Soft Tactics for Hard Times '26
Thursday, 25-06-2026, 19:30, Frascati, AmsterdamIn Dutch. A program about what it takes to stay standing in rebellion against oppressive systems, focusing on the queer community.
Art Events in Amsterdam
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A Field Trip to the Cosmos
Saturday, 04-07-2026, 13:00, Ruigoord, AmsterdamThe worlds of Paradiso and Ruigoord merge for a one-day festival. Immerse yourself in live music, art, science, poetry, and performance on the cosmic grounds of Ruigoord.
You may now kiss my ass
Sunday, 05-07-2026, 20:00, Plein Theater, AmsterdamA fearlessly awkward yet charming alter ego, Veronica, marries herself in a humorous spectacle combining performance art and dance, celebrating oddness and difference.
Queer Amsterdam, The Pink City
Thursday, 09-07-2026, 10:00, De Nieuwe Kerk, AmsterdamAn exhibition on the eventful and special history of the Amsterdam LGBTQIA+ community, telling a cultural-historical story of love, exclusion, courage, struggle, and freedom.
Queer Joy Festival: Rejoice! An Act of Resilience
Thursday, 09-07-2026, 20:00, Klein Bellevue, AmsterdamCurated artists meet for the first time just hours before the show to create a unique, spontaneous performance, challenging their resilience and inviting the audience to live in the moment.
The Queer Trans & Sex Workers Festival
Friday, 10-07-2026, 14:00, Brakke grond, AmsterdamA free festival reclaiming and honoring the past & present with music, party, performances, speeches, a dialogue table, and an erotic market centering Queer Trans & Sex Workers makers and artists.
Cripping Eros
Friday, 10-07-2026, 20:00, Plein Theater, AmsterdamA multidisciplinary evening where artists and thinkers offer new perspectives on the representation of disability, gender, and (queer) sexuality through performance, lectures, and video essays.
Queer Market XXL
Saturday, 11-07-2026, 12:00, NDSM Plein, AmsterdamStroll and shop at the NDSM with more than 50 stalls at the largest edition of Queer Market Amsterdam.
Stephanie's Friends
Sunday, 12-07-2026, 15:00, Plein Theater, AmsterdamMonalisa Toneel presents the Dutch premiere of 'Stephanie's Friends', a play inspired by a 1977 drama by Cuban playwright Irene Fornès. The story follows seven women as they rehearse for a fundraiser and examine their love lives.
What a feeling
Thursday, 16-07-2026, 19:00, Plein Theater, AmsterdamA sparkling and witty romantic comedy about two women who meet by chance and are challenged to break free, showing it's never too late for a new beginning.
Woman Of...
Thursday, 16-07-2026, 21:00, Plein Theater, AmsterdamA screening of 'Woman Of...', a film spanning 45 years in the life of a Polish trans woman navigating her journey to personal freedom against a changing political landscape.
Visibly So
Thursday, 23-07-2026, 14:00, H'ART MUSEUM, AmsterdamThe Literary Salon of Pink City Village Amsterdam presents a discussion on three historical LGBTQ+ torchbearers in literature and photography.
Tim in a bag
Friday, 24-07-2026, 20:30, Plein Theater, AmsterdamThe unsuccessful cabaret duo 'The Sorrow of Drenthe' has split up. When Tim suddenly dies, Albert is forced to go solo in this ode to unconventional mourning.
The Goblin Market - Pride Edition
Saturday, 25-07-2026, 12:00, Treehouse NDSM, AmsterdamThe Goblin Market is a queer maker market by queer weirdos for everybody, featuring fashion, zines, art, tarot readings, and more.
Traversing the Mist
Sunday, 26-07-2026, 12:30, Podium Mozaiek, AmsterdamThis tangibly embodied, voyeuristic journey spans the full spectrum of fear, desire, discovery, physicality, community, ageing, and death.
Shibari Bondage Demonstrations
Tuesday, 28-07-2026, 20:00, Fosbury & Sons, AmsterdamAn artistic evening exploring the world of BDSM through Shibari, the Japanese art of rope bondage, demonstrated by three different fetish artists.
Who the F*ck is Britt?!
Wednesday, 29-07-2026, 15:30, Paradiso, AmsterdamA film screening following Sem Jansen's transition from woman to man. The story unfolds through music, personal anecdotes, and documentary footage.
KUEER LAPIS
Friday, 07-08-2026, 20:00, Podium Mozaïek, AmsterdamThe Queer Pacific Collective presents an interdisciplinary program of storytelling, music, performance, and ceremony rooted in Pacific traditions and diaspora.
The Patchwork Family 5 Year Anniversary
Friday, 04-09-2026, 22:00, Paradiso, AmsterdamCelebrate the 5th birthday of The Patchwork Family, a queer creative collective, with a 'Best Of' show, DJs, performances, and an afterparty.
KENKI KRIN KRIN
Thursday, 24-09-2026, 20:00, Bijlmer Parktheater, AmsterdamKENKI KRIN KRIN is an interdisciplinary performance by creator and performer Cherella Gessel (she/he/they), in which different identities are peeled away and rebuilt layer by layer.
Matthew Bourne's The Car Man
Wednesday, 25-11-2026, 20:00, Royal Theatre Carré, AmsterdamMatthew Bourne's award-winning dance thriller, loosely based on Bizet's opera, reimagines the story in a greasy 1950's American garage-diner shattered by the arrival of a handsome stranger.