Rock ‘n’ roll, cigars, whiskey, and a fucking fantastic haircut. Scumbash is a lifestyle. So that’s what you can expect on the festival site: not only music but the full package including haircuts by the world-famous Schorem Barbiers, sick art by tattoo artists and so on.
SCHOREM BARBIER
Inspired by Speedfest, the men from Rotterdam’s Schorem Barbier decided in 2013 to organize festival ScumBash that matches the look and feel of their own internationally celebrated barbershop in the Dutch harbor city.
Schorem is an old school barbershop in the heart of the working class city of Rotterdam. The shop specializes in the classic cuts that have proven themselves over the decades. Best of all: Schorem will attend SchumBash 2023!
BLACK AND GOLD TATTOO
Located in the heart of Rotterdam, Black and Gold Tattoo is a collective art studio founded by 4 unique artists. Black and Gold Tattoo focuses on quality custom tattooing and other forms of art such as painting, print making, book making, clothing design and many more. Each of our artists specializes in their own styles and heritages of art.
BABASHOP
Babashop is the lifestyle shop for punks, rockers, goths and metalheads. And it has been since 1994! Find ‘m at ScumBash and in Maastricht!
The Office Tattoo
The Office Electric Tattooing, your friendly neighbourhood tattoo parlour in the center of Rotterdam. High quality expert tattooing since 2011, good advice and fine coffee.’ ‘We will offer a bunch of small designs made exclusively for Scumbash 2023. Be awesome, get tattooed.’
Minor Operation Donations
SINCE 2018, THE HAARLEM MINOR OPERATION DONATIONS COLLECTIVE HAS BEEN RAISING MONEY FOR VARIOUS CHARITIES BY SELLING DONATED SUBCULTURAL PARAPHERNALIA ON A DONATION BASIS. WHAT DOES THIS ENTAIL? AT CONCERTS THEY STAND WITH RACKS FULL OF SHIRTS AND BINS FULL OF CDS AND RECORDS, AND VISITORS GET TO DECIDE WHAT THEY PAY FOR THEM! EVERY EURO RAISED GOES TO CAUSES THAT MATCH THE PUNK ROOTS OF THIS ORGANIZATION. THEY HAVE ALREADY RAISED MORE THAN 20,000 EUROS FOR THE ORGANIZATION CHOOSE LOVE, WHICH PROVIDES HUMANITARIAN AID TO REFUGEES. THEY ALSO SUPPORTED BRIGADA DE ALTER, A BRAZILIAN VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTING ORGANIZATION THAT FIGHTS FOREST FIRES IN THE AMAZON REGION, AND OTHER SMALLER LOCAL PROJECTS. THEY PERFORM MONTHLY AT THE PATRONAAT ON MINOR OPERATION BOOKINGS NIGHTS BUT ALSO, FOR EXAMPLE, AT FESTIVALS SUCH AS HALTPOP, SLEAZEFEST, KLIKOFEST AND ORGAANKLAPFEEST. AND NOW ALSO AT SCUMBASH! HERE YOU CAN EXPAND YOUR CLOTHING AND RECORD COLLECTION AND KNOW THAT IN THE MEANTIME YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING NICE FOR THE WORLD! YOU CAN ALSO DONATE YOUR OLD RECORDS, SHIRTS, SWEATERS, JACKETS AND OTHER MERCH SO IT CAN BE SOLD AND MAKE OTHERS HAPPY, WHILE CONTRIBUTING TO A BETTER SOCIETY. THEIR MOTTO IS ‘PUNK = LOVE’ FOR A REASON!
