Amsterdam Events 2019

Want to know what’s on in Amsterdam today? Check out this calendar of Amsterdam Events 2019. Please check the links for more information about Amsterdam upcoming events.

This calendar of Amsterdam Events 2019 is updated regularly.

Also check out all the Amsterdam Music Festivals 2019 calendar for a complete list of summer dance festivals in the Amsterdam.  Also check out this list of temporary Amsterdam Art Exhibitions Calendar. Keep in touch via Instagram, Twitter: @WhatsupwithA and Facebook.

28 November 2018 – January 17 2019
Amsterdam Light Festival (FREE)
Light art installations in open air

1 January, 2019
New Year’s Dive @ Sloterplas (FREE)
Traditional swim in lake Sloterplas

6 January, 2019
Sunday Market New Years market @ Westergasfabriek (FREE)
Shopping for art, fashion and design

8 – 9 January, 2019
IJ-Hallen @ IJ-Hallen (NDSM)
Flea market

January 19 and 20
Vondelparkloop @ Vondelpark
Amsterdam running event “Light the night’ on Saturday, ‘Race the Day’ on Sunday

18 – 19 January, 2019
Whisky Weekend Amsterdam @ Posthoornkerk

19 January 2019
National Tulip Day @ Dam Square(FREE)
Free Tulip picking

20 January, 2019
Museum Market @ Museumplein
Art & Design

26 January – 2 February 2019
IMPRO Amsterdam @ Compagnietheater
International improvisation festival

26 – 27 January 2019
IJ-Hallen @ IJ-Hallen (NDSM)
Flea market

All month
De Coolste Baan van Nederland @ Olympic Stadium
400 meter ice rink

1 – 3 February 2019
Little Italy Taste & Travel 2019 @ Westergasfabriek
Showcasing of Italian products and services

1 -3 February 2019
Mono Japan @ Lloyd Hotel
Japanese craft and  design

5 February
Chinese New Year celebrations @ Dam Square (FREE)
18.15hrs: Dragon show; 20.00hrs: fire works

14 February
Valentine’s Day

16 – 17 February 2019
IJ-Hallen @ IJ-Hallen (NDSM)
Flea market

17 February 2019
Museum Market @ Museum Square (FREE)
Food and Dutch design market

20 – 24 February 2019
Chocoa Festival 2019 @ Beurs van Berlage
Chocolate festival

21 – 24 February 2019
Sonic Acts Academy 2018 @ various locations
Festival for music, art, science and technology

25 February 2019
1941 February strike remembrance @ Jonas Daniel Meijerplein (Amsterdam Jewish Quarter)

28 February – 10 March 2019
Opera Forward Festival @ various locations
New operas, art, talks, performances, food & DJ’s

3 March 2019
Carnaval

3 March 2019
Sunday Market @ Westergasfabriek (FREE)
Shopping for art, fashion and design

14 – 17 March 2019
Cross-linx Festival @ Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ
Composed pop and avant garde music festival

1 – 3 March 2019
Amsterdam Coffee Festival 2019 @ Westergasfabriek

9 – 10 March
IJ-Hallen Flea market @ IJ-Hallen (NDSM)

8 – 10 March 2019
Cinedans @ EYE Film Museum
International dance and movie festival featuring short and full-length dance films, documentaries and interactive installations.

22 – 24 March 2019
Amsterdam wine festival @ Westergasfabriek

17 March 2019
Museum Market @ Museum Square (FREE)
Food and Dutch design market

21 March – 19 May 2019
Tulip Gardens of Keukenhof are open

23 March 2019
Open Tower Festival @ many towers in Amsterdam (FREE)
Modern & historic towers open their doors for visitors

30 & 31 March 2019
The Maker Market @ De Hallen (FREE)
Market of Amsterdam makers and producers

ALL MONTH
Tulip gardens in bloom!

