The Kwaku Summer Festival is Amsterdam's celebration of Caribbean, Surinamese and African culture. From 11 July to 2 August 2026, four festive weekends fill Nelson Mandelapark in Amsterdam Zuidoost with music, food, sport and community – around 300,000 visitors in total. What to expect Kwaku grew from a neighbourhood football […]

De Parade is the travelling theatre festival of the Netherlands, and its grand finale takes place in Amsterdam: from 24 July to 9 August 2026, Martin Luther Kingpark on the banks of the Amstel fills with theatre tents, fairground lights and around 75,000 visitors. A fairground of theatre De Parade […]

Every first Sunday of the month, the Westergas terrain hosts the Sunday Market: a stylish market for design, art, fashion and food in the industrial monuments of the former gasworks, next to the Westerpark. The next edition is on Sunday 2 August 2026. Design, makers and food The Sunday Market […]