FUTURE VOICES: Fluid Figures & Isle of Eros
Thursday, 05-11-2026, 20:00, Frascati, AmsterdamNicole Beutler Projects presents the makers of the future in a double bill about identity in motion, featuring a dance duet and a post-porn pop concert.
Art Events in Amsterdam
Map viewTomorrow, 5 November
Friday, 6 November
The Queer Library: Stories on Space
Friday, 06-11-2026, 19:00, RITA Community Center, AmsterdamAn evening of live stories, an exhibition, and an open mic focusing on queer experiences with safety and spaces.
The Hours
Friday, 06-11-2026, 19:30, Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, AmsterdamThree women. Three time periods. The same struggle. A stage adaptation of Michael Cunningham's classic novel The Hours, connecting the lives of three women searching for freedom.
Saturday, 7 November
Small Miracle #6: Dances
Saturday, 07-11-2026, 18:00, Plein Theater, AmsterdamAn interdisciplinary program featuring ten practitioners from different dance and body traditions sharing thirty-minute classes in a continuous, durational format.
Museum Night: The Archive Is Alive
Saturday, 07-11-2026, 19:00, Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, AmsterdamWith performance, music, visual arts, and storytelling, we explore the archives our bodies carry, and what in turn preserves us.
Sunday, 8 November
Queer Crafting at Bar Buka
Sunday, 08-11-2026, 16:00, Bar Buka, AmsterdamJoin a cozy and creative afternoon for queer individuals at Bar Buka. Bring your own knitting, crafting, or drawing project, or get inspired to try something new in a friendly atmosphere.
Thursday, 12 November
Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest
Thursday, 12-11-2026, 20:30, Pathe Tuschinski, AmsterdamA diary-like self-portrait of a bicultural director as she navigates family, identity, and friendship within Berlin’s queer community and beyond.
OUT LOUD, TOGETHER
Thursday, 12-11-2026, 21:00, Frascati, AmsterdamWhat if consent isn't the end of desire, but the beginning of the game? Step into a playful, sex-positive FLINTA* world full of pleasure and connection.
Friday, 13 November
Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building
Friday, 13-11-2026, 12:00, Rialto De Pijp, AmsterdamA hybrid documentary reconstructing the director's queer childhood in 1990s Mexico City, exploring his sexuality and family's experience with the AIDS crisis.
Baby Jackfruit Baby Guava
Friday, 13-11-2026, 12:30, Cinema the Pulse, AmsterdamA touching documentary about a gay Vietnamese man navigating his relationship with his family, his American partner, and his neurodivergent sister, filmed by the man himself.
Punkie
Friday, 13-11-2026, 13:30, Eye Filmmuseum, AmsterdamA documentary following Black lesbian comedian Punkie Johnson on tour as she navigates a career crossroads and reflects on her life growing up queer in the Deep South.
Central Park
Friday, 13-11-2026, 13:45, Pathé City, AmsterdamFrederick Wiseman's 1990 documentary captures a summer in New York's Central Park, featuring diverse scenes including the Gay Parade and the AIDS Memorial Quilt.
A Song Without Home
Friday, 13-11-2026, 16:30, Pathé City, AmsterdamA poetic and intimate documentary portrait of Adelina, a young Georgian trans woman, and her years-long struggle for freedom after being locked up by her parents for eleven years.
Noisy Kinks
Friday, 13-11-2026, 20:30, OCCII, AmsterdamA concert and performance series exploring the relationship between non-mainstream sexuality, gender, and experimental noise music.
Lyrical Vengeance
Friday, 13-11-2026, 20:45, Eye Filmmuseum, AmsterdamA documentary celebrating the legacies of three feminist authors, connecting their work to today's transnational queer community through dance and performance.
Saturday, 14 November
Lost Hood
Saturday, 14-11-2026, 16:00, Het Lieverdje (Spui), AmsterdamAn augmented reality experience bringing the history of Amsterdam's countercultures—including squatters, graffiti artists, and queer activists—back to the streets of Spuistraat.
We Had a Plan
Saturday, 14-11-2026, 17:15, Pathe Tuschinski, AmsterdamAfter ten years working as undocumented cleaners in the Netherlands, a male couple, Paul and Dan, returns to the Philippines to build a future, but their triumphant homecoming gives way to a sobering new reality.
In the mouth of the room #3
Saturday, 14-11-2026, 20:30, Plein Theater, AmsterdamA 70-minute performance where poetry, music, and movement unfold as a continuous act of listening, creating a single evolving landscape for the evening.
Sunday, 15 November
Digital Detox Hangout + Journaling Workshop
Sunday, 15-11-2026, 15:15, DB55, AmsterdamA digital detox event featuring a live chill piano set and a guided journaling workshop to help you connect with yourself without digital distractions.
Between Revolutions
Sunday, 15-11-2026, 19:15, Pathé City, AmsterdamA hybrid film following Berlin activists protesting violence in Gaza who rehearse a stage adaptation of the 1970s queer book 'The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions'.
Ãsheghetam
Sunday, 15-11-2026, 20:45, Pathé City, AmsterdamTwo queer lovers escape into a dream world of their own after an underground rave in the theocratic city of Tehran is broken up by the morality police.
