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  1. March (3)

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  2. Blue

    Club Church, kerkstraat 52, Amsterdam

    Blue

    Club Church, kerkstraat 52, Amsterdam

    Blue is for the freaks, the misfits, les belles, beaux & bizarres: itā€™s Amsterdamā€™s most eclectic & sexy dance party and YOU are welcome too. Expect the dysfunctional Hopelezz family to settle you in - they mean no harm - and make you feel right at home. Come ride the night, have a flirt or two and dance to the uplifting beats of our favorite DJā€™s.

    Doors open: 22:00h - 04:00h
    All genders and sexualities welcome.

    No dress code, but feel free to dress up or down, way down: get n*ked or come in drag and get in for free!

  3. Blue

    Club Church, kerkstraat 52, Amsterdam

    Blue

    Club Church, kerkstraat 52, Amsterdam

    Blue is for the freaks, the misfits, les belles, beaux & bizarres: itā€™s Amsterdamā€™s most eclectic & sexy dance party and YOU are welcome too. Expect the dysfunctional Hopelezz family to settle you in - they mean no harm - and make you feel right at home. Come ride the night, have a flirt or two and dance to the uplifting beats of our favorite DJā€™s.

    Doors open: 22:00h - 04:00h
    All genders and sexualities welcome.

    No dress code, but feel free to dress up or down, way down: get n*ked or come in drag and get in for free!

  4. SFX: Weapons of Mass Seduction

    Huis Willet-Holthuysen, Herengracht 605, Amsterdam

    SFX: Weapons of Mass Seduction

    Huis Willet-Holthuysen, Herengracht 605, Amsterdam

    During Queer History Month, Huis Willet-Holthuysen opens its doors for a special SFX make-up workshop. As with previous artistic interventions (including those by ANOHNI and House of Vineyard), this special programme offers a new and stimulating perspective on the historic canal house. In Dorian de Rijk's SFX Weapons of Mass Seduction workshop, in collaboration with Aaron Delucoire, we use make-up as a means of expression to reveal and celebrate our inner ā€œmonstersā€.

  1. April (7)

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  2. Queering Puppets Festival

    Plein Theater, Sajetplein 39, Amsterdam

    Queering Puppets Festival

    Plein Theater, Sajetplein 39, Amsterdam

    The international Queering Puppets Festival Amsterdam will once again provide a stage for visual theatre, puppetry, and performance at Plein Theater from 1 to 6 April. The theme of this 5th anniversary edition, ā€˜The Nature of Thingsā€™ offers a radical response to Eurocentric and colonial perspectives on sexuality, gender, and racial framing, while questioning the assumption that humans stand at the centre of nature.

    Queering Puppets Festival Amsterdam is queer, feminist, activist and above all stands out in quirkiness. It is the only festival in the Netherlands that links puppetry and object theatre for adults to queer imagination. In the safe space created by puppetry, everyone can be who they, she or he want to be. Expect a challenging mix of bodies, stories that refuse to conform to existing dominant structures, visual and erotic outbursts, edgy performances, stimulating lectures, queer food, and clubby afters.

    The festival aims to break with binary thinking. Man versus woman, human versus animal, nature versus capitalism, and normal versus deviant. These boundaries are implicitly violent, oppressive, and never neutralā€”they are instruments of power, linked to exclusion, discipline, and destruction.

    But the nature of things cannot be pinned down. It is fluid, changeable, rebellious. It reveals itself in bodies that do not fit into a single category, in biodiversity that refuses to be silenced, in voices that have been suppressed for centuries.

    Visual theatre makers and performers from across the world will come together during the festival to present bold, imaginative and pleasantly unsettling shows and performances in which puppetry and object theatre break through the boundaries of identity.

    Come to the Plein Theater and embrace the magic, not as an escape, but as resistance, as a collective source of strength.

  3. My body is a temple, until it isnā€™t

    By QPFA @ Plein Theater, Sajetplein 39, Amsterdam

    My body is a temple, until it isnā€™t

    By QPFA @ Plein Theater, Sajetplein 39, Amsterdam

    n auto-fictional theatre performance by two (trans) non-binary lovers during their personal search for physicality, identity, and gender. Against the backdrop of an increasingly radicalizing world, they explore a more unguarded, unapologetic attitude by claiming their bodies as a construction site rather than a temple.

    At the center of the stage stand two folded, twisted aluminum cubes, partially covered by semi-transparent latex curtains. The set evokes both a nightmare-like operating room and an industrial cocoon or a life-size three-dimensional puzzle. In any case, this space embodies the inner world of An and Lucianā€”this is their space. Here, they do not have to apologize and can shamelessly explore their trans identity.

