Makas Band

The band MAKAS will also be present again this year at WOMEX in A coruña Spain and will be represented by our board members of the Makas Music & Events foundation. If you are curious about the music and performance of the band MAKAS, you can visit our own stand (no. 127). Coffee is ready!

Lo Boelhouwers of the Makas foundation represented the band MAKAS at WOMEX Lisbon Portugal.  Where he met several people from the music industry from all around the world. There were many international festival organisers, brokers and agents at the expo. It was a great experience.  During the fair there was also a lot of attention for

Great concert at the 11th Britanya Alevi festivali in London. MAKAS was for the third time in London. We are proud that the “MAKAS” crowd is growing in UK. We will be back !

Makas is proud to have been a part of the King’s Day celebrations in Gaziantep Turkey. Our first concert was at the @hkunv Hasan Kalyonuc University in Gaziantep the second one was at the Grand Hotel Gaziantep. We would like to thank Prof. Dr Türkay Dereli the rektor of HKU and the studens HKU of

We had a special and meaningful concert at the Liberation festival of Holland. Down below is our speech special for this occasion! :Fear drives us apart. By approaching each other, we can connect! This lays the foundation for trust. This trust is an inner liberation that leads to Peace. Freedom is so important right now.

Supported bij the Dutch embassy in Ankara the Anatolian Rock Band Makas successfully represented the Netherlands and won the 🧡 hearts of  the people in Adana at the famous orange blossom carnival in Adana. 

MAKAS is invited to the Orange Blossom Carnival in Adana Turkey. With the support of the Dutch embassy in Ankara MAKAS is going to represent Holland at this festival . MAKAS is determined to give two unforgettable concerts in Adana!!

MAKAS looks back at 6 fabulous “Balkonscènes” concerts on very special locations.  The first two concert were at the “Oertijd museum” at Boxtel. This was not the first time that MAKAS visited this location. They made their first videoclip named Dinazor from the first album between the Dinosaurs on this beautiful location. A special place

From past to present tour: Between the 1970s and the 1980s, many guest workers, especially from Turkey and Greece, reunited with their families in the Netherlands. When the families were reunited, there was little entertainment for them. An underground scene emerged with cinemas, Turkish video stores and parties at people’s homes or in unusual locations,

Balcony scenes The band MAKAS is entering into a partnership with companies that make special (local) products and are now affected by the corona measures. In these difficult times, entrepreneurs are given the opportunity to combine their products, which have their origin in Asia or the Mediterranean, with music from those regions. The band MAKAS