Wednesday, 18 November
Collectief FAKT - Omelas
Wednesday, 18-11-2026, 20:00, Theater De Richel, AmsterdamA queer play about Emma, who falls for an activist and loses herself in activism, questioning how to love in times of polarization. Based on Ursula Le Guin's short story.
Thursday, 19 November
Filmscreening: De-domestication & i am not (your) human
Thursday, 19-11-2026, 20:00, Pakhuis de Zwijger, AmsterdamDecolonising bodies, land and identity: 2 short films, a live talk and a drag cow finale.
Friday, 20 November
Lesvia + Mr. Dimitris and Mrs. Dimitroula
Friday, 20-11-2026, 20:30, Filmhuis Cavia, AmsterdamA screening of 'Lesvia', a film chronicling 40+ years of lesbian identity on the Greek island of Lesvos, preceded by the short film 'Mr. Dimitris and Mrs. Dimitroula' by the same director.
Sunday, 22 November
Book Tour: Queer & Feminist Poetry Anthology Vol. II
Sunday, 22-11-2026, 19:00, Labyrinth, AmsterdamAn evening of queer poetry, community, and celebration for the Amsterdam stop of the Queer & Feminist Poetry Anthology Vol. II book tour, featuring readings and an open mic.
Tuesday, 24 November
Resistance & Resilience: Black Queer Women's Voices in African Poetry
Tuesday, 24-11-2026, 19:30, ZAM Studio, AmsterdamAn evening of poetry, performances, and conversation celebrating the rising voices of Black (queer) women in South African Poetry and the ACSL Thesis prize winner.
Liturgy (solo)
Tuesday, 24-11-2026, 20:30, Cinetol, AmsterdamLiturgy is the project of Haela Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix, whose yearning, energetic 'transcendental black metal' moves between metal, art music, and sacred ritual.
Wednesday, 25 November
Short film programme: The Art of Being You
Wednesday, 25-11-2026, 17:30, Filmhuis Cavia, AmsterdamA short film program from the Humans of Film Festival, exploring themes of identity, belonging, and sexuality, followed by a panel discussion.
I Built a Rocket Imagining your Arrival (Humans of Film Festival)
Wednesday, 25-11-2026, 19:40, Filmhuis Cavia, AmsterdamA screening of 'I Built a Rocket Imagining your Arrival' as part of the Humans of Film Festival. The film follows a woman on a surreal road trip with the queer mother she never knew.
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.
Friday, 27 November
P4rTy GWoRLz N3v4h Di3
Friday, 27-11-2026, 20:00, Frascati, AmsterdamAn ode to 'brave spaces', radical friendship, spectacular failure, transformation, and bodily fluids.
Tuesday, 1 December
Judith Engelen: I met you once, I loved you twice
Tuesday, 01-12-2026, 20:00, de Brakke Grond, AmsterdamA visual performance based on Plato's myth of lost other halves, exploring the desire to love and the mistrust that can make it impossible.
Blue
Tuesday, 01-12-2026, 20:00, Eye Filmmuseum, AmsterdamDerek Jarman’s final, most daring film is a pure blue screen with a sumptuous sound design, reflecting on his life and battle with AIDS.
Sunday, 6 December
DNA - Do Nothing Academy | Amsterdam
Sunday, 06-12-2026, 15:00, Volkshotel, AmsterdamA two-hour event dedicated to doing nothing. Unplug from your devices in a cozy space with guided meditation, music, and connection with others.
Tuesday, 8 December
KENKI KRIN KRIN
Tuesday, 08-12-2026, 20:00, Frascati, 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.
Christine And The Queens - Rendez-vous
Tuesday, 08-12-2026, 20:30, Tolhuistuin - Club, AmsterdamExperience a groundbreaking performance by French artist Christine and the Queens, whose genre-bending work combines music, theatre, and dance with radical honesty and constant innovation.
Friday, 11 December
Pornceptual
Friday, 11-12-2026, 22:00, Parallel, AmsterdamPornceptual is an art movement presenting pornographic art as queer, diverse, and inclusive through club nights, digital media, exhibitions, and screenings.
Tuesday, 16 February
HIT ME
Tuesday, 16-02-2027, 20:00, Frascati, AmsterdamA raw, confrontational performance exploring the thin, explosive line between attraction and violence, and the paradoxical nature of human desire.
Wednesday, 3 March
Louis Janssens - AMOUR
Wednesday, 03-03-2027, 20:00, de Brakke Grond, AmsterdamAmour is a performance about how love directs and defines our lives. Seven queer actors use their voices and bodies to tell a universal and loving story, like a heartbeat, a breath, a swirling sea.
Friday, 2 April
Holobiont
Friday, 02-04-2027, 19:30, Frascati, AmsterdamHolobiont is a five-hour happening that blends a queer rave, collective ritual, and anarchist playground. Performers and attendees explore identity, fluidity, and freedom in an immersive, transformative space.
Tuesday, 20 April
Ferenc Balcaen / NTGent: Please, Open The Curtains
Tuesday, 20-04-2027, 20:00, de Brakke Grond, AmsterdamSix performers embrace melancholy. Not as an illness or a romantic image, but as a powerful desire.
Monday, 3 May
Anne-Laure Vandeputte: Who's your Daddy?
Monday, 03-05-2027, 20:00, Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond, AmsterdamA theatrical performance by Anne-Laure Vandeputte exploring queer parenthood, family structures, and societal norms through the art of male drag.