Frankie and the Witch Fingers – poll winner 2025! – Photo: Mischa Veenema

On this page you’ll find the winners of The VERA Poll 2025

BEST MAINSTAGE CONCERT

  1. Frankie & The Witch Fingers (USA)
  2. Aaron Dilloway (USA)
  3. Cosey Mueller (NL) – T.H.O.P. 11
  4. Zea & Drumband Hallelujah Makkum
  5. Claw Boys Claw show 1 (NL)
  6. Cash Savage & The Last Drinks (AUS)
  7. The Mary Wallopers (IRL)
  8. Claw Boys Claw (show 2 )
  9. Tramhaus (NL)
  10. Frontsector (GR)
  11. Scaler ( UK)
  12. A Place To Bury Strangers (USA)
  13. Pothamus (BEL)
  14. ELMER (NL)
  15. Yummy Mouths (BEL)
  16. Lily Dollner (IRE)
  17. Ditz (UK)
  18. The Bug Club (UK)
  19. Modder (BEL)
  20. Hippotraktor (BEL)
  21. Getdown Services (UK)
  22. Alex Zhang Hungtai (FKA Dirty Beaches) (CAN)
  23. Bombino (NIG)
  24. Private Function (AUS)
  25. The Tranquis (NL/GRN)
  26. Heavy Lungs (UK)
  27. Vanity Box (NL/GRN)
  28. Mood Bored (NL)
  29. Cashmyra (GR)
  30. Split System (AUS)
  31. Black Market Karma (UK)
  32. Maryscoovy (NL) zwemfest
  33. SONS (BEL)
  34. Real Farmer (GR)
  35. All are to Return (NL/GRO)
  36. Orphax (NL)
  37. Cashmyra (GR)
  38. Snõõper (USA)
  39. Wolvennest (BEL)
  40. Pothamus (BEL) (support DVNE)
  41. Dame Area (ESP)
  42. God Dethroned (NL)
  43. La Loye
  44. Minami Deutsch (JAP)
  45. Nicolini (NL)
  46. Eskorzo (ESP)
  47. Gotts Street Park (UK)
  48. Bambara (USA)
  49. Meindert Talma & Band
  50. Temple Fang (NL)

Best Downstage concert

  1. The None (UK)
  2. Golpe (IT)
  3. The Sick Man of Europe (UK)
  4. Red Brut (GR)
  5. Teardrinker (NL)
  6. Robber (GR)
  7. In Good Spirit (NL)
  8. Geestdrift (GR)
  9. Slant (KOR)
  10. AARTxSTAARTJES (GRN)
  11. Prophets of Thwaites (GR)
  12. Rosted (NL)
  13. Tzu Ni (TW)
  14. Marit Nygard (GR)
  15. OUST (INT)
  16. Radio Cyanide (GR)
  17. Gnaw Their Tongues (GR)
  18. Yo Diablo (ES)
  19. Scyler (NL)
  20. Crashing (NL)
  21. Pizza Noise Maffia (BEL)
  22. Pyrex (USA)
  23. Schau Schau (GR)
  24. RMFC (AUS)
  25. Patrol (ESP)
  26. Digger and the Pussycats (AUS)
  27. Deafened to Death (NL)
  28. Meditation (GR)
  29. FIEP (NL)
  30. Dura Mater (UK)


VERA Dancenights

  1. Flikkerdisco
  2. Queerclub VERA
  3. Club VERA
  4. Club Kelder
  5. PUSH IT
  6. PAUW!

Best record 2024

  1. Geese – Getting Killed
  2. Turnstile – Never Enough
  3. Wet Leg- Moisturizer
  4. Wednesday – Bleeds
  5. Rosalia – LUX

Special events

  1. KELLERFEST
  2. HYBRID
  3. VIKENDICA
  4. VEAR CLUBQUIZ
  5. ROYAL RUMBLE
  6. KONING DUB

Best concert seen elsewhere

  1. Neil Young & Chrome Hearts – Summerstage Stadspark, Groningen
  2. Amenra – Spot Oosterpoort, Groningen
  3. Mogwai, Spot Oosterpoort, Groningen
  4. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizzard, 013 Tilburg
  5. Nine Inch Nails, Ziggo Dome Amsterdam

Best movie at Vera Zienema

  1. BRRRP – Lucas Boerwinkel, NL 2024
  2. I Love Dries – Tom Six, NL 2008
  3. No Other Land – Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, PS 2024
  4. Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai – Jim Jarmusch, USA 1999
  5. Jagten – Thomas Vinterberg, DK 2012
  6. The Secret World of Arrietty – Hiromasa Yonebiayashi, JPN 2010
  7. Fallen Angels – Wong Kar-Wai HK 1995
  8. Les Glaneurs et La Glaneuse – Agnès Varda, FR 2000
  9. Starship Troopers – Paul Verhoeven, US 1997
  10. Candyman – Bernard Rose, US 1992

Best movie

  1. One Battle After Another
  2. Bugonia
  3. The Last Viking
  4. Phoenician Scheme
  5. Weapons

Best band overall

  1. Fontaines D.C.
  2. Tramhaus
  3. Amenra

Best Dutch Band

  1. Tramhaus
  2. Marathon
  3. Real Farmer

Best Local / Groningen Band

  1. Real Farmer
  2. The Vices
  3. Taxi Taxi

Best venue

  1. De Oosterpoort
  2. Paradiso
  3. Simplon

Best festival

  1. Winsummerfest
  2. ESNS
  3. Best Kept Secret