De Roma

Nice venue , very friendly staff. I even think they work with volunteers. U don’t have to pay for toilets that’s something u don’t find anywhere. U can choose how much u pay for The cloakroom or you can not pay. That’s awesome. Really like how the venue is ran. I went to see Maribou state and it was a pleasure. My friends were down and complained abouth the sound and lights. But once they saw my videos from upstairs they understood it was good. Just shows how much perspective makes the experience. I am a happy returning customer!

Great place, excellent service and what a vibe of the audience and the performers

Nice place, super concert

Brilliant Venue, all the staff are excellent and happy to speak English. Cloakroom for coats etc.. Variable size so for smaller gigs can be sectioned off if needed. Fantastic location with trams and buses stopping 25m away. We had a great night. Thanks.

Location is good, beautiful looking concert hall. The quality of the sound (/installation) is complete garbage. That’s a pitty because they do have a good program of artists passing by.

Lovely older concert venue. Beer is served in hard plastic cups but not too expensive. Sound quality is acceptable and the line up usually quite good. For less mobile people they have a large seated balcony.

Great location! There is a lot of space and the people working there are really friendly. I had the pleasure to see one of my favorite artists. I only wish there were sitting places, the ones already in the building were closes to the public.

Great venue just outside the city of Antwerp. An 18th century theatre that is run by volunteers and is being considerately renovated. I visited late 2023 and overall the venue was in great condition. The band sounded good, the beer selection was varied, the staff were all very polite and helpful. I arrived just before the support band began and got one of the few remaining seats upstairs in the balcony area. I'd love to go back and see something else here. It's about a 40min walk from the historic centre or €15 by taxi. There's not a lot else in the vicinity, though a barman did tell me the area was slowly being gentrified. A few bars and takeaways on the main drag, not a lot else.

Tonight i was standing in - one of the remarkable gems in Antwerp - De Roma; a delicately restored movie palace from the 1920s. A historic and intimate venue, situated just outside the heart of the city and only a 11 minutes tram ride away from Antwerpen - Centraal railway station (tram 10 Wijnegem and 24 Silsburg, get off at "De Roma", +/- 1.8 km). After a 20-year(!) closure, it rose like a phoenix from the ashes with renewed beauty. In 2003 De Roma reopened after extensive renovation. Today it has been reclaimed as a venue for live music, as well as for movies, comedy and theatre. And maybe one day De Roma will be able to retake its place as one of the crown jewels of the entertainment venues. No doubt, even the stars will shine brighter after a full renovation. FYI: The Turnhoutsebaan in Borgerhout is notorious for being a "bad neighbourhood". Whether the neighbourhood deserves the bad rep or not, it's not up to me to say. But if u want to grab a drink after the concert, i do recommend u to go back to the Keyserlei.