Events in Amsterdam
Taste of Amsterdam
Thursday 31 May t/m Sunday 3 June 2012A culinary festival during the prolonged weekend in Amsterdam. Exhibition stands in the park with good food from the renowned Amsterdam restaurants. An occasion to meet their chefs and to drink a glass of good wine or champagne.
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Holland Festival
Friday 1 t/m Thursday 28 June 2012Holland Festival is the biggest in the Netherlands performing arts festival of international character. It brings events from all over the world on the fields of music, opera, theatre and dance, also draws attention to chosen films and art shows. Holland Festival also organises interesting conferences and workshops.
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The Open Garden Days
Friday 15 t/m Sunday 17 June 2012Amsterdam’s gardens are perhaps its best kept secret as they’re rarely visible from the street. For this weekend you can visit around 30 gardens, some of which are private gardens. You can buy one ticket that gives you entry to all the gardens, and there is a special canal boat to take you from one location to another.
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International Theatre School Festival – ITS
Thursday 21 t/m Thursday 28 June 2012The ITS festival presents the work of young theatre makers, students of theatre schools from the Netherlands and some chosen European countries, different each year. During the event, not only theatre productions but also mime shows, dance performances as well as operas by young artists are presented. Workshops and attra...
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Robeco Summer Concerts
Friday 29 June t/m Friday 31 August 2012Each summer, informal and entertaining classical music concerts - the Robeco Zomerconcerten take place at the prestigious location of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. The Summer Concerts are sponsored, so the tickets are relatively cheap. This is an excellent opportunity to listen to classical music in one of the world’s mos...
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Amsterdam Roots Festival
Sunday 8 July 2012Each summer, the Amsterdam Roots Festival presents a wide range of global music and non-western culture. For over 7 days in June, the audience is offered a selection of performances, masterclasses and special projects at different locations.
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Amsterdam Gay Pride
Saturday 28 July t/m Sunday 5 August 2012The Gay pride festival presents an extensive programme with sports, cultural activities and parties. The highlight of the Amsterdam Gay Pride is the canal parade on the second saturday during the event, which is a carnivalesque, cultural and slightly naughty boat parade through Amsterdam's canals.
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Pluk de Nacht – Openlucht Film Festival
Mid AugustAn open air film festival taking place at two youth clubs, Het Stenen Hoofd and Studio K. Both clubs have restaurants and bars and in case of cold evening they do supply blankets. If it rains, the screenings move inside. The selection includes by and large never widely released indie films, known only from some film fest...
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Grachtenfestival
Friday 10 t/m Sunday 19 August 2012For five days, special locations in the heart of Amsterdam form the backdrop for more than 80 classical concerts. The concerts can be enjoyed in houses and gardens of hospitable local inhabitants and in concert halls, historic buildings, museums and out of doors in the area around Prinsengracht.
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De Parade
Friday 10 t/m Sunday 26 August 2012Nowadays, the parade stands proud as one of the few travelling festivals in the world. Inspired by traditional circuses, the park offers a brilliant kaleidoscope of brightly coloured tents making it simply picture perfect. De parade may look like an old-fashioned fairground but it promises a very action packed 17 days of...
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Prinsengracht concert
Saturday 18 t/m Friday 24 August 2012A traditional open air classical music concert held every year on Prinsengracht canal, on a temporary built stage directly on the canal’s water. Spectators traditionally arrive on their boats with wine and snacks. Unique atmosphere, especially after the fall of the darkness.
Uitmarkt
Friday 24 t/m Sunday 26 August 2012Considered to be the largest cultural event in Amsterdam, the Uitmarkt is definitely worth a visit. Organised every year during the last weekend of August, it celebrates the official opening of the Dutch Cultural and offers performances, concerts, exhibitions, drama, countless workshops and a book market. And if you are ...
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IBC Amsterdam
Friday 7 t/m Tuesday 11 September 2012The International Broadcasting Convention is along with the Las Vegas NAB show, the most important yearly meeting of the television, broadcasting and digital cinema professionals of the whole world. In its exhibition, IBC shows each year the latest technology equipment from all over the world, while its conference inform...
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Draaiorgelfestival Amsterdam
Saturday 8 September 2012Op de Dam in Amsterdam vindt sinds 2003 het jaarlijkse Draaiorgelfestival Amsterdam plaats. Dit festival wordt georganiseerd om aandacht te vragen voor het draaiorgel als Amsterdams cultuurgoed.
