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Gay Amsterdam

Every Tuesday at Church
Fetish Lounge - On Hold

Every Tuesday, 8pm-1am. Where all fetish fantasies unite. Bring your own toys or use our whips, paddles, restraints, X-cross. Six slings + bathtub for a golden soaking. Freddy machine for all your anal pleasures. Dress code: any fetish wear or un-wear allowed - just no street clothes. Jockstraps for sale at the door. For men/ transmen/ transwomen. €10 w/ 1st drink.

www.clubchurch.nl/parties/fetish-lounge.html
A dazzling collage of boys & men sing, dance, joke, rap
Boys Won't Be Boys | Theater De Vest, Alkmaar - On Hold

Wednesdays, 7:30pm. Poetry and life tales: how tough it is as a man to be vulnerable! Real people question masculinity, open eyes and break stereotypes. Proud to be open, sweet or flamboyant. Differences between men and women aren't that big. Straight, gay, asexual, bisexual, construction worker, music star, intersex, transgender, father or drag queen - no one fits exactly.

www.facebook.com/boyswontbeboys/events
Naked cruise bar every Wednesday + Monthly Naked Masked Night
Naked Bar Wednesdays + Undercover Saturdays - On Hold

Every Wednesday, 8pm-1am. Always busy w/ visitors + locals mix - come early for a full hot and cruisy night. A men-only event - €10 includes the first drink. Also: Third SATURDAY men-only Undercover naked masked party, mask + shoes only. DJ Hansom.

www.clubchurch.nl/parties/naked-bar.html
Samen naar een mooie voorpremière!
Gay Movie Night at Pathe de Munt

Every first Wednesday of the month, 9pm screening of an LGBT-themed movie. Come at 8:30pm for a free welcome drink. Other recent mainstream films are shown in original language versions with subtitles - see their website for upcoming schedules.

www.pathe.nl/event/gaynight
Drop your pants and dance!
(z)onderbroek - On Hold

Every Friday + First Saturdays 10pm-5am at Church. Men-only dance + cruise parties. Underwear, jocks, swimwear, sports shorts or naked. DJs Max del Principe, Rado, Hansom, Eric Kandé, DJRW and guests. €12.50 to enter. Expected to reopen for September events - see:

www.clubchurch.nl/parties/zonderbroek.shtml
Fetish Sex Party
Fickstutenmarkt - On Hold

Monthly Saturday, 5:30pm-12am, The Eagle, Warmoesstraat 90. Next date depends on Eagle reopening. Strict rules private male-only sex event; willing mares offer themselves to succession of stallions never seeing their faces. Participants decide their role, but cannot change after party starts.

www.fickstutenmarkt.com
Queer Underground Dance Party
Spellbound - On Hold

Monthly Saturday 11pm-4am, at OOCCII, behind Vondelpark. Queer underground dance party, House, Techno, Wave, Electro, Disco, Dub. DJs include: The Mountain, Kaseta, Martijn play House, Techno, Electro, Acid, Wave, Disco. VJs AlexEtJeremy + X-Machine. Upstairs Chill Out DJs Toon + DortArt. FB

www.spellbound-amsterdam.nl
Release The Beast - Berlin's finest Techno brought to Amsterdam
B:east Amsterdam at RADION - On Hold

Saturdays, 11pm-7am. The party that started out as X-AMS - the LGBT(+) Techno event will continue in tight cooperation with the Berlin based B:EAST, and called B:EAST Amsterdam. Expect the best Berlin-based Techno combined with the finest Amsterdam Techno DJs at RADION. A gay/ openminded techno event - welcoming all with the right spirit. An "optimistic" party schedule.

www.facebook.com/BeastAmsterdam/events
Every first Saturday of each month
Meat Market - On Hold

First Saturdays 4pm. Bottom in need? Totally top, searching for willing bottoms? The party for you! Bottoms arrive first, stripped and hooded ready for tops' pleasure. They don't see or choose. Tops inspect/ take their pick. See full rules. Expected September 2020 return is cancelled.

