Monthly calendar for Amsterdam with festivals, special events, concerts, cultural happenings, fairs, film & media arts, sports and entertainment. Exhibitions in museums and galleries are listed in the Exhibitions Calendar
July 13 - August 4, 2024
Multicultural festival in the Nelson Mandelapark in Amsterdam Zuidoost with street food vendors, music, dance and football tournement.
July 27 - August 4, 2024
One of the biggest and most special gay prides around the globe, with street parties all weekend long, the best club circuit parties and the famous Canal Parade on Saturday.
August 2, 2024
Drag Queens and Kings are taking part in events including the Handbag Throw, the 100m Stiletto Sprint and the Limbo.
August 3, 2024
A colourful and festive parade of decorated boats sailing through Amsterdam's canals, a key part of Amsterdam Pride.
August 10, 2024
Biggest and most popular open air summer dance festival in the Netherlands, just outside of Amsterdam. Free buses available from Station Amsterdam Sloterdijk.
August 15-18, 2024
Annual open-air festival at Ruigoord - a small, artist village near Amsterdam - that combines music, art, theater, and various other forms of creative expression, often associated with hippie culture.
August 23 - September 1, 2024
Largest classical music festival in the Netherlands. Stage for young musicians from all over the world, with smaller scale concerts in houses and monuments in the historical centre of Amsterdam and along the banks of the River IJ.
August 20-25, 2024 | date to be confirmed
Special outdoor concert in the great canal house garden of Museum van Loon
August 21-25, 2024
Watch classics outdoors at sunset in the park next to the Eye building.
August 20-26, 2024
Inner city urban dance festival where dancers from around the world gather, with dance performances, next level battles and workshops.
August 21-31, 2024
As the sun sets, sit in your deckchair and enjoy a slice of undiscovered documentaries, animation, short and feature films that were never released in the Netherlands. All films are either English spoken or have English subtitles.
August 29-31, 2024
Outdoor movie nights with 3 special film screenings on the large roof terrace of NEMO.
July 13, 2024 - August 31, 2024
Concerts under the summer sky, with drinks or dinner, at Muziekgebouw.
August 16-September 1, 2024
A travelling circus full of performances, theatre, dance, magic, art and music of all kinds.
May-September, 2024
Free dance, music and cabaret performances in the park's band shell.
May 18-September 23, 2025
Outdoor art exhibition with more than 60 figurative sculptures and spatial installation art
May-October
Go back in time with a ride on a historic tram from Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Groningen, Vienna or Prague.