First weeks of April:
Cherry trees blossom @ Bloesempark, Amsterdamse Bos

6 April 2019
De Kloffie Markt @ Amsterdam Halls (FREE)
Second hand vintage, designer and collectors clothes market

6 April 2019
I am Expat Fair @Westergasfabriek
Fair for expats

6 – 7 April 2019
Design Icons @ Kromhouthal (Amsterdam North)
Vintage design trade show

6 – 7 April 2019
IJ-Hallen flea market @ NDSM

7 April 2019
Sunday Market Amsterdam @ Westergas
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

10 – 20 April 2019
Imagine Film Festival @ EYE
Festival for fantastic films

11 – 13 April 2019
World Press Photo Festival 2019 @ Westergasfabriek 
Workshops, meetups, and presentations

12 April 2019
Sunday Market Amsterdam @ Nieuwmarkt
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

13 April 2019
24H Noord @ Amsterdam Noord
Divers program at different venues

13 April 2019
Vintage Per Kilo @ Posthoornkerk
Vintage fashion market

13 April 2019
Record Store Day @ various record shops

17 – 22 April 2019
KunstRAI Art Amsterdam @ Congress centre RAI
Art fair

19 April 2019
Good Friday

21 April 2019
Museum Market @ Museum Square (FREE)
Food and Dutch design market

21 – 22 April 2019
Easter (Official Dutch Holiday)

21 & 22 April 2019
The Maker Market @ The Amsterdam Food Halls (FREE)
Market of Amsterdam makers and producers

26 April 2019
King’s Night @ various locations & open air (FREE)
Celebrations & festivals

25 – 26 April 2019
Bredeweg Festival @ Bredeweg (Amsterdam East) (FREE)
Opera, market, theatre and music

27 April 2019
King’s Day (Koningsdag) @ all over the Netherlands (FREE)
National holiday, celebrating Dutch monarchy/king

4 May 2019
National Remembrance Day

5 May 2019
Bevrijdingsfestival Het Vrije Westen Liberation Festival @ Westergasfabriek (FREE)
Music, food

10 May 2019
Ascension Day (Hemelvaart,) Dutch national bank holiday

10 – 12 May 2019
Weekend of Anatomy @ Museum Vrolik (AMC)
Lectures, demos, workshops, museum tours and other fun and educational activities, all connected to the theme ‘Sex & Gender – Skeletons Coming out of the Closet’.

11 – 12 May 2019
Funky Vegan @ Ruigoord (FREE)
Vegan Food trucks and live music

12 April 2019
Sunday Market Amsterdam @ Westergasfabriek
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

17 May – 15 September
ArtZuid 2019 @ Amsterdam South
Amsterdam Sculpture Route 2019

18 May 2019
Gin Festival Amsterdam @ Beurs van Berlage

18 – 19 May 2019
IJ-Hallen Flea Market @ NDSM

19 May 2019
Museum Market @ Museum Square (FREE)
Food and Dutch design market

22 – 25 May 2019
Moving Futures Festival @ various locations
Showcases of the most famous Dutch dance houses

25 May 2019
24H Amstelveen @ various venues in neighbouring city Amstelveen (FREE)
Showcase of cultural venues

24 – 26 May 2019
The Amsterdam trail & the May art and antiques weekend @ Spiegelkwartier (arts and antique quarter)
Tribal art galleries invite artists to exhibit their work; walking art route

24 – 26 May 2019
Diversity Fashion Week @ various venues

25 – 26 May 2019
Amsterdam Pizza Festival @ Rembrandtpark
Foodfestival

25 – 26 May 2019
The Maker Market @ The Amsterdam Food Halls
Market of Amsterdam makers and producers

26 May 2019
New market @ Rokin (Oude Turfmarkt)
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

28 May – 2 June 2019
Amsterdam Spanish Film Festival @ Pathé Tuschinski, Eye and Cinecenter
Selection of cinema from Spain and Spanish ­speaking Latin America

29 May – 2 June 2019
Weekend of the Rolling Kitchens @ Westergasfabriek (FREE)
Food festival

29 May – 23 June 2019
Holland Festival @ various venues
Festival of performing arts

30 May – 2 June 2019
TranScreen Transgender Film Festival @ Kriterion

31 May 2019
New Market @ Nieuwmarkt
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

31 May 2019
Taste of Amsterdam 2019 @ Amstelpark
Culinary Festival

ALL MONTH

Vondelpark Festival @ Vondelpark (FREE)
Every weekend open air music and performances

ArtZuid 2019 @ Amsterdam South (FREE)
Amsterdam Sculpture Route 2019

2 June 2019
New Market @ Rokin (Oude Turfmarkt)
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

7 – 9 June 2019
Red Light Jazz @ Amsterdam Red Light District
Jazz festival

7 – 10, 14 – 16  June 2019
Bacchus Wijnfestival @ Amsterdamse Bos
Wine, food and music