Tussen 10.00 uur en 17.00 uur zijn meer dan vijftien draaiorgels te horen en te zien. De straatorgels, handorgels en concert...
Heritage Days
Saturday 8 t/m Sunday 9 September 2012The Open Monumentendag (Heritage Days) is designed to bring people into contact with the historic environment, and to encourage interest in and understanding of historical monuments and the need for their preservation. During the Open Monumentendag in September thousands of historical buildings and sites (about 4,000) ar...
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Jordaan Festival
Friday 14 t/m Sunday 16 September 2012A big inner city street festival celebrating the diversity of this former working class district. Features this year include drum bands, a children's festival, opera and cabaret, a boules competition, a flea market and an auction.
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Art Amsterdam
Thursday 20 t/m Sunday 23 September 2012Art Amsterdam (previously known as Kunst RAI) is a modern art fair, which is organised each year for five days in May in the RAI exhibition and conference centre, in the south of Amsterdam. It is a big fair, with more than 120 galleries from the Netherlands and an increasing number of the foreign galleries, mainly from W...
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Inside Design Amsterdam
Friday 21 t/m Sunday 23 September 2012Organized by a Dutch interior magazine Elle Wonen, the Inside Design Amsterdam event presents best design shops in the city, adding to it a number of special presentations, exhibits, fashion shows and lectures about design as well as free sessions of interior decoration advising and festive parties. Each year, the event ...
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Funfair in Amsterdam
Thursday 18 t/m Sunday 28 October 2012Wie vond het als kind niet heerlijk om rondgezwaaid te worden in een zweefmolen of lekker plakkerig te worden van een suikerspin. In Amsterdam kan het jaarlijks aan het einde van april.
Marathon Amsterdam
Sunday 21 October 2012Amsterdam marathon, indeed the oldest marathon in The Netherlands. There are five events scheduled this day: the marathon, the Half Marathon, the 8 K run, the 1K Runaway and the Mini Marathon.
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Museum Night
Saturday 3 November 2012On Saturday night in a first week of November each year Amsterdam’s museums open through the night, most with special programmes.
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IDFA - International Documentary Filmfestival of Amsterdam
Wednesday 14 t/m Sunday 25 November 2012International documentary festival screens 200 documentary films and videos.
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Crossing Border Festival
Thursday 15 t/m Saturday 17 November 2012International literature festival, Programme not yet available but last year’s talents included the likes of Germaine Greer, Lou Reed, Eddi Reader, the Flaming Lips, David Sylvian, Joseph O'Connor, Bob Geldof and Monica Ali.
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Arrival of Saint Nicholas
Mid NovemberThe tradition of Saint Nicholas bringing gifts to children, celebrated in many countries, is an extraordinary occasion in Amsterdam. Saint Nicholas surrounded by his black servants arrives on a deck of a ship to Amsterdam. Later, the whole parade in a festive way accompanies him to the city center. Hundreds of thousands ...
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High Times Cannabis Cup
Sunday 18 t/m Thursday 22 November 2012Pax Party House. Melkweg, various coffeehouses, (various times). Six days of pure hedonism: music, events, forums, and tasting sessions.
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pAn Amsterdam – Art and Antique Fair
Sunday 18 t/m Sunday 25 November 2012The biggest national antique fair in the Netherlands takes place in Amsterdam, and lasts for the full week. No wonder, as can be no hasty decisions made in the timeless fields of art and antiques. pAn takes place at the RAI congress and exhibition center. Last years showing also more of modern art of good quality, pAn is...
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New Year's Eve
Monday 31 December 2012New Year is another wild celebration. The Dutch often stay home with their families until midnight, and many bars open just then. The spots that are seriously crowded include Leidseplein, Rembrandtsplein and Nieumarkt. Many venues offer New Year parties. From midnight the sky lights up as the whole of the city sets of fi...
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Queensday
Tuesday 30 April 2013Amsterdam Queensday is officially the national celebration of the birthday of the Queen Mother, but this in reality is only an excuse to party hard. The celebrations takes place all over the Netherlands, but have a special atmosphere in big cities like Amsterdam, Rotterdam or The Hague.
In Amsterdam, Queensday is by f...
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