May
29
Friday
PITCH PLEASE! The improvised musical showdown
Credits: Darren
Bands get formed on the spot. They play. Some fall apart on stage. One walks away with the title.
PITCH PLEASE! THE MUSICAL SHOWDOWN is a fully improvised battle of the bands at Dynamo. Rival groups, your suggestions, no setlist, a live house band ready for anything. Whatever happens it happens ONCE.
What to expect:
Bands With Big Egos: frontpeople who think they invented music, bandmates who'll have to live with it.
Bigger Songs: power ballads, breakup bangers, and at least one chorus you'll catch yourself humming on the tram home.
Rivalries That Spiral: stolen lyrics, dodgy alliances, the kind of feuds that make Oasis look civil.
Total Spontaneity: no script, no setlist, no safety net. Just the Basic Pitches making it up as the spotlight swings.
Leave your good taste at the door. The only thing you can count on is a decent hook and a plot twist you didn't see coming.
📅 Friday, 29 May
🍻 Bar opens 19:00, show starts 20:00
🎟️ 20 CHF / 15 CHF reduced
📍 Dynamo, Werk 21, 8006 Zürich (underground entrance by the Limmat)
🎉 Volunteer Info 🎉
We've got a few free tickets going for volunteers. Please reserve a ticket for this. If the volunteer tickets are gone, the spots are filled. If you're up for helping out, you need to be at the venue by 18:30. We'll need
...Bands get formed on the spot. They play. Some fall apart on stage. One walks away with the title.
PITCH PLEASE! THE MUSICAL SHOWDOWN is a fully improvised battle of the bands at Dynamo. Rival groups, your suggestions, no setlist, a live house band ready for anything. Whatever happens it happens ONCE.
What to expect:
Bands With Big Egos: frontpeople who think they invented music, bandmates who'll have to live with it.
Bigger Songs: power ballads, breakup bangers, and at least one chorus you'll catch yourself humming on the tram home.
Rivalries That Spiral: stolen lyrics, dodgy alliances, the kind of feuds that make Oasis look civil.
Total Spontaneity: no script, no setlist, no safety net. Just the Basic Pitches making it up as the spotlight swings.
Leave your good taste at the door. The only thing you can count on is a decent hook and a plot twist you didn't see coming.
📅 Friday, 29 May
🍻 Bar opens 19:00, show starts 20:00
🎟️ 20 CHF / 15 CHF reduced
📍 Dynamo, Werk 21, 8006 Zürich (underground entrance by the Limmat)
🎉 Volunteer Info 🎉
We've got a few free tickets going for volunteers. Please reserve a ticket for this. If the volunteer tickets are gone, the spots are filled. If you're up for helping out, you need to be at the venue by 18:30. We'll need hands for setting up chairs, working the bar, and checking tickets at the door. Nothing complicated, we'll show you everything when you get there.
You'll get an email closer to the date with the rest of the details.
Thanks for pitching in, it genuinely helps. 💛
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Tickets
Sale ends on Friday, 29.05.2026 22:00
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Info
Location:
Dynamo Werk 21 (Cellar), Wasserwerkstrasse 21, Zürich, CHEvent organiser
PITCH PLEASE! The improvised musical showdown is organised by:
Basic Pitches
Category: Musicals & Shows / Musical