Muziekgebouw Eindhoven (MgE) rents its concert halls, a multi-purpose room, foyers and backstage areas for conferences, presentations, company parties, receptions and workshops. The halls take from 120 to 1,250 seated guests, and the foyers hold 2,200 in total. The building stands on Heuvel in the centre of Eindhoven.
Seminars and company events
Both commercial and cultural organisations can rent spaces. The listed uses are conferences and symposia, presentations, networking events, company parties, receptions, workshops, concerts, festivals and markets. Audiovisual services for lighting, sound, video and livestreaming are installed and run by the venue technicians.
An organiser can also hold a private dinner on the stage of the Hertog Jan Zaal or the Kleine Zaal, which gives a dinner a setting few meeting venues can match.
Weddings and receptions
MgE is a music venue, and its rental offer is aimed at professional and cultural events rather than weddings. Receptions and company parties are listed for the foyers, for M and for the backstage areas.
Rooms and capacities
The Hertog Jan Zaal is the main hall. It has an octagonal plan, seats 1,250 and holds 1,750 seated and standing. Its first seven rows of seats can be removed to create standing space, and the stage floor starts at about 129 square meters and can be extended.
The Kleine Zaal seats 380 and has a stage of about 58.5 square meters. It is listed for concerts, symposia, presentations, company parties and stage dinners.
M is a smaller room for 120 seated or 150 seated and standing, with a stage of about 15 square meters in an irregular shape. It suits networking, presentations, receptions and workshops.
The foyers can be combined, with a total capacity of 2,200, and are used for networking, company parties, receptions, festivals, markets and workshops. The backstage areas hold 500 in total and include solo rooms, an artist foyer and a control room.
Catering
MgE serves coffee, tea and drinks as standard. Lunches and dinners are arranged through MgE and delivered by an external caterer.
History and setting
The venue attracts 240,000 visitors a year to a programme that covers classical, pop, jazz and global music. It holds the Green Key sustainability label, which the site lists among its pages. The same building houses temporary exhibitions in M.
Getting there
The address is Heuvel 140, 5611 DK Eindhoven. The venue has a page on how to reach it, which organisers should read before sending guests, since the site does not state train or parking details in the pages we read.
Wi-Fi is free in the foyers and break-out rooms. It is charged in the Hertog Jan Zaal, the Kleine Zaal and M, so ask about it when you plan a conference with online participants. Check opening hours and the event calendar for the date you want, because the halls host a busy public programme of concerts through the season.
