Düsseldorf Now: The current music scene as a mixtape

#8: Luise Weidehaas

Düsseldorf has a lively music scene. If you want to get an up-to-date overview, check out our Spotify playlist "TSOD Mixtape" - curated by Julian Janisch from the concert agency KKT.

Every week we present an artist or band from the playlist. In this way, we want to help ensure that "The Sound of Düsseldorf" gets the distribution it deserves during the pandemic. As long as no concerts can take place, it is all the more difficult for new artists to find an audience. Support your favorite local bands now. Play it loud for your neighborhood! Here is the profile of Luise Weidehaas:

Where in Düsseldorf did you play your first concert?
Private: at my dear friend Martin Hannaford's (HONIG) living room
Public: at the legendary Brause (18.03.2013)

And where your last one?
NRW Forum/Winter Wonderland (07.12.2019)
For a moment. Actions in the driveway. (12.12.2019)

Which song do you listen to when you're homesick for Düsseldorf?
Peter Broderick "It's alright" (because it accompanies me so often on my Rhine tours through Hamm)

Which Düsseldorf band should you build a statue of?
I'm not a big fan of statues, you should enjoy the well-known and lesser-known bands and, if possible, appreciate them while they're still alive.

Where else in Düsseldorf do you really want to play?
In the Tonhalle 🙂

You can find out more about Luise Weidehaas here.

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The curator

Julian Janisch observes the Düsseldorf music scene for Visit Düsseldorf and curates the Spotify playlist "TSOD Mixtape". The 33-year-old has worked in Düsseldorf for many years as a concert organizer and booker for the FFT, Zakk and New Fall Festival as well as for the Department of Culture. Since 2018/19, he has been working for the Berlin concert agency KKT, which is part of the Toten Hosen record company. He looks after bands such as the Donots and Kavka and works on tour planning for Die Toten Hosen and Die Ärzte.

Cover picture: © Bülent Kirschbaum
Julian Janisch: © Thomas Tiefseetaucher

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