annual events

Many events and festivals, such as the Grachtenfestival, the Uitmarkt, Amsterdam Gay Pride, the IDFA and many others return annually, marking their spot in Amsterdam’s cultural year with pleasing regularity.

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Het Vrije Westen Bevrijdingsdag (Liberation Day) Festival

One of the largest Liberation Day (5 May) events in Amsterdam, Het Vrije Westen is the place to be for music fans. Head to Westerp...

05/05/2023

Westerpark

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Jazz at the Plantage

Jazz Talents at the Plantage returns to the Plantagebuurt in July with concerts in the Hermitage Amsterdam. PLEASE NOTE: Listed da...

02/07/2023 - 13/08/2023

Hermitage Amsterdam

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Liberation Day Amsterdam

Following directly on from Remembrance Day, 5 May is a national day of celebration known as Liberation Day throughout Amsterdam an...

05/05/2023

Bevrijdingsdag Amsterdam

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Guilty Pleasure Weekender

Shameless or not, you can dance at the Gaasperplas during Guilty Pleasure 2023 in the second weekend of July. In the open air eve...

08/07/2023 - 09/07/2023

Gaasperplas Park

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Defqon.1

Going nuclear once more during Defqon.1 is an electro music blowout held at the festival grounds at Biddinghuizen in Flevoland. Pl...

23/06/2023 - 25/06/2023

Walibi Holland

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Dekmantel Festival

The multi-day Dekmantel Festival, which guarantees quality house and techno, returns in the summer of 2023 to the Amsterdamse Bos ...

04/08/2023 - 06/08/2023

Het Amsterdamse Bos

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DIYnamic Festival

Underground electronic music label Diynamic, renowned for the Do It Yourself approach, returns to the Amsterdam Bos in 2023 for an...

03/06/2023

Het Amsterdamse Bos

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Amsterdam Coffee Festival

Featuring more than 100 artisan roasters, equipment makers and gourmet food stalls, Amsterdam Coffee Festival is the perfect event...

30/03/2023 - 01/04/2023

Westergas

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Mysteryland

Every year during Mysteryland, the former Floriade site in Haarlemmermeer (about 20 kilometers outside the centre of Amsterdam) ch...

26/08/2022 - 28/08/2022

Floriadeterrein in Haarlemmermeer

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Valtifest

The wild child of Amsterdam's summer festival programme returns to Kaap Oost in Amsterdam every September. With its heavyweight li...

03/09/2022

Kaap Oost

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Prinsengracht Concert

The next edition will be in August 2022. One of the annual highlights in the centre of Amsterdam is the free Prinsengracht Concert...

20/08/2022

Pulitzer Amsterdam

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Strandfestival ZAND

Unfortunately, SAND 2021 has been cancelled. But don't worry, you will see the planned line-up on the beach of Almere in 2022, dur...

20/08/2022

Almere Strand

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