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De Ring A10

Run On the Ring

This special Run On the Ring is the celebratory kick-off to Festival On the Ring on 21 June. Registration is open from 3 April.

Oosterpark

Roots Open Air

Roots Air 2019

Amsterdam Roots Festival

In 2025 Amsterdam Roots Festival returns to Oosterpark with a sparkling program full of music, circus, dance, theatre, children's activities and workshops. The lineup features an impressive mix of artists from around the world, including Ghana's Florence Adooni and South Korea's Ak Dan Gwang Chil. This year's theme is 'Blind Spots', with which the festival wants to contribute to a more inclusive and connected society. Please note: Listed dates and times for 2025 are subject to change.

Theater Amsterdam

https://www.theateramsterdam.nl/bezoekers

Ode to Mokum (55+ Song Contest) - Grande Finale - Theater Amsterdam

Amsterdam exists for 750 years, and this will be celebrated with a special edition of the Elderly Song Contest. Every person over age 55 can participate as a soloist, a duo, or a trio. The participant chooses the song. Any genre is welcome, in any language. There is only one condition: the song must be about Amsterdam. You don't feel like competing? Come join the audience.

Walibi Holland

Defqon.1

In the last weekend of June 2025, the Walibi terrain will once again be the setting for Defqon.1! Defqon.1 will shake the festival terrain in Biddinghuizen to its foundations during each edition.

Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam

https://www.concertgebouw.nl/speciale-voorzieningen

The Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam

VriendenLoterij Summer Concerts

In 2025, the VriendenLoterij Summer Concerts will return to the Royal Concertgebouw for a fantastic summer of music. In July and August, you can visit various concerts, from beautiful classical concerts to film music and swinging jazz and pop. Come and enjoy all these possibilities during the VriendenLoterij Summer Concerts in all halls of the Royal Concertgebouw. PLEASE NOTE: The dates and times mentioned for 2025 are subject to change.

Museumplein

Keti Koti Festival - Museumplein

Every year on July 1, we celebrate Keti Koti, the abolition of slavery, and commemorate the Dutch history of slavery. PLEASE NOTE: The start and end times mentioned are subject to change and may still change.

Diverse locaties / Various locations

Alexandra Bachzetsis Private Song credits Nikolas Glakoumakis

Christos Papadopoulos OPUS

Euripides Laskaridis Elenit

Marcela Levi & Lucía Russo grrRoUNd

Julidans

Julidans presents the current state of affairs in contemporary dance. In a broad program, see the work of leading and idiosyncratic choreographers from different cultural and disciplinary backgrounds. They show more than 40 performances at 14 locations throughout the city, with International Theater Amsterdam as the heart of the festival. Julidans is the festival for international contemporary dance that inspires connoisseurs and curious minds alike.

Kasteel en Landgoed Groeneveld

Castle and estate Groeneveld

Wonderfeel

Wonderfeel will return in 2024 to the stately grounds of its home turf just outside of Amsterdam in Naarden-Bussum. The classical music festival is set on the grounds of a stately home around 25 kilometres southeast of Amsterdam: Schaep en Burgh in ’s-Graveland. Its packed programme features dozens of concerts and other events, activities for kids and a range of tasty food options.

Het Amsterdamse Bos

The Amsterdamse Bos (Amsterdam Forest)

Vunzige Deuntjes Festival

In July 2025, Vunzige Deuntjes Festival returns to the Amsterdamse Bos in Amstelveen.

Gaasperplas Park

Guilty Pleasure

In 2024, Guilty Pleasure Festival will hopefully return to the Gaasperplas in full regalia. During the first weekend of July, you can once again prepare yourself for the ultimate dose of extravagance and underwear fun. During this weekend, the festival grounds at the Gaasperplas in Amsterdam will be flooded with Dutch and international superstars who will take you on a nostalgic journey full of hits. The festival of recognition brings your ultimate guilty pleasures to life with the star line-up of GPF2025.

ARTIS

ARTIS Zoomeravonden 2024

ARTIS Zoomeravonden

Ciao Lucifer

Zoomeravonden poppenkast

https://www.artis.nl/nl/plan-je-bezoek/toegankelijkheid

In consultation with the Assistance Dog Users Foundation, a special route has been mapped out for visitors with an assistance dog, which takes into account the safety of the assistance dog and the animals at ARTIS.

ARTIS Amsterdam Royal Zoo

ARTIS Summer Nights

ARTIS Summer Nights will return in the summer of 2025 with the twenty-first edition. From  the beginning of July to the last Saturday in  August, the ARTIS Amsterdam Royal Zoo is open every Saturday until sunset. During the golden evening hours, between the flowering beds of the edible garden, up-and-coming musical talent takes to the stage in the Bandstand. During the ARTIS Summer Nights you will experience the lively ARTIS Amsterdam Royal Zoo in a different light, where no evening is the same!

Nelson Mandelapark

Kwaku Summer Festival

The Kwaku Summer Festival is a grand celebration of cultural diversity and identity in the Southeast, with culture, sports and food as the most important forms of expression and where broad (social) participation and the Surinamese origin are the most important pillars. The Nelson Mandelapark in Amsterdam Zuidoost is dedicated to culture, music, dance, food and drinks for 4 weekends every summer during the Kwaku Summer Festival. Please note: the dates and times mentioned are subject to change.  Please note: the dates and times mentioned for 2025 are subject to change.

Westerpark

Milkshake Festival

Milkshake Festival is a multi-genre music festival in Amsterdam and has become one of the favorite festivals in the capital. Milkshake Festival is not just a dance festival, but a party where respect, freedom, love, tolerance and fun are paramount. The Festival will return to the Westerpark in 2025.

Diverse locaties

Great Amsterdam Street Football Tournament

In the anniversary year, Amsterdam will host the largest street football tournament in the city. Young Amsterdammers (aged 10 to 15) can participate for free at various locations throughout the city. This tournament focuses not only on playing football and staying active but also on having fun. After all, it's Amsterdam's birthday, and we're celebrating on every sports field and playground in the city.

Stichting Kasteel Keukenhof

Castlefest

Keukenhof Castle

In 2025, you can let your imagination run wild again during Castlefest. Imagine yourself in a completely different world at Castlefest, the Fantasy festival of the Netherlands. A party for young and old, where you enter a different world as soon as the gates of Landgoed Keukenhof in Lisse open. Castlefest is a total experience with lots of music, fantasy writers, catering in style, medieval crafts and a large market with everything a fantasy lover is looking for.

Dekmantel Festival

The multi-day Dekmantel Festival, which guarantees quality house and techno, will return to the Amsterdamse Bos in Amstelveen for 3 days in the summer of 2025. Please note: the dates and times mentioned for 2025 are subject to change.

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