www.clubchurch.nl/parties/meat-market.html
Saturday night at Club Church
Furball - On Hold

Every other month Saturdays, 10pm-late, at Club Church (see post-Covid-19 reopening dates): The Amsterdam Hairy Men Dance Party with DJs Moog, Big General and Bramsterdam. You don't have to be hairy - you just have to like hairy men! Tickets 12.50€. Next dates: see their website:

www.furball.nl
De niet-commerciele potten en flikkerdiscotheek
Trut Sundays - On Hold

Every Sunday 10pm-3am at Bilderdijkstraat 165 E popular mixed Gay/Lesbian disco dance night by non-commercial queer group of volunteers. Good atmosphere, good music, affordable prices and a secure environment. Check online for special theme party dress codes and come early - they fill up fast!

www.trutfonds.nl/trut_e.html
Celebrate with your leather friends in Club Church
XXXLeather - Leather & Fetish Parties - On Hold

Every first Sunday of each month - (closed during the corona crisis), 4-8pm at Church, Kerkstraat 52. Men-only gay fetish, dance/ safe sex cruise party - one of the biggest in gay Amsterdam. DJs Mo'cum + HanSom. Hot guys. Strict dress code: leather, rubber, skinhead, army, uniform, neoprene, black jocks or naked. Expected (hoped) to return in September.

www.xxxleather.nl
Dresscode: shirtless or naked
Sex on Sunday - On Hold

Every 2nd + last Sunday, 4-8pm at Club Chuch. Men-only party, running for more than 12 years - always busy and cruisy. Arrive early as doors sometimes close. Dress code is shirtless, but many guys are in their underwear or nude. Always lots of action! €10 - or €5 for guys 26 and under.

www.clubchurch.nl/parties/sos.html
Postponed from 2020
Amsterdam Open Air 2021 - Postponed until 2022

June 4-5, 2021, noon to 11pm at Gaasperpark. Postponed from June 2020 and 2021 due to Covid-19. New date: June 4-5, 2022. See updates:

www.amsterdamopenair.nl
An outdoor festival with Kitkatclub Berlin celebrating freedom - Mad Max style!
Wasteland Summerfest! - Postponed

July 3, 2021. New dates TBA. All-genders raw, edgy, fun dance festival atmosphere w/ post-apocalyptic theme, circus performers, fire shows, dancers, contortionists; multiple music genres/ different stages, renowned DJs. Add a Post-Apocalyptic twist to your outfit to express your personal fetish!

www.wastelandsummerfest.com
Twice a month Safe Sex Parties on Warmoesstraat
ncAdam + Horsemen & Knights (pending)

July 4, 2021 and every First Sunday 3-7pm at the Eagle, ncAdam Naked Night. July 18, and every Third Sunday Horsemen & Knights naked & underwear party. 18+ men-only; free condoms + lube. Events pending on government decisions on the avoidance of social contacts during the time of Coronavirus restrictions.

www.horsemen.nl
For boys who love girls who love girls who love boys who love boys…
Milkshake 2021

July 31 - August 1, 2021. Two-day entertainment, music, dance festival. Past year (2019) featured: Anne-Fay, Antonio BenRush, BayBjane, Doppelgang, Jodie Harsh, Osie Square, Sandrien B2B Carlos Valdes, Shirley Macholina, The Jawbreakers, BayBjane, Danny Rampling, Honey Dijon, ILONA, Inner City DJ, Kiddy Smile, Love Bailey, Malefunktion, Melanie C feat. Sink the Pink, The Black Madonna.

www.milkshakefestival.com
Book hotel asap!
Amsterdam Gay Pride 2021

July 31 - August 8, 2021 (TBC). Past years: Festival, partying in bars and streets: Pride Park; Open Air Cinema; Saturday Canal Parade on the Prinsengracht Canal/ Amstel river; Drag Queen Olympics; Netherbears in the Street; sports, concerts + cultural events of all kinds. See FB updates.

