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Festivals 2011:
04-04 Till 23-04 Amsterdams Kleinkunst Festival 2011
The Amsterdams Kleinkunst Festival is the annual highlight of the cabaret season in the Netherlands. Since its founding in 1988, the festival has focused on stimulating the future, honouring the past and crowning quality.
The festival focuses on Kleinkunst in the broadest sense of the word: cabaret, musical and Dutch songs, by producing performances, tributes and several leading awards
www.amsterdamskleinkunstfestival.nl
13.04 - 23.04 Imagine (27th Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival)
Imagine (27th Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival) doesn't just let films speak for themselves, it also informs the audience about the background of filmmaking through free access master classes, symposiums and interviews. The festival is also a place where visitors and guests can meet each in an informal atmosphere.
Imagine (27th Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival): a mind-expanding, diverse and surprising film festival.
The 27th edition of Imagine (Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival) will be held from 13 April - 23 April 2011 in the Filmtheater Kriterion.
www.imaginefilmfestival.nl
05.05 - 05.05Bevrijdingspop Haarlem 2011
Every year, the Bevrijdingspop foundation pulls out all the stops for the Haarlem Liberation Day festivities. Bevrijdingspop sees a host of home-grown and international artists flock to Haarlem to wow around 150,000 visitors with a mix of pop music, street theatre and kids entertainment.
Head to Haarlem! Make your way to Haarlem on 5 May 2011 for the 31th edition of Bevrijdingspop! The festival has secured a line-up truly fit for the occasion.
www.bevrijdingspop.nl
03.06 -05.06 MidzomerZaan 2011
A weekend full of exciting, musical and artistic encounters in old factories along the river Zaan. Listen, watch, eat, drink and be surprised by the special combinations of different music and visual arts. MidzomerZaan is a unique festival that you cannot miss. Come along on 3th, 4th and 5th of June in the beautiful Zaan region.
The Midsummer festival is based on three pillars:
* A crossover of different styles of music and other art forms;
* located in various attractive industrial sites;
* which are all connected by the river Zaan
www.midzomerzaan.nl
11.06 -11.06 Beeckestijnpop 2011
On Saturday, June 11 the time has come. On the atmospheric Beeckestijn estate in Velsen-Zuid the 33nd edition of the free Beeckestijn pop festival will take place. Each year, between ten and fifteen thousand music lovers from all over the Netherlands meet each other to celebrate this festival.
Through the years Beeckestijnpop has reached a good reputation when it comes to putting down promising bands which in the final years frequently become (inter-)national renowned. The three stages of Beeckestijnpop offer space for regional bands as well as for the top of Dutch pop and interesting international bands.
www.beeckestijnpop.nl
01.06 - 23.06 Holland Festival
The Holland Festival is the largest performance festival in the Netherlands. Every year it offers a survey of impressive, much-talked-about artistic projects from all over the world. Theatre, music, dance, opera, film and visual arts, Western and non-Western - all with two common denominators: high artistic quality and an international dimension. The festival also pays attention to the many possible forms of cross-fertilisation between the various disciplines.
www.hollandfestival.nl
23.06 - 26.06 Amsterdam Roots Festival
For more than ten years the Amsterdam Roots Festival has ranked amongst the leading international music festivals, presenting frontier-crossing developments in world music to a large, varied audience. The festival is characterised different ethnic backgrounds and music styles and contacts between different population groups.
On Sunday 26 June 2011 the Amsterdam Roots Festival will feature 'Roots Open Air' in Oosterpark a large-scale, free, open-air festival staged in one of Amsterdam's parks. Performances, presentations and workshops of Dutch and foreign music groups will then take place on several platforms and in tents.
www.amsterdamroots.nl
23.06 - 01.07 ITs Festival Amsterdam
The ITs Festival Amsterdam is the biggest European festival where you can scout a new Dutch and international generation of theatrical talent.
Newest talent
In the last nine days of June graduating actors, dancers, singers, mime artists, film producers and cabaret artists show their latest work. It's a wonderful opportunity to catch a glimpse of how the performing arts will look in the coming years.
www.itsfestivalamsterdam.com
02.07 - 02.07 Sensation
Sensation starts its World Tour with a brand new edition in the Amsterdam ArenA!