9 June 2019
Sunday Market Amsterdam @ Westergas
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

9 – 10 June 2019
Vurige Tongen @ Ruigoord
Poetry, art, music, photography

14 -16 June 2019
Bacchus Wijnfestival @ Amsterdamse Bos
Wine, food and music

14 – 19 June 2019
Magic circus @ Oosterpark
Amsterdam City Circus

15 June 2019
De Ceuvel Festival @ De Ceuvel
5- year celebration of Amsterdam Breeding Space De Ceuvel

15 June 2019
24h Zandvoort @ Amsterdam Beach Zandvoort
Showcase of events

15 – 16 June 2019
IJ-Hallen Flea Market @ NDSM

15 – 16 June 2019
Amsterdam Open Garden Days @ various locations
Selected Amsterdam canal houses open their gardens

16 June 2019
Museum Market @ Museum Square (FREE)
Food and Dutch design market

18 June 2019
Opera in the Park @ Park Frankendael (FREE)
Pelléas et Mélisande on large screen

19 – 24 June 2019
ITS Festival @ Nes (Near Dam Square)
Theatre festival of recently graduated theatre students

20 June 2019
Tour d’amour @ Vondelpark
Bike ride for Aids Fund

28 June 2019
New Market @ Nieuwmarkt
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

28 – 30 June 2019
Fête du Champagne Festival 2019 @ Rembrandtpark
Gourmet food and wine festival in Amsterdam

30 June 2019
Smaakboulevard @ Sloterplas (Nieuw-West) (Free)
Street food festival in multicultural neighbourhood Nieuw-West

ALL MONTH

Vondelpark Festival @ Vondelpark (FREE)
Every weekend open air music and performances

ArtZuid 2019 @ Amsterdam South (FREE)
Amsterdam Sculpture Route 2019

1 July 2019
Keti Koti Festival @ Oosterpark (FREE)
Memorial of slavery in Amsterdam, parade, music, food

2 – 14 July 
Julidans @ various locations in Amsterdam
International Festival for Contemporary Dance

5 -14 July 2019
Over het IJ Festival @ NDSM
Theatre festival

6 July 2019
El Jefe’s Wild West Brew Fest @ Bos en Lommerplantsoen (FREE)
Beer festival with locally brewed beer

7 July 2019
Sunday Market Amsterdam @ Westergasfabriek 
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

12 – 14  July 2019
TREK Food Truck Festival @ Amstelpark (FREE)
Food , music, theatre

13 July 2019
Japan Beach Festival @ Zandvoort Beach (Beach near Amsterdam)
Japan Food Festival

13 July – 4 August (only in weekend)
Kwaku Summer Festival @ Nelson Mandelapark (Amsterdam Southeast)
Multi cultural festival with music, dance, food, drinks

14 July 2019
New Market @ Rokin (Oude Turfmarkt)
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

26 July 2019
New Market @ Nieuwmarkt
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

27 July 2019
Amsterdam Bodypaint Art Event @ Museumplein
Bodypainters create on nude people, with competition

27 – 28 July 2019
Moshi Moshi Fair @ Amstelveen, stadsplein (FREE)
Japanese shopping fair

27 July – 4 August 2019
Pride Amsterdam 2019 @ various locations (FREE)
Amsterdam Gay Pride

ALL MONTH

Vondelpark Festival @ Vondelpark (FREE)
Every weekend music and performances

ArtZuid 2019 @ Amsterdam South (FREE)
Amsterdam Sculpture Route

2-3 ;  9-19 ; 16-17 August 2019
Freakatoni Witchy Weekends Summer Festival @ Overtoom301 Amsterdam
Performance Art, Text, Dance, Music

4 August 2019
Canal Pride @ Amsterdam Prinsengracht canal (FREE)
Annual pride parade for LHBT-movement

4 August 2019
Sunday Market Amsterdam @ Westergas  (FREE)
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

9 August 2019
Circusbende @ NDSM
Circus as an art form (no animals)

9 – 18 August 2019
Grachtenfestival @ various locations in the canal belt
Classical music festival

9 – 25 August 2019
De Parade @ Martin Luther Kingpark
Annual festival of theatre, dance mime and music

11 August 2019
New Market @ Rokin (Oude Turfmarkt) (FREE)
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

13 – 18 August 2019
Opera in the canal house garden @ Museum van Loon
The Old Maid and the Thief (Gian Carlo Menotti, 1939)

14 – 28 August 2019
Pluk de Nacht Film Festival @ Stenen Hoofd (FREE)
Open air film festival Amsterdam 

15 – 24  August 2019
World Cinema Amsterdam @ Rialto and De Balie movie theatres
Films from Africa, Asia, Latin-America and Carribean