    Both have a curious and complex relationship with their bodies, as a result of dysphoria, endless attempts to accept their biologically assigned sex, socially imposed transphobia, or simply because bodies can be alienating. In any case, they attempt to gain control over this physicality by adapting it to their own vision. They experiment with orthosesā€”sculptural bodily extensions that allow them to redefine everything. This act of redefining takes place out loud, with the audience as accomplice. New extensions are tested, old beliefs are dismantled. Again and again, the knife goes inā€”literally and figuratively.

    Their bodies are approached as a construction site: fluid, unfinished and in constant transition. This claim shifts the perspective away from sexualization, misgendering, and dysphoria, toward play, pleasure, euphoria, and self-determination.

  4. Blue

    Club Church, kerkstraat 52, Amsterdam

    Blue

    Club Church, kerkstraat 52, Amsterdam

    Blue is for the freaks, the misfits, les belles, beaux & bizarres: itā€™s Amsterdamā€™s most eclectic & sexy dance party and YOU are welcome too. Expect the dysfunctional Hopelezz family to settle you in - they mean no harm - and make you feel right at home. Come ride the night, have a flirt or two and dance to the uplifting beats of our favorite DJā€™s.

    Doors open: 22:00h - 04:00h
    All genders and sexualities welcome.

    No dress code, but feel free to dress up or down, way down: get n*ked or come in drag and get in for free!

  6. Blue

    Club Church, kerkstraat 52, Amsterdam

    Blue

    Club Church, kerkstraat 52, Amsterdam

    Blue is for the freaks, the misfits, les belles, beaux & bizarres: itā€™s Amsterdamā€™s most eclectic & sexy dance party and YOU are welcome too. Expect the dysfunctional Hopelezz family to settle you in - they mean no harm - and make you feel right at home. Come ride the night, have a flirt or two and dance to the uplifting beats of our favorite DJā€™s.

    Doors open: 22:00h - 04:00h
    All genders and sexualities welcome.

    No dress code, but feel free to dress up or down, way down: get n*ked or come in drag and get in for free!

  7. Blue

    Club Church, kerkstraat 52, Amsterdam

    Blue

    Club Church, kerkstraat 52, Amsterdam

    Blue is for the freaks, the misfits, les belles, beaux & bizarres: itā€™s Amsterdamā€™s most eclectic & sexy dance party and YOU are welcome too. Expect the dysfunctional Hopelezz family to settle you in - they mean no harm - and make you feel right at home. Come ride the night, have a flirt or two and dance to the uplifting beats of our favorite DJā€™s.

    Doors open: 22:00h - 04:00h
    All genders and sexualities welcome.

    No dress code, but feel free to dress up or down, way down: get n*ked or come in drag and get in for free!

  9. Blue

    Club Church, kerkstraat 52, Amsterdam

    Blue

    Club Church, kerkstraat 52, Amsterdam

    Blue is for the freaks, the misfits, les belles, beaux & bizarres: itā€™s Amsterdamā€™s most eclectic & sexy dance party and YOU are welcome too. Expect the dysfunctional Hopelezz family to settle you in - they mean no harm - and make you feel right at home. Come ride the night, have a flirt or two and dance to the uplifting beats of our favorite DJā€™s.

    Doors open: 22:00h - 04:00h
    All genders and sexualities welcome.

    No dress code, but feel free to dress up or down, way down: get n*ked or come in drag and get in for free!

  10. Blue

    Club Church, kerkstraat 52, Amsterdam

    Blue

    Club Church, kerkstraat 52, Amsterdam

    Blue is for the freaks, the misfits, les belles, beaux & bizarres: itā€™s Amsterdamā€™s most eclectic & sexy dance party and YOU are welcome too. Expect the dysfunctional Hopelezz family to settle you in - they mean no harm - and make you feel right at home. Come ride the night, have a flirt or two and dance to the uplifting beats of our favorite DJā€™s.

    Doors open: 22:00h - 04:00h
    All genders and sexualities welcome.

    No dress code, but feel free to dress up or down, way down: get n*ked or come in drag and get in for free!

  1. May (6)

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  2. Blue

    Club Church, kerkstraat 52, Amsterdam

    Blue

    Club Church, kerkstraat 52, Amsterdam

    Blue is for the freaks, the misfits, les belles, beaux & bizarres: itā€™s Amsterdamā€™s most eclectic & sexy dance party and YOU are welcome too. Expect the dysfunctional Hopelezz family to settle you in - they mean no harm - and make you feel right at home. Come ride the night, have a flirt or two and dance to the uplifting beats of our favorite DJā€™s.

    Doors open: 22:00h - 04:00h
    All genders and sexualities welcome.

    No dress code, but feel free to dress up or down, way down: get n*ked or come in drag and get in for free!