pride.amsterdam/?lang=en
Put on your favorite kit, come out and meet the other ladz
Ladz

July 31, 2021, 10pm-5am at Church, Kerkstraat 52 (depends on post-Covid-19 reopening date). Every last Saturday of odd months. Men-only gay fetish dance/cruise party for lads, scallies, gabbers in sneakers and sportswear. DJs play the harder styles of dance music / great dance floor/ relaxed lounge/ sexy staff. Next: Sept 25; Nov 27; Jan 29 (2022).

www.ladz.nl
Don't miss the RETURN of
BACKDOOR Amsterdam - Pride & 6 Year Anniversary (new date)

August 6, 2021, 11pm-6am. The BIG Venue at City Center with amazing balcony level overlooking the main dance-floor. Capacity for 1500 HOT BOYS from around the World. DJs: RODOLFO BRAVAT (Brazil), INSHANE (Netherlands), resident DIEGO SUMMERS. On AMSTERDAM PRIDE weekend, celebrate our 6th Anniversary party with a Big Bang! On Friday prior to Amsterdam Pride - Canal Parade!

www.facebook.com/events/309942103531632
Rapido at WesterUnie
FunHouse - XXL - Pride Edition

August 7, 2021, 7pm- 8am at WesterUnie + WesterLiefde, Klonneplein 6. Celebrate pride with 8,000 partygoers from all over the world at the GasHouder. The Largest - Biggest - Massive Amsterdam Pride event w/ 4 industrial monuments for 1 event; 4 complete different music vibes: GasHouder Big Room House; WesterUnie Club Circuit; WesterLiefde Progressive; TransformatorHuis Techno.

www.facebook.com/events/2284645561795704
Een rauwe, industriële club midden in het cultuurpark Westergasfabriek
Rapido - the Pride edition + Pride AFTER 2021

August 8, 2021, 3pm-2am, Paradiso - Weteringschans 6 - Amsterdam. Without doubt the best Sunday afternoon option during Amsterdam Pride. Release your little devil in this amazing location which used to be a church. Pride AFTER 12-10am at WesterUnie. Dance till dawn Monday morning.

www.clubrapido.com/events/rapido-the-pride-edition
Hosted by Rapido Events and FunHouse party
B:EAST / Pride AFTER - 2021

August 9, 2021, 1-10am. Monday-morning at Radion, Louwesweg 1, Amsterdam. A great way to end Amsterdam Pride - the B:EAST / Pride AFTER. Dance till Monday morning dawn.

www.facebook.com/events/930616790670121
See festival newspaper: the Daily Starfish
Amsterdam Fringe Festival 2021

September 2-12, 2021. An unselected, untamed and un-juried festival of 11 days; a celebration of theatrical madness and independent spirit; a plea for artistic freedom. Eleven days with 80 different shows at more than 40 locations -- plays, live art and performances outside the established theater circuit. See website for past and future programs.

amsterdamfringefestival.nl
Je hebt festivals en je hebt Valtifest
Valtifest 2021

September 4, 2021, 1-11pm, at TBA location in Amsterdam. This kaleidoscopic festival has taken place the first Saturday of September since 2007 in Amsterdam. The ideal platform for frenzied creativity, up-and-coming fashion talent and trendsetting music.

valtifest.nl
Come dance to the drum of the Garden's Autumn song!
Mystic Garden Festival ADE 2021

September 25, 2021, 12pm-11pm at Sloterpark Amsterdam. Mystic Garden joins forces again with her sister Dockyard Festival in 2021 for an unprecedented marriage of light and dark; industrial vs fairyland! At ADE you can walk through the Golden Gates of the Mystic Garden and be a part of Dockyard’s thunder all in the same day!

www.facebook.com/events/456678985134756
Hosted by De Marktkantine & TODD TERRY
Glitterbox - De Marktkantine - New Date