Due to the enormous interest shown in Sensation Travel packages last year, Sensation decided to offer them once again. These packages consist of 1 or more overnight stays in a hotel of choice, a ticket for Sensation and a transfer to and from the venue.
www.sensation.com
02.07 - 02.07 Zingen op de Zaan
On Saturday 2 July the 5th edition of the musical boat festival 'Zingen op de Zaan' (Singing on the Zaan river) will take place. At 12:30 fourty ships full of musicians will float from Knollendam along the river right through the centre of Zaanstad. In the last 5 years this festival has molted itself to the most important music festival of Zaanstad.
Between 15.30 o'clock and 18.00 o'clock the throng of musical ships will pass the beautiful and largest sluice in the city centre of Zaandam: the Wilhelmina sluice. Definitely a spectacular event surrounded by tons of music.
www.zingenopdezaan.nl
02.07 - 02.07 Muziek & Meer
Muziek & Meer is a beach festival on the private beach of Villa West in Velsen. On Saturday 2nd July you can expect a musical mix of pop, rock, soul & dance music from various top acts. All this will take place on a floating stage with mega roof, lounge, salads, finger food, beer, champagne, massages and much much more ... famous DJ's of Kraak & Smaak and DJ Marnix will guarantee an special ending of a special party.
www.muziekenmeer.nu
01.07 - 03.07 Festival LaMère
Festival LaMère has now become the music festival of Almere and the surrounding area. The three-day event will become one of the largest free festivals in Flevoland and even has the potential to grew up to one of the largest free festivals in the Netherlands. Every first weekend of July Festival LaMère takes place in the centre of Almere, the economic heart of the Netherlands.
www.festival-lamere.nl
01.07 - 14.07 Julidans
Julidans: beyond fancy steps
The international contemporary dance festival Julidans provides an impression of what is currently going on in the field of dance theatre, and also a look ahead at the future. The festival revolves around dance makers driven by curiosity whose aims go beyond thinking up fancy steps. Julidans brings its audience performances that are daring, unusual and much-talked-about.
www.julidans.nl
04.06 - 09.07 The Brazilian Summer Sessions
The Brazilian Summer Sessions are back! And this time around, the event is bigger, better and even more swinging than ever before! The A Hora do Brasil Foundation has collaborated with Amsterdam's Bimhuis to bring the festival to the city on five dates throughout June and July.
Brazilian bonanza!
Bursting full of life and superlatively dynamic, Brazilian music is becoming increasingly popular the world over. Up-and-coming talent ensures continual innovation and the refinement of the music into sophisticated genres.
Where it's at Bimhuis.
26.06 - 26.06 Latin Village – Spaarnwoude
So what is Latin village? It is a festival that has arisen from a passion for Latin & Salsasounds.
Enjoy live latin music, dj's, danceshows, latin food and chill outs.
11.00-23.00
07.07 - 17.07 Over het IJ Festival
Summer venue theatre
The Over het IJ Festival is the summer venue theatre festival. This year it will take place from 7 until 17 July in the northernmost part of Amsterdam (the Amsterdam Noord district).
A ferry will take you from the bustling city centre to the other side of the River IJ. There you will disembark and exchange the drag of everyday life for exciting performances by young theatre makers at unexpected venues. For eleven days you can watch more than twenty-five performances and enjoy delicious food and drinks at the festival site.
www.overhetij.nl
06.08 - 06.08 Dance Valley
T the biggest open-air dance festival in Holland held at Spaarnwoude Recreation Ground - an idyllic nature reserve within easy reach of the wide range of the Amsterdam hotels - and now in its 17th year, the event sees around 50,000 people attend on an annual basis.
A wide range of international acts have been confirmed for the festival, which takes place on August 6th between 11:00 and 23:00 local time. This year on the main stage it is all about house & progressive, with memorable sets of one of the biggest DJs of the world.
www.dancevalley.nl
05.08 - 07.08 Jazz in Zandvoort
On Saturday, 6 August Zandvoort will ring with the sweet, sweet sound of music as the annual jazz festival comes to town. Zandvoort is a main player in the swinging Dutch jazz scene and this is the third outing of the successful Jazz in Zandvoort formula.
