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 12-Aug 3, 2025
Multicultural festival in the Nelson Mandelapark in Amsterdam Zuidoost with street food vendors, music, dance and football tournement.
July 25 - August 8, 2026
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, 2025
A colourful and festive parade of decorated boats sailing through Amsterdam's canals, a key part of Amsterdam Pride.
August 9, 2025
Biggest and most popular open air summer dance festival in the Netherlands, just outside of Amsterdam. Free buses available from Station Amsterdam Sloterdijk.
August 7-10, 2025
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.
July 25-August 10, 2025
A travelling circus full of performances, theatre, dance, magic, art and music of all kinds.
July 18, 2025 - August 17, 2025
Concerts under the summer sky, with drinks or dinner, at Muziekgebouw.
August 7 - 16, 2026
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 19-24, 2025 | date to be confirmed
Special outdoor concert in the great canal house garden of Museum van Loon
August 20-24, 2025 | date to be confirmed
Watch classics outdoors at sunset in the park next to the Eye building.
August 19-25, 2025
Inner city urban dance festival where dancers from around the world gather, with dance performances, next level battles and workshops.
August 20-24, 2025
800+ ships, crew members, and visitors from around the world will come together to celebrate nautical history and diverse worldviews.
August 30, 2025
Baroque Legacy by Elim van Delft (soprano, bass) & La Chapelle Sauvage at the Vondelkerk.
August 20-30, 2025
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 28-30, 2025
Outdoor movie nights with 3 special film screenings on the large roof terrace of NEMO.
May-September, 2025
Free dance, music and cabaret performances in the park's band shell.
May 17-September 21, 2025
Outdoor art exhibition with more than 60 figurative sculptures and spatial installation art
April 18-September 21, 2025
World's largest and most prestigious annual press photography contest and exhibition of award-winning and often shocking photojournalism at De Nieuwe Kerk.
March 22 - November 2, 2025
Climb the 216 steps of De Nieuwe Kerk for a fantastic view of the city.
May-October
Go back in time with a ride on a historic tram from Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Groningen, Vienna or Prague.