October 14, 2021, 11pm-6am. Celebrate again together under the roof of De Marktkantine! All tickets remain valid for this new date. LINE UP: TODD TERRY, Horse Meat Disco, Simon Dunmore in the Theatre Room, and ROOG, and Hifi Sean in the Middle Room. A 21+ event.

www.facebook.com/events/194879008555896
4uur FOUT! in Nieuwegein (Utrecht)
Qmusic the Party - 4uur FOUT! in Nieuwegein (Utrecht)

October 22, 2021, 8:30pm-1am, at Fletcher Hotel-Restaurant Nieuwegein-Utrecht, Buizerdlaan 10, Nieuwegein. COWBOYS + INDIANS: find shelter at The YMCA with an Indian, a cowboy and some strange birds. In Qmusic DJs' warm bath of guilty pleasures, secretly enjoy yourself in beautiful feathers, a cool cowboy hat or your... Well, fill that in yourself. An 18+ event. €15-35.

https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/tickets-qmusic-the-party-4uur-fout-in-nieuwegein-utrecht-22-10-2021-76748178869
Stichting art.1 foundation focus on the advancement of human rights through art
IQMF - International Queer & Migrant Film Festival 2021

October - December 2021 (TBC). A month or more of feature and shot film screenings, performances, workshops, parties, installations, and pop-up events. See previous and upcoming year's details at Facebook and below:

iqmf.nl
Uniforms/Leather/Metal/Plastic/Rubber/Fetish-Burlesque+Glamour/Body-Art....
Wasteland November 2021

November 27, 2021, 10pm-6am at Northsea, Hemkade 48, Zaandam. Bi-annual kink-fetish party. Europe’s most notorious adult playground/ house music + spectacular entertainment. Strict dress code - mostly straight but gay-friendly. The April 10th edition was cancelled in 2021.

www.wasteland.nl
Pink Film Days Annual Amsterdam Gay + Lesbian Film Festival
Roze Filmdagen 2022

March 10-20, 2022 at three halls of Het Ketelhuis, at Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek. A high quality, broad and diverse selection of features, documentaries and short films from around the world. Ongoing screenings throughout the year.

www.rozefilmdagen.nl
Jungle Mania, Jungle Jam & We Love Jungle present Congo Natty aka Rebel MC
Jungle Dam 2022 - 3-Night Amsterdam Weekender w/Party Boat

March 11-14, 2022, FRI 2-7pm Meet+Greet at Prix D'ami. FRI 9pm-5am at Panama Amsterdam. SAT2-6pm, Jungle Boat Party. SAT 9pm-5am at Panama Amsterdam. SUN 3pm-1am at Hunters Grand Sports Bar. See full list of MCs + DJs at:

www.eventbrite.nl/e/jungle-dam-2021-amsterdam-weekender-tickets-95111451913
The 9th annual event in the Bear Pride lineage
Amsterdam Bear Weekend 2022

Mid-March, 2022 (TBA). Welcoming all furry fellas and friends for 5-day weekend of fun: bowling, pub crawl, dancing, cruising, bingo, canal cruise, Mister Bear Netherlands election - events to include Furball + Bear Necessity - a diverse schedule at Eagle / Dirty Dicks and other locations. See FB.

www.amsterdambearweekend.nl
King's Day - wear orange
Koningsdag

April 27, 2022, was Queen's Day, now King's Day following the investiture of King Willem-Alexander. Parties begin the night before, streets fill with people, canals bob with boats and circuit parties throb. Open-air concerts are generally free. Reguliersdwarsstraat and Amstel areas and the Roze Wester Festival at Westerkerk draw big gay crowds.

www.holland.com/global/tourism/article/queens-day-will-be-kings-day.htm
Ceremonies and a march
Memorial Day

May 4th each year. Main events at the Dam square to honor those lost in the war; also a gay ceremony at the Homomonument to commemorate the Holocaust casualties.

www.homomonument.nl