17 August 2019
Prinsengrachtconcert @ Prinsengracht (FREE)
Classical music, music show

17 August 2019
Bajesdorp Festival 99 @ H.J.E. Wenckebachweg 46
Alternative festival with performances

17 – 18 August 2019
IJ-Hallen Flea Market @ NDSM

19 August 2019
Hartjesdag @ Red Light District
Cross-dressing, dragon dance, food and drinks

20 – 28 August 2019
Summer Dance Forever @ Various venues in Amsterdam
Dance performances

23 – 25 August 2019
Uitmarkt 2019 @ Museumplein (FREE)
Showcase of cultural events

23 – 26 August 2019 
De Amsterdamse Waterspelen @ Marineterrein (FREE)
Water games, live music, food and outdoor swimming

24 August 2019
Tropisch Oost @ Tropical Museum Amsterdam and Oosterpark (FREE)
Live music, exotic food and drinks, market, dj’s, dance workshops and performances

28 August 2019
Movies at the Hermitage @ Hermitage Amsterdam
Outdoor cinema Amsterdam

30 August 2019
Classical music @ Marie Heinekenplein (De Pijp) (FREE)

30 August 2019
New Market @ Rokin (Oude Turfmarkt)
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

30 – 31 August 2019
Amsterdam International Art Fair (AIAF) 2019 @ Beurs van Berlage

1 September 2019
Sunday Market Amsterdam @ Westergas (FREE)
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

5 – 15 September 2019
Amsterdam Fringe Festival @ various locations
Alternative festival for theatrical performances

6 – 9 September 2019
Forest Filmfestival @ Amsterdamse Bos (Amstelveen)
Films in open air MORE OUTDOOR CINEMA

6 – 8 September 
Jordaan Festival @ Marnixstraat (FREE)
Amsterdam Folk Festival

6 – 9 September 2019
Amsterdam Fashion Week (AFW) @ Museumplein

6 – 8 September 2019
Manifesto Film Festival @ various cinemas in Amsterdam

7 September 2019
Sloterplas Art Festival @ Sloterplas (East side of the lake) (FREE)
Awards, workshops, live music

8 September 2019
Noorderparkfestival @ Noorderpark (Amsterdam Noord)  (FREE)
Music, performances, food, drinks, activities, also for kids

8 September 2019
New Market Amsterdam @ Oude Turfmarkt (Rokin) (FREE)
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

8 September 2019
Amsterdam City Swim @ Marineterrein
Open water swimming event for benefit (ALS)

12 – 15 September 2019
Inter.nos Festival 2019 @ various locations in Warmoesstraat (FREE)
Theatre, poetry, music and spoken word

13 – 15 September 2019
Forró Amsterdam Festival @ various venues
Dance, live music, performances, dj’s surrounding Brasilian Forró music

13 – 15 September 2019
The Amsterdam BeerFestival 2019 @ Marineterrein Amsterdam

14 September 2019
24H Nieuw West @ various locations in Nieuw West
Showcase of things to do in this Amsterdam neighbourhood

14 – 15 September 2019
Klassiek op het Amstelveld @ Amstelveld (FREE)
Classical music performances in open air

14 – 15 September 2019
Open Monuments Day (Heritage Days) @ many locations in Amsterdam (FREE)
Free access to monumental buildings

14 – 15 September 2019
24H Nieuw-West 2019 @ Nieuw-West
Showcase of things to do in this neighbhourhood

15 September 2019
Museum Market @ Museum Square (FREE)
Food and Dutch design market

17 September 2019
Funky Vegan Festival @ Amsterdam City Beach DOK (FREE)
Vegan food and reggae band

20 September 2019
West TAPT Festival @ Rembrandtpark
Beer festival

20 – 21 September 2019
Dutch Creativity Festival @ The Student Hotel
Masterclasses, craft and training sessions etc.

