio Combo (GRO)
16. Blackboxred (NL)
17. Adam and the Relevants (NL)
18. Weaves (CAN)
19. Iguana Death Cult (NL)
20. Swinder (GRO)
21. Chief Of Smoke (GRO)
22. Ian Fisher (USA)
23. Kinoo (GRO)
24. Flowerbox (GRO)
25. GOLD (NL)
26. Robbing Banks (NL)
27. Bonne Aparte (NL)
28. Seabuckthorne (UK)
29. Mooon (NL)
30. Soul Sister Dance Revolution (NL)

Concerten Eurosonic in VERA

1. Dua Lipa (UK)
2. De Underjordiske (DEN)
3. Pumarosa (UK)
4. Honne (UK)
5. Kontinuum (IJS)
6. Scarred (LUX)
7. Dolores Haze (ZWE)
8. Inheaven (UK)
9. Sacri Cuori (ITA)
10. Hvob (OOS)
11. Aosoon (UK)
12. Ninos Du Brasil (ITA)
13. Antilopen Gang (DEN)
14. Chloe Martini (POL)

Plaatpresentaties  in VERA

1. Ortega (GRO)
2. Joost Dijkema (GRO)
3. The Black Cult (GRO)
4. Hoppah! (GRO)
5. De Kat (GRO)

Other events  in VERA

1. Jagersonic
2. Garage Sale
3. NNO in de club
4. Jailbreak – A Thin Lizzy Tribute
5. Popronde
6. Peter Pontiac – A tribute to Peter Pontiac
7. POPgroningen Talent Award finale
8. Zwemfest
9. Laat ze niet stikken
10. Skasjock

Concerten Downstage // Downstage concerts 

VVOVNDS

1. VVOVNDS (BEL)
2. Entrapment (GRO)
3. Klaus Johann Grobe (ZWI)
4. Fake O’s (GRO)
5. Uranium Club (USA)
6. Bastard Grave (ZWE)
7. The Lumes (NL)
8. Menhir (GRO)
9. Suffering Quota (GRO)
10. The New Poor (GRO)
11. Magic Potion (ZWE)
12. Willie Darktrousers (NL)
13. Fake O’s (GRO)
14. Teen Creeps (NL)
15. Abdomen (NL)
16. Avery Plains (GRO)
17. Sensational Second Cousins (NL)
18. Kinoo (GRO)
19. Karoushi (GRO)
20. Bert Scholten (GRO)
21. Santa Fé (GRO)
22. Mind Rays (BEL)
23. Break Character (NL)
24. Eva Waterbolk (GRO)
25. Apneu (NL)
26. James And The Ultrasounds (USA)
27. Odd Couple (DUI)
28. Baby Salad (GRO)
29. Modern Convenience (USA)
30. Creepy Karpis (NL)

Downstage Extra

1. Sauna Youth (UK)
2. Yung (DK)
3. Denim & Leather (UK)
4. The Black Cult (GRO)
5. Terry (AUS)
6. Bloodshot Bill (CAN)
7. The Burning Hell (CAN)
8. TV Crime (UK)
9. Bert scholten (GRO)
10. Creepy Karpis (GRO)
11. Show me the Body (USA)
12. Dan Stuart & Tom Heyman (USA)
13. Fernando (USA)

VERA Zienema // Movies in VERA

Rock ’n Roll High School (Allan Arkush, VS 1979)

1. High School Movie Maand: Rock ’n Roll High School
2. High School Movie Maand: Donnie Darko
3. Kerst Horror: Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
4. 20.000 Days On Earth
5. The Neon Demon
6. Unknown Brood
7. Next to Her
8. Eraserhead
9. The Invader
10. Ich Seh, Ich Seh

Film algemeen / Best movie overall

1. The Revenant
2. Toni Erdmann
3. Arrival
4. Deadpool
5. One More Time With Feeling
6. La La Land
7. Star Wars – Rogue One
8. The Neon Demon
9. Swiss Army Man

Dansen in VERA

1. LOFT
2. Break-Fast
3. Trash Can Night
4. Rocknrolla Soundsystem
5. Golddiggrs

Zomercafé’s

1. Sportlife (GRO/First Timers)
2. Duke Hugh (GRO/LOFT)
3. Pushin Wood (GRO/LOFT)
4. Black Dynamite Soundsystem (GRO/LOFT)
5. Mat_euj (GRO/First Timers)
6. Baby Galaxy (NL/The Zomeravonden van Lepel en Subroutine)
7. VERA Popquiz: Evert Grunnen Rocks, Ralf & Josz (GRO)
8. The Kryng (GRO/Garage Sale)
9. The Fuckups (GRO/The Fuckups)
10. The Avonden (NL/The Zomeravonden van Lepel en Subroutine)

