Program Club Control

RO: Stray Lights Festival — trei zile de muzică indie, alternativă și post-punk, cu multe excepții care trec prin experimental, bizar, ambient și noise, între 31 iulie și 2 august în Control Club — inima orașului și casa muzicii alternative din București....See more details

In the summer of 2025, JazzyBIT and DJ K-lu joined forces and built something new: a project that blurs the line between a live band and a DJ set. JazzyBIT tracks get injected with hip-hop, electro and funk from K-lu's side; K-lu's tracks get coloured by jazzy rhythms and live improvisation. The result is something that doesn't quite fit a single box, and that's exactly the point....See more details

On September 16, Past Self make their Romanian debut at Control. Formed in Las Vegas by Sung (vocals/guitar), æther (keys), and Spektor (bass), the trio channel darkwave, post-punk, dream pop, and ethereal textures through a bilingual mix of Korean and English lyrics. Pulling visual cues from visual kei and sonic influences from bands like The Cure, Molchat Doma, Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine, and The Horrors, their sound drifts between melancholy, haze, and cold dancefloor momentum....See more details

New York instrumental collective City of the Sun brings its cinematic, genre-defying sound for the first time in Bucharest – Saturday, September 26, at Control.  Tickets are now available via Eventbook. * Early bird: 95 RON (first 50 tickets) // presale: 120 RON // general sale: 150 RON  Blending indie rock, flamenco, folk, blues, and global influences, the band creates immersive performances where every melody tells a story—without the need for words....See more details

On Saturday, October 10, Canadians Holy Fuck return to Romania, back to the place where their “Tom Tom” video took shape. Not quite near Brașov this time, but right where it belongs: in Control. At a time when even entire classic rock bands are being AI generated, Holy Fuck are now more relevant than ever....See more details

VALERINNE - Instrumental Longform Music / Post-rock / Bucharest Bucharest based band Valerinne came together in early 2012, when Alexandru Das (guitar/soundscapes), Liviu Stoicescu (bass) and Mircea Smarandache (drums), joined efforts in their desire to play instrumental, atmospheric, haunting, loud and emotional music....See more details

[Alt Jazz] series is delighted to welcome LA-based multi-instrumentalist, singer, and producer Elijah Fox. One of the modern greats of new wave jazz, as described by DMS News, his work moves between meditation and momentum, texture and groove.    Elijah’s productions and collaborations touch so many realms of music that ‘jazz’ becomes more than a genre and summons influences from hip-hop, R’n’B, pop, ambient, and soul....See more details

The Veils return to Control in full force, full band, on Friday, November 6. Fronted by Anglo–New Zealand singer-songwriter Finn Andrews, their alt-rock wanders just outside the familiar indie lines, threading darkness with softness into a cinematic current that draws images out of sound. The Veils have toured consistently throughout their twenty year history and garnered a formidable reputation as one of the world’s greatest live bands....See more details

Imarhan have always ripped up the rulebook, and they’re coming to enforce this on Saturday, November 7, in Control. Since 2006, the band has challenged preconceptions about the Tuareg desert blues sound known as assouf, popularised by the likes of Tinariwen and Mdou Moctar, by blending its ancient poetry and rhythms with funk, psych-rock and pan-African rhythms....See more details

Cult German band The Notwist returns to Bucharest this year – Saturday, November 21 at Control Club – as part of a European tour in support of their brand new album, News from Planet Zombie. Tickets are now available via Eventbook. * Presale: 95 RON (till March 1st) // general sale: 120 RON // on show day: 150 RON  Known for their unique blend of indie rock, electronica and post-rock, as well as cult indie hits such as One With The Freaks and Pick Up The Phone, The Notwist have always been pioneering their own sound, walking a trail of songs across genres toward something definitively new and distinctly them....See more details