20 – 21 September 2019
Metro Movies festival @ Gaasperdammertunnel (Zuidoost, metro station Gaasperplas)
Films, live graffiti art, fashion show, food trucks, debates

20 – 22 September 2019
Unseen @ Westergas
Contemporary photography

21 September 2019 
World Clean Up Day @ all over the world

21 September 2019
Autumn market @ Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam
Plants from different nurseries, local food/products and a lot of plant knowledge

21 – 22 September 2019
Dam to Damloop @ Amsterdam
Running event

21 – 22 September 2019
IJ-Hallen Flea Market @ NDSM

26 September 2019
Art on Paper Amsterdam @ Zuiveringshal West (Westergas)
Art fair

27 September 2019
New Market @ Nieuwmarkt (FREE)
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

27 – 29 September 2019
Amsterdam Wine Festival @ Westergasfabriek

28 – 29 September 2019
Openbare Werken @ Ruigoord
Ruigoord artists showcase, market, music

28 September 2019
NDSM Open @ NDSM (FREE)
Open ateliers, live performances, art work, theatre, outdoor cinema, night market and more (also for kids)

28 September 2019
Front Row Festival @ Various locations in Amsterdam Noord
Multidisciplinary one-day festival, featuring music, theatre, dance, film, art

28 – 29 September 2019
Ambacht in beeld Festival @ De Hallen
Craft workhops, masterclasses, demonstrations etc.

29 September 2019
Rembrandtparkfestival @ Rembrandtpark (FREE)
Music, theatre, flea market, poetry, world kitchen

6 October 2019
Sunday Market Amsterdam @ Westergas
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

10 – 12 October 2019
Read my world 2019 – Marokko @ Tolhuistuin 
International literature festival

12 October 2019
Diwali Festival @ Stadshart Amstelveen (FREE)
Indian festivities

13 October 2019
Cultural Sunday: Black Achievement Day @ De Hallen (FREE)
Music, market, dance performance

13 October 2019
New Market @ Rokin (Oude Turfmarkt)
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

15 – 20 October 2019
Amsterdam Dance Event (ADM) 2019 @ Various clubs and venues
Festival with club nights and conferences

19 October 2019
Origin Chocolate Event @ Tropical Museum
Festival surrounding chocolate

21 – 27 October 2019
Amsterdam Denim Days @ Westergas

24 – 27 October 2019
Leather Pride @ various locations

25 October 2019
New Market @ Nieuwmarkt (FREE)
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

25 – 27 October 2019
Amsterdamse Bokbier Weekend @ Various Amsterdam beer bars
Pub crawl celebrating ‘bokbier’ a seasonal type of dark beer

26 October 2019
Festival of the Dead @ The BOX
Halloween/Dia de los Muertos party

26 October 2019
Amsterdam Halloween Party @ Westergasfabriek

26 October 2019
24H Oost @ various locations in Amsterdam East
Showcase of things to do and do

27 October 2019
Museum Market @ Museum Square (FREE)
Food and Dutch design market

30 October – 3 November 2019
International Storytelling Festival @ Podium Mozaïk

31 October – 3 November 2019
Da Bounce Urban Film Festival @ Pathé Arena

2 November 2019
Museumnacht @ Amsterdam Museums
Special program at the museums

3 November 2019
Sunday Market Amsterdam @ Westergas (FREE)
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

7 November 2019
Demo Festival @ Amsterdam Central Station (FREE)
Showcase of motion design

9 – 11 November 2019
Kaboom Animation Festival (formerly KLIK) @ Westergas
Animation films

10 November 2019
New Market @ Rokin (Oude Turfmarkt) (FREE)
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

13 – 15 November 2019
Dancing on the edge @ various theatres in Nes
Theatere, film dance, music and installations

17 November 2019
Entrance of Sinterklaas in Amsterdam (FREE)
Dutch Santa Claus arrives in Amsterdam

17 November 2019
Museum Market @ Museum Square (FREE)
Food and Dutch design market

20 November 2019
IDFA 2019 @ various locations
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

21 – 24 November 2019
Amsterdam Art Weekend @ various locations

28 November 2019 – 19 January 19 2020
Amsterdam Festival of light 2019/2020 @ Amsterdam canals (FREE)
Light art installations

29 November 2019
New Market @ Nieuwmarkt (FREE)
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

ALL MONTH

Amsterdam Light Festival @ Amsterdam centre (FREE)

Light art on the canals

1 December 2019
Sunday Market Amsterdam @ Westergas
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

4 – 8 December 2019
International Queer and Migrant Film Festival @ various locations

5 December 2019
Sinterklaasavond
Traditional Dutch feast

6 December 2019
EuropArtFair @ Gashouder (Westergas)

8 December 2019
New Market @ Rokin (Oude Turfmarkt)
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

14 December 2019
I Am Surf @ Het Ketelhuis
Surf films

24 – 26 December 2019
Christmas in Amsterdam

27 December 2019
New Market @ Nieuwmarkt
Designers market: art, photography, fashion, ceramics, interior design etc.

31 December 2019
New Year’s Eve in Amsterdam

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