The festival is popular amongst young and old, with those in the know commending Jazz in Zandvoort for bringing the genre to a wider audience. And with a host of bars and restaurants in the area plus of course the glorious beach, head along early and make a day of it!
www.jazzinzandvoort.nl
13.08 - 13.08 Loveland Festival
The new cabinet is currently planning a substantial increase of VAT ('BTW' in Dutch) on tickets for cultural events, which will also affect ticket prices for club nights and dance events. Starting on 1 January 2011, VAT will rise from 6 per cent to 19 per cent. For these reasons, Loveland has decided to start ticket sales for all events in 2011 immediately, so visitors can still buy tickets at the current rates.
www.lovelandfestival.nl
13.08 - 21.08 Grachtenfestival
The Grachtenfestival - Canal Festival - is an annual music festival based on classical music performances. Each performance is set amongst venues characterised by extraordinary or monumental architecture boasting culturally historical value.
Inspired by the annual theme, renowned soloists and ensembles regularly compose concert programmes especially for the festival. However, the festival also features advance performances and tasters of programmes that will be performed at venues elsewhere in the Netherlands later in the season.
www.grachtenfestival.nl
05.08 - 21.08 De Parade
Every summer the mobile theatre festival De Parade visits Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and Amsterdam, transforming parks and squares into temporary cultural streets lined with dozens of colourful theatre tents.
With its theatre and dance performances, films, music, catering establishments and attractions such as an antique whirligig and a miniature wheel, it has something to please everyone's tastes, especially considering the great food stalls on offer. There is also a special Children's Parade every day of the festival.
www.deparade.nl
26.08 - 28.08 Uitmarkt
The Uitmarkt in Amsterdam not only represents the national opening of the cultural season, it is also the largest cultural festival in the Netherlands! The Uitmarkt is in town from 26 to 28 August.
Over the years, the Uitmarkt has evolved into a festival attracting more than 500,000 culture fans to the city. A jaw-dropping 2,000 performers take to the stage at more than 30 venues. In 2010, the Uitmarkt returns to Amsterdam's city centre, with the town's magnificent mansions and canal-side houses providing a stunning backdrop to the performances.
www.uitmarkt.nl
27.08 -28.08 IJmuiden Harbour Festival
This free festival sees the Trawlerkade and the Halkade swell with a positive sea of activities and a legion of breathtaking boats.
This year, the cultural programme is bigger than ever and features a bounty of family entertainment including a Shanty Festival, street artists, local performers and acclaimed national stars of the stage.
But the IJmuiden Harbour Festival isn't only a joy to the ears and eyes - there's plenty to send your taste buds into overdrive! Delve into the world of seafood at special stands brought in for the first time this year, watch the professionals cook up a storm at demonstrations and join in the annual 'Dinner on the Quay' (ticket required).
www.havenfestivalijmuiden.nl
05.06 - 28.08 Vondelpark Open Air Theatre
The Vondelpark Open-Air Theatre lies in one of the best-known parks in the Netherlands: Vondelpark, a unique part of Amsterdam.
Nowhere else will you find so many different people of different ages, backgrounds and nationalities and from so many different parts of town.
In June, July and August the open-air theatre presents a varied programme featuring around 125 free performances. In these summer months around 100,000 people visit the open-air theatre.
www.openluchttheater.nl
15.07 - 02.09 Sunsets Film Festival
After 23 successful years, the Sunsets Film Festival is an open-air institution in Amsterdam. The backdrop of the Vondelpark, complete with creeping shadows and a cool summer breeze, provides the perfect setting to sit back and enjoy film classics on a giant screen.
www.eyefilm.nl
28.08 - 28.08 ReggaeSoca Village
Amsterdam's Powerzone will swing with a reggae vibe on Saturday, 28 August as ReggaeSoca Village comes to town! The event begins at 20:00 and runs through to 03:00 combining reggae and soca music, culinary magic, throngs of music lovers and lashings of atmosphere.