Noorderzon VERA Container

1. OOO (GRO)
2. A Fugitive (GRO)
3. Pip Blom (NL)
4. Slow Worries (NL)
5. Jerry Hormone (NL)
6. Elias + Walbert (NL)
7. Kinoo (GRO)
8. Baby Salad (GRO)
9. Lewsberg (NL)
10. Niek Pronk (NL)

Concerten elders // Concerts elsewhere

Radioactivity live @ Crowbar 

1. Radioactivity (o.a. Crowbar)
   
2. The Cure
3. John Coffey
4. Wolfmother
5. King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard
6. Die Nerven
7. Ty Segall & The Muggers
8. PJ Harvey
9. together Pangea
10. Radiohead
11. Death Grips
12. Tame Impala
13. Neil Young & Promise of the Real
14. Protomartyr
15. Bazart
16. Swans
17. Deaf Wish
18. Foals
19. Jack Oblivian
20. Daniel Romano

Beste album // Best album

1. David Bowie – Black Star
2. A Giant Dog – Pile
3. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree
4. Dinosaur Jr. – Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not
5. Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
6. Ty Segall – Emotional Mugger
7. King Gizzard & The Lizard WIzard – Nonagon Infinity
8. Car Seat Headrest – Teens of Denial
9. Leonard Cohen – You Want it Darker
10. Whitney – Light Upon the Lake
11. Parquet Courts – Human Behaviour
12. Heron Oblivion – s/t
13. Methyl Ethel – Oh Inhuman Spectacle
14. Bombay – Show Your Teeth
15. Kevin Morby – Singing Saw
16. Bon Iver – 22, A Million
17. traumahelikopter – Competition Stripe
18. Spidergawd – III
19. Iggy Pop – Post Pop Depression
20. Metallica – Hardwired to Self Destruct
21. Joost Dijkema – Sacred Revelations
22. Bettie Serveert – Damaged Good
23. Black Mountain – IV
24. Gojira – Magma
25. DMA’s – Hills End
26. Wolfmother – Victorious
27. Tracy Bryant – Subterranean
28. DIIV – Is the is Are
29. De Kat – s/t
30. Ultimate Painting – Dusk
31. De Staat – O
32. Savages – Adore Life
33. Swans – The Glowing Man
34. Anaal Nathrakh – The Whole of the Law
35. Angel Olsen – My Woman
36. The Growlers – City Club
37. Daniel Romano – Mosey
38. FEWS – Means
39. Frank Ocean – Blonde
40. The Last Shadow Puppets – Everything You’ve Come to Expect
41. Twin Peaks – Down In Heaven
42. The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It
43. Eli Paperboy Reed – My Way Home
44. Alcest – Kodama
45. The Avonden – Nachtschade
46. Mozes & the Firstborn – Grreat Pile of Nothing
47. Sleeping Beauties – Sleeping Beauties
48. Preoccupations – s/t
49. Meindert Talma – Jannes van der Wal
50. The Black Cult – s/t

Beste Band/ Best Band

A Giant Dog (live in VERA, photo: Mischa Veenema)

1. A Giant Dog
2. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
3. Protomartyr
4. Dinosaur Jr
5. Methyl Ethel
6. Wand
7. Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band
8. Whitney
9. Radiohead
10. David Bowie

Beste Nederlandse Band / Best Dutch Band

Bombay 

1. Bombay
2. De Staat
3. traumahelikopter
4. Bettie Serveert
5. John Coffey
6. Monomyth
7. Birth Of Joy
8. De Kat
9. Mozes and the Firstborn
10. DeWolff

Grunnen Band

traumahelikopter live at Vera (Photo: Marc de Krosse, 2016)

1.   traumahelikopter
2. De Kat
3. Joost Dijkema
4. The Black Cult
5. Avery Plains
6. Meindert Talma
7. Ortega
8. Green Hornet
9. Fake O’s
10. The New Poor

Zaal elders/ Best venue

1. De Gym (Groningen)
2. Ekko (Utrecht)
3. De Oosterpoort (Groningen)
4. Paradiso (Amsterdam)
5. De Melkweg (Amsterdam)
6. Asteriks (Leeuwarden)
7. Doornroosje (Nijmegen)
8. Simplon (Groningen)
9. Worm (Rotterdam)
10. Neushoorn (Leeuwarden)

Best Festival

1. Welcome to the Village
2. Down the Rabbit Hole
3. Eurosonic/Noorderslag
4. Best Kept Secret
5. Noorderzon
6. Roadburn
7. Lowlands
8. Jagersonic
9. Le Guess Who?
10. Into the Great Wide Open