  3. Blue

    Club Church, kerkstraat 52, Amsterdam

    Blue

    Club Church, kerkstraat 52, Amsterdam

    Blue is for the freaks, the misfits, les belles, beaux & bizarres: itā€™s Amsterdamā€™s most eclectic & sexy dance party and YOU are welcome too. Expect the dysfunctional Hopelezz family to settle you in - they mean no harm - and make you feel right at home. Come ride the night, have a flirt or two and dance to the uplifting beats of our favorite DJā€™s.

    Doors open: 22:00h - 04:00h
    All genders and sexualities welcome.

    No dress code, but feel free to dress up or down, way down: get n*ked or come in drag and get in for free!

  5. Blue

    Club Church, kerkstraat 52, Amsterdam

    Blue

    Club Church, kerkstraat 52, Amsterdam

    Blue is for the freaks, the misfits, les belles, beaux & bizarres: itā€™s Amsterdamā€™s most eclectic & sexy dance party and YOU are welcome too. Expect the dysfunctional Hopelezz family to settle you in - they mean no harm - and make you feel right at home. Come ride the night, have a flirt or two and dance to the uplifting beats of our favorite DJā€™s.

    Doors open: 22:00h - 04:00h
    All genders and sexualities welcome.

    No dress code, but feel free to dress up or down, way down: get n*ked or come in drag and get in for free!

  6. Sasha Velour

    RAI Theater, Europaplein 24, Amsterdam

    Sasha Velour

    RAI Theater, Europaplein 24, Amsterdam

    On Friday, May 23, 2026, world-famous drag artist Sasha Velour will perform her brand-new stage show, Travesty, at the RAI Theater in Amsterdam. The performance is part of Velour's European tour and promises a radical, visually stunning evening that brings together drag, performance art, and queer history.

    Travesty is an 80-minute, one-queen show without intermission, written and directed by Sasha Velour herself. In the performance, she takes the audience through the hidden queer history of a single location through time: from a witch burned at the stake to a clown building a theater and an underground gay bar rebelling against police brutality. With impressive lip-sync performances, layered costumes, and powerful imagery, Velour explores themes of existence, resistance, and the transformative power of drag.

    The show is both performance art and a call to action. Travesty celebrates drag as a universal art form and emphasizes that playing with gender, identity, and stories is as old as humanity itself. As Velour describes it: "This is the purest and most radical form of drag I've ever brought to the stage. No excuses, no explanations, just art."

    Sasha Velour achieved global fame as the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race and is praised for her emotional live performances and iconic visual style. She previously toured internationally with the successful shows Smoke & Mirrors and The Big Reveal, and performed at leading venues such as the London Palladium and Folies BergĆØre.

  7. Blue

    Club Church, kerkstraat 52, Amsterdam

    Blue

    Club Church, kerkstraat 52, Amsterdam

    Blue is for the freaks, the misfits, les belles, beaux & bizarres: itā€™s Amsterdamā€™s most eclectic & sexy dance party and YOU are welcome too. Expect the dysfunctional Hopelezz family to settle you in - they mean no harm - and make you feel right at home. Come ride the night, have a flirt or two and dance to the uplifting beats of our favorite DJā€™s.

    Doors open: 22:00h - 04:00h
    All genders and sexualities welcome.

    No dress code, but feel free to dress up or down, way down: get n*ked or come in drag and get in for free!

  1. August (2)

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  2. We are them

    Melkweg, Lijnbaansgracht 234a, Amsterdam

    We are them

    Melkweg, Lijnbaansgracht 234a, Amsterdam

    Get ready for the biggest drag show in the world and the defining drag event of WorldPride Amsterdam 2026!

    Warner Talent Agency in association with DRAGS OF ANARCHY present: We Are Them - A Global Drag Race Extravaganza. We Are Them brings together a jaw-dropping, international cast of the biggest drag superstars from across the globe united on one stage for one unforgettable night. This is drag without borders, without compromise, and without apology.

    Expect high-octane performances, iconic looks, and world class talent, all celebrating the power of drag as an art form that connects cultures, communities, and identities. Loud, proud, glamorous, and defiant: this show stands at the heart of WorldPride 2026, boldly proclaiming that drag is not a crime, but a fearless celebration of joy, visibility, and global queer unity.

    One night. One global stage. One unapologetic message: We Are Them.

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  3. Trivia Wednesday

    Queens head, Zeedijk 20, Amsterdam

    Trivia Wednesday

    Queens head, Zeedijk 20, Amsterdam

    Amsterdamā€™s newest queer Pub Quiz Night starts at 8:30 PM, this time hosted by the one and only @bokchoiqueen šŸ¤©

    Get ready for campy questions, fierce mini-performances, and HOT prizes!
    Think youā€™re the smartest in the room? @bokchoiqueen will be the judge of that šŸ‘€āœØ

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