Amsterdam's Powerzone will swing with a reggae vibe on Saturday, 28 August as A-C Productions brings ReggaeSoca Village to town! The event begins at 20:00 and runs through into the early hours combining reggae and soca music, culinary magic, throngs of music lovers and lashings of atmosphere.
www.afrique-carib.com/tickets.php
09.09 - 09.09 Night of the Voice!
On Friday 10 September the Esplanade (the square in front of the theatre in Almere) will host the sing along festival 'Night of the Voice'. All amateur singers from Almere can sing along in a choir from national and international artists like Ernst Daniël Smid, Karin Bloemen, Danny de Munk und Ali B. From this choir the 'Voice of Almere' will be chosen. The winning 'Voice of Almere' will get the opportunity to sing a real solo during the festival.
Do you think that you have a chance at the title 'Voice of Almere'? Or does it just seem delighted to you to join this event? Then please sign up quickly. Participation in the event is 20, - euro per person (plus 3,50 euro administration costs). Therefore, participants will receive three times the chance to work with real professionals and their choirs.
www.schouwburgalmere.nl
10.09 - 10.09 Culture Night Almere
Culture Night Almere is coming soon. On Saturday 11 September the city of Almere is going to celebrate the start of the new cultural season with a lot of activities and performances in the buzzing Esplanade. Theatre, music, dance, poetry, art, workshops, snacks and many more. Take it with you and let you seduce and surprise.
From 20.00 o'clock, the stage at the Esplanade will be occupied by the Amsterdam Klezmer Band, BL3NDER and Trafassi. In the mean time, you can check out the Esplanade Square to enjoy a genuine 'industrial' massage from 'Die Knedenen Damen' (the kneading ladies). Afterwards, the DJ's Marcel and Vicky will bring the best modern pop songs and French chansons effortlessly together.
www.cultuurnachtalmere.nl
01.09 - 11.09 Dutch Theatre Festival
Meet the theatre world during the Dutch Theatre Festival in Amsterdam, which every year marks the end of the old and the beginning of the new theatre season.
This year the festival will take place from 2 until 12 September and will feature the ten best performances of the season, the performances nominated for the Theatre Prize awarded by the public and a highly varied fringe programme full of master classes, discussions and entertainment.
www.tf.nl
16.09 - 17.09 Singelfestival Edam
Singelfestival 2011 personal and tingly
The third weekend in September means enjoying for all music and theatre fans. On the festival site at the Edam harbor there will be two days full of cultural party and stunning. According to the program this year you can expect tons of bands, theatre and cabaret groups.
Next year the festival will set up in a big and a small festival tent and a nice and comfortable café with a terrace. Next to this there will be some strange vehicles, stages and tents, where the acts are going to give their breathtaking stunts and performances.
www.singelfestival.nl
23.09 - 24.09 Robodock
After a two-year hiatus, Robodock is back! Born in 1998, Robodock was created as a form of cultural self-defence and has grown into one of the most creative festivals in the world. It now rises from the ashes for a two-day outing on 23 and 24 September.
Billed as a hypnotic industrial fairytale, Robodock brings together technology, killer music, robotics, fire sculptures and a whole lot more in an industrial setting on Amsterdam's NDSM Wharf. This year's theme is the phoenix, representing the end of the old Robodock and a return to form in a somewhat compacter form.
www.robodock.org
25.09 - 25.09 Amsterdam Reggae Festival
The programme of the festival includes up-and-coming talents and classic artists from the international reggae and dancehall circuit. Stars including Sizzla, Vybz Kartel, Fantan Mojah and Barrington Levy as well as young talents such as Gyptian, Rass Motivated and Maikal X are all on the bill.
Sizzla (Crucial Times), Vybz Kartel (Pon Di Gaza 2.0) and Maikal X (Genesis) have all released new albums this year and will play their well-known hits alongside new material. Between the performances, the popular DJs MBA and Jah provide the audience with the best reggae and dancehall riddims, and it's all held together by the competent hosts Kalibwoy and MC Frans.
Where it's at Heineken Music Hall
19.10 - 28.10 Cinekid
he festival
The Cinekid Festival is an annual film, television and new-media festival for children in Amsterdam, attended by more than 50,000 children and (international) guests every year.
Do-it-yourself
Apart from film, documentaries, shorts, cartoons, television productions and cross-media productions, there'll also be a large number of interactive installations and workshops, so fear not: no one will be turned into a couch potato here. After all, the festival has a decidedly educational angle - and a strong emphasis on fun.
www.cinekid.nl
14.10 - 17.10 Jewish Film Festival
Family in focus
The ninth edition of the Jewish Film Festival, subtitled 'Family in Focus', opens on 14 October with the Dutch premiere of Gilles Paquet-Brenner's touching film adaptation of Tatiana de Rosnay's bestseller Sarah's Key, starring Kristin Scott Thomas.
Colourful insights in Jewish family life
Between 14 and 17 October 2010, films that were made by Jewish filmmakers and/or have a Jewish theme are screened in Pathé Tuschinski. The festival offers a unique chance to see films that often haven't been released in the Netherlands so far and that give a colourful insight in Jewish family life in all its aspects.
23.12 - 26.12 Winterparade
The Winterparade is the little sister of the travelling theatre festival Parade, which hits Amsterdam each summer with a delightfully quirky array of cultural titbits. Despite the colder season, the winter edition is by no means less colourful, offering a wild mix of theatre and dance performances, poetry and interactive fun.
After having taken place in the Gashouder building of the Westergasfabriek for five years, this year the whole shebang is going on tour around various unusual locations throughout the Netherlands. The setup has changed ever so slightly, too: this year, the audience of 500 people will be seated at a giant dinner table, enjoying food as well as diverse performances in a Fellini-like conglomerate of theatre, dance, poetry, art, music and culinary delights - a concept originally thought up for the New Island Festival in New York by Parade founder Terts Brinkhoff.
www.winterparade.nl
25.12 -29.12 Tangomagia
Zandunga Tangoproductions presents Tangomagia 2010, the 13th edition of Amsterdam's well-known international festival for Argentine tango.
In the festive period between Christmas and New Year, Amsterdam becomes the capital of Argentine Tango for five days and nights each year. World-famous tangueros and tangueras from Buenos Aires, Europe and all over the world come to town to perform at the festival.
www.tangomagia.com
Events 2011:
- 1st January (New Year's Day)
- 22 nd April 2011 Good Friday
- / Easter Sunday / Monday
- 30th April (Queen's birthday)
- 5th May (Liberation Day)
- May / June variable Whit Sunday / Whit Monday
- 1st June (Ascension Day)
- 25th December (Christmas Day)
- 26th December (Christmas holiday)
Amsterdam Events in January / February - Amsterdam
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Amsterdam Events in February / March - Amsterdam
- Amsterdam Carnival - parade
- Antiques Fair - Nieuwe Kerk, Dam Square
Amsterdam Events in March - Amsterdam
- Amsterdam Art Week - held in the city's theatres and concert halls
Amsterdam Events in April - Amsterdam
- The Queen's Birthday celebrations
- National Museum Weekend
Amsterdam Events in May - Amsterdam
- Amsterdam International Marathon
- National Museum Weekend
- World War II Memorial Day (Herdenkingsdag)
- National Cycling and Windmill Day
Amsterdam Events in June - Amsterdam
- Holland Festival of Dance, Music and Drama, Amsterdam
- Amsterdam Canal Race
Amsterdam Events in June to August - Amsterdam
- Vondelpark Open-Air Theatre
Amsterdam Events in July - Amsterdam
- Summer Festival (Zomerfestijn)
Amsterdam Events in August - Amsterdam
- Amsterdam Football Tournament
- Prinsengracht Canal Concert
- Uitmarkt - music and theatrical performances - Vondelpark
Amsterdam Events in September - Amsterdam
- 1st Saturday - Amsterdam Flower Pageant (Bloemencorso)
- Jordan Festival
Amsterdam Events in October / November - Amsterdam
- Indoor equestrian event (Jumping, Amsterdam)
Amsterdam Events in November - Amsterdam
- St. Nicholas' Entrance Parade - launches the Christmas season
Amsterdam Events in December - Amsterdam
- 5th December - Saint Nicholas' Eve. Traditional day for exchanging Christmas gifts
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